Bring The Family Music Cd

John Hiatt - Bring The Family

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Bring the Family      Artist : John Hiatt      List Price : $9.98 USD        Your Price : $8.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-10-25      Studio : A&M      Label : A&M      Avg. Customer Rating : (26 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Bring The Family      Peak Hiatt      Rating:      Hiatt never sounded more gut-wrenchingly 'authentic' than on this very touching work. I recall a small documentary on his that came out at about to coincide with its launch, and if the recall is accurate, I think it was none less than John Lee Hooker who confides that when he first heard Hiatt on record, he and friends thought it was a black guy. That's some testimony to the conviction Hiatt brings to his rootsy-styles singing and playing.'Have a Little Faith in Me' has recently been re-recorded by someone who is getting current airplay, a disembowelling of it's originator's intention. It is from this point of the collection of 'Family ' songs that the big end of his muse lights up; a wonderful record for all time.     Customer Reviews for Bring The Family Cd      Great Music      Rating:      This was my first John Hiatt CD. I loved it so much that I've purchased several others since. This is still my favorite. In my opinion, John Hiatt is a great singer/songwriter that doesn't get the attention he deserves. Editorial Reviews for Bring The Family Audio Cd      Amazon.com      Even John Hiatt's most ardent fans weren't ready for this masterpiece to be dropped in their laps in 1987. Hiatt had spent most of the 70's and 80's playing pick-a-style, bouncing from southern country rock to Elvis Costello redux and back again. With Family, though, he pared away every bit of excess and delivered his best set of songs with the understated, impossibly tasteful backing of Nick Lowe on bass, Ry Cooder on guitar and Jim Keltner on drums. Hiatt's sober, uncompromising examination of his previously drunken life was breathtaking; producing instant classics in "Have a Little Faith in Me" and "Thing Called Love." Family remains a landmark of adult album rock. --Michael Ruby