The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974) [MFSL, 2011]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 283 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 106 MB | Covers - 38 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Country Rock, Boogie Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (UDSACD 2060)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 283 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 106 MB | Covers - 38 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Country Rock, Boogie Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (UDSACD 2060)
The Doobies team up with the Memphis Horns for an even more Southern-flavored album than usual, although also a more uneven one. By this time, Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and company had pretty well inherited the mantle and the core (and then some) of the audience left behind by Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty, with Johnston songs like "Pursuit on 53rd Street," "Down in the Track," and "Road Angel" recalling pieces like "Travelin' Band," while Simmons' "Black Water" (their first number one hit) evoked the softer side of the "swamp rock" popularized by CCR. Actually, in some respects, given the range of instruments employed here, including an autoharp (courtesy of Arlo Guthrie) and viola, the songs on the original LP's first side suffer somewhat from a sameness that makes What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits a little less interesting than the albums that preceded it…