Happiness Bastards - The Black Crowes - March 15, 2024

HughFreakingDillon

seeing them in Minnesota at the Yacht Festival. they are on night 1 with Gwen Stefani and Alanis. lol

pjl44

Wilted Rose is the best single so far

DewieCox

I like Cross Your Fingers more and the live take of Bedside Manners sounds promising. 

Pretty excited to hear the rest. 

mickeyrat

not bad. looking forward to 4-20 detroit show

clayton12

So just finished my third listen of the new record. I am a die hard BC fan and have followed them through thick and thin. As far as this record, i am fairly happy with it. Songs are super punchy and upbeat and Chris sounds fricken great, throughout. The production, on the other hand, is horrendous. And the drumming on this record, may be possibly, the least innovative drumming ive ever heard. 

But, ill take it and hope to see them next month in Atlanta.

ZoSoTim

I listened once last night. Need to give it more listens but as of now I feel like there are a bunch of great riffs that just didn’t get to their full potential. I’m not saying it’s a bad album but it could have been so much better. We’ll see if my opinion changes after a little time. 

Wobbie

there’s been a lot written, butI thought this was especially good.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a60168791/black-crowes-happiness-bastards-interview/

my album arrives tomorrow.

Original_Shifty

Had a first listen of the album this morning. I'm working so couldn't have it too loud. Sounds pretty much straight-forward r&r. Not too bad but I'll have to crank it up and have another listen. Songs seem pretty tight. With a 38 minute running time for 10 songs, there is definitely not much room for any bloat. Looking forward to April 16th when they play here.

pledgeagrievance

My caveat is I only know the popular songs and some others, and saw them live once and enjoyed them. Put on the new album at work and as someone previously said, there’s some good potential in some tracks, but I found myself skipping songs half way through. 

mickeyrat

9pm tonight . live on Amazons Twitch channel....

https://m.twitch.tv/AmazonMusic

TheBeardedFellow

This album is fantastic. Listened through it three times, there's not a lemon on it.  

I'm a Crowes fan, but Warpaint and Before the Frost/Until the Freeze never stuck with me-- it's obviously early, but i think this one will. It could almost fit in around/beside By Your Side, from the song lengths and punchiness.

I think any other long time fans will dig this album.   

Wobbie

clayton12 said:

So just finished my third listen of the new record. I am a die hard BC fan and have followed them through thick and thin. As far as this record, i am fairly happy with it. Songs are super punchy and upbeat and Chris sounds fricken great, throughout. The production, on the other hand, is horrendous. And the drumming on this record, may be possibly, the least innovative drumming ive ever heard. 

But, ill take it and hope to see them next month in Atlanta.

Chris does sound fantastic. As for the drumming…..Gorman was a HUGE loss.

Original_Shifty said:

Had a first listen of the album this morning. I'm working so couldn't have it too loud. Sounds pretty much straight-forward r&r. Not too bad but I'll have to crank it up and have another listen. Songs seem pretty tight. With a 38 minute running time for 10 songs, there is definitely not much room for any bloat. Looking forward to April 16th when they play here.

It’s gotta be cranked. I just listened through headphones….LOUD.

crazy that they recorded this in two weeks. I think Tall took like two years with all the dysfunction and fighting.

DissidentRival74

Just listened to it for the first time, and upon the first listen Cross Your Fingers, Wilted Rose, and Kindred Friend were the standouts to me.  REALLY dug Kindred Friend, probably my fav track.  Definitely look forward to listening to the whole album again (and again and again)....

Spiritual_Chaos

Wobbie said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Boring choice to play the "Sweden rock festival"

maybe ABBA was unavailable.

I’m looking more forward to happiness bastards than dark matter.

Boring of them to play there, and not play an ordinary concert here.

2-feign-reluctance

Great record! Loved it start to finish. I think I’ll revisit everything from Amorica to this one. 

Original_Shifty

Wobbie said:

As for the drumming…..Gorman was a HUGE loss. :b:bawling:

Original_Shifty said:

Had a first listen of the album this morning. I'm working so couldn't have it too loud. Sounds pretty much straight-forward r&r. Not too bad but I'll have to crank it up and have another listen. Songs seem pretty tight. With a 38 minute running time for 10 songs, there is definitely not much room for any bloat. Looking forward to April 16th when they play here.

It’s gotta be cranked. I just listened through headphones….LOUD.

crazy that they recorded this in two weeks. I think Tall took like two years with all the dysfunction and fighting.

Totally agree about Gorman. 

Put on the over-ear headphones on the way to work this morning and this album rocks! 

Bedside Manners and Flesh Wound are probably my least fav, but I'm totally in love with the groove in Follow the Moon.

Wobbie

this album is so good…nothing groundbreaking, but very satisfying.

chris’ voice sounds about 10x better than ed’s, these days. weed less harmful than tobacco?

goldrush

It’s not going to break any new ground, but it is a great rock and roll record, which is all you want from The Black Crowes. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s good to have them back.

pjpjpaul

Got Ryman tix. Can’t wait.

brianlux

Black Crowes fans, Chris Robinson is in this excellent documentary.  Don't miss it!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26228274/?ref_=tt_mv_close