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Track Listings
| 1. One More Drink for the Road |
| 2. Mud Flap Momma |
| 3. To the Moon |
| 4. Standing on Higher Ground |
| 5. Third Degree |
| 6. Legend |
| 7. Nothin's Changed |
| 8. I Feel Fine |
| 9. Love You Forever |
| 10. My Gravity |
| 11. The Party's Over |
| 12. I Don't Know |
| 13. The Beetlejuice Song |
Product Description
Ltd. Edition - comes with a 56-page booklet including Leslie's song comments and an extensive bio. The album was recorded in California with the help of several well-known guitar playing buddies. Excellent contemporary blues/rock. - Digipak. LESLIE WEST - gtrs/voc, PHIL PARLAPIANO - org/Mellotron/kbd, DAVID BIGLIN - pno/acoustic gtr, FABRIZIO GROSSI - bass, KENNY ARONOFF - drums. Special guests (1 track ea.): STEVE LUKATHER - acoustic gtr, SLASH - gtr, BILLY F. GIBBONS - gtr, JOE BONAMASSA - gtr, ZAKK WYLDE -gtr.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By A. McWilliam
Format:Audio CD
Track 6 is called 'Legend' and although he actually sings 'Don't call me legend', there is no getting away from it, Leslie West is legend. He demands respect and this album demands buying. Only a musician of his class would have the likes of Slash, Zakk Wylde and Joe Bonamassa lining up to make guest appearances. Lesley West by his own admission has never been the fastest guitarist in the world, but there is nobody who can touch him for tone and such a big sound. If you like blues/rock and you never purchase another album in your life, buy this one - you won't regret it - it is sheer class.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Glenn
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
It chugs and thumps and stomps and struts and climbs and falls and growls and moans and howls and rocks and romps and rolls - and it ain't new but it ain't broken and it's what you would reasonably and rightly expect from Leslie West who has done the same for so many years and here he is at nearly 66 with those same strong guitar licks and rough roar of a voice knocking out twelve confident tracks of rock, ballad and blues. The album is also a buddy-up with fellow axmen Slash and Joe Bonamassa and Zakk Wylde and Billy Gibbons and Steve Lukather. And that's all you need and all you need to know.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By K. Brown
Format:Audio CD
Listening to Leslie West's recent release takes me back to the Empire Theatre in Edinburgh over thirty years ago. I saw Mountain live and to this day it remains one of the best 10 concerts I have attended.
I can still recall visiting Bruce's record store in Rose Street, Edinburgh a few years before the concert and hearing that unmistakable tone. We were shown the LP cover, listened a little longer, and came out of the shop with Mountain Climbing. A little later Nantucket Sleighride was released; to this day this is one of a few albums where every track is a killer.
Thank you Leslie for nearly forty years of joy!
The new album contains great blues, rock and even pop. My favourites, so far, are Third Degree and Love You Forever.
Music like this makes the rain glisten and your personal problems manageable!!!
I can still recall visiting Bruce's record store in Rose Street, Edinburgh a few years before the concert and hearing that unmistakable tone. We were shown the LP cover, listened a little longer, and came out of the shop with Mountain Climbing. A little later Nantucket Sleighride was released; to this day this is one of a few albums where every track is a killer.
Thank you Leslie for nearly forty years of joy!
The new album contains great blues, rock and even pop. My favourites, so far, are Third Degree and Love You Forever.
Music like this makes the rain glisten and your personal problems manageable!!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Great rock and blues riffs for underrated axeman. Leslie west has great guest appearances from the likes of joe bonamassa and billie gibbons no dud tracks individual tracks given between 4&5 stars highlights many but duo with the great joe bonamassa just shades it for me. A must for blues and rock fans alike
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By barty
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
tHIS IS A GREAT CD BY A GREAT GUITARISTS WITH GUESTS,jBONAMASSA,SLASH AND ZAK WYLDE.tHE TRACKS ARE GREAT AND THE GUITAR SUPERB.lESLIE WEST PLAYED WITH AN AMERICAN
BAND CALLED MOUNTAIN AND IS ONE OF THE GREAT GUITARISTS-WELL WORTH GETTING-QUALITY
ROCK MUSIC WITH GREAT MUSICIANS.
BAND CALLED MOUNTAIN AND IS ONE OF THE GREAT GUITARISTS-WELL WORTH GETTING-QUALITY
ROCK MUSIC WITH GREAT MUSICIANS.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Looking at the previous 17 reviews, I must say I agree 100% with almost all of them.
I have been a Leslie West fan ever since I heard a friend's copy of his debut album "Mountain". Even though the sound & production left a lot to be desired, I still swapped my Track records Hendrix album "Axis: Bold As Love" for it! That is worth some money! The point is I like Leslie West as a singer/guitarist more than Jimi the god and, even though he says "Don't call me Legend", he surely must be.
I was lucky enough to speak to him & Corky Laing after a gig in Sheffield when they had Stray supporting them and found them both to be funny and humble.
I have almost all of Leslie West's & Mountain's back catalogue (I don't see the point of purchasing all of the repetitive albums like the "official bootleg series") but, without doubt, this latest album is breathtakingly superb.
I like each and every track here but, like one or two reviewers before me, don't like or understand the final track "I Don't Know (The Beetlejuice Song)", other than it's Leslie's way of "having a laugh".
All in all though, 11 great tracks out of 12 can't be bad can it?
I say buy it, love it and search out other great Leslie West albums like "Got Blooze" and "Guitarded", West Bruce & Laing's "Why Doncha" and the vastly underrated Mountain albums "Flowers of Evil" and "Avalanche".
