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Side-Stepper | 
| Artist: The Bamboos
Label: Pinnacle
Category: Music
List Price: £10.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 23573
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5060006353024
ASIN: B001BPKM92
Release Date: October 6, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Nightsport | | • | Tears Cried feat. Kylie Auldist | | • | Now That You Are Mine feat. Kylie Auldist | | • | King Of The Rodeo feat. Megan Washington | | • | Funky Buttercup | | • | Can't Help Myself feat. TY | | • | One Man Entourage | | • | Make It Real feat. Kylie Auldist | | • | Move On feat. Paul MacInnes | | • | The Side Stepper | | • | Amen Brother |
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| Customer Reviews:
Uuurgh!! October 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been a fan of The Bamboos since they released their first 7" (Eel Oil) many moons ago &, in my opinion, their releases since then have marked them out as one of the best new funk bands around and I've been eagerly awaiting this release
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if you're a fan of their previous work then this really may not be for you coz it sure aint for me
Gone is the hard, driving funk & flailing hammond of previous albums & in its place are some limp-wristed attempts at Northern & modern soul & (by all accounts) 60's mod and to be honest it all makes for a wishy-washy collection of songs that are, as my wife put it, "Neither here nor there"
Songs such as "Make it Real" seem like pale imitations of JTQ songs from their "In the Hands of The Inevitable" era, whilst the funk/hip hop crossover song, "Can't Help Myself" is poor when held up against the 2 from the last album
For the first 3 songs the hammond is so low in the mix that it might as well not be there whilst the Paul McInnes vocals on "Move On" are in my opinion so weak they wouldn't sound out of place on an X-Factor auditions show.
Its not all bad - "Kings of the Rodeo" is a good & interesting take on the Kings of Leon version whilst the funk of old does kick in on "Funky Buttercup", "One Man Entourage" and "The Side Stepper"
I've also listened to it 3 times to see if its a "grower" and one thing that does come across on repeated listens is that whilst the music itself may not be bad the ordering of the tracks is poor - On the previous album (Rawville) they mixed up the instrumentals, heavy funk with vocals, the rap & the softer funk/soul stuff so you never found yourself getting bored with the same thing track after track. On this album the different styles seem to be bunched together & unfortunately make me lose interest
Oh & the closing track "Amen Brother" is in my opinion a cheesy, jazz funk effort
I've no doubt that the changing of styles is a deliberate ploy to appeal to a wider audience & one which will probably work but unfortunately it may well lead to them losing some of their former fanbase
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