The Jukebox Rebel

First fully solo album from the 24-year-old New Yorker, immortalized for his organ parts in Dylan's “Like A Rolling Stone”. “Pet Sounds” and “Sgt Pepper” got the creative juices flowing for the free thinkers, and Al Kooper's “I Stand Alone” is certainly a product of the era. Although it often fails to grab me, it bubbles with great snippets here and there, before finishing rather triumphantly with “Hey, Western Union Man”, a really good pop cover of the Jerry Butler song from earlier in the year, and the Eleanor-Rigby-esque closer “Song And Dance For The Unborn, Frightened Child” which leaves a lasting impression with it's chilling screams and semi-tango orchestration. An arty and ambitious set.

The Jukebox Rebel
10–Dec–2008

A1	[04:39] Al Kooper - Overture (Al Kooper) Prog
A2	[03:37] Al Kooper - I Stand Alone (Al Kooper) Pop Ballad
A3	[02:54] Al Kooper - Camille (Al Kooper, Tony Powers) Cerebral Pop
A4	[02:53] Al Kooper - One (Harry Nilsson) Cerebral Pop
A5	[03:01] Al Kooper - Coloured Rain (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood) Psychedelia
A6	[03:58] Al Kooper - Soft Landing On The Moon (Al Kooper) Avant-Garde
B1	[03:28] Al Kooper - I Can Love A Woman (Al Kooper) Pop Ballad
B2	[02:14] Al Kooper - Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) Country
B3	[03:53] Al Kooper - Toe Hold (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) Soul
B4	[02:33] Al Kooper - Right Now For You (Al Kooper) Cerebral Pop
B5	[03:43] Al Kooper - Hey, Western Union Man (Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff) Cerebral Pop
B6	[04:31] Al Kooper - Song And Dance For The Unborn, Frightened Child (Al Kooper) Songwriter

ratings by TJR