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Pickin' Up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band (1974-1980)
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Track Listing
- Pick Up The Pieces
- Person To Person
- Got The Love
- You Got It
- Work To Do
- Cut The Cake
- If I Ever Lose This Heaven
- School Boy Crush
- Queen Of My Soul
- Cloudy (Live Version)
- A Love Of Your Own
- Soul Searching
- I'm The One (Live Version)
- Get It Up
- Your Love Is A Miracle
- When Will You Be Mine
- Let's Go 'Round Again
- For You, For Love
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #5961 in Music
- Released on: 1992-09-01
- Number of discs: 1
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
If they'd never cut another track after their monster-grooving, No. 1 R&B instrumental, "Pick Up the Pieces," the Average White Band still would have earned an enduring place in the music pantheon--and the Irony Hall of Fame, the latter due to their improbable Scottish roots. After all, they were six soul-smitten musical journeymen hailing from quarters much nearer the Mull of Kintyre than Motown.
But lest anyone mistake that quirk for a marketing shuck, the funk-drenched love of early '70s black music driving every cut on this well-chosen anthology will set matters straight. Indeed, AWB proves imitation isn't just the sincerest form of flattery. In the hands of seasoned and talented musicians, it can be the sweetest form of inspiration, too. The members' early work in cover bands informs songs like the sweaty workout "Cut the Cake" and tuneful, Marvin Gaye-inspired "Queen of My Soul" and "A Love of Your Own." This album is convincing argument that soul has little to do with the color of one's skin. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews
THIS is Funk
A great upcomin' Dutch musician and friend says:
"The everage White Band is Funk, written with a Capital F !
Pickin'up the pieces is THE Funk number ever written
The best of Average White Band
This is a brilliant album. They are one of the only white bands that can do good soul music.
Who Knew???
....that a group from SCOTLAND could bring the funk like this!? Can you imagine a pre-teen girl's surprise watching "Soul Train" and discovering the band who recorded one her favorite songs at the time ("School Boy Crush" )is-well-let's just say not what she expected. ;)But AWB still deserves to be recognized as one of the best R&B bands to emerge from the 70's. This CD highlights their best...including "Cut the Cake", "A Love of Your Own," and "Work to Do." I highly recommend it.
