Bloodrock

Bloodrock Artist: Bloodrock
Label: One Way Records Inc
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724381840429
EAN: 0724381840429
ASIN: B000002R0A


Release Date: 1995-05-30

Bloodrock


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Tracks:

  1. Gotta Find A Way
  2. Castle Of Thoughts
  3. Fatback
  4. Double Cross
  5. Timepiece
  6. Wicked Truth
  7. Gimmie Your Head
  8. Fantastic Piece Of Architecture
  9. Melvin Laid An Egg

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Album Description

1995 reissue on One Way of the hard rockin' Texans' debut album, originally released on Capitol in 1969. Contains the original artwork and all nine of the record's original tracks, including 'Gotta Find A Way' & 'Castle Of Thoughts'.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Blood Red Greasy Grungy Seventies Underbelly.......2007-01-02

This is a ballsy, no-nonsense hard rockin' outfit from the USA. Watch for some deft, complicated moves in their heaviness, though. Good headphone music, for sure. I advise anything they put out as long as is has Jim Rutledge on vocals. Some of the later stuff isn't as strong w/o him. File along side Black Oak, Grand Funk, BOC, Nitzinger, Amboy Dukes, & any Monster Records bands (Full Moon, Amulet, Winterhawk, etc).

3 out of 5 stars Brutally uncompromising..........2005-12-08

Bloodrock's debut doesn't stand the test of time as well as the rest of their catalog, but it's still a fine album full of interesting music if somewhat cheesy lyrics now and then. The centerpiece is Fantastic Piece Of Architecture, an extended dirge that succeeds quite well, despite its length and marked lack of dynamics, due to Jim Rutledge's profound interpretation of the lyrics. The rest of the album is a rough mix of what their following albums would boil down to a unique brand of heavy rock/metal that followed its own path, critics be damned.

4 out of 5 stars "Anyone Who Is Stupid Enough To Play This Record Backward Deserves What He Is About To Hear...".......2005-08-10

A simple, strong, straight ahead rock album. Some fine guitar and keyboard work. Also loaded with laughable pseudo-profound lyrics. Sing it, Jim Rutledge: "I just wanna go home-a, an' have m'self an ice cream cone." Huh? But it's a great album anyway.

4 out of 5 stars A solid debut album.......2005-03-02

Bloodrock (1969.) Bloodrock's first album.

It was in the late sixties that hard rock and heavy metal first began to surface. Although it was Black Sabbath that would be credited for ultimately creating the new genre, the fact of the matter is that there were other hard rock groups around before them. One such group is the Texas-based band, Bloodrock. In an era when hard rock was still taking off, these guys had one of the more advanced sounds - one that was ahead of its time. The band didn't release a whole lot of albums, but managed to release some good material in their days together. Read on for my review of the band's self-titled debut.

Bloodrock doesn't waste any time kicking off the hard rock on their debut. This is their rawest, most down-to-earth rocking album. It lacks the polish of later efforts, and on this album only, the band's lead vocalist also does the percussion (a full-time drummer would first appear on the band's sophomore effort, Bloodrock 2.) The sound the band manages to create on here is an excellent one - one that is very similar to Rod Evans-era Deep Purple, but heavier on guitars than on organs (although there is plenty of organ usage here nonetheless.) Despite being from Texas, Bloodrock sounds very well like they could have been a British hard rock group. Most of the tracks here stick to the straight-up hard rock stylings, with heavy guitars playing all the way through alongside a backing organ track. But that's not the limit of this album. There are a few tracks that sound almost like ballads, and those ones are good too. In the end, this is a solid album, even if it is one of the group's more uneven efforts.

Despite their being an American band, Bloodrock is pretty much unknown in the United States. This is a shame since they managed to put out some damn good tunes over the years. Fortunately, in the case of most of the group's albums, there are import versions that are still in production. If you want to hear Bloodrock, that's the way to go.

Bloodrock's debut album was an excellent beginning, and the group would only get better on future releases. Sadly though, they never really got the credit they deserved in their day and age, and they sure as hell aren't getting it now, either. If you're a fan of classic rock, don't make the mistke so many others have made of overlooking this group. Pick up some of their albums, and you'll discover a seriously underrated hard rock band.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent album and 1st effort.......2005-02-28

First off....let me set the record straight about Fantastic piece of architecture"......It is about a superb architect who builds a structure that recieves phenomenol acclaim.....he does NOT walk into the parlor and fall dead immediately afterwards....it actually talks about how the structure....in comparison to the architects own life...suffers the ravages of life...and existence....as the architect ages and becomes frail.....eventually lying down and dying in the parlor of his masterpiece.....so does the masterpiece die.....the love that the architect had for his creation...died with him....or something along that line.....and NO..it isnt party music.....it's think music.

There are some excellent rockers on this album..and some nice ballads as well.

You might note that lead vocalist Jim Rutledge is also full-time drummer....Rick Cobb was brought in on the 2nd LP.

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