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Ram Jam - The Very Best of Ram Jam Audio CD

A fair review of the Ram Jam "The Very Best of Ram Jam" 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 Ram Jam reviews here, or go back to the Ram Jam tabs.

Ram Jam Band: Ram Jam
Title: The Very Best of Ram Jam
Rating:
Release Date: 1995-04-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Black Betty 2: Let It All Out 3: Keep Your Hands on the Wheel 4: Right on the Money 5: All for the Love of Rock 'N' Roll 6: 404 7: High Steppin' 8: Overloaded 9: Hey Boogie Woman 10: Too Bad on Your Birthday 11: Kid Next Door 12: Turnpike 13: Wanna Find Love 14: Just Like Me 15: Hurricane Ride 16: Saturday Night 17: Runway Runaway 18: Please, Please, Please (Please Me) 19: Gone Wild 20: Pretty Poison

Nothing but Black Betty
I took a chance on Ram Jam's Greatest Hits, hoping there would be some unknown gem on it. I love the song Black Betty. But sadly, there isn't. .


Dated but enjoyable
The music
As other reviews have pointed out, this is not the most sterling example of this genre. 1. Black Betty is definitely the standout and I could hear ZZ Top doing this song. In my opinion, most of the other songs are just average for the genre, except side two of the second LP in which something lit a fire under the band and the tracks are fast and furious. Unfortunately production took a bit of a nosedive on that LP and the drums are badly recorded. Still, a lot of energy and power.
2. The release
This is a German import from CBS records. The 4 page booklet does give complete publishing and time info on all the songs, and on the inner spread is a brief bio of the band - in German. I can only get a sense of it, but with phrases like "bahnbrechenden Hardrockern" (barn-burning hard rockers?) you can get a sense of it. Finally, for the price (I paid US$10. 99) you can almost not pass it by. .


One shot wonder
But worth it just for that. Other than "Black Betty", just some mediocre southern rock.


Definitely not an original band
I bought this cd cuz i love the black betty tune. . w/great expectation i figured their other material was gonna blow me away. . . wrong. . . Ram Jam should have named themselves Rip-OFF
Jam. . . . after listening to this cd i have concluded that they didnt't have an original bone in their bodies. . . the songs were a mishmash of blatant allman/skynyrd/blackfoot attempts. . . the vocals were without energy or feel. . . i can understand why they wernt sucessful where others were .


4.5 stars for awesome riffs, average singing
I have been eyeing this cd for a while now, and now that I've listened to it, I can say that if you like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boston, or even AC/DC, this is your music. Ram Jam was an accidental discovery. The one song that I really don't care for is "keep your hands on the wheel", but that's only because of the singing, which isn't great, but it gets the job done. The song "High Steppin'" is a good instrumental song, too. All in all, buy this, it pretty much rules.


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