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Pickin' Up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band (1974-1980)
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The Average White Band
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Product Details
- Artist: The Average White Band
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- Binding: Audio CD
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- EAN: 0081227105426
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- Label: Atlantic / Wea
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- Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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- Number of Discs: 1
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- Product Group: Music
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- Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
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- Release Date: 1992-09-01
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- Studio: Atlantic / Wea
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- Title: Pickin' Up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band (1974-1980)
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- UPC: 081227105426
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Product Description: If they'd never cut another track after their monster-grooving, No. 1 R&B instrumental, "Pick Up the Pieces," the Average White Band still would have earned an enduring place in the music pantheon--and the Irony Hall of Fame, the latter due to their improbable Scottish roots. After all, they were six soul-smitten musical journeymen hailing from quarters much nearer the Mull of Kintyre than Motown. But lest anyone mistake that quirk for a marketing shuck, the funk-drenched love of early '70s black music driving every cut on this well-chosen anthology will set matters straight. Indeed, AWB proves imitation isn't just the sincerest form of flattery. In the hands of seasoned and talented musicians, it can be the sweetest form of inspiration, too. The members' early work in cover bands informs songs like the sweaty workout "Cut the Cake" and tuneful, Marvin Gaye-inspired "Queen of My Soul" and "A Love of Your Own." This album is convincing argument that soul has little to do with the color of one's skin. --Jerry McCulley
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Customer Reviews
THIS is Funk
A great upcomin' Dutch musician and friend says:
"The everage White Band is Funk, written with a Capital F !
Pickin'up the pieces is THE Funk number ever written
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The best of Average White Band
This is a brilliant album. They are one of the only white bands that can do good soul music.
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Who Knew???
....that a group from SCOTLAND could bring the funk like this!? Can you imagine a pre-teen girl's surprise watching "Soul Train" and discovering the band who recorded one her favorite songs at the time ("School Boy Crush" )is-well-let's just say not what she expected. ;)But AWB still deserves to be recognized as one of the best R&B bands to emerge from the 70's. This CD highlights their best...including "Cut the Cake", "A Love of Your Own," and "Work to Do." I highly recommend it.
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AWB: Pickin' Up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band (1974-1980)
When I first purchased this CD, I was immediately floored by the rhythm chops that AWB is so well known. I am new to the funk/R&B scene myself, and I play guitar. AWB's Pickin' Up the Pieces: The Best of the Average White Band (1974-1980) has more than you could want from AWB and contains their most memorable cuts (Pickin' Up the Pieces, and Cut the Cake, my favorites) that inspire old and new funk players to AWB's rhythms. AWB's horn section as well as their vocals provide lead to the backing rhythm guitar work.
Some of their tunes are more complex than others in terms of guitar rhythms, but that is what makes the CD sparkle, both for the tight and intricate bass and guitar, but the well-versed horns that continually pop out at you from the horn section in rhythm.
There are times when the sax player takes solos, but listen to the backing rhythm and it makes more sense.
Personally, I favor the high-charged funk rhythms instead of the ballads, but the ballads just show another side of AWB's versatility.
If you want to take a trip down memory lane and visit some of the 70's best funk and R&B music that even guitarists like me who grew up in that era can enjoy, give the AWB a listen with your media player on "Pickin Up the Pieces" and "Cut the Cake". Two exceptionally organized, well-arranged, and tight guitar, bass, vocals, and horns.
Your answer will be the same as mine if not more appreciative of AWB.
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Great Deal
Many sites offered my CD but amazon had the best price for the CD and for shipping.
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