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Colorblind | 
 enlarge | Artist: Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 5563
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 44393
UPC: 093624439325
EAN: 0093624439325
ASIN: B000H30B7M
Release Date: October 10, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Ain't Nothing Wrong With That | | • | Deliver Me | | • | Diane | | • | Angels | | • | Jesus Is Just Alight -- feat. Eric Clapton | | • | Stronger -- feat. Leela James | | • | Thrill Of It | | • | Blessed | | • | Love Is The Only Way In -- feat. Dave Matthes, Leroi Moore, & Rashawn Ross | | • | Thankful 'N Thoughtful | | • | Homecoming |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Colorblind isn't an adequate title for this album. Randolph's follow-up to 2003's Grammy-nominated Unclassified is bright and energetic as a tie-dye-patterned pinwheel. Mostly its 11 tunes are about grooves plucked from the era of Sly Stone and Stevie Wonder, dappled with brilliant classic rock musicianship (think Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck) and driven by frenetic verve. When things slow down, it's usually to let the young pedal steel virtuoso revisit his roots in the Holiness Church, although the team of pop-world songwriters he collaborates with make the lyrics of Randolph's R&B hymns ambiguous between devotion to a woman or to God. Guests Dave Matthews (singing backup on "Love Is the Only Way") and Eric Clapton (lending second guitar to a hot-but-rote cover of the Doobie Brothers' hit "Jesus Is Just Alright") are oddly subdued, but neo-soul diva Leela James puts sex and smolder into her duet with Randolph on "Stronger." Ultimately, though, this album's all about Randolph himself, who has loosened his grip on the blues and gospel bedrock of his earlier playing to become a master of flashy funk and rock riffs and the owner of a tone so gargantuan it's earned him a place in rock-guitar Olympus--if not Heaven. --Ted Drozdowski
Album Description
On Colorblind, the third album from Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, and Leela James join for a jam-packed, emotion-filled, good-time party mix of funk, soul, rock, gospel, and blues.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 I loved it October 1, 2008
I really liked this album. Yes, it goes into a more pop direction...but it still has the RRFB magic in it and god forbid a struggling band should try to get a little success...jesus. I also don't get the lyric bashing from some of these reviewers. I'm not sure what fantasy world they live in, but in reality...not every good song has amazing lyrics. Some songs are just fun to listen to because of the beat or the guitar riff it has. If you guys want music with just solely good lyrics then I would suggest bob dylan or neil young, even though I seriously can't stand neil young at all.
Old Guys Hate Everything New, Right? September 2, 2008
I first heard Robert at Claptons Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2004. He blew me away. I bought Wetlands. A few weeks later, I saw the Family Band live at a small outdoor venue. They were fantastic, high energy and relate to the crowd...literally. Robert and bassist Danyel Morgan came out into the audience high fiving and shaking hands, LONG before the end of their gig.
I own all three of their offerings and am awaiting this fall's new release. By the way, they are presently opening for Eric Clapton's Tour 2008. I suppose the 1-2-3 star people understand music better than "Slow Hand Clapton"?!?
 not very good at all !!! August 23, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Man , this is a horrible effort from young Mr. Randolph.
Remember when he burst onto the music scene and played pedal steel guitar in a blues/rock vibe instead of the traditional Nashville country way? It was awesome! The Live at the Wetlands CD gives a very good feel for what it was like to hear music in a totally new way. To see him live was even better.
So he gets some success followed by his 2nd CD (not as good as 1st, but OK he's working on it) followed by the current mess. The songs are WAAAAAAAAY over-produced and worse, they're not at all what made people take notice in the first place i.e. the blues/rock. As another reviewer said this is a "run-of-the-mill disposable mainstream pop release" - I totally agree with that. On top of that we can't hardly hear the playing of the pedal steel.
8 of the 11 songs are co-written by Robert himself. Boy, he needs some help here. And not the kind provided by the current group of amateur collaborators.
message to Robert: you need to fire your executive producer (if you can) and hire a new team of songwriters - I'd suggest the people who worked with Kenny Wayne Shepherd on his "Trouble Is..." release.
And I'm holding out hope this waste-of-time CD was the doing of the record company for "commercial reasons" and is not where your true musical direction lies.
Sacred Steel! June 30, 2008
Robert Randolph and The Family Band caught my attention when I saw them perform on Eric Clapton's CROSSROADS II. The energy that Randolp plays with is the key. You know that the group has to be great just to be at CROSSROADS, but to then open for Clapton's '08 tour only adds credence to the group's combined abilities. "Ain't Nothing Wrong with That" adds the energy to The Discovery Channel's latest TV ads...providing further testimony to where these guys are headed.
Mom May 22, 2008
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