In the Land of Salvation and Sin

In the Land of Salvation and Sin Artist: The Georgia Satellites
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 075596088725
EAN: 0075596088725
ASIN: B000008FZ8


Release Date: 1989-10-13

In the Land of Salvation and Sin


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Tracks:

  1. I Dunno
  2. Bottle o' Tears
  3. All Over But the Cryin'
  4. Shake That Thing
  5. Six Years Gone
  6. Games People Play
  7. Another Chance
  8. Bring Down the Hammer
  9. Slaughterhouse
  10. Stellazine Blues
  11. Sweet Blue Midnight
  12. Days Gone By
  13. Crazy
  14. Dan Takes Five

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars ****1/2. A great, underrated rock n' roll record.......2004-07-13

The Georgia Satellites issued three high-octane rock n' roll records in the late 80s, at a time when such a thing wasn't excactly in vogue. The first one was a minor hit, the next two pretty much sank without a trace, and that's a shame, because this one in particular is a really great listen if you like straight-ahead three-chord rock n' roll.

"In The Land Of Salvation And Sin" was the Satellites' last regular album, originally released in 1989, and it is their most stylistically diverse by far. That doesn't make it an eclectic record by any stretch of the imagination, but the tempo does vary quite a lot (!), and there are even two acoustic numbers present...which makes for a lot more variation than "Georgia Satellites" and "Open All Night" put together!
Most listeners will be content with just The Satellites' excellent compilation album, "Let It Rock: Best Of The Georgia Satellites", which also includes a few great non-album tracks. But if you do want more, this one is a fine purchase as well.

Opening with the tremendous fiery rocker "I Dunno", "Salvation And Sin" includes a number of the group's best songs, like the bluesy swagger of "Six Years Gone", the melodic mid-tempo rockers "Days Gone By", "All Over But The Cryin'" and "Bring Down The Hammer", and the country-ish ballad "Sweet Blue Midnight".
The Satellites also perform a nice, drawling cover of Joe South's "Games People Play" (a song which has inspired covers ranging from straight country & western to hard rock and reggae). And the wonderful acoustic shuffle "Another Chance", which sees all four band members trading off lines, is one of the Satellites' finest original numbers.

All in all, this is the Georgia Satellites' best album, with their self-titled debut a close second, and while you can get almost all the good stuff from their first two albums on "Let It Rock", "Salvation And Sin" is pretty much good from beginning to end.

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  1. Song
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  3. Better Off ~ Scott Laurent Band
  4. Untune the Sky ~ Trey Gunn
  5. Send Your Love ~ Sting
  6. Automind ~ Mankind Liberation Front
  7. Best & More ~ Gilbert O'Sullivan
  8. Apache/Wild Side of the City Lights ~ Link Wray
  9. I'll Never Lay My Guitar Down ~ Sleepy LaBeef
  10. Words for the Dying ~ John Cale

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Guitar Country: From Old Time to Jazz Times 1926-1950 ~ Various Artists

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