Rosie Flores - Speed of Sound
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Artist: Rosie FloresEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-05-08
Music Label: Eminent Records
Soundtracks:
- Rock-A-Bye Boogie
- Don't Know If I'm Comin' or Goin'
- Hot Dog
- Devil Love
- Don't Take It Away
- Speed of Sound
- Somebody's Someone
- Somewhere Down the Line
- I Push Right Over
- Country Boy
Music reviews of Speed of Sound
Music Review: Like A Fine Wine, Rosie Flores Just Gets Better With Age!
Rating: 4 Stars
I have long been a fan of Rosie Flores, her individualistic guitar playing and unique brand of music. It was all that, and more, that also made me a fan of Rick Vito's over the years. Needless to say, I was thrilled to find out that they would be working together on Flores' sixth (seventh, if you count 1996's "Honky Tonk Reprise", a combination reissue of her 1987 debut "Rosie Flores" on Warner/Reprise, and tracks intended for a second album for the label that never saw the light of day)CD. The result, "SPEED OF SOUND", may very well be Flores' best release to date. Mind you, the CD starts on a pretty standard note. "Rock-A-Bye Boogie" would have fit perfectly on any of Flores' previous albums, with it's dueling guitars, swinging vocals and be-bopping groove, but it's really nothing new or anything she hasn't done before. That honor is saved for "Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin'", the CD's second track and one of the stand-out cuts. With it's tinkling keyboards laid over a strumming jazz groove, the listener is instantly transported back to the 1940's. Flores could just as easily be singing in a smokey nightclub with a small jazz combo as a large dance hall with a full orchestra. You can just picture her, hair in a classic 40's 'do, in a long, flowing evening gown, gently caressing one of those large, oversized mikes. Extra cheers also to Vito's exceptionally tasty guitar licks! Next we have "Hot Dog", the old Buck Owens gem. While this track might also have fit perfectly on previous releases by Flores, this time around she takes her signature rockabilly sound and freshens it up a bit. The result......"Hot Dog" comes across fresher, guttsier and a lot more fun than just about anything out there! "Devil Love", a Vito-penned chunk of smoldering swamp boogie, finds Flores delivering her sexiest, most sensual vocal ever. When she speaks the words "wicked things", well, you know she knows what she's talking about! "Don't Take It Away" has a throbbing sense of urgency, while "Speed Of Sound" is a hushed, heart-felt ode to lost love....and our need to escape it at times. "Somebody's Someone", a Flores original, is a sweet back porch toe-tapper that finds Rosie alternating between sweet, coy and sexy. A real joy, with some great guitar work from Vito! Next up is "Somewhere Down The Line", the perfect type of recording.....it shows how a great (if underappreciated!) songwriter (Marshall Crenshaw) can hook up with a great (if underappreciated!) singer (Flores) and come up with a brilliant piece of pop. Crenshaw's literate, everyman lyrics just roll off Flores' (and duet partner Terry McBride's) tongue.....sheer perfection! Ms. Flores would be wise to mine Mr. Crenshaw's extensive catalog again in the future. Rounding out the CD are two of it's best tracks. "I Push Right Over" is perfect Rosie Flores, with elements of pop, rockabilly and classic rock, all wrapped up in an angora sweater-like vocal. Mark my word, this track will be great live! Ditto "Country Boy", the CD's closer. It's rare that someone can take a Johnny Cash song and make it their own, but Flores does just that. This may be a bare-bones, stripped down track, but if it doesn't have you twirling your poodle skirt, popping your fingers and tapping your toes by the last refrain, well, nothing will! Finally, it's nice to see Rosie Flores pushing herself. Too many artists today are stuck in a certain groove. "SPEED OF SOUND" proves Flores isn't one of them.
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