John Barleycorn Must Die Review

artist: traffic date: 10/28/2004 category: compact discs
John Barleycorn Must Die
Released: Jul 1970
Genre: Rock
Styles: Fusion, Prog-Rock/ Art Rock, Folk-Rock, Pop/Rock, Jazz-Rock, British Psychedelia, Album Rock
Number Of Tracks: 11
This album moved beyond the jamming that had characterized some of Traffic's 1968 work to approach the emerging field of jazz-rock.
 Sound: 10
 Lyrics: 10
 Impression: 10
 Overall rating:
 9 
 Reviewer rating:
 10 
 Users rating:
 8 
 Votes:
 11 
1 reviewuser commentsvote for this cd: 
overall: 10
John Barleycorn Must Die Reviewed by: unregistered, on october 28, 2004
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Sound: Traffic is one of the greatest jazz/rock bands and this album definatley proves that. The album is mostly in the jazz/rock genre but also mixed with blues and folk music too. This was Traffic's reunion album after they broke up in the late 60's and then Steve Winwood started to work on a solo album, but he asked former Traffic members Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood to help him with the album. The album eventually became a new Traffic album that was released in 1970. // 10

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics are very good and fit the song very well. Steve Winwood's voice is one of the greatest voices in music and is what makes Traffic's sound very original. // 10

Impression: This album definatley compares to many other great rock albums such as albums by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, or Led Zeppelin. The most impressive songs on this album is the great upbeat jazz song "Glad", the song "Freedom Rider", and "Every Mother's Son." I love how the album flows so well between each of the songs but the only thing I don't like about it is that I wish it was longer. If this was lost I would buy it again because it is such a great album. // 10

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