Candye Kane - Swango

Year: 1998
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:50
Size: 104,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. 200 Lbs Of Fun (2:59)
2. I Don't Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You) (2:42)
3. Just Because (3:05)
4. Poetry Cocktail (3:28)
5. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (3:06)
6. Everybody Needs Love (4:08)
7. Swango (2:59)
8. Tryin' To Forget You (2:53)
9. Candy (3:58)
10. Forgive Me (3:38)
11. Blind Love (2:27)
12. Don't Cry Sister (2:50)
13. I'll Make It Right (3:48)
14. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (2:42)

Candye Kane's sole major-label release, 1998's Swango, isn't one of her best albums. Producer Mike Vernon (who had run the famous U.K. blues-rock label Blue Horizon in the '60s) uses the then-current swing revival to reduce the more authentic jump blues elements of Kane's earlier records. The result is a kind of hipsterrific cocktail-nation cloyingness that makes Kane seem like a novelty act. Kane is singing better than ever, especially on the opening statement of intent, "200 Pounds of Fun," and a terrific version of the standard "Dream a Little Dream of Me," and her songwriting is growing increasingly sharper as well.

The title track's a particular gem. (Longtime fans will be disappointed to find, however, that this is by far Kane's least-bawdy record.) So really, the fault comes down to the stiff arrangements and inappropriate production; look past those and Swango is an appealing, entertaining record. It may take a few listens to get to that point, however. /Stewart Mason, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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