Robin Trower - 20th Century Blues

Size: 116,1 MB - 337 MB
Time: 50:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s - Flac
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues, blues-rock
Art: Front

1. 20th Century Blues (3:13)
2. Prisoner of Love (3:43)
3. Precious Gift (4:03)
4. Whisper Up a Storm (4:02)
5. Extermination Blues (4:51)
6. Step Into the Dark (6:08)
7. Rise Up Like the Sun (3:05)
8. Secret Place (4:34)
9. Chase the Bone (3:20)
10. Promise You the Stars (3:28)
11. Don't Lose Faith in Tomorrow (5:40)
12. Reconsider Baby (4:29)

There's a lot to be said for time and place, let alone context. And perhaps back in 1994 Robin Trower had already caught wind of a new blues revival in the UK to resurrect his solo career on the bluesier side of a hitherto power rock-blues style. But if '20th Century Blues' was a successful comeback, then 2005's 'Another Days Blues' was slightly more disappointing, with a different line-up struggling to make its mark as the undoubted elements of taste, poise and feel are dissipated by a lack of passion and spark. By the time of 2009's 'What Lies Beneath' the cat is out the bag and Trower's gradual step into the direction of laid back introspection is channelled into exploratory guitar tones, earnest lyrics and shared vocals with long time accomplice Davy Pattison. 20th Century Blues (Repertoire REP 5245) marked an impressive shift back into the rock/blues market for Robin Trower, after 4 years in a short lived return to the ranks of Procol Harum and an unlikely 3 album dalliance with Bryan Ferry. The album features the excellent line-up of bass/keyboard player and vocalist Livingstone Brown (who later produced 'What Lies Beneath') and the solid Clive Mayuyu on drums. Recorded 20 years after the best selling 'Bridge of Sighs' album, Trower gets off to an incendiary start impressing on the wah wah inflected, funky groove of 'Prisoner of Love' and the beautifully voiced tone colours of 'Precious Gift'.

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