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Vavoom! is Brian Setzer's first album since "Jump Jive & Wail" from Dirty Boogie became a huge, unexpected hit in 1998 and sent the retro-guitarist into his second round of hipness and commercial success. He earned a lot of fans with Dirty Boogie because he was faithful to jump blues, swing, rockabilly, R&B, and early rock & roll, but played fast and loose, finding songs that weren't played all that often and having fun kicking them out with a big band. Unfortunately, the surprise success made Setzer play it safe with Vavoom!. Every cover here is predictable -- "Pennsylvania 6-500," "Mack the Knife," Ellington's "Caravan," and "Americano," fresh in the public consciousness thanks to Matt Damon and Jude Law's rip-roaring performance of it in The Talented Mr. Ripley, released just six months before this album. That situation is regrettable, since the covers form the backbone of the album. Setzer fares better on his originals, largely because they sound even fresher in next to these warhorses, but they're tunes where the form takes precedent over the content. The result is hearing a good band trying hard to breathe life into a set of songs that should be more interesting than they are. It's not necessarily a bad listen -- Setzer is a good bandleader with a good band -- but it's just a tad too pat and familiar. Considering that this follows an album where Setzer used the same formula but made it sound alive, it has to qualify as a bit of a disappointment.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - PETER COLLINS, Producer - John Holbrook, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jerry Gray, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist - David Tasker Darling, Producer
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
PETER COLLINS, Producer - John Holbrook, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Setzer, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Mike Himelstein, ComposerLyricist - PETER COLLINS, Producer - John Holbrook, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Renato Carosone, ComposerLyricist - Brian Setzer, ComposerLyricist - NICOLA SALERNO, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist - Jeffrey Peters, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Tasker Darling, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Brian Setzer, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mike Himelstein, ComposerLyricist - Joseph C. Garland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Setzer, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - PETER COLLINS, Producer - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Kurt Weill, ComposerLyricist - MARC BLITZSTEIN, ComposerLyricist - PETER COLLINS, Producer - John Holbrook, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bertolt Brecht, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
PETER COLLINS, Producer - Juan Tizol, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
PETER COLLINS, Producer - John Holbrook, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Setzer, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
PETER COLLINS, Producer - Brian Setzer, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist - Rick Bell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
PETER COLLINS, Producer - Brian Setzer, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
PETER COLLINS, Producer - Brian Setzer, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
PETER COLLINS, Producer - Brian Setzer, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - PETER COLLINS, Producer - Esther Navarro, ComposerLyricist - The Brian Setzer Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Album review
Vavoom! is Brian Setzer's first album since "Jump Jive & Wail" from Dirty Boogie became a huge, unexpected hit in 1998 and sent the retro-guitarist into his second round of hipness and commercial success. He earned a lot of fans with Dirty Boogie because he was faithful to jump blues, swing, rockabilly, R&B, and early rock & roll, but played fast and loose, finding songs that weren't played all that often and having fun kicking them out with a big band. Unfortunately, the surprise success made Setzer play it safe with Vavoom!. Every cover here is predictable -- "Pennsylvania 6-500," "Mack the Knife," Ellington's "Caravan," and "Americano," fresh in the public consciousness thanks to Matt Damon and Jude Law's rip-roaring performance of it in The Talented Mr. Ripley, released just six months before this album. That situation is regrettable, since the covers form the backbone of the album. Setzer fares better on his originals, largely because they sound even fresher in next to these warhorses, but they're tunes where the form takes precedent over the content. The result is hearing a good band trying hard to breathe life into a set of songs that should be more interesting than they are. It's not necessarily a bad listen -- Setzer is a good bandleader with a good band -- but it's just a tad too pat and familiar. Considering that this follows an album where Setzer used the same formula but made it sound alive, it has to qualify as a bit of a disappointment.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:08
- Main artists: The Brian Setzer Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Interscope
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2000 Interscope Records ℗ 2000 Interscope Records
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