A classy comeback album, produced with the help of Bruce Hornsby--himself quite hot at the time--this flopped dismally. Maybe because Russell looked like the average...
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Bruce Hornsby's active participation in Leon Russell's first recording in ten years is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing, because without Hornsby's encouragement,...
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Retrospective is an 18-track collection that features the bulk of Leon Russell's greatest hits ("Tight Rope," "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms," "Lady Blue," "Back to the...
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After the relative hubbub of the Mad Dogs & Englishmen affair, Russell's Carney illustrated that the man had more than enough music in him. Among the best-known tracks ...
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Leon Russell knows something about country music. Born in Oklahoma, virtually all of the country and blues made their way through Tulsa along with Bob Wills & His Texas...
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Leon Russell 1/1/1970, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
Russell's best album by far, this features his masterful "A Song For You" and "Delta Lady"--though, one must point out, Joe Cocker recorded an even better version of the...
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Leon Russell never quite hit all the right notes the way he did on his eponymous debut. He never again seemed as convincing in his grasp of Americana music and themes, never...
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Russell's take on two Dylan songs--"It's a Hard Rain Gonna Fall" and "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"-- proved him to be an able interpreter of other...
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Leon Russell's accolades are monumental in a number of categories, from songwriting (he wrote Joe Cocker's "Delta Lady") to session playing (with the Rolling Stones and Bob...
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Released well after it was recorded, this superb pairing of Russell with songwriter Marc Benno is the equal of any of Russell's other album. Highly suggested: that you...
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Of all Russell's early work as an artist, this record is perhaps the least essential; in particular, songs like "Tryin' to Stay Live" and "When You Wish Upon a Fag" feel...
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It's a little problematic to put together a compilation of such an album-oriented artist. But unless you're very deeply into the Russell catalog, this two-CD, 40-track...
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Hank Wilson is the name Leon Russell adopts for the country albums he's been recording since 1973, but at least one British reference book claims that it's also the...
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Revising his Hank Wilson persona, Leon Russell has emerged once again as a county artist on this album. As the third volume in a series that started in the 1970s, this is...
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After a popular period in the first half of the 1970s, Leon Russell dissipated his commercial appeal making duet albums with his wife and country collections. He didn't...
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