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Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Magnificent late-'50s singles round-up that keeps on giving.
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My Morning Jacket
Evil Urges
(Rough Trade, 2008)
Highly suspicious? A MOJO messageboarder stands by Jim James's curveball.
No-one's ever going to get a sore bum from sitting too long on the fence over this album. Indeed, for many fans of My Morning Jacket's's established sound, the only thing to do with the fence on first hearing Evil Urges was tear up the posts to fling them at the stereo. Personally, I love it (I love Marmite too). As per their previous albums, it's a tribute to, and romp inside, the music that delights them. The only difference is that this time they're inhabiting some more blatantly commercial skins - mixing contemporary pop enthusiasms with influences from a long-ago, unfashionable American '70s. So we have MMJ incorporating modern R&B (mainman Jim James' falsetto on Highly Suspicious was the final straw for some) and Grease-indebted pastiche (Two Halves) alongside the lighter-waving ballads (The Librarian), power-pop anthems (I'm Amazed) and melodic soft rock you might expect from an American Guilty Pleasures. But there's no need for guilt - this is one warm-hearted, pleasurable record, with all the passion and invention you expect from My Morning Jacket.
Fuzzy
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 16/09/2009
Further Listening
Seals & Crofts – Greatest Hits' (Warner Bros, 1975)
Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive (A&M, 1976)
Justin Timberlake – Justified (Jive, 2002)
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The Cincinnati siblings bed into their heavy period.
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The trumpeter's most soulful excursion entrances MOJO messageboarder.
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