Comment from tom san jose
Time: September 21, 2010, 8:34 pm

Home run!

Comment from filthyrich
Time: September 21, 2010, 11:25 pm

A new Star Trek movie , and a teriffic new Doobie Brother CD. The last 16 months don’t seem so bad afterall. Congradulations Doobies, Ted, and thankyou HOR. I love Pat’s stuff.

Comment from Dave
Time: September 22, 2010, 2:18 am

Wow guys! Thanks for making the Doobies album I’ve been waiting for. A++. Just can’t sing your praises loud enough!

Comment from Angela “RoadAngel” Moraglia
Time: September 22, 2010, 6:28 am

What a rush! Great Music by a Great Band. Nothing more to be said. Lots of Love & Thanks for all the years of Rockin, Great Music. Can’t wait to see you again in November at Westbury, NY. Hope to see Big Mike and Skylark up on stage with their brothers. Love you guys – Angela “RoadAngel” Bklyn, NY

Comment from Bill
Time: September 22, 2010, 6:36 am

Amazing, Amazing, Amazing, can’t stop listening. Loved every song, sound fresh and rocks!!! Can’t wait to get cd/dvd I pre-ordered. I’ve waited 10 years for this album and well worth the wait (Please don’t wait another 10 years to record new music). Truly looking forward to Wesbury show. Keep rocking guys and congrats on a terrific cd !!!!!! The doobs are truly the best!!!!

Comment from Hans van Bennekom
Time: September 22, 2010, 8:03 am

Great musical trip – awesome tunes. Thx guys!

Comment from duane
Time: September 22, 2010, 2:51 pm

Really sm-o-o-o-o-oth. The CD has some real quality music there.
I have always said (to no one in particular) that Nobody deserved another shot. Too fun a song to simply leave in the archives.

Comment from Robert
Time: September 22, 2010, 7:16 pm

Rockline seems to not work. ugh, was hoping to give Tom & Pat a howdy.

Comment from Carlo Beffers
Time: September 23, 2010, 5:59 am

Great new album. This is what we were waiting for. Can’t wait to have the album and the DVD. See you on the 26th of october in Dusseldorf!!

Comment from Mark
Time: September 23, 2010, 6:38 am

For some reason my comments, (where I reviewed each song), didn’t submit, so I’m going to keep it short, (relatively), & sweet: Grand slam home run!!!!!

Tommy & Pat are in great voice throughout, there’s not a clinker among the songs. the arrangements & instrumentation are great & the whole thing is superb!

This is what a Doobie Brothers album should be!

Great works guys!!

Comment from Mark
Time: September 23, 2010, 6:53 am

Ok, on further listening, (in other words, the whole preview again), this album is incredible. Until it’s released next week & I get it, I plan to be previewing it a lot!!! ;>)

Comment from Mark
Time: September 23, 2010, 8:01 am

Gonna try this again.

Gonna be a long post, as I’m writing while I listen.

“A Brighter Day”-Great!!! Possibly should have been the first single. It definitely needs some airplay. This song feels like a long awaited sequel to “Listen To The Music”. The reggae arrangement & feel propels the song nicely, & the almost gospel like chorus is superb!

“Chateau”-Tasty little rocker, much less stiff than the two attempts to rock out on Sibling Rivalry. The only trouble is the song never gets anywhere, especially lyrically. Killer groove, & I like it, but where’s the lyrical substance?

“Nobody”-As I stated in another post, I like this new version, it’s very well done, but I still feel a more imaginative change in the arrangement, (overall, not just in the beginning that was added on), would have been more interesting.

“World Gone Crazy”-Another I’ve commented on, & upon further listening, it just gets better. This is a great song.

“Far From Home”-Pat’s 1st song on the album, & it’s almost unbearably pretty. Vocal arrangement is stunning, John’s violin playing underscores the song perfectly, & the melody is just plain gorgeous.

“Young Man’s Game”-Love the honky tonk piano opening, & Tommy just comes in bragging, (in a good way), That good old funky, greasy Doobie Brothers sound in spades, with some nice tributes to Chuck Berry & some of the original rock & roll pioneers in both the arrangment & some of the very sly lyrics.

“Don’t Say Goodbye”-The collaboration with Michael McDonald is hypnotic, mixing in elements of the “McDonald era” of the band, with touches of harmonica & violin woven into the song. The rhythm part is very nice, never settling into any one feel, but tossing out little surprises here & there. This song has a lof of the feal of “Chinatown” & the title track from “Livin’ On The Fault Line”, & for me that’s a good thing! At the same time it feels fresh.

“My Baby””-Background harmonies are the first thing I noticed, & I love them. Tommy’s lyrics are just great, & the easy, strolling rhythm of the song works in every way. Piano parts adds the right flourish to the song. Mellow groovin’!

“Old Juarez”-Interesting samba rhythm, almost with a Little Feat feel, & great opening guitar parts, leading into a very cool song, stylistically & structurally reminding me somewhat of one of my all time DB tunes, “South Of The Border”, but this song may be even better. Latin rhythms are far more prominent throughout, & the guitar solo is killer, a mix of the Doobies classic sound & Carlos Santana. This song is a winner!

I will be buying this album next week. Congratulations to the band, y’all did great in every respect with this new one!

“I Know We Won”-A poignant & nostalgic look back, in which Willie Nelson fits in perfectly, & while sounding a bit melancholy, it also sounds happy with how life turned out. Very nice little song.

“Law Dogs”-Nasty down home blues groove, with a real swampy sound. I love how it just simmers, giving off a dangerous vibe all the way.

Final thoughts: Tommy & Pat are in great voice on this album, both sounding committed in everything they sing. I love how this album is instantly identifiable as a DB album, without sounding like a slavish copy of the sound they’re known for. There is a lot of excellent playing throughout, & Teddy’s production is a welcome return, giveing each track a nice feel.

For nearly 20 years now, there have been 5 DB albums that to me were the pinnacle of their sound,the trio of “Toulouse Street”, “The Captain & Me” & “Vices”, the incredibly smooth “Fault Line” & the jamming “Brotherhood”. There is now a 6th album to add to that lofty height in “World Gone Crazy”. This is a great album, & more importantly it is a solid one, with every song being enjoyable & most being far richer than that.

Comment from Billy Stahl
Time: September 23, 2010, 5:36 pm

The new album sounds great. I’ll be buying a copy, and not just because I went to high school with Pat Simmons (was Bill Knaefler back then, Leigh HS class of ’69). It’s great that you are continuing to create new music & not just resting on your admittedly substantial laurels.

Comment from LYNN SHOFFNER
Time: September 24, 2010, 5:27 am

I HAVE BEEN A FAN SINCE THE BEGINNING, BEEN TO 3 OR 4 CONCERTS IN N CAROLINA KEEP COMING, KEEP MAKING MUSIC PLAIN & SIMPLE, LOVE YOU GUYS

Comment from Kevin Jones
Time: September 25, 2010, 6:10 am

I just received it yesterday in the mail and all I can say is give the boy’s some room because there’re back!

Comment from Samantha D
Time: September 25, 2010, 7:12 am

The album is beyond fantastic, it’s pure Doobies magic! I preordered my bundle a few weeks ago and it arrived yesterday!! I feel like Christmas came early!! I’m not letting anyone else listen to it yet, since they didn’t preorder…but I’ve been driving around with it cranked up, just enjoying some good ol’ fashioned rock n’ roll!! I’ve been a fan for ages, and this new album proves everything that’s ever been said about the Doobies muscianship and the pure joy they get from bringing good music to their fans. Way to go boys!!!

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