Born Under a Bad Sign
Born Under a Bad Sign dates back to a time when albums were collections of singles, and when singles, designed for radio and jukebox play, seldom ran more than three and a half minutes. That limitation meant that artists had to make an impact quickly and firmly. In blues, the tendency of songs to go on a bit had to be curbed to produce performances with punch and point. There are few better examples of this process in action than Albert King's 1960s tracks like "Crosscut Saw," "Born Under a Bad Sign," and his story of hot whispers during the hot-wash cycle, "Laundromat Blues." With his thick voice and no-nonsense guitar, King brought absolute blues credibility to the well-made commercial single, and even tracks that were recorded purely for the album, like the aching slow blues "As the Years Go Passing By," became classics. Reissued with the original funky cover art, Born Under a Bad Sign is one of the foundation stones of a blues collection. --Tony Russell more
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-14-2008
- One Of The Greatest Electric Blues Albums Of All-Time
This album and Earl Hooker's "The Moon Is Rising" are two of the greatest electric Blues albums of all-time. There is not a bad song on this disc. Albert King also displays great versatility; "Born Under A Bad Sign" sounds nothing like...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Feb-07-2008
- Souful
This is really a fantastic blues album. Not even close to the most technical thing out there, but Albert King just pours out emotion into his guitar. It's a very soulful performance.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-27-2008
- Flawless Electric Blues
The Blues have always been much more popular in concert settings than on record. Truth is, there's not a wealth of terrific Blues studio records that appeal to a broad audience. If there were more Blues albums as excellent as "Born...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-26-2008
- Born Under A Bad Sign
Albert King-Born Under A Bad Sign *****This is it, the album that changed everything. Up until this point it was white boys playing only trashy rock n' roll, but after the release of Born Under A Bad sign all the little white boys from...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-14-2008
- One Of The Greatest Electric Blues Albums Of All-Time
This album and Earl Hooker's "The Moon Is Rising" are two of the greatest electric Blues albums of all-time. There is not a bad song on this disc. Albert King also displays great versatility; "Born Under A Bad Sign" sounds nothing like...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-24-2007
- Not his best sounding work by far.
This may be the album that made the man but it's not his best work. The clips above are by far the best part of the album. Less than simple blues leads, wrong notes played in several places with attempts to cover it by horns are...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-30-2002
- Forget it
"King Of The Blues Guitar" is much better. However if I were starting my Albert King Collection I would first buy Rhino's "The Ultimate Collection" and then of equal importance I would buy Modern Blues' "Let's Have A Natural Ball" lastly...
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