Street Party

Street Party Artist: Black Oak Arkansas
Label: Wounded Bird Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 664140010123
EAN: 0664140010123
ASIN: B000056PSC


Release Date: 2001-01-23

Street Party


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Tracks:

  1. Dancing In The Streets
  2. Sting Me
  3. Good Good Woman
  4. Jail Bait
  5. Sure Been Workin' Hard
  6. Son Of A Gun
  7. Brink Of Creation
  8. I'm A Man
  9. Goin' Home
  10. Dixie
  11. Everybody Wants To See Heaven 'Nobody Wants To Die'
  12. Hey Ya'll
  13. Brink Of Creation

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Album Description

Sixth album for Atco Records and their second highest charting album, reaching number 56 on the Billboard charts in 1974. 13 tracks total including, 'Dancing In The Streets', 'Sting Me', and 'Dixie'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good in '76 still good in '07.......2007-02-12

A slight departure from some of BOA's material,but I believe it works for them.I think it was an attempt to reach a broader fan base without selling out,the current fan base.
Did it work? You be the judje.Buy the cd,it's pretty good.

4 out of 5 stars Son Of A Gun!!!.......2006-06-14

Rating: 4.5 Stars

Arguably their best effort, Black Oak Arkansas was one of the hottest groups around in the mid-70's when they released their sixth album entitled "Street Party" in 1974. Following up on their excellent 1973 release "High On The Hog", "Street Party" continued the pattern of mixing blistering rock tunes with down-home bluegrass-country numbers that was both satisfying and frustrating at the same time. The rock-only crowd (most of my friends at the time) considered tunes like the Caribbean/calypso flavored "Good Good Woman", the chain gang dirge of "Sure Been Workin' Hard", the doleful country offering "Going Home", the odd spiritual pair of tunes both entitled "Brink Of Creation", and the bluegrass-tinged "Everybody Wants To See Heaven" to be novel distractions at best that disturbed the momentum created by the smokin' rock numbers ("Dancing In The Streets", "Sting Me", "Jail Bait", "Son Of A Gun", "I'm A Man", "Dixie", and "Hey Y'All"). Then there were those like me who found this mixture to be an enriching experience and extremely effective inasmuchas it came from a group of seriously good musicians who decided to have some serious fun while putting out a seriously good musical product that didn't have to be taken so seriously to be enjoyed. Thanks to releases like "Street Party", I developed the ability to appreciate other musical genres beyond rock and roll at an earlier age than many of my teenaged counterparts.

And here's a nod to reviewer "mdavis255" from San Antonio for bringing up the comparison to the Darlin family on The Andy Griffith Show. Good call as the scenario you described is quite valid. However, let there be no doubt that BOA are rockers first and foremost who just happen not to have any reservations at all about slipping into their bib overalls and breaking down on some hot and nasty bluegrass and country when the mood hits them.

So there you have it; if the variety of styles described in this review appeal to you, listening to "Street Party" should be a very rewarding experience.

3 out of 5 stars Give us what we want........2004-03-13

I rated this album low based on what the fast dollar CD distributors want to shove down our throats and not on the content of the album, That's worth five stars. Of all the BOA albums this may be my favorite although there's several that run close seconds to it. Here's where I think Black Oak was at their best.
Please, stop calling this "Southern Rock". This is (do I dare say it?), Hill-billy music; Electrified Bluegrass. Remember the Darlin family on The Andy Griffith Show? These are those guys ten years later with electic instruments. And I LOVE what they did.
This album and the rest of the catalog MUST be remastered and repackaged.

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