The Good Life With The Drifters

发行时间:1965-02-01
发行公司:华纳唱片
简介:  During the Drifters' 19 years on Atlantic Records, nine LPs of their music were released, but in all of that time and among that array of 12" platters, this was the only one that was recorded as an actual album, as opposed to having been assembled from singles and B-sides. And the irony is that it is really a Drifters album in name only -- it's credited to the group, and the four singing members are shown on the front cover, but Johnny Moore is the main focus throughout and the rest of the group is pushed so far into the background that they're scarcely audible. The Good Life was produced by Tom Dowd with the goal of creating a soft pop album, similar to the kind of supper club music that Sam Cooke delved into and that Sammy Davis, Jr. was making. Johnny Moore was up to the task but the choice of material was less than inspiring -- his intonation is beautiful, and the nuances of his singing embrace the songs and their melodies, but he also sounds unchallenged and, indeed, almost bored doing songs like "Tonight," "On the Street Where You Live," and "What Kind of Fool Am I." ... by Bruce Eder.
  During the Drifters' 19 years on Atlantic Records, nine LPs of their music were released, but in all of that time and among that array of 12" platters, this was the only one that was recorded as an actual album, as opposed to having been assembled from singles and B-sides. And the irony is that it is really a Drifters album in name only -- it's credited to the group, and the four singing members are shown on the front cover, but Johnny Moore is the main focus throughout and the rest of the group is pushed so far into the background that they're scarcely audible. The Good Life was produced by Tom Dowd with the goal of creating a soft pop album, similar to the kind of supper club music that Sam Cooke delved into and that Sammy Davis, Jr. was making. Johnny Moore was up to the task but the choice of material was less than inspiring -- his intonation is beautiful, and the nuances of his singing embrace the songs and their melodies, but he also sounds unchallenged and, indeed, almost bored doing songs like "Tonight," "On the Street Where You Live," and "What Kind of Fool Am I." ... by Bruce Eder.