Down Two Then Left

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合計収録時間 : 00:42:21
Also available in a 3-pack with SLOW DANCER and SILK DEGREES. Personnel: Boz Scaggs (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Boz Scaggs; Carolyn Willis, Phyllis Saint James, Zedric Turnbough, Julia Tillman Waters, Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Roy Galloway, Stan Farber, Venetta Fields, Myrna Matthews (vocals, background vocals); Eldridge King, Terry Evans, Bobby King (vocals); Steve Lukather (guitar); Ernie Watts (saxophone, horns); Chuck Findley (flugelhorn, horns); David Duke , Don Menza, Fred Selden, Barbara Korn, Dana Hughes, Don Manza, Steve Madaio (horns); Jai Winding (piano, keyboards); Victor Feldman (keyboards, vibraphone, claves); Scott Edwards (bass guitar); Bobbye Hall (congas, bongos, percussion); Alan Estes (congas); Jim Haas, James Haas (background vocals); Jay Graydon, Ray Parker, Jr. (guitar); Michael Omartian (accordion, keyboards, marimba); Jeff Porcaro (drums, timbales). Audio Remasterer: Joe Gastwirt. Recording information: Hollywood Sound. Photographer: Guy Bourdin. Unknown Contributor Roles: Carolyn Willis; Irving Azoff; Mike Reese. Arranger: Michael Omartian. With 1974's Slow Dancer, produced by Johnny Bristol, Scaggs recast himself as a more R&B-infused singer. 1976's multi-million-selling Silk Degrees found Scaggs' switch paying off commercially, displaying enough skills and chops that the odious "blue-eyed soul" tag was deemed passe. This is noticeably more detached than Silk Degrees. And although this set is indeed quirky, the often unsurprising production featuring almost-on-cue guitar solos makes this album more "mainstream" than it had to be. "Still Falling for You" kicks the album off and sets the standard for the skilled, seamless production juxtaposed to meandering, almost incoherent lyrics. The melodic "A Clue," the best of the released singles, attains the offhanded cool and tunefulness that most of this set is striving for. Although this set is more soulful throughout than Silk Degrees, nothing sticks out like "What Can I Say." More than anything, this album puts the spotlight on Scaggs' romantic views, but they are so all over the road it's hard to tell what he really thinks. On the lush "We're Waiting," a listener may not have an idea of what he's talking about, but his vocal inflections say what the lyrics fail to. After a while, Scaggs seems to give up on making this a statement about love and offers some so-so rockers. In particular, the strongly produced "1993" has Scaggs imagining a drastically changed world as he sings, "Before they take me up/They'll have to alter, alter me." Down Two Then Left has a melancholy appeal much like Al Green Is Love and Joni Mitchell's Hissing of Summer Lawns, but a few concessions prevent this from being in their elite class. ~ Jason Elias
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)