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The Wallflowers - The Wallflowers Audio CD

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The Wallflowers Band: The Wallflowers
Title: The Wallflowers
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Release Date: 1992-08-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Shy of the Moon 2: Sugarfoot 3: Sidewalk Annie 4: Hollywood 5: Be Your Own Girl 6: Another One in the Dark 7: Ashes to Ashes 8: After the Blackbird Sings 9: Somebody Else's Money 10: Asleep at the Wheel 11: Honeybee 12: For the Life of Me

This album is no wallflower
My favorite being "Be Your Own Girl". Okay I know it's corny but all of the songs on here rocks. Well worth the purchase price.


Better than reviewed
You can hear how they've matured in their style. I like the Wallflowers later stuff so I decided to give the earlier music a listen. All around good stuff.


barely the same band


Be forwarned that, before you buy this, if you were all about "Horse," this is nothing (and I mean just that, nothing) like "Horse. Not only is the sound a complete 180 from later works, but the lineup, with the x-ception of Jakob Dylan and Organist Rami Jaffi, is completey different. " It's rockier, more keyboard driven, and really sounds more like something that would come out in the mid 70's than the early 90's. The advantage I had with this is that it was actually my first Wallflowers album. got it in like '97 for Christmas I believe by recommendation. Now that I look back, I actually think it was a wrong recommendation, and that whoever it was actually heard Bringing Down The Horse and didn't realize that 1. ) the album had a title, and 2. ) there was an album that preceeded that WAS self-titled. So, it worked it's self out naturally that I ended up with this.

don't let any of this, however, discourage you from giving the cd at least a listen. No, it's not the masterpiece that Bringing Down The Horse is, nor is it the nearly flawless third album that is Breach. Still, this is a good cd. There are some definate memorable moments here. "Sidewalk Annie" is a very powerful rock tune, "Shy of the moon" is fun opener that makes no sense whatsoever but that's okay, it works. "For The Life Of Me," the album's closer and NOT the Verve Pipe tune, has funny production (if you listen closerly, the vocals are a bit distorted) but is every bit as good. Love the lyrics in tunes such as "B Your Own Girl" and "Another One In The Dark. " "Asleep At The Wheel" is Jakob's only solo acoustic song to my knowledge, and really shows off his guitar playing abilities well, something he isn't always known much for.

There are two things that stand out to me that this album does really well. First of all, it offers something drastically different for fans who are willing. It's their roots. Such an evolution of sound deserves at least a time capsul such as this. And second, it ages well. I thought I had traded this cd in for sure, hadn't seen it in a couple of years, but just the other day I found it under the seat of my car. I'm glad I did. I enjoy it more than ever.

There are a few little things I won't get into that keep it from being a great album, but there is one big thing-the legnth of most of the songs. "Hollywood" and "Honeybee" are both slow boring tracks that go on for like 9 minutes. I usually skip them completely. "Somebody Else's Money" starts out with a very interesting Piano lick, but by minute 5, I'm checking my watch.

Overall, if you are,
1. at devote fan
2. a person of diverse musical tastes
3. into classic mid-seventies rock
. . . then get it. But if you are a fan of the later sound more than anything, it might not be for you.


it's different
we were roofing and would end the day with cold beers and the wallflowers playing out the box up on the roof. my friend visiting from colo turned me on to them in 93. they played the rosebud in pittsburgh that summer and there were 6 people in the audience. i saw them years later again at the rosebud in pittsuburgh, but it was crowded as hell this time. spent $150 on J?ger. Jakob hung out with the crowd after the show. long story short; it's a good album. .


Better than all which followed
The live feel, immediacy and indulgence in storytelling and an extended jam payed off here. This album was never surpassed by all other Wallflowers' albums. Too bad the band followed this up with increasingly more boring albums. The second was pretty good, but they pretty much lost it after that.


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