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Last time around, way back in 2008, Blues Traveler decided to go all in on AAA pop on North Hollywood Shootout -- a move that didn't result in the group burning up the charts, but it did provide a launching pad for 2012's pop-tastic Suzie Cracks the Whip. Not quite as mellow as North Hollywood Shootout, Suzie Cracks the Whip is constructed out of songs with pointed pop hooks, riffs, and melodies that recall their mid-'90s heyday without explicitly rewriting "Run Around." Best of this batch is the urgent "Cover Me," a song powered by an organ riff that could be called garagey if it were slightly greasier, but there is a welcome lightness and a touch of bluesy grit to a lot of this material: "Saving Grace" grooves on a widescreen riff and "Devil in the Details" flirts with funk, as does "Things Are Looking Up." That song is derailed by a singsong chorus, a trademark flaw of Popper's that also wounds "Big City Girls," an otherwise effervescent piece of roots-pop, but such minor irritations are offset by Blues Traveler's easy touch with reggae on "All Things Are Possible" and a strong duet with Crystal Bowersox on "I Don't Wanna Go." Such mild stylistic excursions add variety on this chipper, tuneful album, but that bright melodicism is the very thing that makes Suzie Cracks the Whip the most appealing Blues Traveler album in many a moon.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer - Aaron Carl Beavers, Composer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - Ronald Eldon Sexsmith, Composer - Brendan Hill, Composer - John C Popper, Composer - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - Ronald Eldon Sexsmith, Composer - Chandler Kinchla, Composer - John C Popper, Composer - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - Chandler Kinchla, Composer - John C Popper, Composer - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - Ronald Eldon Sexsmith, Composer - Tad Kinchla, Composer - John C Popper, Composer - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - Ronald Eldon Sexsmith, Composer - John C Popper, Composer - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Sam Hollander, Producer - Crystal Bowersox, FeaturedArtist - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - John C Popper, Composer - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer - Carrie Luz Rodriguez, Composer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - John C Popper, Composer - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Ben Wilson, Composer - Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - Chris Baron, Composer - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Ben Wilson, Composer - Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - Tad Kinchla, Composer - John C Popper, Composer - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer - Aaron Carl Beavers, Composer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Sam Hollander, Producer - Blues Traveler, MainArtist - John C Popper, Composer - Dave "Sluggo" Katz, Producer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
Album review
Last time around, way back in 2008, Blues Traveler decided to go all in on AAA pop on North Hollywood Shootout -- a move that didn't result in the group burning up the charts, but it did provide a launching pad for 2012's pop-tastic Suzie Cracks the Whip. Not quite as mellow as North Hollywood Shootout, Suzie Cracks the Whip is constructed out of songs with pointed pop hooks, riffs, and melodies that recall their mid-'90s heyday without explicitly rewriting "Run Around." Best of this batch is the urgent "Cover Me," a song powered by an organ riff that could be called garagey if it were slightly greasier, but there is a welcome lightness and a touch of bluesy grit to a lot of this material: "Saving Grace" grooves on a widescreen riff and "Devil in the Details" flirts with funk, as does "Things Are Looking Up." That song is derailed by a singsong chorus, a trademark flaw of Popper's that also wounds "Big City Girls," an otherwise effervescent piece of roots-pop, but such minor irritations are offset by Blues Traveler's easy touch with reggae on "All Things Are Possible" and a strong duet with Crystal Bowersox on "I Don't Wanna Go." Such mild stylistic excursions add variety on this chipper, tuneful album, but that bright melodicism is the very thing that makes Suzie Cracks the Whip the most appealing Blues Traveler album in many a moon.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:21
- Main artists: Blues Traveler
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Round Hill Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2012 429 Records
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