Briefcase Full of Blues The Blues Brothers

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  • Release Date: 08/26/2008
  • Original Release: 1978
  • Sales Rank: 16,895
  • Label: RHINO FLASHBACK
  • UPC: 081227991319

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Briefcase Full of Blues

1LISTENOpening: I Can't Turn You Loose 1:50
2LISTENHey Bartender 3:01
3LISTENMessin' with the Kid 3:35
4LISTEN(I Got Everything I Need) Almost 2:50
5LISTENRubber Biscuit 2:57
6LISTENShot Gun Blues 5:23
7LISTENGroove Me 3:46
8LISTENI Don't Know 4:14
9LISTENSoul Man 3:28
10LISTEN"B" Movie Box Car Blues 4:08
11LISTENFlip, Flop & Fly 3:38
12LISTENClosing: I Can't Turn You Loose 0:51

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Editorial Reviews

The Blues Brothers began as an affectionate joke-cum-tribute to R&B music, and taken in that spirit it retained its entertainment value, even after this live album topped the charts, sold two million copies, and produced hit singles in "Rubber Biscuit" and "Soul Man." The guardians of popular music have always been entirely too reverent and humorless, however, and it wasn't long before they were leveling charges of rip-off against the Brothers and complaining that John Belushi couldn't sing as well as Otis Redding. So what? No one seems to have noticed that Belushi was as obsessive about citing his sources as Frank Sinatra is about naming his arrangers -- you'd have thought those critics would have appreciated the footnotes. The beneficiaries of Belushi's encomiums didn't mind the increased exposure or the renewed royalty checks ("I suggest you buy as many blues albums as you can," Belushi told the audience), and even today, what comes across in these performances is the sincerity of feeling -- that and some tasty playing from a top-notch band. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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still fun after all these yearsby Anonymous

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June 24, 2001: take this record for what it is, an irreverent and comical tribute to some of the finest american music ever, and cut with an extrodinarily talanted backup band I might add. pure pleasure, pure fun, pure music. PLAY IT LOUD AND DRINK PLENTY OF BEER the true pleasure of the artists' contributions is apparent in this record RIP John, this is a fine memorial to remember you by.

This review was written about the CD edition.