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Livin' on the Fault Line The Doobie Brothers CD
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  • Artist: The Doobie Brothers
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1988, 1990, 2005, 2006, 2009
  • UPC: 4943674064571
  • Item Number: MSI406457
  • Release date: 07/24/2006
  • 1. You're Made That Way
  • 2. Echoes of Love
  • 3. Little Darling (I Need You)
  • 4. You Belong to Me
  • 5. Livin' on the Fault Line
  • 6. Nothin' But a Heartache
  • 7. Chinatown
  • 8. There's a Light
  • 9. Need a Lady
  • 10. Larry the Logger Two-Step
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Livin' on the Fault Line by The Doobie Brothers on CD


Livin' on the Fault Line fell between two of the Doobie Brothers' biggest-selling records. The album had no hit singles, and one-time leader Tom Johnston kept a markedly low profile (this would be his last record with the group, not including a later reunion). Despite this, Livin' on the Fault Line contains some of the most challenging and well-developed music of the band's career, with Patrick Simmons and Michael McDonald really stepping to the fore. There's a vague mood of melancholia running through the songs, as well as a definite jazz influence. This is most obvious on the title track, which has several instrumental passages that showcase the guitar abilities of Simmons and Jeff Baxter. Similarly, "Chinatown" is a spooky mood piece not unlike the smooth fusion of late-period Steely Dan or Little Feat. But "Echoes of Love" and "Nothin' But a Heartache" are both intelligent, glistening pop songs that confirm Simmons and McDonald as first-rate tunesmiths. The record slips a little at the end, with a plodding R&B song and a Piedmont guitar instrumental thrown in as filler. Overall, though, this is a chapter in the Doobie Brothers' history that deserves a second look. ~ Peter Kurtz, All Music Guide
  • Artist: The Doobie Brothers
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1988, 1990, 2005, 2006, 2009
  • UPC: 4943674064571
  • Item Number: MSI406457
  • Release date: 07/24/2006
  • Label: Rhino, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Records, Warner Music Benelux, WEA International, WEA/Warner
  • Genre: Rock
  • Style: Album Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Boogie Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Soul
  • Album Time: 34:26
  • Group Disbanded: 1982

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  • Livin' on the Fault Line The Doobie Brothers CD
Livin' on the Fault Line The Doobie Brothers CD