 
Now here’s a band that are absolutely freaking
amazing and extremely lovable. Their brand of
rock music infuses bother blues rock and southern
rock over both of their previous albums. Their
debut self titled album was a little bit grittier
and heavier than their second album “Folklore
and Superstition” took a less dirty tone
and a more matured cleaner sound but not to the
extent that they lost their sound. The thing about
Black Stone Cherry is their music can be stuck
in your head all day and sometimes for a lot longer
than that. So with 2 extremely successful releases
under their belt are they going to top them? Or
have their idea’s all been used up?
From start to finish it would have anyone thinking
either of those things. This album is a masterpiece
through and through; it covers every aspect of
the Cherry’s sound perfectly. You’ve
got heavy songs, playful songs and some really
beautiful sweet songs all in 1 album.
The first track “White Trash Millionaire”
is an absolute beast; dirty riffs, heavy, catchy
lyrics, it’s just got the lot. It’s
like the band took the best qualities from each
of their records and blended them together and
throwing in a more mature approach to writing.
Same goes for the song “Killing Floor”
that has a heavy riff but is absolutely beautiful
sounding during the chorus and really shows off
Chris Robertson’s voice blending with the
guitar work.
“In My Blood” has a really calm soothing
feel to it; it flows through it in the form of
the melody it encompasses. “Such a Shame”
lyrically is emotional, and the chorus is quite
reflected of the emotion shown in the song but
the riff for the songs is damn quick and bouncy
with some heavy palm muting making for a very
special combination and continually entertaining.
“All I’m Dreamin’ Of”
is the ballad of the album and its wonderful,
competing with “Things My Father Said”
and “Peace is Free” is a difficult
task but it stands its ground as one of Black
Stone Cherry’s sweetest songs.
Then we have my damn favourite track of the album,
“Blame it on the Boom Boom”. Absolutely
fucking terrific song it’s so entertaining
and playful with the musical talent to match it,
however I prefer the single version released months
ago as opposed to the album version. The original
version’s chorus sounded perfect but they’ve
added this weird riff to the album version that
I really don’t like. Even so this version
is still bouncy and fun like the original just
feels a bit overworked compared to the first.
So there you have it, a collection of 12 top rated
songs from in my opinion one of the most lovable
rock bands in the world. May even be safe to say
their best album to date and it’s going
to be extremely difficult to top the form shown
on this album. Looking forward to seeing them
at Download Festival and their rumoured tour in
November!
5/5
Review by James Webb
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