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Track Listings
| 1. Chuck E.'s In Love |
| 2. On Saturday Afternoons In 1963 |
| 3. Night Train |
| 4. Young Blood |
| 5. Easy Money |
| 6. Last Chance Texaco |
| 7. Danny's All-star Joint |
| 8. Coolsville |
| 9. Weasel and The White Boys Cool |
| 10. Company |
| 11. After Hours (Twelve Bars Past Goodnight) |
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The breezy melodies and jazz stylings of Rickie Lee Jones's debut album are usually found in the works of more mature pop artists. It's only the exuberance of Jones's often cackling voice that reminds you that a 23-year-old is at the controls. And Jones's "little girl lost" perspective, while hanging out in mid-1970s Los Angeles with neo-Beat songwriters-barroom troubadours Tom Waits and Chuck E. Weiss, makes for colorful storytelling. In fact, her tale about Weiss, "Chuck E.'s in Love," hit the Top 10. But there's a lot more elegant stuff here: "Last Chance Texaco" is a soaring ballad about automobiles and broken hearts, and the Sinatra-esque "After Hours" features a lonely Jones singing to a lamppost. --Bill Crandall
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Un concert sur la scène du prestigieux Carnegie Hall et le gratin des musiciens studio pour l'enregistrement de son premier album : les responsables de Warner n'ont pas hésité à employer les grands moyens pour propulser Rickie Lee Jones sous les feux de l'actualité. Résultat, ce premier opus a constitué l'une des belles surprises de l'année 1979. Aujourd'hui encore, d'ailleurs, grâce à "Chuck E's In Love" (hommage à son ami le musicien Chuck E. Weiss), ou bien encore à "On Saturday Afternoons in 1963", "Night Train" ou "After Hours (Twelves Bars Past Goodnight)", cet album demeure fort agréable à l'oreille. Rickie Lee y révélait d'authentiques talents de chanteuse et de compositrice et y apparaissait comme l'équivalent féminin de son complice (et amant) Tom Waits. --Philippe Margotin
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Still great after a quarter of a century!,
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This review is from: Rickie Lee Jones (Audio CD)
Rickie Lee Jones put together a warm debut album filled with fun, playful, personal songs and expert musicianship that has stood the test of time extremely well. My favorite songs on it are "Chuck E.'s in Love," "Last Chance Texaco," "Danny's All-Star Joint," "Coolsville" and "Willy and the White Boys Cool." I'm no die-hard RLJ fan. She's made some albums that I've bought and managed to ignore. Others I've loved, most notably her early work: Pirates, The Magazine and Girl at Her Volcano, but her debut is still so fresh, fun and accessible that if it had never existed before and were released tomorrow, it would still find a large and adoring audience. In this era of carbon copy telegenic pop princesses with little or no songwriting talent and no genuine soul, backed up by their bevy of dancers, rappers and video producers, you've got to buy this simple album filled with great songs. It's a pop music masterpiece!
4.0 out of 5 stars
slow surprise,
By Jane--what's it to you--Doe "cinejunkie" (college station, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rickie Lee Jones (Audio CD)
My mother bought me this cd for my 21st birthday (thank you mom). At first I wasn't too sure. I've always been a blues fan with tendencies toward harder rock kind of stuff--so, when I heard Rickie for the first time I didn't know what to make of any of it. Her voice is so mellow and cool. This cd just winds everything down, especially tracks like "Last Chance Texaco" and "Coolsville". I also like the lighter tracks like "Danny's all star joint" and "Easy Money". "Weasel's" pretty good too, and "Night Train"--it's all good. All in all, this is quite different from what I'm used to and much more than I expected. Though I didn't get it the first time, I kept listening. It'll grow on you. She's classy, soulful, mellow, poetic and unlike anything I've ever heard (but then again, I'm just some punk kid from Texas). Don't just take my word for it--this is quite an experience.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rickie Lee, so promising on this debut classic....,
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This review is from: Rickie Lee Jones (Audio CD)
I bought this gem way back in the late 70's and it stood outlike the shiny diamond it was and this collection just summed up all the great strengths and styles of Ricki. Even though she went on to make some very compelling music(Pirates, the follow up was brilliant but withdrawn to me, I only played when I was alone at home), but it was still her other standout. Nothing in my opinion Ricki did after these first two albums were as superior, especially this first one! It was such a mature effort for a 1st collection it took everybody by surprise, fans that loved great women singers/musicians hadn't heard anything quite like this for years, not since the sophisticated earthy talents of Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Snow, Bonnie Raitt & Laura Nyro in the early to mid 70's. Ricki had a nice bohemian street-smart-finger popping-cool mixed with some beautiful piano laments. I also recall how much I enjoyed Phoebe Snows debut, like Ricki, she had her one and only hit song from the 1st collection. Great stuff to revisit, just as relevant as anything out today. Another fine example of quality music from this period.
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