The Best of Ace Cannon_音乐专辑
The Best of Ace Cannon
又名: The Best of Ace Cannon: The Hi Records Years
表演者: Ace Cannon
专辑类型: 选集
介质: CD
发行时间: 1996
唱片数: 1
出版者: Hi Records
条形码: 0018111993029
专辑简介
On this 18-song best-of, the chronological and stylistic breadth is a little -- not much -- greater than you'd suspect, starting with his biggest single, 1961's "Tuff," and going all the way up to 1971. Most of the time, the saxophonist was content to grind out slow to medium shuffles with repetitive riffs and simple R&B-pop hooks, occasionally using organ, much in the style of his labelmates Bill Black's Combo (with whom Cannon sometimes played sax). Like Black, Cannon's singles were good jukebox fare, sometimes selling a lot to the specific jukebox market even when they didn't chart. (And often they didn't chart; only three singles besides "Tuff" made the Top 100, all of them included here.) The formula was simplistic and sometimes monotonous, especially when piled right after the other. However, his grooves were tight, and in the unavoidable Cannon-Black comparisons, Cannon comes out on top, simply because his instrumentals were more soulful and just a bit grittier. Toward the end of the 1960s, too, he unexpectedly got into a tougher bag that was explicitly derivative of fellow Memphians Booker T. & the MG's, but was actually pretty well done. It made for an improved sound, anyway, on cuts like "Funny (How Time Slips Away)," the downright funky "Soul for Sale," and "If I Had a Hammer" (yes, the old Peter, Paul & Mary folk hit). The 1971 cover of Joe Liggins' "Drunk" is, again unexpectedly, quite creditable funk, and only number here to feature vocals, done in a suitably phlegmy manner. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
曲目
1 Tuff
2 Sittin' Tight
3 Looking Back
4 Kansas City
5 Empty Arms
6 The Prisoner's Song
7 Cotton Fields
8 Sunday Blues
9 Searchin'
10 Blues Stay Away from Me
11 Heartbreak Hotel
12 I Walk the Line
13 Funny How Time Slips Away
14 Soul for Sale
15 Memory
16 Moanin'
17 If I Had a Hammer
18 Drunk
