Artist: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Album: Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel
Bitrate: 237kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Silver Arrow Records
Genre: Rock
Size: 83.79 megs
PlayTime: 0h 46min 44sec total
Rip Date: 2016-08-05
Store Date: 2016-07-29
Track List:
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01. Narcissus Soaking Wet 7:06
02. Forever As The Moon 5:00
03. Ain't It Hard But Fair 7:34
04. Give Us Back Our Eleven Days 2:48
05. Some Gardens Green 6:07
06. Leave My Guitar Alone 6:08
07. Oak Apple Day 7:27
08. California Hymn 4:34
Release Notes:
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-]
Perhaps it's unfair -- or at least slightly reductive -- to compare the Chris
Robinson Brotherhood to the work of Rich Robinson, the estranged brother of the
band's leader, but listening to their 2016 albums side by side illustrates the
divide between the co-leaders of the Black Crowes. Flux, the fourth album by
Rich, doubles down on the earthy Southern sounds that always rooted the Crowes,
but Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel, the fourth LP by the CRB, is so light
it floats away on its own haze. Apart from the knowing "Leave My Guitar Alone,"
the rhythms aren't blues-boogie, they're nimble funk-rock colored by a
psychedelic sensibility that isn't about chops but rather endless expansion.
It's jam music where the playing isn't the point: it's the vibe and, sometimes,
the song. Robinson certainly luxuriates in his winding words, lyrics that
conjure fleeting indelible moments, but what impresses is the structure -- he
doesn't write hooks, he writes melodies, where the verses slide into the chorus
then glide into a bridge -- and how the band underpins these tunes with
interplay that feels loose yet tight: the performances often stretch for longer
than six minutes but the CRB aren't aimless, they're simply riding their groove.
Such accents as early-'70s analog synths and a couple of pastoral acoustic
numbers may give Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel a throwback feel but the
Chris Robinson Brotherhood aren't living in the past, they're pushing jam band
tradition forward by keeping their expansion focused on funk.