Rating: 4/5
Review:
Patchy but some very good stuff
This is a bit of a mixed bag of an album. I have liked and sometimes
loved Robbie Robertson’s solo work and still play his self-titled
1987 album with great pleasure. Some of this is up to that standard
and some isn’t.
The production is
very good, and quite reminiscent of that 1987 album in that
Robertson’s voice sounds very similar here. The sound is lush and
full much of the time, which works very well for most tracks. The
material itself is very variable, I think; for example, Walk In
Beauty Way is an excellent, very beautiful track, while Shanghai
Blues seems like characterless filler to me.
It’s an expensive
package, which will rightly put a lot of people off – there’s no
need for it and it’s annoying. Musically, I think it’s worth
having; in spite of its weaknesses there is some very good stuff here
and especially for Robbie Robertson fans like me I can recommend it
with some reservations.
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