Two Steps from the Blues

Product Details

Artist : Bobby Bland
Format : Original recording remastered, Import
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0008811251628
Label : Mca
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
UPC : 008811251628

ASIN : B000059T1U

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Two Steps From the Blues
2. Cry Cry Cry
3. I'm Not Ashamed
4. Don't Cry No More
5. Lead Me On
6. I Pity the Fool
7. I've Just Got to Forget You
8. Little Boy Blue
9. St. James Infirmary
10. I'll Take Care of You
11. I Don't Want No Woman
12. I've Been Wrong So Long
13. How Does a Cheatin' Woman Feel [*]
14. Close to You [*]

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Customer Reviews

Brace yourself! (2003-11-21)

Good God almighty! If you have any affinity for any kind of music, buy this album! The effect this astonishing collection of singles had is still felt more than forty years after its initial release. The songs are simply stunning, and Bland's voice is truly phenomenal. Any singer who ever belted out a single note OWES Bobby "Blue" Bland. For those who have heard nothing but the man's latter day work with Malaco, this is nothing short of a revelation. This was one of the most amazing voices on God's green earth. He's somehow like a cross between Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, and Brook Benton, but with the strength of all three combined. Listening to this will make you realize how right B.B. King was when he said, "Me and Little Milton, we did alright, but NOBODY could move a crowd like Bobby Bland."

My only complaint is that these songs and the album itself are over far too early. Some of the songs barely make it over two minutes, but that was how they were done in those days. But I can't stress the greatness of this album and the magnitude of its impact enough. Along with James Brown's Live At the Apollo, this is arguably the most important and influential Soul album of all time.

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