Bazaar

（不足10人评分）

20人收藏

共9首歌曲

艺人: Sylvester
语种: 英语
厂牌: BTS
发行时间: 1973年02月14日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by Joe Viglione

Bazaar is a real find from the days before Sylvester's move to the Fantasy label and his eventual success in the world of disco. His second album for Blue Thumb has a wonderfully sophisticated approach to glam rock with huge gospel elements, a surprisingly rocking affair with the accurately named Hot Band providing solid playing and arrangements. The shock value of transvestite Sylvester as the sole person on the cover photo is misleading; it downplays the power in these tracks created by a group effort. This is very much a band and the singer's gravel voice -- containing aspects of Humble Pie's Steve Marriott, Ian Lloyd from Stories, and Rod Stewart -- romps joyously through material by keyboard player Kerry Hatch like the suggestive rocker &Down on Your Knees,& a tune in the vein of the Rolling Stones' &Happy& or David Bowie's &Watch That Man.& Guitarist and co-producer James Q. Smith brings a very Sly & the Family Stone-inspired song, &Friendship,& into the mix, and despite great compositions from outside writers -- Otis Redding, Gram Parsons, two selections from Allen Toussaint, and a really impressive rearrangement of James Taylor's &Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight& -- it is keyboardist Hatch's &All That I Need& that really grabs and stays with you. Just play it a few times to get the groove; it is quite remarkable in its fusion of rock and gospel. The familiar melody of the aforementioned Sweet Baby James' 1972 hit jumps out quicker than the fine originals at first, with Bazaar showing the late singer as a gifted interpreter who perhaps deserved more fame than he got. Listen to the Memphis soul of the Gram Parsons/Chris Ethridge tune &She,& featuring Sylvester on piano. It would make Delaney & Bonnie proud. You really don't expect to find such stirring and wonderful blues inside an album with a photo of a drag queen with lightning bolts over his head, proving that old adage true -- you can't tell a book by its cover. This album would be a good place to begin investigating Sylvester if it weren't so different from the style of music the artist is known for.