Rock Archeologia

Eric Burdon - ‘Til Your River Runs Dry © 2013 ABKCO 

Artist: Eric Burdon
Album: ‘Til Your River Runs Dry
Ⓟ & © 2013 ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
Catalog#: 89062
Release: January 29, 2013
Country: UK(Newcastle)
Genre: Pop/Rock, Blues-Rock
Format: FLAC (track,.cue+log)
Bitrate: lossless
Duration: 00:54:58

• Ерик Бардон вновь пришёл с новым альбомом. Критики уверяют, что очередная студийная работа мастера - очень личная. Наверно так и есть, если обратить внимание на названия песен и их тематику: "День памяти", "Дьявол и Иисус", "Старые привычки умирают тяжело", "Вода", "На земле" и т.п. Альбом записывался в Новом Орлеане и Южной Калифорнии, где Эрик трудился над своими последними двумя альбомами. Диск спродюсирован самим Эриком и Тони Барнаклем (Tony Barnacle). Гениальные песни, гениальный голос, достойное прибавление к дискографии. Эрик по-прежнему великолепен и не перестаёт удивлять. Новинкани чуть не хуже изумительных альбомов "My Secret Life" 2004 и "Soul of a Man" 2006, а может даже и лучше.
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• Eric Burdon never stopped working but he did effectively disappear, falling away from the spotlight sometime before the Animals were inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He kept touring, kept recording, but was decidedly underneath the radar until Bruce Springsteen made him a centerpiece of his 2012 South by Southwest keynote address, inviting the veteran rocker to share the stage with him later that night. Suddenly, Burdon was pushed into the spotlight and he capitalized upon his raised profile, cutting a quick and dirty indie EP with Cincinnati rockers the Greenhornes and then re-upping with Abkco (home of the Animals catalog) for 2013's 'Til Your River Runs Dry, his first high-profile record in eons and his first album of largely original material since 2004. At this late stage, Burdon isn't seeking reinvention -- he sticks to his basics, including two salutes to his hero Bo Diddley (one a cover; one a tribute) -- but he doesn't sound stale, either. He's engaging in the present by relying on his tradition, reviving the menacing minor-key rock of the Animals, touching upon a bit of War's multi-cultural funk, indulging his love of the blues, all while reflecting on mortality, waging a bit of social protest, recognizing that "Old Habits Die Hard," resisting the temptation to go gently into that good night. Burdon doesn't sound like a young man but he does sound invigorated, sometimes singing so passionately he teeters on the edge of self-parody, but that's the appeal of 'Til Your River Runs Dry: Burdon pours everything into this album, as if he realizes this is his last best shot to get the credit he's due. And, against all odds, he succeeds with this tough, flinty, proudly old-fashioned rock & roll album.
                                                                                                     - Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Tracklist:

01. Water 4:20
02. Memorial Day 4:39
03. Devil and Jesus 4:22
04. Wait 3:45
05. Old Habits Die Hard 4:00
06. Bo Diddley Special 5:29
07. In the Ground 4:10
08. 27 Forever 4:27
09. River Is Rising 5:59
10. Medicine Man 4:39
11. Invitation to the White House 5:55
12. Before You Accuse Me 3:13

Members:

Shamaar Allen, Darrell Leonard - Trumpet

Tony Braunagel - Drums, Percussion, Producer, Back Vocal

Eric Burdon - Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals

Lenny Castro, Wally Ingram - Percussion

Jon Cleary - Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Piano

Mike Finnigan - Hammond B3, Piano

Teresa James, Will Wheaton, Billy Valentine - Vocals (Background)

Craig Klein - Trombone

Reggie McBride, Terry Wilson - Bass

Eric McFadden - Guitar, Mandolin, Spanish Guitar

Jim Pugh - Keyboards, Piano

Johnny Lee Schell, Billy Watts - Guitar

Joe Sublett - Saxophone

Brannen Temple - Drums

Terry Townson - Arranger, Horn Section

Red Young - Hammond B3, Keyboards

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