THE MALIBOOZ

Queen's English

2010-08-18

The Malibooz were originally formed in the 1960's and Queen's English was intended to be an album of covers by the reunited band. But as the band was working on it, they had increasing opportunities to work with British Invasion legends (Tony Hicks of The Hollies, Ron Davis, Len Barry, and Colin Hanton of The Quarrymen, Richard Moore of The Troggs, etc.). They began to see this as a chance to record some new stuff. Before I read the liner notes to Queen's English, I thought The Malibooz had simply ripped off parts of many of the popular songs of the 60's; but now I know that they are "paying tribute" to them. From the use of the celeste and the "Peggy Sue" percussion on "Just a Little Bit" to the Everly Brothers harmonies on "Good Tonight" to the Kinks' bass line on "Free" there is a lot of "tribute" being paid on this one. Rebecca Ruth

More reviews tagged #Rock

  • reviewed 05/2008

    GLENN BULTHUIS & THE TONEDEAFS
    Greatest Hits, 1977-2007

  • reviewed 01/2007

    DEMON VERLAINE

  • reviewed 04/2007

    PUNCHING BEE MUSIC
    Volume One

  • reviewed 05/2007

    TIM FINN
    Imaginary Kingdom

  • reviewed 05/2010

    DELTA SPIRIT
    History From Below

  • reviewed 02/2006

    WILLIE NILE
    Streets of New York

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.