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JJ Cale|Grasshopper

Grasshopper

J.J. Cale

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J.J. Cale drifts toward a more pop approach on this album, starting with the lead-off track, "City Girls," which could almost but not quite be a hit single. The usual blues and country shuffle approach is in effect, but Audie Ashworth's production is unusually sharp, the playing has more bite than usual, and Cale, whose vocals are for the most part up in the mix, sounds more engaged. It's not clear, however, that this is an improvement over his usual laidback approach, and, in any case, it shouldn't be over-emphasized -- this is still a J.J. Cale album, with its cantering tempos and single-note guitar runs. It's just that, when you have a style as defined as Cale's, little movements in style loom larger.

© William Ruhlmann /TiVo

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1
City Girls
00:02:51

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

2
Devil In Disguise
00:02:02

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

3
One Step Ahead Of The Blues
00:02:23

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist - Audie Ashworth, Producer - Roger Carroll Tillison, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1982 Audigram

4
You Keep Me Hangin' On
00:03:26

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

5
Downtown L.A.
00:02:25

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

6
Can't Live Here
00:02:11

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

7
Grasshopper
00:01:37

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

8
Drifters Wife
00:01:40

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

9
Don't Wait
00:03:10

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Christine Lakeland, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

10
A Thing Going On
00:02:39

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

11
Nobody But You
00:03:03

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

12
Mississippi River
00:02:04

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

13
Does Your Mama Like To Reggae
00:03:41

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Christine Lakeland, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

14
Dr. Jive
00:01:45

J.J. CALE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audie Ashworth, Producer

℗ 1982 Audigram

Album review

J.J. Cale drifts toward a more pop approach on this album, starting with the lead-off track, "City Girls," which could almost but not quite be a hit single. The usual blues and country shuffle approach is in effect, but Audie Ashworth's production is unusually sharp, the playing has more bite than usual, and Cale, whose vocals are for the most part up in the mix, sounds more engaged. It's not clear, however, that this is an improvement over his usual laidback approach, and, in any case, it shouldn't be over-emphasized -- this is still a J.J. Cale album, with its cantering tempos and single-note guitar runs. It's just that, when you have a style as defined as Cale's, little movements in style loom larger.

© William Ruhlmann /TiVo

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