Audio CD review:
Richie Havens - Sings Beatles & Dylan

Richie Havens - Sings Beatles & Dylan

Band: Richie Havens Title: Sings Beatles & Dylan Rating: Release Date: 1990-10-25 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Here Comes the Sun - Richie Havens, Harrison, George [1 2: If Not for You - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob 3: Lay Lady Lay - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob 4: In My Life - Richie Havens, Lennon, John 5: Strawberry Fields Forever - Richie Havens, Lennon, John 6: All Along the Watchtower - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob 7: Imagine - Richie Havens, Lennon, John 8: My Sweet Lord - Richie Havens, Harrison, George [1 9: It's All over Now, Baby Blue - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob 10: Eleanor Rigby - Richie Havens, Lennon, John 11: Just Like a Woman - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob 12: The Long and Winding Road - Richie Havens, Lennon, John 13: Let It Be - Richie Havens, Lennon, John 14: License to Kill - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob 15: The Times They Are A-Changin' - Richie Havens, Dylan, Bob 16: Working Class Hero - Richie Havens, Lennon, John 17: Rocky Raccoon - Richie Havens, Lennon, John 18: With a Little Help from My Friends - Richie Havens, Lennon, John

Take the stairs It's not worthy of these celebrated names. I wish I'd taken the trouble to scroll down and read the reviews before I got this album. I first heard Richie Havens live in the '60s and have been a fan ever since. How could he have produced this? What's with the cheap dinner-cruise synthesizer? It's an abomination. If this were playing in your elevator you'd take the stairs. An Abortion of Sound Richie Havens is just too talented to produce this kind of trash. This music is seriously the worst thing I have ever heard. Two thumbs down, way down. . Havens - not what you'd expect The "Here Comes The Sun" is NOT his hit single, but a re-do of the cover he orignally did in the sixties. I was excited to order this item, only to find it had been produced in 1987 and was part of trying to move Richie onto another, younger, "hipper" audience. All in all, I was disappointed in the overall sound and production of the songs, except for one or two Dylan tunes. Only for immense fans. An Abysmal Recording I was so excited to hear Ritchie Havens perform the music of my 2 biggest influences. I couldn't believe what I was hearing with this. . . but I was sorely disappointed. What the other negative reviews have said are correct. . . that while the amazing voice is still there, the synths and drum machines are horrible. In my mind, the only 2 tracks that fully capture the true genius of Ritchie Havens are "Working Class Hero" and "License to Kill". . . which are stellar, and the only reason this got 2 stars instead of one. Still got a powerfull voice The voice is still there but it could have been done better. I'm not too sure who thought up using the Synthesizer instead of Richie's powerful guitar but it was not a good idea. You can see a complete list of all Richie Havens discography, or go back to the Richie Havens tabs