
Alice In Chains – Dirt 30th Anniversary 2LP Reissue
Alice In Chains Dirt (30th Anniversary 2LP) (Columbia/Sony/Legacy) While there are plenty of deluxe reissue versions of classic albums on the market at the…
Alice In Chains Dirt (30th Anniversary 2LP) (Columbia/Sony/Legacy) While there are plenty of deluxe reissue versions of classic albums on the market at the…
Luke Combs Growin’ Up LP (River House/Columbia/Sony Music) I confess that it took a few days of listening to Luke Combs’ third album, Growin’…
Maren Morris Humble Quest LP (Columbia/Sony Music) It’s funny how, as good as each of the eleven songs are on Maren Morris’ Humble Quest…
Ozzy Osbourne Patient Number 9 2LP (Epic/Sony Music) With the last good Ozzy Osbourne album having been released over twenty years ago now (2001’s…
AC/DC has tried a few different things and taken a few different turns to try and grow up (or age up? Or act their…
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Volition is the album the band should have made after Kezia (2005) and Fortress (2008). The perfect blend of songwriting and technicality makes this record a true standout. This baby is a prime candidate for my end of year list.
All in all, Comeblack is a pretty good record, it’s not going to take the place of the classics but it’s a pretty awesome way to let those of us who never saw the latest incarnation hear how things would have sounded.
Even without any accompanying video footage too, Nugent’s Setlist translates incredibly well; culling essential tracks from the extended edition reissues of Free For All and Cat Scratch Fever as well as essential tracks from Intensities In 10 Cities and Double Live Gonzo and Live At The Hammersmith ’79, Setlist assembles a very vivid track list that does conjure the images of a wild-eyed Nugent (check out how “Just What The Doctor Ordered” leads in, and you’ll get it) relishing in the moment – the lights, the attention, the spectacle – and it is the guitarist’s element; he loves every minute.
This reissue of Raw Power is satisfying because, unlike so many of the more “adventurous” re-workings of the material, this release stays true to the original; even leaving some of the noticeable flaws (like the clipping that might be from volume or from a little bit of tape left mangled in “Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell” intact) in place to imply the rough, warts-and-all initial recording process.