THE SOUL OF JOHN BLACK

The Good Girl Blues

2007-02-05

This is an exciting album, something that we’ve been waiting on for a long time but just finally received. Compared to their debut a few years ago, this is less challenging musically but falls into more of what you might expect it to be—and certainly catchier. The songwriting remains superb, and no matter what they do stylistically they succeed. From Soul to Folk to Blues to jazz to guitar rock, every track makes a distinct impression. If Robert Randolph and the Family band took an introspective sabbatical, smoked a few Js together and recorded their next album in a dark room they might sound like this. -Pete

More reviews tagged #Rock

  • reviewed 05/2008

    THE NATIONAL
    A Skin, A Night

  • reviewed 10/2013

    THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN
    Uncanney Valley

  • reviewed 03/2014

    SILVERSUN PICKUPS
    The Singles Collection

  • reviewed 08/2007

    THE REAL TUESDAY WELD
    The London Book of the Dead

  • reviewed 08/2011

    ERIC GALES
    Transformation

  • reviewed 02/2014

    THE REAL LAZY GENIUS
    Dreamy

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.