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- Record Label: 429 Records
- Release Date: Aug 9, 2011
- Summary: The guitarist best known for working with Booker T & the M.G.'s releases a tribute album to the R&B band The 5 Royales.
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- Record Label: 429 Records
- Genre(s): R&B, Blues, Pop/Rock, Soul-Blues, R&B Instrumental, Jump Blues
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Sep 15, 2011Dedicated serves not only as an introduction to a criminally overlooked, pioneering pre-R&R group but also as a reminder of why Cropper remains so well respected.
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Sep 15, 2011There are 13 terrific cuts out of 15, and the album does it's job of demonstrating that the 5 Royales deserve reconsideration.
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Sep 15, 2011Given what a mixed bag tribute albums usually are, Dedicated is not only a surprise for its consistency, but a shining example of what they can--and should--be.
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Sep 15, 2011Pretty lovable.
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Sep 15, 2011Cropper's needle-sharp guitar fills best demonstrate the immense debt the MGs man owes to the 5 Royales songwriter and guitarist Lowman Pauling.
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UncutSep 23, 2011Cropper stays fairly faithful to the originals. [Oct 2011, p.83]
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Sep 27, 2011The album itself isn't especially surprising (aside from a few vocalist choices that work out). If you're familiar with Cropper and with the "5" Royales, Dedicated is probably what you would expect to hear.