Smokin!
Patricia Hennessy | USA | 05/23/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Barbara Lynn Ozen's smoky voice and fine guitar playing was one of the better blends of soul vocals and blues embellishment. Huey P. Meaux produced this early-'60s record, which featured the classic title track. Other Lynn numbers, like "I'll Suffer," were equally outstanding; Lynn was sometimes tough and confrontational, and tender, inviting or anguished at other times. Meaux didn't clutter the works with unnecessary firepower; his arrangements and charts were just enough to augment Lynn's sturdy vocals. Lynn also wrote ten of the 12 songs.
You'll Lose a Good Thing
Don't Be Cruel
Can't Buy My Love
There's Something on your Mind
Strange
Second Fiddle Girl
You Better Stop
Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')
All I Need is Your Love
Careless Hands
Dedicate the Blues to Me
Lonely Heartache
Letter to Mommy & Daddy
You're Gonna Need Me
You Don't Sleep at Night
(I Cried at) Laura's Wedding
You Can't Be Satisfied
Ring Telephone Ring
Everybody Loves Somebody
Dina and Patricia
It's Never Too Late
Teenage Blues
Unfair
Don't Rush Me
Give Me a Break
Heartbreaking Years
You're Gonna Need Me
People Gonna Talk
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