The Bigchill: Alabama 3: 'the Devil Went Down To Ibiza': As front runners in the Acid-House movement Alabama 3 were once labelled 'the oddest, sleaziest, unhealthiest and most talented blues band in the nation' so what could you expect from these two remixes?
The first fear as the needle hits each side is that the haunting story telling of Larry Love, the Alabama's lead singer, would be omitted, or you'd just get a sneaky sample. A sigh of relief comes over you as Love's somehow kitsch Mock-Texan drawl echoes through each side, really bringing the tracks to life ...
Reviews of pre-release mixes of the track and 'Strobe Life.'
Rock City Uk: Alabama 3 – Reachin’:
With soft drum loops, Southern soaked organs filling out the background, subtle guitar and harmonica work and softly spoken gravely vocals which has seen probably too many cigarettes and whiskeys in its time - this is trying to be the epitome of laid-back cool, the sort of thing American gangsters would cruise along listening to in a Quentin Tarantino movie ...
The Bigchill: Alabama 3: 'the Devil Went Down To Ibiza': As front runners in the Acid-House movement Alabama 3 were once labelled 'the oddest, sleaziest, unhealthiest and most talented blues band in the nation' so what could you expect from these two remixes?
The first fear as the needle hits each side is that the haunting story telling of Larry Love, the Alabama's lead singer, would be omitted, or you'd just get a sneaky sample. A sigh of relief comes over you as Love's somehow kitsch Mock-Texan drawl echoes through each side, really bringing the tracks to life ...
Reviews of pre-release mixes of the track and 'Strobe Life.'
IQ451: Alabama 3 album reviews:
List of album and concert reviews:
Exile on Coldharbour Lane, La Peste, Last Train to Mashville Vol. 2, Power in the Blood.
Launch, Yahoo Music: Alabama 3 - ''Mansion On The Hill'': A lowslung, Happy Mondays type stoned groove shouldering a gritty call for insurrection from the Brixton posse, sadly still best known for their theme tune to the Sopranos, 'Woke Up This Morning' ...
Short review of the CD single, which receives an 8/10.