Track Listing

1. Black Cat Moan
2. Lady
3. Oh to Love You
4. Superstition
5. Sweet Sweet Surrender
6. Why Should I Care
7. Lose Myself with You
8. Livin' Alone
9. I'm So Proud

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27057 in Music
• Brand: Beck
• Released on: 2008-02-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Customer Reviews

An excellent album!
It's not every day three musicians with such talent as Tim Bogart, Carmine Appice, and Jeff Beck get together and make an album. Usually when musicians of this calabor get together egos and tempors get in the way of the music, thats way supergroups dont last. Appice is one of the worlds best drummers, Bogart is a great bass player, and Jeff Beck is well, Jeff Beck, the man plays guitar like... well I dont know what like but he is amazing! This album however is unlike anyother supergroup album in the history of music because this one is actually good and actually its better then good its excellent!

The album opens up with its best song, 'Black Cat Moan' which is a nice heavy bluesy rocker and features some amazing slide guitar by Beck. Next is the nice little ballad lady, and no not the horrible Styx song, this is much better! 'Oh To Love You' is another ballad with nice vocals from Bogart. Its almost like a Beegees song but with balls! 'Superstition' is a cover of the classic Stevie Wonder song, and I actually like it. I mean they could have done better but I think they did a fantastic job on it, though its clearly not better then the original its still nice and features some killer lead guitar by Beck. 'Sweet Sweet Surender' is another slower ballader type song, and its not one of my favorites though it does have some really beautiful lyrics. 'Why Should I Care' is a nice heavy rocker, and one of the better songs on the album, If the whole album was like this song I would have given it five stars thats for sure. Next is the rocker 'Lose My Self With You' which is probabley my favorite song on the album next to 'Black Cat Moan' because it is just such a killer song. Becks amazing wah-wah talents are showcased greatly on this song. 'Livin Alone' is a really cool song, I dont know how to describe it, its very 1970's and very cool, thats really all I can say because it must be heard to enjoy. The album comes to a close ever so perfectly with 'im So Proud' which is the best of the ballads on the album and is a nice easy way of ending the album on a soft and high note.

Beck, Bogert, and Appice is one of the best albums Jeff Beck ever made, and had there been fewer ballads and more rockers and bluesier songs this album would have been even better.

So even though I think the boys went a little over board with all the ballads I still think this is an essential album that all rock fans and musicians (especially guitarists), should own and add to their collections.

Jeff Beck Returns To The Power-Trio Format, And Does Great
Teaming up with Vanilla Fudge bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, Jeff Beck returned to the power-trio format, and created yet another great album. One of the highlights of this set is a scorching version of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition." This is an album which I feel has been unfairly slagged off by many people, including Beck himself. However, it's actually a masterpiece. Get it before it sells out.

Some background on BB&A's "Superstition"
Overall, I'd rate "BB&A" a good album and worth having. Other readers about my age may recall the following story of the band's recording of "Superstition." Jeff had just helped Stevie Wonder record "Talking Book" - preceeding by a few decades the pairing of Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson on "Thriller." To return the favor (or so the story goes), Stevie wrote "Superstition" for Jeff to release as the single from "BB&A." But before Jeff could release it as his single, Steve decided he'd release it as his own to help push "Talking Book," and we all know how huge a hit that was for Stevie. We can only listen to both versions and wonder what might have been ...