The Mavericks Music Cd

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The Mavericks      Artist : The Mavericks      List Price : $9.98 USD        Your Price : $9.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2003-09-23      Studio : Sanctuary Records      Label : Sanctuary Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (28 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The Mavericks      Would You Believe, It's the Mavericks' Best Album (so far)      Rating:      From the absolutely remarkable opening track, "I Want to Know", to the equally impressive and wonderfully faithful cover of The Hollies "Air That I Breathe" (and not a bad cut in between), this album just might be The Mavericks' best album. When I first heard it almost five years ago now, I remember thinking that it wouldn't surprise me if it sold five million copies. After countless listens and a recent revisit, I still believe that The Mavericks' self-titled 2003 CD deserves a much greater audience than it has attracted. "Would You Believe" is an instant classic, and the heralded duet with Willie Nelson, "Time Goes By", is every bit as good as one would expect of such a collaboration. This band gets better with each outstanding album, and this 11-song offering co-produced by frontman Raul Malo can only be topped by what might be coming down the road from The Mavericks. If their track record is any indication, we might expect a new album in the near future - and this fan will be happy if it is at least half as enjoyable as this last go round.     Customer Reviews for The Mavericks Cd      I can't believe I bought this CD on the above reviews account !      Rating:      AVOID AVOID AVOID ! This is soup music at its worst, there's so much good music and talented people around, do not waste time and money and DO listen to the excerpts online prior to buying ... I did warn you ! Editorial Reviews for The Mavericks Audio Cd      Amazon.com      On their first album since 1998, the Mavericks have finally made a Career Move that Matters--they?ve ditched the desperate, ultra-cool factor and settled down to play straight-head, unselfconscious pop. If Raul Malo & Company had simply done this earlier, it might have buoyed their off-and-on career, and moved them beyond country radio, where they never really belonged in the first place. As such, the album signifies a rebirth, reflected in the self-titling of what amounts to their reunion album. From the opening cut, the driving "I Wanna Know," the band immerses itself in the thrill and energy of ?60s British pop, with the usual side trips to the graves of Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley, and to the sonic birthplace of Malo?s Cuban heritage. While a faithful remake of the Hollies? "The Air That I Breathe" closes the record, it sets the scene for the album as a whole with its grandiose and theatrical homage to obsessive love. At last, the melodramatic Malo never sounds overreaching, because he?s made the material match his nearly operatic vision. Throughout, The Mavericks is smart, sophisticated, and knowing, from its lush and sensuous cocktail forays ("Wondering," "A Little Too Lonely"), to its sexy Latin come-on ("San Jose") and swingy shuffle ("Because of You"), the latter of which recalls the way Presley updated hoary country songs recycled from Hank Snow and Eddy Arnold. Still, it?s not the ghost of either of the big Hanks that hangs over this album, but Phil Spector. A dazzling comeback, and one of the year?s best albums. --Alanna Nash