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NEW ALBUM: The Revivalists - Take Good Care - Ruby - 23-11-2018 THE REVIVALISTS ~ Take Good Care Just went and looked at a review I did of City of Sound in 2014. More or less the same adjectives and conclusion with a few updates. Funny that!  Personnel:   Ed Williams (pedal steel guitar, guitar) David Shaw (lead vocals) Zack Feinberg (guitar) Rob Ingraham (saxophone) George Gekas (bass guitar) Andrew Campanelli (drums, percussion) Michael Girardot (keyboards, trumpet) Paulet "PJ" Howard (drums and percussion)   I think what I most liked about these guys when they first came to notice was their raw, impetuous energy and a sound that stood out from among the masses – they had a good recipe, managing to convey such excitement and honesty about what they were doing, as though they couldn’t believe their good fortune and were so much enjoying themselves. They might since have been tamed and polished, to a degree, which is both good and bad IMHO - there’s something attractive about a rough edge or two! A hard-working, philanthropically-minded band, they certainly seem to be a bunch of competent musicians and David Shaw has the most distinctive voice that seems to be getting better as he goes along; having now made a bit of a name for themselves, they’ve attracted this producer and that producer, all of whose fingers in the pie have, I suspect, had the effect of somewhat muddying those lovely swampy waters. (Nothing like a good mixed metaphor! Lol!!) It was bound to happen, but maybe they can still bring it back - there are moments here of loose, louche, soulful bayou roots rock and their original joie de vivre, but for my personal taste, they are in danger of pandering just a tad too much (in terms of style) to what is presently commercially successful. I’m quite sure many listeners will have no issue with that at all and it's still a very listenable album (especially compared to some of the other filler flooding the market).  In fairness, there are some damn catchy tunes and it’s evident in their material that they do actually think about what they’re putting out there. I find myself hoping they’ll mature into being confident enough to trust their own muse somewhere down the line, and not just slide into production led pop obscurity. Hang on to your essence boys!! Or to sum it up rather more succinctly – I have mixed but generally positive feelings about this album.   Single - "All My Friends" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZygSY-2on0c "You and I" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHdkkYJypb0 "Hate to Love You" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3knp9d1IYCI Lead track "Otherside of Paradise" ... (not representative of the whole) ... RE: NEW ALBUM: The Revivalists - Take Good Care - R_burke - 26-11-2018 Thanks, I have others of theirs, but like to see a good review before I put on my list RE: NEW ALBUM: The Revivalists - Take Good Care - Ruby - 26-11-2018 ^You're welcome. And thank you ...  I think.  RE: NEW ALBUM: The Revivalists - Take Good Care - CRAZY-HORSE - 27-11-2018 nice links Ruby, I will listen to the whole album on Saturday RE: NEW ALBUM: The Revivalists - Take Good Care - Ruby - 27-11-2018 ^Cool. Interested to hear your take. RE: NEW ALBUM: The Revivalists - Take Good Care - CRAZY-HORSE - 28-11-2018 ok, I managed to listen a couple of days earlier than I thought I would... very distinctive vocal quality... intelligent pop... catchy tunes... hearing lots of styles in here, pop, jazz, blues, soul/R+B,,, hard to pick a favourite track as theyre all pretty good... but heres one that stood out immediately for me: RE: NEW ALBUM: The Revivalists - Take Good Care - Music Head - 28-11-2018 entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart last week at #78 courtesy of Spotify from Nawlins 4th album not sure if I've heard the previous ones as Ruby stated, don't judge this album by the opening track  after that I hear some KOL and some ID it passes my test and would go on a list fav RE: NEW ALBUM: The Revivalists - Take Good Care - CRAZY-HORSE - 28-11-2018 LOL, we posted within a minute of eachother… was trying to think of some "sounds like..." comparisons, they were on the tip of my tongue but couldn't get them out...ID and KoL were what I was looking for, thanks mate. RE: NEW ALBUM: The Revivalists - Take Good Care - Music Head - 28-11-2018 ^^ like minds again mate now wouldn't it be cool if we could get Jerome to listen?