Track Listings (7) - Disc #1| All Artists: Jeff Beck Title: Beck-Ola Members Wishing: 4 Total Copies: 0 Label: Sony Original Release Date: 1/1/1991 Re-Release Date: 3/26/1991 Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal Styles: Blues Rock, Rock Guitarists, British Invasion, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 074644741124 |
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One of the hallmarks of Jeff Beck's mercurial career has been a propensity to zig just when you expect him to zag. While Beck-Ola, the Jeff Beck Group's second album, may not have lived up to the heady expectations fueled ... more » |
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Amazon.com One of the hallmarks of Jeff Beck's mercurial career has been a propensity to zig just when you expect him to zag. While Beck-Ola, the Jeff Beck Group's second album, may not have lived up to the heady expectations fueled by their first album, Truth, it's hardly a failure. Personal frictions (singer Rod Stewart and bassist Ron Wood left to join the Faces just after the album was released, also nixing a prime showcase at Woodstock) likely broke up the original JBG well before they'd hit their stride. Perhaps influenced by the early success of the similarly formatted, if much heavier-handed, Led Zeppelin, the group seems to have a narrower focus on Beck-Ola, with more emphasis on straight-ahead rock like "Spanish Boots," "Plynth (Water Down the Drain)," "All Shook Up," and a standout, typically inventive Beck reworking of Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock." The Bard had it right about those sad words: "What could have been." --Jerry McCulley Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsLess eclectic than "Truth", more focused and raucous James McDonnell | NJ | 12/01/1999 (4 out of 5 stars) "A couple of things could have happened with respect to "Beck-ola". Either the friction in the band limited the album's pallette, so to speak, or else the band decided to focus on rock and heavy blues/R&B. Whatever the case, you will not need caffeine to be re-energized after hearing this CD. Beck's guitar work is remarkably subtle and understated, as we have come to expect, notwithstanding the relentless rhythm section which pounds and slashes behind him. Plynth and Rice Pudding are two stand outs (what happened to the end of Rice Pudding? The song literally falls off the table), Spanish Boots is great; Stewart/Wood/Beck showing some good lyrical humor as well as good songwriting. Wood's bass work on this song, and indeed on this entire album, is outstanding. It makes one think that the Stones hired him for the wrong job. Rod Stewart's vocal apprenticeship ends with this album. His signature vocal style has pretty much evolved at this point, and the rest is legend. 4 stars only because the album does not fully live up to the promise of its predecessor, but is still well worth the investment." Jeff takes his place as one of the greatest guitarists ever! James McDonnell | 03/10/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "As a guitarist, I can say that Jeff Beck is one of the greats. The guitar playing on this album is amazing, and as always, Jeff is years ahead of his time."
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