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The Get-Go
1997 studio album by Paul Cebar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Get-Go is an album by the American musician Paul Cebar, released in 1997.[2][3] Although not credited on the album cover, Cebar was backed by his band, the Milwaukeeans.[4] The first single was "She Found a Fool".[5] It was a hit on adult album alternative radio.[6]
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Production
The album was produced by Jeff Hamilton, Cebar, and the Milwaukeeans.[7] It was recorded at The Junkyard, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The studio was located next to a junkyard; the musicians took some auto parts for added percussion.[8] A musicologist, Cebar incorporated many different musical styles in to the album's sound; Cebar considered it to be dance music.[9][10]
Critical reception
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The Washington Post thought that, "for all the obvious delight [Cebar] takes in celebrating older pop traditions, he never cheapens the music with false emotion."[14] The Orlando Sentinel called "She Found a Fool" "a classic horn-fueled, Memphis-style soul tune, with glistening guitar lines that show an African pop influence."[12] The Philadelphia Daily News labeled Cebar "Southside Johnny with more finesse, or a male equivalent of Bonnie Raitt."[13]
Billboard stated that The Get-Go "explores an almost bewildering variety of styles: Motown soul, Memphis RB, gutbucket blues, New Orleans funk, Jamaican reggae, even Brazilian samba."[4] The Star Tribune concluded that "the low-key, atypical tunes—the love-lorn reggae song 'Trying', the Delta-flavored blues groove 'Keep You' or the oddly romantic cantina ballad 'Spacelab Girls from Huntsville'—cut the deepest."[15] The Daily Herald opined that the album's "encyclopedic range of soul burners, Cajun numbers, R&B stomps and reggae is breathtaking."[16] The Dallas Observer listed The Get-Go as one of the best "obscure" albums of 1997.[17]
AllMusic wrote: "Dabbling in flavors of brassy R&B, calypso, reggae, ragtime and blue-eyed soul, Cebar delivers an album filled with winning original tunes."[11]
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