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Love Life & Leaving [Import]

~ Detroit Cobras

4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Audio CD (23 Mar 2009)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry
ASIN: B00005B4FN
Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 126,430 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Life, Love and Leaving is the second album by underground rock act the Detroit Cobras. Like the Dirtbombs or the Screws, the Cobras pay homage to the decades of artists who have hit the vinyl before them. These Motor City garage rockers combine gospel, soul, R&B and 50s rock & roll to create a unique mix of retro innocence and tight, danceable music overflowing with rhythm and grit. Frontwoman Rachael Nagy croons with class and soul, with a low, hearty voice that sounds husky and warm. On Life, Love and Leaving, the Cobras cover everyone from Otis Redding and Ike Turner to more obscure acts, such as Clyde McPhatter, with the amazing ballad "Let's Forget About the Past", and Ronnie Mack with the equally mind-blowing "Cry On". While a band that only does covers may sound like a one-trick pony, the Cobras manage to mine the hidden parts of bygone eras, coming back with gems that might go otherwise unheard to the next generations, and creating a great style of their own in the process. --Jennifer Maerz

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't move to this....., 13 Jul 2002

By	Gorebrook (Lytham St Annes, UK) - See all my reviews

.....then I suspect you're six foot under. Bought this on the strength of hearing "Hey Sailor" and it hasn't left the car stereo since. If ever a band made you shake your ass and smile like a demented cheshire cat then the DC's are it. Garage Soul just about sums it up but there's so much richness, warmth and melody in amongst the fuzz and grit it's just a heavenly combination, and in many respects very, very hard to pigeonhole.
In a nutshell if you like good soul/dance music (in the 50's/60's sense), and stuff that'll make you smile, give the Cobras some earspace, I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Indescribably brilliant, 23 Jul 2002

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There's no way in hell I can possibly describe this without use of "strengthening" words, so....it's REALLY difficult to pin down just what it is that makes this album soooo ...brilliant. There's never been another album like this. I bought it on the strength of hearing one song on the radio (managed to find it fairly cheap by some miracle) and I've never been so chuffed in my life. If you like garage rock, soul, gospel, 50's pop.....nah, screw it, you'll like it whatever kind of thing you're into. Rachael Nagy's voice will make you stop and listen. 'Shout Bama Lama' (the last track, what a way to end an album) WILL make you repeat it over and over and over and over etc (31 times is my highest, it won't take long it's less than 2 minutes). I have no objection to short albums, in fact quite the opposite, I don't like long albums that outstay their welcome. This 14-track album is over in 29 minutes 49 seconds (according to my stereo) but don't let this put you off, it IS an astonishing album with not a single weak track, just PLEASE go and buy it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Detroits finest rock 'n' soul covers band., 29 Dec 2001

By	red_monkey - See all my reviews

The second album from the hippest of groovers, The Detroit Cobras. Fourteen tracks, all covers, all fantastic and all done in a garage kinda way.
I wont pretend to have heard of most of the tracks before, but the original artists include such luminaries as Ike Turner, Otis Redding and Mary Wells.
There's no lo-fi rubbish here, the powerful female vocals are just awesome.
File under: Garage Soul.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Play twice!
The Detroit Cobras have a healthy disregard for musical fashion and play almost exclusively brilliant, scorching covers of favourites from their vinyl collections from the fifties... Read more

Published on 27 Jun 2007 by Laurence Upton

5.0 out of 5 stars Bloody Brillaint
Just...just buy this. One of the finest and most fun albums I have ever bought.

Published on 31 May 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars My New Favourite Band
Like your favourite garage punk band playing your favourite rock'n'roll and soul songs. Rachel Nagy has a belter of a voice and the rest of the band fuzz it up a treat. Read more

Published on 10 May 2002 by martin.whitehead4@ntlworld.com

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