Barrel

by Lee Michaels

Overview

Barrel wasn't quite Michaels in his most minimalist two-man band format. Drummer Frosty was still the prime accompanist, and Michaels played most of the other instruments, but Drake Levin did help out on guitar. The strengths of the album are the strengths of most of Michaels's early-1970s material: rich funk-rock-gospel vocals and keyboards. The weaknesses are also common to much of Michaels's albums from the period: a lack of truly outstanding songs and a reliance upon slow to mid-tempo bluesy songs that sound too much alike. Some moderate circa-1970 counterculture sentiments surfaced in songs like "What Now America," but the undoubted highlight was his rousing cover of Moby Grape's "Murder in My Heart (For the Judge)." ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	02/26/2016
Label:	MANIFESTO RECORDS
UPC:	0767004580425

Tracks

1. Mad Dog
2. What Now America
3. Uummmm My Lady
4. Thumbs
5. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
6. Murder in My Heart (For the Judge)
7. Day of Change
8. Think I'll Cry
9. Games
10. Didn't Know What I Had
11. As Long as I Can

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lee Michaels   Primary Artist
Drake Levin   Guitar

Technical Credits

Lisa Sutton   Reissue Art Director
Don Stevenson   Composer
Jerry Miller   Composer
Dave Schultz   Digital Remastering
Larry Marks   Producer
Eddie Shuler   Composer
Lee Michaels   Composer
Jim McCrary   Cover Photo
Dan Perloff   Re-Release Producer
Chuck Beeson   Artwork
Tom Wilkes   Art Direction
Sheffield   Composer
Bill Inglot   Digital Remastering