Brewer & Shipley - Shake off the Demon '1971/2017

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With their third release for Kama Sutra, Michael Brewer & Tom Shipley establish
themselves as composers, performers and producers of the first rank. There is
strong single potential inherent in “Sweet Love” and the title cut
“Shake Off The Demon,” while FMer’s will pick up on
“Back To The Farm” and Jackson Browne’s “Rock Me On The
Water.” Their most powerful entry to date is given the fullness by Mark
Naftalin on piano and John Kahn on bass. Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley have a
pretty solid thing going. Their style of folk, with tight vocal harmonies,
finely-worked acoustic guitar duos, and poetic lyrics are just right for the
times. But Shake Off The Demon is marred by a fault endemic to this type of
music – a kind of confused lack of strength. It doesn’t make this
a poor album, because it certainly has some good songs, but it does keep it from
being memorable. Anyway, Brewer and Shipley had the wisdom to put their best
cuts at the beginning. If the order had been reversed, I might not have gotten
to the end.

Tracklist:
01 - Brewer & Shipley - Shake off the Demon (3:15)
02 - Brewer & Shipley - Merciful Love (1:56)
03 - Brewer & Shipley - Message from the Mission (Hold On) (3:09)
04 - Brewer & Shipley - One by One (3:05)
05 - Brewer & Shipley - When Everybody Comes Home (2:03)
06 - Brewer & Shipley - Working on the Well (3:21)
07 - Brewer & Shipley - Rock Me on the Water (4:03)
08 - Brewer & Shipley - Natural Child (3:49)
09 - Brewer & Shipley - Back to the Farm (3:23)
10 - Brewer & Shipley - Sweet Love (3:57)

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