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Track Listings
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1. Runaround
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2. Stand
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3. Look Around
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4. Fallible
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5. Mountains Win Again
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6. Freedom
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7. Crash Burn
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8. Price To Pay
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9. Hook
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10. Good The Bad And The Ugly
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11. Just Wait
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12. Brother John
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Product Description
Description
Already established as a reputable act due to years of drop-dead touring, FOUR is the album that has broken Blues Traveler through to widespread popularity, becoming their first best-seller. Singer John Popper's frenetic harp coupled with guitarist Chan Kinchla's chicken-scratch rhythm playing makefor a potent one-two punch that goes far in distinguishing Blues Traveler from the hordes of similar "Grateful Dead Baby Bands" that have cropped up in recent years. And while theband still retains that musical formula, FOUR explores other levels of their organic boogie.
Scaling back the over-extended jams of their previous records, Blues Traveler has returned as a much leaner unit. Opening with the airy "Run-Around", FOUR dabbles with pretty ballads ("Look Around") as well as more upbeat and sunny fare ("Hook"). Guest Warren Haynes' guitar playing gives "The Mountain Wins Again" a heavy Allman Brothers flavour, and Paul Shaffer's funky organ fills on "Stand" tango with Popper's scat-like vocal delivery.
The road is still Blues Traveler's true calling--it is, after all, where they became the dynamic musical force they are today. But for a studio album made by an acknowledged liveband, FOUR makes for one helluva rest stop.