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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By blue bird
Format:Audio CD
this album is a beautiful combination of mellow beats and understated vocals. i think it is Cale at his very best. The first track 'hey baby' is a classy opener, a burst of sunshine to the sound of trumpets and it just gets better from there. yes 'cocaine' is on it but i dont think its a stand out track because the rest of the songs are classic (lost) love songs and whats better subject material love or drugs? (dont say both). if you want a JJ Cale album get this or 'Naturally'.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Troubadour would have been appealing even if it were an instrumental album, on account of the delicious instrumental textures. Hey Baby charms the listener with its intricate guitar whilst Travelin' Light is a rhythmic up-tempo excursion with hypnotic percussion. One of the longest tracks is You Got Something, a yearning love song with brilliant instrumental interplay.
The romantic Ride Me High is a masterpiece of expressive guitar and percussion, the brief track Hold On is a slow bluesy interlude and then there's the original of Cocaine with its powerful rock guitar riffs which became a great hit for Eric Clapton. I'm A Gypsy Man has a nervous, jerky rhythmic pattern whilst The Woman That Got Away is an up-tempo blues track with impressive piano. The whining guitar on Super Blue is something to relish.
Let Me Do It To You is a catchy pop song with perky sax and a long instrumental outro, whilst the love song Cherry is equally charming. Another highlight is the slow blues number You Got Me On So Bad where the piano expertly creates the mood. I was surprised by Troubadour's versatility and the virtuosity of the playing. To my delight, Cale's music is not all sleep-inducing laid-back mellowness.
The romantic Ride Me High is a masterpiece of expressive guitar and percussion, the brief track Hold On is a slow bluesy interlude and then there's the original of Cocaine with its powerful rock guitar riffs which became a great hit for Eric Clapton. I'm A Gypsy Man has a nervous, jerky rhythmic pattern whilst The Woman That Got Away is an up-tempo blues track with impressive piano. The whining guitar on Super Blue is something to relish.
Let Me Do It To You is a catchy pop song with perky sax and a long instrumental outro, whilst the love song Cherry is equally charming. Another highlight is the slow blues number You Got Me On So Bad where the piano expertly creates the mood. I was surprised by Troubadour's versatility and the virtuosity of the playing. To my delight, Cale's music is not all sleep-inducing laid-back mellowness.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Since listening to 'Five' 21 years ago as a young whippersnapper, I was entranced by the tone and beauty of his voice, the tightness of his compositions and the quality of the performers chosen to assist this great man in creating sublime and quasi-classical music of our age.
Troubadour is one of the Great JJ albums, in that it has all the hallmarks of a complete Cale opus, catchy ballads (You got something) bluesy rockers(Travellin' Light) and a blow your balls of classic (Cocaine).
Each of his great albums, of which there are probably ten in his career so far have this mix, all employing his ability to fuse the elements of American popular music forms, Jazz, Country, Blues, Rock'n'Roll, Bluegrass etc into a stand alone style that will enthrall the musical conossieurs among us.
Listen- sad, happy, aroused or indifferent this man will bring something to the party when you put on his music.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
By the time I first heard 'Troubadour', I was already familiar with all his albums up to 1982's 'Grasshopper'. It wasn't quite what I'd expected and is less 'instant' than his other albums, but quickly grows and stays with you. This is a more abrasive collection, steeped in blues and jazz influences. The rhythms are harder, the overall feel more sexual, and for once, one track reaches the four-minute mark. Titles like 'Ride me High' and 'You Got Me On So Bad' hint at this. Plodding brass introduces 'Hey Baby', a song which hides what's to come, but the urgent rhythm of 'Travelin' Light' opens the door on the rest of the music. There's also the famous 'Cocaine' of course, but you don't buy 'Troubadour' just for that.
By GadgetGary
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I wouldn't presume to give a review full of pretentious nonsense. this is another great laid back album by JJ just listen to it.
By teenie
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is one of his best if not the best album he has brought out.I don`t think anyone would not like this album, a foot tapping masterpiece perfect for a chilled out evening.
By nell
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This CD is replacing an old LP. It arrived within a week in perfect condition and I now have every album of JJ Cale.
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Cool and Contemporary!
Troubadour is without doubt one of, if not the best of,Cales offerings.
Hugely influential, with Cocaine and Travelin' Light covered by Clapton. Read more
Hugely influential, with Cocaine and Travelin' Light covered by Clapton. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2011 by Monk
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He is the man!
This is amoungst my all time favourite albums, I like his otherstuff but there is something about this one that I just love perhaps it's because this is the first JJ I ever... Read more
Published on 13 Oct 1999
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