Amorica by The Black Crowes

Pros: Great songs, great arrangements, great vibe...
Cons: Awful lyrics, and two or three awful songs...

True, gritty, swaggering Southern rock bands are few and far between. Some aspire to the pinnacle of success, but an appealing act of this sort doesn’t come along often. Certainly, years ago Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and The Allman B ...

Pros: Wiser Time and Ballad In Urgency. Great overall album
Cons: A few throw away tracks

There probably wasn’t a more popular band in America in 1990 than The Black Crowes. Shake Your Money Maker was an enormously popular album, fueled by the great She Talks To Angels. The Black Crowes then released another fabulous, yet ignored album in...

Pros: Great tunes!
Cons: Where'd the riffs go?

The Black Crowes, southern-rock hounds and early-90's hitmakers, are, arguably, the best rock and roll band of the past ten years or so.

Having made that nice little blanket statement, the occasion was rare when the Black Crowes strayed from...

Pros: the best lyrics of any Crowes album, eclectic
Cons: two complete and utter duds

This is part two of my five part series on the five most under-rated albums of the 90s.

As the Black Crowes came off their highly successful "High as the Moon" tour in late 1993, they wanted to try and keep their momentum going. So...

Pros: A few classic Crowes tunes, Good lyrics here and there
Cons: A lot of songs that can best be described as mediocre

I have loved the music of The Black Crowes ever since their debut, and their hit song "Hard To Handle". Their blend of country rock and blues is something that endears them to me I guess. They are kind of like a heavier version of the Rolling...

Pros: Great music, great lyrics
Cons: Cover could be censored

I had always liked what Black Crowes stuff I heard on the radio, and had heard good things about this album. So I thought I would give it a shot, though I do have to admit, I own the censored cover (not by choice, I just couldn't fine the uncensored...

Pros: It'll Rock Your World
Cons: None

When I heard the Crowes first album, I thought they were a good southern rock band. When I heard the second, I thought they were a great rock n' roll band. When I heard Amorica, I knew they were geniuses.
This album absolutely rocks. But it also...