"Talk To My Ass" is a song about making the woman in your life give you what you want, and be grateful about it! The repetition, tone, and content all leave a bit of a sour taste, with lines like "I went to bed last night, tried to give my baby some love, she looked at me kind of surprised and she said baby you got your own two pair of hands, but you ain't got no glove"; and it includes another tiresome guitar solo.
"Dust My Broom" is more of the same: repetition, standard blues trappings; it all sounds much the same as it has before. "Slow Boat To China" is an appropriately named slow song, but with inappropriate vocals for Seagal. He can't pull it off and it's an awful, awful track. It also marked the end of my patience with this album. Things should have come to a conclusion long before this.
A Bo Diddley track, and a few short untitled tracks round out the album, and leave the listener feeling a little bemused, not to mention drained, exhausted, and wanting part of the last hour or so back.
It could have all worked so well: sticking to the songs that suited his voice best, and making the album far shorter than it is, could've left a better impression. Perhaps the first album, Songs from the Crystal Cave (which I've heard is less "bluesy") is more enjoyable. Regardless, this is one that fans of the blues - and any fan of Seagal's movie work who's curious - would perhaps be best avoiding, which is a shame.
Article comments
1 - Connie Phillips
Congrats! This article has been forwarded to the Advance.net websites and Boston.com.
2 - Lisa McKay
Dan, I'm guessing that I wouldn't like Seagal's music any more than I like his movies, but I just have to say that your first paragraph is a work of genius!
3 - monica trif
The first paragraph is very bad, and if there are people don/t like his music, don't listen it! I like the both Steven Seagal's albums and there are milion people like them so every one has a taste and an opinion but is not necessary to be grudge and respectless
4 - Lisa McKay
Agreed that everyone's entitled to an opinion, Monica, which is what a review essentially is -- one person's opinion.
A sense of humor is very helpful, too.
5 - Mark Saleski
i am shocked! that lisa mckay is not a steven seagal movie fan. shocked!! ;-)
6 - Daniel Woolstencroft
Thanks Lisa!
Monica - I'm glad you like Seagal's music, and I'm not being "respectless". I honestly think that given the right album, I'd really enjoy what Seagal does.
Each, as you say, to their own.
7 - sally
I hope this gets through, i've always admired steven segal as a martial artist, as i i do jujitsu myself, but when i listened to his crystal cave album especially the song "don't cry"which really got to me,iwas really impressed, i then got the mojo priest album and luckily got tickets for the southend concert, which made it magical for me as i have loved that place since childhood. I unfortunately didn't get to speak to him at the stage door, to say thankyou and to put my hands together and bow to him, every body makes mistakes in life when they are young i myself have made several, but this person i think is doing alot of good now and that what people should see for him now.
8 - sally
i made some mistakes in my last comment about steven segal but i hope people understands what i'am on about thanks.