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Grooves in Orbit
Grooves in Orbit
NRBQ / CD / 1983
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Artist
NRBQ
Format
CD
Genre
Rock
Label Name
Wounded Bird
Producer
Terry Adams, Joey Spampinato, Donn Adams
Release Date
2006 01 17
Run Time
36:17
Song List
1: Rain at the Drive-In (3:12)
2: Some Kind of Blues [#] (3:18)
3: How Can I Make You Love Me (2:53)
4: 12 Bar Blues (2:48)
5: A Girl Like That (2:41)
6: My Girlfriend's Pretty (2:48)
7: When Things Was Cheap (3:55)
8: Smackaroo (2:03)
9: I Like That Girl (2:37)
10: Daddy-"O" (2:44)
11: Get Rhythm (3:04)
12: Hit the Hay (2:27)
13: Tonight You Belong to Me [#] (2:06)
Style.Categories
Bar Band, Roots Rock, Rock & Roll
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After
NRBQ
's
At Yankee Stadium
failed to become a hit,
Mercury Records
dropped them, and it would be five years before the band would have another chance to record for a major label. While
At Yankee Stadium
was by their standards a tight and consistent set that gracefully balanced commercial appeal with their taste for the offbeat,
NRBQ
seemed content to follow their own path under
Bearsville
's sponsorship, and
Grooves in Orbit
sounds more like one of the band's
Red Rooster
sessions than a bid for a wider audience. The opening track,
"Smackaroo,"
is an irresistible rocker once you get past the fact that the lyrics are almost completely unintelligible, and the decision to close out the sides with
"Daddy-'O'"
(a frantic
polka
number recorded in front of a well-oiled audience) and
"Hit the Hay"
(an ode to sleep) suggests
NRBQ
were happily resigned to life as a cult item. However, if you want evidence to back up the old saw that
NRBQ
are the greatest
bar band
on Earth,
Grooves in Orbit
will do just fine -- between the rollicking and self-descriptive
"12 Bar Blues,"
the glorious
pop
perfection of
"Rain at the Drive-In"
and
"How Can I Make You Love Me,"
the
honky tonk
thunder of
"Get Rhythm"
(a
Johnny Cash
cover that out-rocks the great version they recorded for
At Yankee Stadium
), and the guitar-powered relationship advice of
"A Girl Like That,"
Grooves in Orbit
finds
NRBQ
firing on all cylinders and playing with earth-shaking joy. When it connects,
Grooves in Orbit
is a great album, and even when it misses, it's solid fun and worth a few spins. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
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