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| Artist: Mudcrutch
Label: Warner Bros.
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $7.29
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Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 209
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 455868
UPC: 093624987338
EAN: 0093624987338
ASIN: B0015FHDS6
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 21-25 of 80
 Worth a Listen July 9, 2008
J. W. (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The obvious elephant in the room with this project is Tom Petty. But, this is far from just a Tom Petty project. This disc is lovingly put together by old friends simply for the joy of music, and the joy of being together.
Lead off track, Shady Grove..( vocals here by Tom Leadon ) sets the stage. It is a comfortable interpretation of a well known song, and Leadons voice fits right in with the bands chugging along style. The second track, Scare Easy sounds the most like it came from a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers disc. Pettys mournful drawl is well suited for this track, and his pursuit for music with values, and his well documented disdain for the music industry is well suited to the lyrics. As one who has never backed down, it is easy to believe Petty doesn't "Scare Easy".
Other stand out tracks are the Roger McGuinn/ Jacques Levy penned:Lover of the Bayou, and Pettys: Crystal River. Both have that loose, in studio feel so absent from todays music. They allow the songs to lead them to just the right point,and then they are done.
I would compare this album to Neil Young and Crazy Horse... Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Both these works have a " band feel ", despite a major solo artist being involved. No leaders here, just musicians.This CD is a delight you will return to for a long time to come.
Maybe these guys checked their egos at the door. Sure sounds like it.
 Man! This is a good album! July 16, 2008
Dennis Miller (Lost Angels, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a fan of Tom Petty ( though NOT Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- go figure!). I've listened to both albums one after another numerous times & the Heatbreakers always leave me cold, but Tom Petty's work is terrific (except for "Highway Companion" which I thought was a bunch of tunes that didn't make it onto other TP albums- for good reason!).
I love Tom Petty's work in the Traveling Wilburys, too...
I didn't know anything about Mudcrutch; didn't know I was "waiting " for it!
This sounds to me very much like a lot of the music that came out of San Francisco in the late 60's & early 70's. That musical era/ musical explosion of ideas ushered in what was probably the most creative & & far reaching period in American music!
That's a pretty serious legacy to call upon & these guys deliver! I loved the choices they made too! The songs are, of course mainly written by Tom Petty, but they fit in so well with the ones that were written by someone else (Including a Roger Mcguinn tune!).
The playing sounds like an album that was recorded in 1970 & inexplicably forgotten, then remastered "last week" & released. It's clean & well thought out- Nothing there that doesn't need to be there; everything there that does! Perhaps that's "maturity" in evidence. I don't know.
The vocals, again are mostly Tom Petty, but other voices come to the fore to add a vocal richness that is not evident on Heartbreaker albums.
There are a couple of "Heartbreakers" with Petty on this album, but it's the "new" people that flesh out the sound so effectively & so satisfyingly. This is a "must" for any sort of Tom Petty fan.
Mudcrutch in fine form July 24, 2008
S. Long (Dearborn)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album, for me, is a musical breath of fresh air. Great musicians doing what they love and loving what they do.
TP has always been one of my faves. 'Wildflowers' is one of my top five. He's definitely one of the best live acts I've seen and his radio show on XM is a riot.
If you like The Wilburys, you'll love this disc.
Enjoy!
Country-Rock & Roll August 12, 2008
Pete Rosetta (Cinti., Oh.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mudcrutch 08 defines a new genre, country-rock & roll. You'll hear some some of the finest country-rock with a few uptemp rock & rollers and one jam band song. Playing songs from great tempoed country-rock to even a hillbilly jazz number, Mudcrutch has more than excelled. Clarence White would be very proud of what Mudcrutch has accomplished on this recording. Many hats off to Petty and the boys for producing one of the finest country rock recordings to come out in years. Just one other thing, with all the warped political and social views these days, thanks for stickin' to makin' great music without the BS commentary.
 If you want rock, look somewhere else. This is country! August 31, 2008
Rosie Reality (Lancaster, CA. USA)
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
Listen to the song samples first before you buy...
This album was "recommended" to me by Amazon.com presumably based on my history of purchases. Well Amazon, you got it dead wrong. This is 100% country, and if you like that, fine, but if you don't, run don't walk.
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