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Rating: I have always considered The Black Crowes a band with enormous potential but unexpressed. After seven albums, the Georgians (Atlanta, Georgia) don't seem to have anything more to add to a career that has nonetheless reserved more than a few satisfactions for them (see tours with Jimmy Page).
They gave us works like "Shake Your Money Maker," among the best albums of the genre in the early nineties, and then, instead of confirming the levels reached with the first shot, they churned out increasingly less incisive, increasingly bland CDs. Today, after a breakup that lasted since 2002 and a few nostalgic reunion concerts in 2005, The Black Crowes are presenting "Warpaint." Unfortunately, once again, they give us the usual sequence of rock tracks (few) without bite, such as the opener "Goodbye Daughter of the Revolution," a mid-tempo poorly suited to open a rock 'n' roll album, banal ballads like "Oh Josephine" and filler tracks (some embarrassing).
It's not all bad, far from it. Considering tracks like "Evergreen" with clear tributes to the master Jimi Hendrix or "Wounded Bird" with a driving rhythm but perhaps an out-of-place refrain, or better yet "Here Comes Daylight" (a bonus track among others), a piece where they finally get serious, where The Black Crowes show they could, but perhaps don't want to play a certain way.
Addressing those who want to get to know The Black Crowes, I recommend without hesitation the purchase of the first two albums, leaving "Warpaint" to the fans only.
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By vuji
This band is likely the true reincarnation of Led Zeppelin with much more southern rock and jam influences.
There is much depth in this record, highlighted by the group’s instrumental flexibility, especially on the slow-rolling 'Oh Josephine.'
By Blackdog
"Warpaint is the vigorous return, after seven years, of the Black Crowes."
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