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[Info]
Artist : Gov't Mule
Album : Peace... Like A River
Label : Fantasy Records
Genre : Rock
Street Date : 2023-06-16
Quality : 262 kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
Encoder : Lame 3.100 -V0
Size : 150.86MB
Time : 76:24 min
Url : http://allmusic.com/album/release/peace-like-a-river-mr000595
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[Tracks]
1. Same As It Ever Was 6:44
2. Shake Our Way Out (Feat. Billy F Gibbons) 6:23
3. Made My Peace 9:07
4. Peace I Need 7:21
5. Your Only Friend 5:59
6. Dreaming Out Loud (Feat. Ivan Neville, Ruthie Foster) 4:38
7. Head Full Of Thunder 4:35
8. The River Only Flows One Way (Feat. Billy Bob Thornton) 7:21
9. After The Storm 6:24
10. Just Across The River (Feat. Celisse) 5:18
11. Long Time Coming 5:19
12. Gone Too Long 7:15
[Notes]
Though sounding completely different from one another, Gov't Mule's
Peace...Like a River is a companion album to 2021's Heavy Load Blues. The
dates were actually recorded simultaneously in different spaces inside the
same studio. In different rooms, the band -- guitarist / vocalist Warren
Haynes, drummer Matt Abts, bassist Jorgen Carlsson, and keyboardist Danny
Louis -- and co-producer John Paterno set up two entirely different
recording areas with amps, guitars, keys, and microphones, with the
intention of giving each album its own sonic and musical identity. While
Heavy Load Blues is an epic blues-rock date, Peace...Like a River is a
labyrinthine trek through original songs that nod at the band's classic rock
influences, creating an album that sounds like it was written and recorded
during the 1970s. Opener "Same as It Ever Was" offers poetic lyrics about
life's difficulties and revelations during and in the aftermath of the
pandemic. The fingerpicked lead guitar, psychedelic production, lilting
melody, and thunderous rhythm section crescendo buoy Haynes' emotionally
resonant vocal. "Shake Our Way Out" is an exercise thundering, riff-centric,
distorted blues-rock with Billy F. Gibbons (ZZ Top) joining on second guitar
and vocals. While "Made My Peace" introduces itself as a midtempo,
swaggering blues boogie, it quickly shifts gears to reflect Pink Floyd's
deep influence on Gov't Mule. The vocal harmonies, melody, and dynamics
recall both the Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here eras. "Dreaming
Out Loud" is a jazzy rock cum R&B production. Ruthie Foster and Ivan Neville
join the crew for the souled-out, steamy, bluesy, jazzy, NOLA-inspired funk
on the poignant "Dreaming Out Loud" complete with soaring horns. Its lyrics
were compiled from writings and speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Robert
F. Kennedy, congressman/activist John Lewis and John F. Kennedy. Billy Bob
Thornton contributes vocals to the swampy, spooky dubwise reggae of "The
River Only Flows One Way." "After the Storm" cooks, but it's just a little
too derivative of the L.A. Woman-era Doors due to Haynes trying too hard to
imitate Jim Morrison in the first verse. That said, Louis' fine organ work
owes more to the exploratory grooves of Larry Young and Garth Hudson than
Ray Manzarek. "Just Across the River" is a slow-rolling, R&B-inflected blues
featuring excellent playing and singing from New York-based guitarist and
vocalist Celisse Henderson (Brandi Carlile, Joni Mitchell). "Long Time
Coming" is a righteous, horn-drenched, soul-blues rave-up with a powerful
vocal from Haynes. Peace...Like a River closes with the slide guitar
Southern-fried rock of "Gone Too Long," which nods simultaneously at Neil
Young with Crazy Horse and Lynyrd Skynyrd. This set reaffirms Gov't Mule's
place as one of the most musical, stylistically ambitious bands out there.