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Track Listings
| 1. The House Is Rockin' |
| 2. Crossfire |
| 3. Tightrope |
| 4. Let Me Love You Baby |
| 5. Leave My Girl Alone |
| 6. Travis Walk |
| 7. Wall Of Denial |
| 8. Scratch `N' Sniff |
| 9. Love Me Darlin' |
| 10. Riviera Paradise |
| 11. SRV Speaks - (previously unreleased) |
| 12. The House Is Rockin' (previously unreleased, live) |
| 13. Let Me Love You Baby - (previously unreleased, live) |
| 14. Texas Flood - (previously unreleased, live) |
| 15. Life Without You - (previously unreleased, live) |
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In Step embraces blues and rock without compromising the primal joys of either. This is Stevie Ray Vaughan's best studio album and the first he recorded sober. "Travis Walk" offers a heady rush of flat-picking, "The House is Rockin'" is full-tilt roots-boogie, "Let Me Love You Baby" and "Leave My Girl Alone" are sweet blues epiphanies, and the nine-minute instrumental "Riviera Paradise" is a truly soulful mix of blues and jazz. By now, just a year before his untimely death, Vaughan had also tamed his bawling voice into a rich instrument. In short, this 1989 session is Vaughan at his artistic peak. And the four compelling live performances added to this reissue--"The House Is Rockin'," "Let Me Love You Baby," "Texas Flood," and "Life Without You," all from the In Step tour--prove there was no studio trickery involved. It's raw blues-rock perfection. --Ted Drozdowski
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By Christopher
Format:Audio CD
"In Step" was released in the summer of 1989, and it was his first album sober. Stevie's singing and songwriting improved by leaps and bounds from "Texas Flood", and Double Trouble had gotten more involved in the songwriting process, writing Stevie's only number one hit, "Crossfire." It's a band-oriented album, instead of just showing off Stevie's extraordinary talents, which it does do quite frequently. It is such a powerful record, and so intriguing to listen to Stevie confess so openly about his use of drugs through songs like the funky "Tightrope" and "Wall Of Denial". These songs also produce two of the best solos he has the album. He also has fun as well, with rockers like "The House Is Rockin'" and "Scratch-N-Sniff". However, it the closer, "Riviera Paradise", that takes the cake. This quiet instrumental sounds like, as Stevie has described it, "praying through the guitar." For the expanded edition, there is a small interview about how he quit the last job he ever had, and four live songs, "The House Is Rockin'", "Let Me Love You Baby", "Texas Flood", and "Life Without You", which all absolutely smoke. If only Stevie could have lived on, then we would have all been in for a treat. R.I.P. SRV.
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SRV was the man. The greatest electric blues guitarist ever. Every cell of his being was permeated with musical genius, every pore oozed the blues. One of the greatest gifts Texas ever gave to the world.
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In Step is one of Stevie Ray Vaughan's best studio albums. I do like Texas Flood much better,his guitar was alot rawer and it sounded more soulful and real. In Step sounds way to good,rumor has it Stevie Ray was using dozens of amps on this studio album to get the perfect sound. I do love In Step for what it is I actually have the orginal CD without the bonus tracks. I think the orginal sounded wonderful I have not heard the CD with the bonus tracks. I think In Step was a turning point for Stevie to expand his sound and make it beautiful. In Step became one of the biggest radio hits. Thats where I first heard The House Is A Rocking one of my favorite songs. I also heard Crossfire, and Tightrope over and over on the radio.
Thats where I got started with In Step I loved all the songs on the radio so I bought it. For having a fake sound Steive never lost the blues. He still had the blues on Leave My Girl Alone with a more softer tone. I always loved Stevie Ray's studio albums but no one could compare to him when he was LIVE. I think for most In Step is a great way to get started with Vaughans music. Their still is his classics like Couldn't Stand The Weather, and Texas Flood. I always have stated In Step as One Of Stevie Ray's Best. This is a must have for anybody ready to listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan. Highly Recomened!
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Best SRV
When God (Eric Clapton) admits that Stevie was the best he ever heard you know he probably was. What Stevie transmitted was a combination of two simultaneous, uncompromised lines... Read more
Published on Dec 9 2003 by Rollie Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stevie Ray Vaughan's Best Album
IN STEP is Stevie Ray Vaughan's first clean and sober album- and his finest. The best cuts are "The House Is Rockin'", "Crossfire", "Tightrope", and "Wall Of Denial", but there are... Read more
Published on Nov 26 2003
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***3/4
My least favorite original SRV album, "In Step" is still a good, solid blues-rock album...it just doesn't measure up to Stevie Ray's first three magnificent records. Read more
Published on Nov 9 2003 by Docendo Discimus
5.0 out of 5 stars
In Step
I just bought In Step on amazon for a great price. The other day when it came in I poped it into my CD player. Stevie always was trying new things. Read more
Published on Nov 8 2003 by Luke H.
5.0 out of 5 stars
SRV - where would you have gone next?
To each his own, as they say. In my book the 2nd best SRV album. The material is awesome, however a little too polished. Read more
Published on Oct 31 2003 by CS
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stevie's best recording ever.
This is considered by most Stevie's best album ever recorded. He was sober in the studio for the first time & it paid off. Read more
Published on Sep 25 2003 by "krandma"
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thank me later!!!!!!
Walking through a "record" store years ago, I heard a kick-a$$ instrumental followed by an awesome blues tune. Read more
Published on Mar 17 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
Every album Stevie put out is excelent. This is no exception
If you love the blues then you will love Stevie. No matter what album it is he can not be topped by anyone the smooth riffs and snappy beats are sure to get anyone hooked on him. Read more
Published on Feb 9 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great blues/rock guitar disc
Grea
Published on Feb 6 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
probably his best album
A very listenable-to blues album indeed... a bouncy opening track (House is Rockin') followed by several prime cuts of blues - Tightrope, Crossfire, Leave my girl alone, and Wall... Read more
Published on Jan 12 1999
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