Warming Up To The Ice Age Music Cd

Ice Ages - Warming Up To The Ice Age

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Warming Up to the Ice Age      Artist : John Hiatt      List Price : $6.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1996-03-19      Studio : Geffen Gold Line Sp.      Label : Geffen Gold Line Sp.      Avg. Customer Rating : (5 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Warming Up To The Ice Age      CRUSHED BY THE CRUSH      Rating:      I heard a raggedy recording of John Hiatt and Ry Cooder doing "The Crush" live on Hiatt's 1983(?) World Tour...and it knocks the socks off the recorded version here...it's a clean shot, no invasive production frills, and on top of accompanying Hiatt on vocals, Ry Cooder plays a smokin' skyrocket slide, like something Earl Hooker might do but blown out LIVE. And it's an extraordinary sound that perfectly complements Hiatt's own riveting swamp gas guitar. WHEN will the record company WISE UP and RELEASE THE TAPES from this tour? Inquiring minds want to know cause...they're DYNAMITE.     Customer Reviews for Warming Up To The Ice Age Cd      You put the crush on me      Rating:      Of the three albums Hiatt recorded for Geffen, this is the least interesting. The main culprit is Nashville producer Norbert Putnam, who used the kind of synth arrangements that carbon dated all the albums in the 80's that used them in an attempt to sound of the day. The highlights remain, as usual, the terrific songwriting. "The Usual" was covered by Bob Dylan, and "When We Ran" by Linda Ronstadt. Two other great compositions are here, the humorous "She Said The Same Things To Me" and the classic "The Crush." The "American Elvis Costello" tag finally comes with a payoff, as EC joins Hiatt on a soulful cover of the Spinners' "Living A Little, Laughing A Little." The overproduction here has often made me long for rerecorded versions of a few of the songs (I'd love to hear the title track or "I Got a Gun" stripped down). But as far as Hiatt albums go, "Warming Up To The Ice Age" is even less characteristic of the artist than the oft-slagged "All Of A Sudden."