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Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time
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This 1972 collection set the bar it took years for Raitt to clear again. Moving easily between sensitive singer-songwriter and bawdy blues-mama roles, the blazing redhead proved she was a talent to watch on several fronts. Raitt demonstrated a keen instinct for finding suitable material, adopting Jackson Browne's "Under the Falling Sky" and Eric Kaz's "Love Has No Pride" as if she'd penned them herself. The honeyed vocals and slashing slide guitar heard on Give It Up identified Raitt instantly to anyone who encountered this album. Unfortunately, it would be nearly two decades be
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Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Release date: 5 March 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0081227837822 UPC: 766481720829
Release date: 5 March 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0081227837822 UPC: 766481720829
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Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time (50 music items)
"This scrappy redhead has been singing and playing the blues for almost half a century, but the blueprint for her whole journey is right here on her second album. Essential moment: "Give It Up Or Let Me Go," her not-quite-laid-back theme song."
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