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Royal Crown Revue, The Contender
Audio CD
Disk ID: 220851
Disk length: 43m 46s (12 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1998
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. The Contender | 3:24 |
| 2. Walkin' Like Brando | 3:55 |
| 3. Zip Gun Bop (Reloaded) | 3:13 |
| 4. Big Boss Lee | 2:52 |
| 5. Friday The 13th | 4:19 |
| 6. Stormy Weather | 3:40 |
| 7. Morning Light | 2:55 |
| 8. Salt Peanuts | 2:46 |
| 9. Work Baby Work | 3:15 |
| 10. Everyone Knows You're Crazy | 4:13 |
| 11. Port-Au-Prince | 5:12 |
| 12. Deadly Nightcall | 3:52 |
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Review
Before there were khaki-pantsed swing dancers on TV and zoot-suited clubgoers in every major American city, Royal Crown Revue plied their proudly retro sound and look in underground L.A. nightspots. But what began as a curiosity blossomed into a national sensation. With The Contender, RCR are back to claim their title as the Johnny Appleseed of swing. Name-checking the right cultural icons (including Marlon Brando and Bettie Page) and covering a variety of classic tunes, from a breezy doo-wop take on "Stormy Weather" to a hard-boppin' version of the Dizzy Gillespie classic "Salt Peanuts," the group has clearly done its homework. Original tunes such as the single "Zip Gun Bop (Reloaded)," "Big Boss Lee," and the title track rock harder than the songs of the era they mean to emulate but are impressive nonetheless. This isn't the musical equivalent of your father's Oldsmobile. Your grandfather, on the other hand, would think it's just swell. --Daniel Durchholz
Other Versions
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Tracks: 12, Disk length: 43m 29s (-1m 43s)
Tracks: 12, Disk length: 43m 29s (-1m 43s)
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