- Record Label: 429 Records
- Release Date: Aug 9, 2011
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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, 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, 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, 2011The songs rise or fall with their singers--thumbs up for Bettye LaVette, Dan Penn, B. B. King and Shemekia Copeland--and the performances are stalwart enough. But they can't come close to the rip-snorting gusto of the "5" Royales nearly half a century ago.
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Sep 15, 2011Pretty lovable.
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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.
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UncutSep 23, 2011Cropper stays fairly faithful to the originals. [Oct 2011, p.83]
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Sep 15, 2011Cropper's stinging guitar can't help but showboat, albeit in the classiest of ways.
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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.