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| 13 - Lee Hazlewood - 1971 |
Label: Smells like records SLR040 (USA)
Format: CD
From: USA
My rating: 7/10
Entered: 10/04/2002
Last updated: 10/04/2002
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Search on GEMM |  | 13 is a funny little album, recorded in a style that's completely different to all of Lee's other material. 'Bouncy' is the best way to describe the sound; it's a funky blues-soul-pop hybrid with prominent horns, bass and drums.
There are just 9 tracks, with a total playing time of just over 25 minutes. I recognize a couple of the songs from Lee's earlier albums, although they're completely recast here in bouncy style: 'She comes running' and 'I move around' (the latter was also sung by Nancy Sinatra. The arrangements are pretty incredible, transforming these moody pop songs into party-sound foot-tappers. There are some entertaining words, for example in 'Ten or 11 towns ago' when Lee describes 'One week in San Francisco/existing on Nabisco'
Perhaps it's the short length and fast pace of the songs, but I come away feeling that most of the music on this record is pretty throwaway. This isn't to say it isn't effective, because it is, and I guess most of Lee's appeal lies in his lyrics and delivery in any case. The style is almost ridiculously peppy and bouncy sometimes, but this is still quite a compelling release. | Lee Hazlewood recommendations at Musical Taste
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For one moment
The Nights
Bye Babe
| Links for Lee Hazlewood
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/wilkens/Index.html
Still the best and most authoritative Lee Hazlewood site, even now, after the rest of the world has 'discovered' Lee's unique brand of genius. The site provides hitherto unavailable information on the story of Lee's life, and a great archive of links, discographies and album art.
http://www.leehazlewood.net/
Lee now has his own official site. Very cool; has sound clips, and reveals details of Lee's forthcoming new album ('For Every Solution there's a problem') and book ('The Pope’s Daughter'). Lee even provides music recommendations!
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