Black Stone Cherry | 
 enlarge | Artist: Black Stone Cherry
Label: Roadrunner Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 3341
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 618086
UPC: 016861808624
EAN: 0016861808624
ASIN: B000G73U4K
Release Date: July 18, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Rain Wizard | | • | Backwoods Gold | | • | Lonely Train | | • | Maybe Someday | | • | When the Weight Comes Down | | • | Crosstown Woman | | • | Shooting Star | | • | Hell & High Water | | • | Shapes of Things | | • | Violator Girl | | • | Tired of the Rain | | • | Drive | | • | Rollin' On |
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Album Description
On this debut album from Kentucky born BLACK STONE CHERRY you can hear their influences including Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Black Sabbath, but also a heavy side touching more in a Black Label Society vein. The track "Lonely Train" is gaining traction at radio. The track is produced by Richard Young of the Kentucky Headhunters, who is also the father of drummer John Fred Young. With songs about moonshine smuggling, rain wizards and women, how can you go wrong?
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 Very Impressed. Solid Modern Hard Rock Album November 4, 2008
Corey Turner (NH)
After loosing much interest in the modern hard rock and alternative scene, I've finally found a band that can pull me back. Black Stone Cherry are a group of talented hard rockers. The guitar tones are muddy and the solos aren't over emphasized. One can trace their sound to Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd and then back to the modern scene with Sevendust, Crossfade, and Breaking Benjamin.
Black Stone Cherry have two major releases to date, this being their debut. Although not as accessible as their following album "Folklore And Superstition", this one as a whole is a stronger effort. The production isn't top notch, coupling the muddily distorted guitars makes for a pseudo poor quality.
The album starts with "Rain Wizard", not exactly my choice to launch an album. The song is great, but takes about thirty seconds to project any vocals, The intro is interesting though,a chunking guitar contrasted with a smooth slide of sound and drums that don't take away from the experience. The band packs a few cool studio and pedal based effects, the intro to "Backwoods" fades in and out of each speaker. "Shooting Star" does so in a similar manor, but with a tremolo effect added, proceeding with a drugging bass. "Hell & High Water" sounds like Johnny Lang vocally and good old blues rock. "Tired Of The Rain" is another song that may bring on nostalgia. If no hits yet, their cover of The Yardbirds 1966 hit "Shapes Of Things" might be a wake up call. Managing to make the song contemporary and still interesting. "Lonely Train" feels a bit corny, but you can't deny that catchy chugging sound. Reminds me of a song you'd find from a local band whose singer has yet to find their voice.
Black Stone Cherry have gone above the call of duty on their debut, greeting rock fans with a variety of powerful classic and contemporary sounding tunes.
Join the ranks of contemporary rock saviors October 10, 2008
curious
These guys, along with Shinedown, may be the saviors of straight up rock in this contemporary Clear Channel/Infinity music scene. One of the all around best and most solid albums I have heard this generation.
 the rain wizard............ September 26, 2008
G. Alberti (Ponce Puerto Rico)
I really like their first single lonely train, so I picked this cd and the first 3 songs of this cd rocks,the band really plays well. this is what rock and roll should sound heavy with great lyrics .
Very Impressive Debut August 26, 2008
Jeremy Brackeen (Cameron, WI United States)
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Black Stone Cherry's self titled debut is simply impressive, I mean what else can I say? Yeah I know what you're thinking why a metalhead like myself is reviewing a rock album and giving it 5 stars. Hey, just because I love metal (Pantera, Slayer, Testament, Exodus, Megadeth, Machine Head, Sepultura, Nile, Origin, Behemoth, Atheist, Suffocation, Deicide, Malevolent Creation, Opeth, Dream Theater, In Flames, Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, etc) doesn't mean I can't like a few rock bands every now and then. Black Stone Cherry are one of the best new modern hard rock bands out there today. When I heard the song "Lonely Train" last year, I was very impressed, and afterwards I went out and bought the band's 2006 self titled debut from Roadrunner, and I really enjoyed it. Hailing from Edmonton, Kentucky, Black Stone Cherry's musical influences range from bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Sabbath, Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, and even Soundgarden as well. Their sound is just straight up raw and southern fried heavy, and I also learned the band's name was delivered by the famous kretek cigarette Black Stone (Cherry Flavour). The musicianship is very solid, genuine, and impressive. Chris Robertson's southern style vocals are impressive and downright awesome, and together along with Ben Wells, they both churn and rip out great heavy, crunching southern fried riffs and fantastic solos that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand. Jon Lawhon does some nice work with his bass, and drummer John Fred Young pounds out some nice, solid, rocking fills that will get you in that rocking mood. Each song is great, and the songwriting is just excellent, and also storytelling wise at times as well. "Rain Wizard" is a nice, solid opener that tells about a local legend of mysterious wisemen who could bring the rain in times of drought. Track two "Backwoods Gold" (my personal favorite song on here) is a fast, yet straight forward crunchy rocker which is about a local bootlegger who ran moonshine out of a hardware store in the middle of the band's hometown of Edmonton, and is highlighted by heavy, crunching guitars, pounding straight forward beats, and a very addicting chorus as well as a great guitar solo. "Lonely Train" is another favorite on here (which tells about the effect on families when a relative goes to fight in a war) features more crunching riffs, great vocals, another great chorus, hefty drumwork, and another great solo, and some nice basslines. Track four "Maybe Someday" is another fun, catchy rocker that showcases the band's southern rock roots, and track five "When the Weight Comes Down" features a nice electric sitar solo, followed by another great, wailing guitar solo. "Crosstown Woman" and "Violator Girl" are both great crunchy riff rockers that lyrically deal with women of course, and "Hell and High Water" is nice, straight forward, melodic rocker. "Tired of the Rain" and the album closer "Rollin'On" both feature some cool catchy B3 organ effects from guest Reece Wynans (the former being a catchy blues rocker, and the latter being another great straigh up melodic rocker featuring some more great guitar soloing).
Jeremy's song ratings:
1. Rain Wizard (3:24) - 5/5
2. Backwoods Gold (3:06) - 5/5
3. Lonely Train (3:50) - 5/5
4. Maybe Someday (3:47) - 5/5
5. When the Weight Comes Down (3:35) - 5/5
6. Crosstown Woman (3:36) - 5/5
7. Shooting Star (3:12) - 5/5
8. Hell and High Water (4:01) - 5/5
9. Shapes of Things (3:05) - 5/5
10. Violator Girl (3:23) - 5/5
11. Tired of the Rain (3:15) - 5/5
12. Drive (3:04) - 5/5
13. Rollin'On (4:59) - 5/5
Overall, if you enjoy southern rock, hard rock, heavy metal, alternative metal, whatever, then you'll definately be impressed with Black Stone Cherry's self titled deubt which is indeed pure southern fried hard rock for the ages, and puts all that bubblegum teenpop/top 40 garbage to absolute shame. I also recommend this album to fans of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Black Crowes, and even AC/DC as well. Pick up this album now and prepare to rock, southern fried style.
A good debut August 12, 2008
Sibelan Forrester (The Shire)
The first three tracks are awesome, but the rest of the album has a tough time keeping up. Fortunately the last three are also very good, so about half of it is great and the other half is pretty good. That adds up to a good record. At worst they sound like above-average (in terms of musicianship, at least - all of these guys are great) hard rock. Their next album should be even better.
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