Part of my big move to understand early rock and roll, look for a lot of that around here for a while.
Swinging, piano-driven R&B-bleeding-into rock and roll, with a bassy swagger and similar, shamlbing goodtimes jaunt behind just about every song here, even the sad ones. You can still hear the pre-rock origins with the swaying horns, bluesy chords, and lilting structure, with Fats himself crooning ably over top. It's all a bit samey by the end, and for my money Little Richard does it bigger and better, I see this mostly as an important piece of setup for the truly exciting stuff to come 3.5/5
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