Force of Nature

Koko Taylor - Force of Nature

Force of Nature
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Artist: Koko Taylor
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1993-11-15
Music Label: Alligator Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Mother Nature
  2. If I Can't Be First
  3. Hound Dog
  4. Born Under A Bad Sign
  5. Let The Juke Joint Jump
  6. 63 Year Old Mama
  7. Don't Put Your Hands On Me
  8. Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
  9. Fish In Dirty Water
  10. Tit For Tat
  11. Put The Pot On
  12. Nothing Takes The Place Of You
  13. Spellbound
  14. Greedy Man

Music reviews of Force of Nature

Music Review: ****1/2 - one of Koko Taylor's finest Alligator albums
Rating: 4 Stars

She is a force of nature, the "63 year old mama". Koko Taylor's big and rough but suitably expressive voice is just about as strong as ever on this 1993 album.

"Force Of Nature" opens with the title track, one of Taylor's best songs for many years. A gritty swaggering blues penned by "Little" Milton Campbell, it burns with intensity and the liquid fire of veteran Carey Bell's chromatic harp, and Taylor roars like a lion(ess) on tough renditions of Ike Turner's "If I Can't Be First", and the supremely funky "Let The Juke Joint Jump".

Koko Taylor's renditions of Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" and Albert King's "Born Under A Bad Sign" (a duet with Buddy Guy) are good, if slightly too long at 5 1/2 and 6 1/2 minutes respectively.
"Don't Put Your Hands On Me" and "Bad Case Of Loving You" are excellent, no reservations, and so are the originals "63 Year Old Mama" and "Put The Pot On". The wonderful band includes drummer Ray Allison, pianist Jeremiah Africa, guitarist Calvin Louden and a small, punchy horn emsemble on most of the tracks.
In fact, if the good people at Alligator records would have cut the two or three least memorable songs, they would have had a sure five-star record...the quality of this material is consistently high, and the production by veteran Bruce Iglauer is excellent.

After a very strong start, "Mother Nature" starts to feel a little bit stale and unvaried for maybe ten minutes, but then comes a great, soulful cover of Toussaint McCall's classic "Nothing Takes The Place Of You", and the album winds down with two solid mid-tempo blues, leaving a very strong overall impression.
This is one great contemporary blues record.
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14 tracks. Stickered: Raucous and Raunchy.

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