The Black Crowes – Amorica
We all know who The Black Crowes are and where they come from so I’ll spare you the details and get right to the album. I don’t think that there is a better Crowes album than Amorica, it’s a perfect blend of blue, rock and soul all the things that make The Black Crowes who they are, an original Southern Rock Band. Unfortunately somewhere between then and now the Crowes became a jam band and eventually breaking up only to get back together last year to give up a pretty good album, War Paint.
But we’re here to talk about Amorica, and there is no wrong doing on it, there isn’t a single bad track, every song on the album is rock n roll platinum, or at the very least gold. From the starting track Gone to the last track Descending. But the best of them, the diamond among diamond is Wiser Time, there’s no getting past this song without feeling something stirring inside.
Amorica is one of those albums that I never really got the original meaning from, but I’ve made it personal to me by relating my own experiences to the songs, if that makes sense, and it’s become a part of me. That sounds a little weird, I think, but there you have it. Only a few albums have affected me the way Amorica has, it’s become a soundtrack for my memories. Every time I listen to it I’m taken back in time to places I’ve long forgotten, sometimes I smile when it happens sometimes I don’t, either way Amorica will always be with me.
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Yes, hands down this is one of their best. The opener “Gone” and “High Head Blues” are my favorites in addition to “Wiser Time”. AND the cover made a gig up roar when it came out. Nothing like pushing peoples buttons! Great album. Great live band.