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Fool's Paradise (The Head Cat album)

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Released
  
June 27, 2006

Length
  
33:32

Artist
  
The Head Cat

Label
  
Cleopatra Records

Recorded
  
2006

Producer
  
The Head Cat

Release date
  
27 June 2006

Genre
  
Rockabilly

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Fool's Paradise is a 2006 album recorded by The Head Cat, a collaboration between Lemmy of Motörhead, Slim Jim Phantom (of The Stray Cats), and Danny B. Harvey. It features covers of mostly classic 1950s songs. It is re-release of their first album "Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B" recorded in September 1999. This re-release doesn't include 3 songs from original release, it have different cover and track list is in different order.

Contents

While there is nothing groundbreaking in this recording, the 1950s songs that are chosen (penned by likes of Buddy Holly and members of his group) are played "commendably", keeping close to the original versions with restraint. The album received less praise from other critics.

Critical reception

Greg Prato of Allmusic refers to the album as "a much needed antidote to the computer/software enhanced state of popular music" and "a worthwhile listen for die-hard fans to hear Lemmy tackle covers of some of his favorite standards". Bob Gottlieb wrote in Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange that the band "play some damn good music" and that the songs are "not filled with the fireball frenetic energy that can often make Rockabilly about as pleasant as the sound of a dentists drill nowadays". However, Paul Jordan Sr. wrote the album "sounds like karaoke from a biker's bar! Bad songs sung by bad voices".

Track listing

  1. "Fool's Paradise" (LeGlaire, Linsley, Petty) – 2:29
  2. "Tell Me How" (Buddy Holly) – 1:50
  3. "You Got Me Dizzy" (Abner, Reed) – 3:00
  4. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly) – 2:16
  5. "Cut Across Shorty" (Walker, Wilkin) – 2:04
  6. "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (Price) – 2:01
  7. "Take Your Time" (Holly, Petty) – 2:03
  8. "Well...All Right" (Buddy Holly) – 2:19
  9. "Trying to Get to You" (McCoy, Singleton) – 1:40
  10. "Learning the Game" (Holly) – 2:17
  11. "Peggy Sue Got Married" (Holly) – 2:15
  12. "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (Holly) – 2:13
  13. "Love's Made a Fool of You" (Holly, Montgomery) – 1:57
  14. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 2:28
  15. "Matchbox" (Carl Perkins) – 2:31

Personnel

  • Danny B.Harvey - guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, background vocals
  • Lemmy Kilmister - acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Slim Jim Phantom - drums, percussion, background vocals

    • Songs

    1Fool’s Paradise2:30
    2Tell Me How1:51
    3You Got Me Dizzy3:01

    References

    Fool's Paradise (The Head Cat album) Wikipedia
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