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Fantastic blues with an edge. Jonny Lang, Lie to Me. An electric mix of Chicago Blues.
Good album for a young kid this is pretty amazing bought it for the title song other songs are just as good in my opinion If you like the blues good buy
I like Lang's bluesy renditions but I would have liked a few more cuts that have the energy of the title song. I'm not thrilled by this album.
If it had to be included, it would have been a better fit somewhere in the middle.well away from the influential beginning or ending of an album. The opener, title track "Lie to Me," is catchy, high quality blues, and the follow up "Darker Side" is a potent song, as well. Part of this modernity is seen in the album's clear pop leanings, evident on a number of tracks, which water it down somewhat. At times Lang's playing even echoes that of Stevie Ray Vaughan.
When you consider that Jonny Lang was still a kid when he recorded this album, it's incredibly impressive. But, given all that, it's still a good album, and one worth hearing. And then there's that final track, "Missing Your Love." It might be the weakest track on the album, and it just leaves a bad taste in the mouth. But putting the child prodigy angle aside, for a moment, it's really a mixed bag.
So why is it a mixed bag.Well, to some extent, the album tries a little too hard to be modern, and loses some of the raw emotion of the blues. Perhaps some who like pop infused blues more than I will appreciate it more fully. There are, undoubtedly, moments of sheer greatness. The album offers up a nice mix of harder rockin' blues numbers with slower blues both of the heavy and soft varieties.
Jonny just keeps getting better and with a more mature and bluesy vocal. For a second effort, it is just as good as the first.
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