Chuck Prophet - Let Freedom Ring
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Artist: Chuck ProphetEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-10-27
Music Label: Yep Roc Records
Soundtracks:
- Sonny Liston's Blues
- What Can a Mother Do
- Where the Hell Is Henry?
- Let Freedom Ring!
- You and Me Baby (Holding On)
- American Man
- Barely Exist
- Hot Talk
- Love Won't Keep Us Apart
- Good Time Crowd
- Leave the Window Open
Music reviews of Let Freedom Ring
Music Review: An unexpected surprise
Rating: 4 Stars
I am new to Chuck Prophet and am now a fan. I love this work because, personally, it was unexpectedly good. The music is tight and Chuck sings in a manner something like a cross between singing and talking (something like Dylan with a ratio of singing to talking greater than 1.000). I think he sings this way because he is telling a story, not just singing a song. His voice, like his music doesn't come accross as mainstream, but unique and innovative. You can tell he loves what he does and is in it for the process of living the life of a musician, not a rock star.
Sonny Liston's Blues: Great guitar blues done right.
What Can a Mother Do: Great fiddle and slide steel guitar. A quieter song. Yearning of mothers for their kids gone astray.
Where The Hell Is Henry?: Upbeat tempo. Comforting guitar rhythm.
Let Freedom Ring: Title track is a "countryish" number. A statement of the times.
You And Me Baby (Holding On): My favorite of the album is a slowed down bluesy number that has a singing to talking ratio form of vocals < 1.000. The emotion in his voice comes through strongly in this one.
American Man: My least favorite so far. Fairly unimaginative effort. The backing vocals, clapping and guitar rhythms almost save this one but its still too much of a copy from the vault of Tom Petty (love Petty, but not Prophet doing Petty in this one).
Barely Exist: Great song. Great story well told.
Hot Talk: Toe tapper. You can hear all of Prophet's influences from Joe Jackson to Tom Petty, but its all Prophet here. My wife bought the album for this one. This is another fine effort on a fine album.
Love Won't Keep Us Apart: Great modern love song mixed with modern and ancient metaphors. A country background of music makes this one of the more distinctive songs on the album. Shades of Dylanesque vocals here that work for him.
Good Time Crowd: Too much borrowing from Tom Petty with shades of 50's Doo-Wop and guitar portions borrowed from "Come On Everybody" (covered much better by Sid Vicious of Sex Pistols fame). Sorry, a throw away.
Leave The Window Open: A great closing number. Perfect.
Description of Let Freedom Ring
The studio was state-of-the-art...for 1957. Surgical masks were as common as sunglasses. Earthquakes shook the streets. This was Mexico City, 2009, the city that was the muse for Chuck Prophet s new album ¡Let Freedom Ring! Needing a vantage point outside his home country to make what he calls, ''a political album for non-political people,'' Chuck and his band found themselves at the epicenter of the biggest pandemic scare of the new century. Swine flu was in the air literally and figuratively yet underneath the paranoia of H1N1 lay something more, something even larger. A cultural sea change was stirring. Brought on by the democratizing power of the internet, traditionally poverty stricken youth all over Mexico City were being exposed rapid-fire to music and art that had always been hidden from them. Inspired by this renaissance ¡Let Freedom Ring! billows with primal color and sound, evidenced by Prophet s return to the direct ''two guitars, bass and drums'' rock music of his past. On one hand a song cycle about breaking up but keeping it together, and on the other a political mission statement of hope, ¡Let Freedom Ring! doesn t incorporate the music of Mexico but instead imbibes its spirit and swims in its soul. Purposeful and rippling with rock sinew, this is Chuck Prophet 3.0.Alternative Rock CDs
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