2024 the best of arlo guthrie review

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'Amigo' was recorded in North Hollywood in July of 1976. Amigo was the name of the recording studio and the record was named to honor the great musicians and talented crew who worked on the project. Arlo and family along with producer John Pilla moved into a house nearby and spent about 2 months recording and mixing the tracks. It was a very happy time, as Annie, Arlo & Jackie's third child was born during the recording. Arlo, John and co-producer, Lenny Waronker had worked together on all the recordings starting with 'Running Down The Road' each record improving and evolving - With 'Amigo' they really hit their stride. Great musicians, great engineering, great songs, all converging at a good and happy time make this recording what it is.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.83 ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ CD Baby
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2005
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ March 6, 2011
Label ‏ : ‎ CD Baby
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004QPHBCA
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
Reviewer: Jeffrey Osborn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Flawless Arlo
Review: If you are an Arlo fan, you will not have a single complaint about this CD.Great classics by Arlo, and at the end he decided to drop in the Stone's "Connection".Only Arlo could pull that off as a Folk Singer.

Reviewer: T. J. Sweet
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Omg Amigo
Review: If you don't already own this album then you are not a folk music fan from the 70's.

Reviewer: Anonymous
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I recommend that people listen to tracks 4-5.
Review: "Victor Jara" is a true story that is so powerful it can drive the listener to tears. "Patriot's Dream" is also a fine effort. Nothing else on this album rises to the level of quality displayed by those two songs.

Reviewer: David
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: got as a gift & was well liked

Reviewer: John A. Leraas
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Different
Review: Simply not what was expect.

Reviewer: Barron Laycock
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An Incredible, Vastly Under-Rated Guthrie Masterpiece!
Review: I am often stunned to find how few people have ever listened to this wonderful album by Arlo Guthrie. Unlike any of his earlier work, which I also enjoy and listen to still quite often, this one work shows the incredible talent, diversity and intelligence of this sometimes slapstick and even vaudevillian singer. Arlo really is one of a kind, a true artist who often covers sour subjects with a sugary satirical style, thus making these bitter pills about life more tolerable and acceptable to discuss and think about.Here our perpetually young and impish Mr. Guthrie is in full adult form, mature but still sporting a twinkle in his eyes, from the silly and engaging opener "Guabi Guabi" (anyone listening to it just about has to laugh at it, yet it is surprisingly durable and deceptively simple; you may find yourself humming or singing it involuntarily next time you're in the shower and feeling pretty good about the world) to the haunting "Darkest Hours" to the lovely ballad "Massachusetts" about his adopted state, to a plaintive "Manzanillo Bay" about that unspoiled seaside Mexican paradise, and a host of others, many of them off-beat and more than incidentally political, like "Victor Jara" and "Patriot's Dream".This is indeed a quite under-appreciated and very special album by someone often assumed to be a lightweight because of his inordinate success with novelty songs like "Alice's Restaurant" and "The Motorcycle Song". Yet anyone familiar with Guthrie the man and his continuing good works in rural western Massachusetts as a sort of self-appointed one-man project on helping those in need, he is obviously much more than that, and anyone taking a close listen to this album will discover the true depths of his quite considerable singing and songwriting talents as well. Enjoy.

Reviewer: James E. Duckworth
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The indications of growth are there...
Review: ...in his earlier '70s albums, but with Amigo, Arlo Guthrie entered the songwriting pantheon with the big boys. His songs here are as good as anything his big influence, Bob Dylan, had written up to that point (listen to "Victor Jara" and tell me that it's not better than Dylan's "Hurricane" from the same time period), his political sensibilities would have made his father proud, his sense of humor is still delightfully intact and his choice of cover tunes shows some real imagination.Hard to say which songs I like best here--"Guabi Guabi" is unbelievably stupid but I love it! "Darkest Hour," "Massachusetts," "Ocean Crossing" and "Grocery Blues" are all wonderful. So too, is his cover of the Rolling Stones' "Connection," with Linda Ronstadt singing background on it.

Reviewer: ennyman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Truly Great Album
Review: I found this album at the Roseville Library (MN) in the mid 80's and found it to be a quite remarkable creation of true excellence in terms of creativity, depth of feeling, thoughtfulness and content. There are fun songs (Guabi Guabi), and some very poignant moments, especially the sequence from Darkest HOur to Patriot's Dream. Lyrics are great throughout... but this album has that "something more" that elevates it. Don't know why it's so overlooked and forgoten. It deserves a very high place in the panoply of music for/from our generation. (Disclaimer: I am from the Boomer gen)Enjoy!

Reviewer: Darrin Beaudoin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very happy.

Reviewer: arthurmcbride
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Un album mÃ©connu d'un artiste mÃ©connu. Raison de plus pour possÃ©der cet excellent disque chez soi. Au premier abord, Ã§a ressemble Ã du Dylan "light" mais il y a un mÃ©lange de folk, de country et de rock qui est assez original et trÃ¨s bien fait. Ca n'a l'air de rien mais on l'Ã©coute en boucle et rapidement on ne peut plus sans passer. La premiÃ¨re chanson vaut le dÃ©tour Ã elle seule.

Reviewer: Richard Jenkins
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: One of Arlo's best recordings.

Reviewer: Cookiejar
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I bought this after watching PBS's program on Arlo. It's certainly not the old Alro. The recordings are done to perfection with studio musicians following popular music idioms. But the heart and soul lyrics are missing. There wasn't a single song I wanted to play a second time unlike my old vinyls of Arlo.

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