Very Extremely Dangerous

Very Extremely Dangerous
Studio album by
Eddie Hinton
Released1978
Recorded1977
StudioMuscle Shoals
GenreWhite soul, R&B
LabelCapricorn
ProducerBarry Beckett
Eddie Hinton chronology
Very Extremely Dangerous
(1978) 		Letters from Mississippi
(1987)

Very Extremely Dangerous is the debut album by the American musician Eddie Hinton, released in 1978.[1][2] It had sold around 20,000 copies before Capricorn Records filed for bankruptcy.[3] Hinton had intended to tour behind it with his backing band, the Rocking Horses.[4]

The album was rereleased in 1997 as part of the Capricorn Classics series.[5] Demos of some of the songs were released in 2000 on the Dear Y'all compilation.[6]

Production

Recorded in 1977, the album was produced by Barry Beckett and recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio.[7][8][9] Hinton was backed by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.[10] He wrote or cowrote all the songs aside from "Shout Bamalama", a cover of the Otis Redding song.[11][3] "We Got It" is a paean to Hinton's wife, Sandra.[12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All Music Guide to Soul[10]
Robert ChristgauB−[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[14]
Fort Worth Star-Telegram[5]
Omaha World-Herald[15]
Southern Rock Review8/10[16]

The Commercial Appeal said that "Hinton's phrasing is classic R&B, full of gut-busting tension".[11] The San Francisco Chronicle concluded, "Without so much as even a passing nod to any rhythm and blues innovation of the past 12 years, the album thumps out of the speakers like a classic r&b work of the period."[17] The Sunday Ledger-Enquirer said that Hinton's "voice seems rough hewn and you get the idea he's worked to get it that way."[18] The Sacramento Union praised the "sweet, rolling musical foundation that is punctuated by some hot horn parts."[19] The Lincoln Journal Star listed Very Extremely Dangerous among the 12 best albums of 1978.[20]

In 1995, Rolling Stone called the album "a fiery blast of white-soul singing".[21] In 1999, the Winston-Salem Journal listed it among 12 of the best "overlooked" albums.[22]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "You Got Me Singing"
  2. "Concept World"
  3. "I Got the Feeling"
  4. "Shout Bamalama"
  5. "Get Off in It"

Side 2

  1. "Brand New Man"
  2. "Shoot the Moon"
  3. "We Got It"
  4. "Yeah Man"
  5. "I Want It All"

References

  1. ^ McMillan, Doug (June 18, 1978). "Discovery". Nevada State Journal. p. 9A.
  2. ^ Porter, Chris (February 3, 2006). "Tough to get the lowdown on a soul singer". Let's Go!. Charlotte Sun. p. 5.
  3. ^ a b Hoskyns, Barney (1987). Say It One Time for the Brokenhearted: The Country Side of Southern Soul. Fontana Paperbacks. p. 218.
  4. ^ Gregory, Hugh (October 17, 2017). "Eddie Hinton – The Hard Luck Guy". Record Collector. No. 325.
  5. ^ a b Ferman, Dave (December 5, 1997). "Songs of the South rise again". Star Time. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 13.
  6. ^ Bumgardner, Ed (December 8, 2000). "Spins". Winston-Salem Journal. p. E5.
  7. ^ Morris, Chris (May 25, 2002). "Declarations of independents". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 21. p. 54.
  8. ^ Wake, Matt (February 2, 2018). "Alabama Music Hall of Fame". The Birmingham News. p. E6.
  9. ^ Gregory, Hugh (1995). Soul Music A–Z. Da Capo Press. p. 142.
  10. ^ a b All Music Guide to Soul. Backbeat Books. 2003. p. 314.
  11. ^ a b Dawson, Walter (April 16, 1978). "His voice stands out". Fanfare. The Commercial Appeal. p. 10.
  12. ^ Oppy, Jane (March 17, 1978). "Hinton's Run a Lot of Miles; Now He Feels He's Arrived". The Macon Telegraph. p. 9C.
  13. ^ "Eddie Hinton". Robert Christgau. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
  14. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. IV. MUZE. p. 2539.
  15. ^ Smith, Will (April 25, 1978). "New Sounds". Omaha World-Herald. p. 8.
  16. ^ Popoff, Martin (2001). Southern Rock Review. Collector's Guide Pub. pp. 90–91.
  17. ^ Selvin, Eddie (April 30, 1978). "'Dangerous' Otis Soul Sounds". This World. San Francisco Chronicle. p. 47.
  18. ^ Sledge, Kaffie (May 21, 1978). "Records". Chattahoochee Magazine. The Sunday Ledger-Enquirer. p. 8.
  19. ^ Hughson, Jeff (May 31, 1978). "New Eddie Hinton album: shades of Otis Redding". The Sacramento Union. p. B4.
  20. ^ Becker, Bart (December 27, 1978). "Streetnoise". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 10.
  21. ^ Fricke, David (September 21, 1995). "Eddie Hinton 1944–1995". Rolling Stone. No. 717. p. 34.
  22. ^ Bumgardner, Ed (October 8, 1999). "Lost and Found". Winston-Salem Journal. p. E1.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.