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Robben Ford - The Inside Story Audio CD

A fair review of the Robben Ford "The Inside Story" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Robben Ford reviews here, or go back to the Robben Ford tabs.

Robben Ford Band: Robben Ford
Title: The Inside Story
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Release Date: 1996-02-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Magic Sam 2: For the One I Love 3: North Carolina 4: There's No One Else 5: Inside Story 6: Need Somebody 7: Far Away 8: Tee Time for Eric

Greatness
His compositions are cinematic and funky at the same time. Robben Ford's The Inside Story is a terrific album showcasing some of the best of early '80s LA fusion. And, of course, his guitar playing is very unique. His style makes me think of Mike Bloomfield and Larry Carlton mixed together. BTW, you may notice that his line-up of backup musicians are the Yellowjackets before they were the Yellowjackets!.


Has some nice moments.
Actually it was Robben Ford's explosive soloing on Joni Mitchells song "In France They Kiss On Main Street" (from "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns") that turned heads in his direction NOT this album. I wish people would get their facts straight.
I first heard this record by means of Alexis Korners superb UK radio programme in the 1970s.
It has some great moments ("Tee Time For Eric" & "Magic Sam") but as is the case for 70s jazz fusion albums some of the songs tend to wander aimlessly and are just an excuse to egotrip.
Robben's a great musician but he isn't an original. He comes distinctly from the Mike Bloomfield school of Blues guitar via a stint with Miles Davis (from whom he picked up alot of his free form ideas).
"Talk To Your Daughter" was a far more consistant album than this one.


Beware of haters!!
Don't be fooled by the haters. I've read some pretty narrow minded reviews of Robben Ford's official debut LP (this has been reissued on CD finally). GET THIS CD IF YOU LIKE ROBBEN FORD PERIOD!!! Not owning "The Inside Story" is like calling yourself a Van Halen fan and not owning Van Halen I & II!

Ever since Siskel & Ebert, everyone thinks they are a critic. In 1979, all records sounded like this (or tried to). Sure there are elements that scream 80s like the Dyno-My-Piano Rhodes played by Russ Ferrante on this record, but nothing makes it sound dated. Any review that you read which suggests this LP sounds dated is bull. Any such remark would be overly critical and useless because it doesn't take into account what technology was available at the time. The production by the great Steve Cropper is tasteful and very palatable. So what is wrong with that?

The best compositions on this CD are "Magic Sam," "Far Away," "Tee Time For Eric," and "There's No One Else. " Robben's playing is very soulful and unexpected. This is a very good CD that won Robben Ford legions of fans world wide.

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buy it while it's still available at any price...
i love every song which is a rare occurence. this album is unbelieveably great. even the two tracks with vocals are very well done. i bought this about the same time i bought "jungle fever" by neil larson and they remain 2 of my very favorite albums.


It doesn't get any better than this.
It was true jazz fusion: Really complex and innovative harmonic ideas fused with rock and blues power. More so even than Larry Carlton, Robben Ford blazed the guitar trail with a unique style in the late 1970's which became known as the "LA" sound. If you want to know where it started, listen to this album. Robben plays so well, that if you're a guitar player, you'll be heading to the woodshed, fast! And to top it off, you get some great blues ("North Carolina") as well. This album is so good, I'd give it ten stars!.


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