Audio CD review:
Rory Gallagher - Jinx

Rory Gallagher - Jinx

Band: Rory Gallagher Title: Jinx Rating: Release Date: 07 February, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Big Guns 2: Bourbon 3: Double Vision 4: Devil Made Me Do It 5: Signals 6: Jinxed 7: Easy Come, Easy Go 8: Nothing But the Devil [*] 9: Ride on Red, Ride On 10: Lonely Mile [*] 11: Loose Talk

Customer Reviews Not At His Best Here However, Jinx is not one of his better albums. I saw Rory on this tour;he opened for Rush, was sensational,blew them off the stage. The material has taken a turn for the worse. The opening track is an awkward attempt to keep up with 80's pop, something a blues performer of Rory's magnitude shouldn't have had to do. The rest is very basic,stripped down rock n'roll,which sounds like a good idea, but Rory was always much better than that. Doesn't sound like a lot of production went into this one either. Buy this only after you own his best 70's efforts. Still can't rate his worst efforts lower than a 3. Ordinary To me, it sounds like plain rock'n'roll. I bought this one for my brother who's been looking for it for years. Sometimes very bluesy. . . even though the best track is the bonus ballad »Easy Come Easy Go«. What annoys me are Rory's vocals. Not really a superb singer, and this kinds of downlevels the otherwise OK rock'n'roll. »Jinx« is mainly for Rory Gallagher fans! The CD booklet says it's symbolic for a difficult phase in his life, so maybe the fans will get much more out of the lyrics and the music. . You can see a complete list of all Rory Gallagher discography, or go back to the Rory Gallagher tabs