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01/18/2004
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Average White Band
"AWB"
© Atlantic Records
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track listing
You Got It
Got The Love
Pick Up The Pieces
Person To Person
Work To Do
Nothing You Can Do
Just Wanna
Love You Tonight
Keepin' It To Myself
I Just Can't
Give You Up
There's Always
Someone Waiting
Pick Up The Pieces
(The Atlantic
Family
Live At Montreux)
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Average White Band
"AWB"
The Average White Band may not be a household name, but their most popular
instrumental hit, "Pick Up The Pieces" will bring back memories for those
who remember it back in 1974, and most recently revived on TV commercials.
Combining rock, soul and jazz, the Average White Band's 1974 release AWB
gets the nod of approval for this week's review.
"You Got It" has a sound that could be compared to Steve Winwood's
years with Traffic and/or on his own solo career. Likewise, "Got The Love"
can be compared to Winwood, yet it has a more soulful funky beat. Speaking of
funky, funk and what would later become Disco music is best described for
"Person To Person."
Disco music was in its beginning stages, as the funky soul beats generated
this new trend of music. "Work To Do" has the energetic disco style,
where pleasant soulful music best describes "Nothing You Can Do" and
"Just Wanna Love You Tonight." Soul mixed with Disco is heard on
"Keepin' It To Myself." Energized Disco best describes "I Just Can't
Give You Up," and "There's Always Someone Waiting" is slow driving
soul. Ending the album is a bonus selection, a live version of "Pick Up
The Pieces" (The Atlantic Family Live At Montreux).
A new sound was on the rise, and in 1974 the Average White Band's AWB
would surface Disco music, as this album would shape the next big sound for the
decade. Surprisingly, "Pick Up The Pieces" is the only instrumental song
from this album. Many people may think AWB as an instrumental band. But they
did have some very impressive vocal abilities, filled with soulful approaches
in vocal style as well as musically. A good introduction to what would later
become Disco, AWB has the listener dancing to the groove, as it could be
a good mix to today's club dances, combining today's hip-hop with the previous
decades' dance music. It should appeal to the younger crowd of today, to prove
that music of the past 30 years was also exciting and enjoyable as many young
fans of today's music enjoys the current trends of hip-hop and rap.
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