Juicy Lucy - Juicy lucy 1969 & Lie Back And Enjoy It 1970 (UK)

Roddus Album Of The Day

1 Mississippi Woman
2 Who Do You Love?
3 She's Mine/She's Yours
4 Just One Time
5 Chicago North-Western
6 Train
7 Nadine
8 Are You Satisfied 

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01 - Thinking Of My Life 04:26
02 - Built For Comfort 06:04
03 - Pretty Woman 03:15
04 - Whisky In My Jar 04:02
05 - Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham 04:14
06 - Changed My Mind 03:07
07 - That Woman's Got Something 02:53
08 - Willie The Pimp 05:39
09 - Lie Back & Enjoy It 01:41

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Back again to the late 60s with this very good pop/rock outfit from the UK, who were originally active up till 1972. Moderately successful with these first two albums, before constant lineup changes undermined their quality and they disbanded to become a footnote in the annals of UK rock. I am reviewing these two albums as one, as the version I have is the 1995 Cd  reissue, of both albums on the same disc. Overall, these are great albums with a mix of originals with some very good and interesting covers, like a cool rendition of "Who Do You Love", with its wonderful guitaring and also the old Howlin' Wolf number "Built for Comfort" with an excellent Sax break. "Willie The Pimp" shows off their hipness as well as other slight Zappa inflections in one or two tracks, not to mention a dose of soul here and there too. There is plenty of diversity on both these records and an apparent fascination with Americana throughout. Both albums are fairly uniform in quality and go well together on one release. They have aged very well and if you didn't already know, you might have difficulty pinpointing  their period of release.I have had a very enjoyable day listening to these albums and I give them an overall rating of 4/5.