TRACKS1 Mr. Brown's Boogie (McMahon, Simmonds) 4:34
2 Sweet Loving Thing (McMahon, Simmonds) 3:53
3 Too Much of a Good Thing (Simmonds) 4:16
4 Misery (McMahon, Simmonds) 5:11
5 Shake for Me (Dixon) 4:38
6 Pack It Up (Chandler) 4:03
7 High on Your Love (Simmonds) 3:54
8 Worried Man (McMahon, Simmonds) 5:28
9 Little Wheel (Bracken, Hooker) 7:00
10 You're in for a Big Suprise (Mayfield) 4:23
11 Real Fine Woman (Simmonds) 3:44
12 That's What Love Will Do (McMahon, Simmonds) 3:18
13 Baby Please Change Your Mind (McMahon, Simmonds) 3:58
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CREDITS
Pete McMahon - Vocals, Harmonica
Kim Simmonds - Guitar
Jim Heyl - Bass
Dave Olsen - Drums
Dave Peverett - Vocals
Hubert Sumlin - Guitar
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REVIEW
Like Rip Van Winkle, just reawakened from a 20-year sleep (for Simmonds, it was probably about 4-5 years), the band wavers and wobbles, trying to find it's sea legs, but ultimately delivers the goods with the aid of a longtime friend known as Dr. Released in 1994, Bring It Home marks the beginning of the end of the long dry spell for Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown. Boogie. "Mr. Brown's Boogie" and "Little Wheel" are the highpoints of the album, rolling down the highway at ninety miles a minute, proof that Kim is once again capable of righteous boogie! Boogie!!! Frontman Pete McMahon is in fine form throughout, especially on "Sweet Loving Thing," where he notes wryly, "She makes my soda water sing. . . " Too much! Kim's guitar work, still blistering, has now begun to take on the almost delicate subtleties that make later albums "The Blues Keep Me Holding On" and "Strange Dream" so special. His muse, however, is not quite 100% back yet; many songs on the album are a little generic and must be classified good, not great. Example: While McMahon delivers a fine performance on "Your In For a Big Surprise," it's clear that Kim has about run the "rich man vs poor man" theme into the ground; he has yet to improve on "Money Can't Save Your Soul," the shimmering track from Looking In that, for my money, is the first and last word on the subject. However, there is still good blues and boogie to be had, so you may want to give Bring it Home a listen, and even take it home if you so desire. Boogie!!!.
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