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Muddy Waters - Electric Mud Audio CD

A fair review of the Muddy Waters "Electric Mud" 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 Muddy Waters reviews here, or go back to the Muddy Waters tabs.

Muddy Waters Band: Muddy Waters
Title: Electric Mud
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Release Date: 1996-11-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I Just Want to Make Love to You 2: (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man 3: Let's Spend the Night Together 4: She's Alright 5: Mannish Boy 6: Herbert Harper's Free Press News 7: Tom Cat 8: Same Thing

Electric Mud

. Loved it! Not your typical Chigago Muddy blues, but definitely cool to listen to Muddy singing along with this funkadelic band.


Psychedelic Mud
Marshall Chess wanted to create a concept album that would hit big with the hippy rockers, people listening to Hendrix and Cream and the like. This Muddy Waters disc was released in 1968, which should tell you a lot about it. And it was a big seller, but not critically acclaimed. In short, this disc is not Muddy Waters' finest. In fact, from what I can tell, he barely even plays guitar on this album. Pete Cosey plays some great funky wah-wah guitar. Most of the songs are classic Muddy tunes, and even a Rolling Stones cover thrown in for good measure. Muddy sings well, though it doesn't quite mesh ideally with the busy guitar. It's definitely geared more toward the rock crowd; by no means is it a pure blues album. But for those of you into Jimi, Cream, Zeppelin and the like who also dig blues music and rockin' blues, this is a fun disc to pick up and listen to. Just don't let it be the definitive Muddy Waters cd in your collection. .


Listen to it a few times!
I knew going in that this was not a traditional Muddy Waters album. After first listening to this album I thought I had made a mistake. I had been used to "Fathers & Sons," which is an AMAZING album. At first listen I thought that Electric Mud sounded like a jumbled mess that with two musical styles that didn't mesh so well. After a few listens this album gre on me big time!. Electric Mud will be added to the other classics in my collection and will be listened to for many years to come. My advice, keep an open mind and give it a try! .


Tight
This album is a short but very tight production of an upbeat electric blues sound. I'm not typically a music reviewer so I'll keep this short. I have some of Muddy's older stuff, but don't know all his music. I would put this at the top of my list. If you like classic rock but want to dabble in the blues, this may be the way to go for you. It's a much shorter crossover than the older accoustic albums. This is a long way from his "Plantation Recordings". Give it a listen, I think you'll enjoy it.


Psychedelic Debris
I bought it when it first came out and it was disappionting then. Muddy is always great but this CD is a little sad. I think it an attempt to cash in on white performers sucess with "electric" versions of classic blues tunes. The fuzz-tone guitars are just out of place with Muddy's robust blues voice. It has some historical value given the unique nature of the collaboration but other than that forget it. For the real thing get "Mississippi Muddy Waters" a great live album with Pinetop Perkins and Johnny Winter. It's 100 proof.


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