I have been a Leslie West fan ever since I heard a friend's copy of his debut album "Mountain". Even though the sound & production left a lot to be desired, I still swapped my Track records Hendrix album "Axis: Bold As Love" for it! That is worth some money! The point is I like Leslie West as a singer/guitarist more than Jimi the god and, even though he says "Don't call me Legend", he surely must be.
I was lucky enough to speak to him & Corky Laing after a gig in Sheffield when they had Stray supporting them and found them both to be funny and humble.
I have almost all of Leslie West's & Mountain's back catalogue (I don't see the point of purchasing all of the repetitive albums like the "official bootleg series") but, without doubt, this latest album is breathtakingly superb.
I like each and every track here but, like one or two reviewers before me, don't like or understand the final track "I Don't Know (The Beetlejuice Song)", other than it's Leslie's way of "having a laugh".
All in all though, 11 great tracks out of 12 can't be bad can it?
I say buy it, love it and search out other great Leslie West albums like "Got Blooze" and "Guitarded", West Bruce & Laing's "Why Doncha" and the vastly underrated Mountain albums "Flowers of Evil" and "Avalanche".
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
First saw and heard him back in the Mountain days (Woodstock through to about mid seventies) then I got an album called Why Dontcha (West, Bruce and Laing) then I heard nothing of him for years.
Then this album appeared in my Amazon recommendations. I didn't hesitate and I'm glad I didn't. The guitar playing is exceptional and that raspy voice is still there but it seems to have smoothed out and grown deeper.
If you've ever listened to, and enjoyed Leslie West before - buy this album. If you haven't but you enjoy great playing - buy this album.
Then this album appeared in my Amazon recommendations. I didn't hesitate and I'm glad I didn't. The guitar playing is exceptional and that raspy voice is still there but it seems to have smoothed out and grown deeper.
If you've ever listened to, and enjoyed Leslie West before - buy this album. If you haven't but you enjoy great playing - buy this album.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By J. M. Green
VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Ever since I first heard Leslie West singing Blood Of The Sun, way, way, way back in the late Sixties, I have been an absolute fan! The barrage of sound and the gravel vocals always did it for me. So here we are with Leslie now in his mid Sixties, and many pounds lighter than in his early years, still churning out quality rock and blues. And if you need proof that the man has got what it takes, you only have to look to see who else is contributing their individual guitar playing credentials here, to realise that he is indeed held in the highest esteem - no less than Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons, Slash and Zakk Wylde.
As for the music here, it is another great big slice of electric guitar (standard and slide) and acoustic guitar too to get your feet tapping. The opener (and not very PC) Another Drink For The Road gets the album underway with a heavy rocking riff and Leslie attacking the vocal duties as only he knows how and this pretty much sets the standard for the album with Mudflap Momma coming roaring on after.
To The Moon seems to take us back in time in terms of the sound and then we come to my personal favourite Standing On Higher Ground written by Mr Gibbons and played with the same lilt as ZZ Top, with Gibbons and West exchanging fire with Leslie giving his vocal all -truly great music delivered with the usual bump 'n grind.
There are, however, two quibbles
1) The Beetlejuice Song should NOT have appeared - it's
inclusion really should make this a 4.75 star rating
2) My album copy shows My Gravity and The Party's Over on the sleeve and within the liner notes but on my car screen it shows as You & Me and Turn Out The Lights...not really sure why, but did cause some confusion at first!... Read more ›
As for the music here, it is another great big slice of electric guitar (standard and slide) and acoustic guitar too to get your feet tapping. The opener (and not very PC) Another Drink For The Road gets the album underway with a heavy rocking riff and Leslie attacking the vocal duties as only he knows how and this pretty much sets the standard for the album with Mudflap Momma coming roaring on after.
To The Moon seems to take us back in time in terms of the sound and then we come to my personal favourite Standing On Higher Ground written by Mr Gibbons and played with the same lilt as ZZ Top, with Gibbons and West exchanging fire with Leslie giving his vocal all -truly great music delivered with the usual bump 'n grind.
There are, however, two quibbles
1) The Beetlejuice Song should NOT have appeared - it's
inclusion really should make this a 4.75 star rating
2) My album copy shows My Gravity and The Party's Over on the sleeve and within the liner notes but on my car screen it shows as You & Me and Turn Out The Lights...not really sure why, but did cause some confusion at first!... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Leslie West
I saw Leslie West on a youtube video with other guitarists so I checked out the album on Amazon and highly recommend it.
Published 2 months ago by Paul
1.0 out of 5 stars
No Idea
Can't review this because due to changes I could not download the album. To be fair Amazon did try to help, but in the end I gave up. Read more
Published 7 months ago by KC
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truly Awesome!
Downloaded this album and was very impressed from the start. Great album with Leslie West working with some of the biggest icons of the electric guitar. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. A. King
4.0 out of 5 stars
Leslie West, top man, top guitarist.
Early 1971, Mountain..Leslie West, from the 1st time I heard Nantucket Sleighride on my mates mothers radiogram ( he was the only one to have the LP and would only play it at his... Read more
Published 14 months ago by D. P. Gibson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but some tracks fade out too early!
I really like LW, and I looked forward to hearing this.
Overall, its very good. The style is still with him, BUT, and it would have been easy to fix, a few of the tracks fade... Read more
Overall, its very good. The style is still with him, BUT, and it would have been easy to fix, a few of the tracks fade... Read more
Published 15 months ago by W. A. Cooper
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unusual Suspects
Very disapointing. I expected more from leslie West having seen him live. His cover of the Beatles song was the worst I have ever heard.
Published 18 months ago by Will
5.0 out of 5 stars
out of this world
i have just listened to this album and wow what a one hundred per cent effort leslie west and co have excelled what a comeback album ishall be waiting eagerly for any other... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. A. Le Page
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