White Too Long

R.L. Boyce’s Hill Country Blues is effortlessly transcendent and mesmerizing. Capturing the juke-joint, moonshine fuelled, picnic party life of Como, Mississippi, Boyce takes the listener through Saturday night and over that fine line that separates it from Sunday morning. This is god-fearing music on Mississippi terms.

The album reached #25 on the R&B albums chart, White's first to miss the top ten, and peaked at #125 on the Billboard 200. The album yielded two singles, "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" and "I'm Qualified to Satisfy You" which peaked at #20 and #25 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart respectively. This was his first album that failed to produce a top ten single on that chart. Both singles also charted on the UK Singles Chart, at #17 and #37 respectively.

For those of you that remember the music and song-craft of Barry White, you remember a performer that could touch the heart of an emotion, and make it stand out with a unique, often breathy, bass vocal. In the ’70s, almost everything Barry White released became an instant hit. In fact, there’s a collection of singles that achieved gold and platinum status. Of course, his albums did quite well. But most of us remember him primarily by his string of radio hits that still resonate because his voice and delivery was never replicated. Barry White’s first song, “I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby” opened the door to his fame. It seemed effortless for his talent to move forward with songs like “Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up”, “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe”, “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything”, and the beautiful “Love’s Theme” instrumental hit. Those are but a few of his classic hits.

Nic Armstrong - The Greatest White Liar
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 275 MB | Full Artwork: 56 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: One Little Indian # TPLP347CD | Country/Year: UK 2004
Genre: Rock | Style: Rock, Folk Rock, Garage Rock

Nic Armstrong & the Thieves are old-school British rockers, digging up classic white boy blues like the early Stones and Fleetwood Mac on "I Can't Stand It," sophisticated pop finery like the Kinks on "I'll Come to You" and "The Finishing Touch," and the four-squared songcraft of the early Beatles on "Too Long for Her" and "You Made It True." They aren't just imitators or slaves to the past, though, injecting their songs with blasts of energy, tons of passion, and if not originality then an exciting approach to garage rock revivalism. (…) his debut record is good enough that it is sure to be totally ignored – unless you just finished reading this, in which case you should be entering your credit card numbers at your favorite online record emporium right about now…