Beck Bogert & Appice - Beck Bogert & Appice

Stunning combination with Jeff Beck in his prime

Think about it-Jeff Beck in his prime, ripping off some of his best licks with incredible tone backed up by Tim Bogert on Bass and Carmine Appice on Drums from Vanilla Fudge. The rhythm section is still tight coming off 3 years of playing with Cactus. Beck is great on tunes like "Black Cat Moan" and a great version of "Superstition". Forget the vocals (they're pretty bad) and imagine Rod Stewart singing these songs (what should have happened). This album is worth getting just for Jeff Beck's guitar work. Enjoy this unique one time collaboration. September 3, 2008

An excellent album!

It's not every day three musicians with such talent as Tim Bogart, Carmine Appice, and Jeff Beck get together and make an album. Usually when musicians of this calabor get together egos and tempors get in the way of the music, thats way supergroups dont last. Appice is one of the worlds best drummers, Bogart is a great bass player, and Jeff Beck is well, Jeff Beck, the man plays guitar like... well I dont know what like but he is amazing! This album however is unlike anyother supergroup album in the history of music because this one is actually good and actually its better then good its excellent!

The album opens up with its best song, 'Black Cat Moan' which is a nice heavy bluesy rocker and features some amazing slide guitar by Beck. Next is the nice little ballad lady, and no not the horrible Styx song, this is much better! 'Oh To Love You' is another ballad with nice vocals from Bogart. Its almost like a Beegees song but with balls! 'Superstition' is a cover of the classic Stevie Wonder song, and I actually like it. I mean they could have done better but I think they did a fantastic job on it, though its clearly not better then the original its still nice and features some killer lead guitar by Beck. 'Sweet Sweet Surender' is another slower ballader type song, and its not one of my favorites though it does have some really beautiful lyrics. 'Why Should I Care' is a nice heavy rocker, and one of the better songs on the album, If the whole album was like this song I would have given it five stars thats for sure. Next is the rocker 'Lose My Self With You' which is probabley my favorite song on the album next to 'Black Cat Moan' because it is just such a killer song. Becks amazing wah-wah talents are showcased greatly on this song. 'Livin Alone' is a really cool song, I dont know how to describe it, its very 1970's and very cool, thats really all I can say because it must be heard to enjoy. The album comes to a close ever so perfectly with 'im So Proud' which is the best of the ballads on the album and is a nice easy way of ending the album on a soft and high note.

Beck, Bogert, and Appice is one of the best albums Jeff Beck ever made, and had there been fewer ballads and more rockers and bluesier songs this album would have been even better.

So even though I think the boys went a little over board with all the ballads I still think this is an essential album that all rock fans and musicians (especially guitarists), should own and add to their collections. November 13, 2005

Some background on BB&A's "Superstition"

Overall, I'd rate "BB&A" a good album and worth having. Other readers about my age may recall the following story of the band's recording of "Superstition." Jeff had just helped Stevie Wonder record "Talking Book" - preceeding by a few decades the pairing of Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson on "Thriller." To return the favor (or so the story goes), Stevie wrote "Superstition" for Jeff to release as the single from "BB&A." But before Jeff could release it as his single, Steve decided he'd release it as his own to help push "Talking Book," and we all know how huge a hit that was for Stevie. We can only listen to both versions and wonder what might have been ... October 21, 2005

Great Players, Lame Material

These guys are tight and play wonderfully. But most of the material just isn't great. Their cover of Supersition is wonderful, but the other songs are pretty so-so and sound like the kind of tunes other bands would have left off their CD's. The cover of I'm So Proud is just blah.

I would not start here if you are new to Jeff Beck. Read some of the Listmanias on Beck, as there are better discs to buy. June 19, 2005

Great boogie rock masterpiece from the early 70s

I was lucky enough to see BBA at my very first concert when I was really young. I've been a lifelong fan of all three of these guys ever since. I had just started playing bass, so to see Tim Bogert play a 15 minute unaccompanied distorted bass solo was pretty cool! Sure, the vocals aren't very good (Sorry Dave from Covington, I CAN sing a bit so I feel qualified to say that), and the songwriting is basic, but these are three amazing musicians just jamming away at boogie rock. The tracks "Lady", "Superstition", "Livin' Alone" and Curtis Mayfield's "I'm So Proud" are outstanding.

Check out West, Bruce & Laing, Restrictions by Cactus or Johnny Winter's Still Alive & Well if you like this stuff. There's also a BBA Live in Japan double album out there, but it's expensive.

This album is another great chapter in the ever changing musical career of Jeff Beck. Before this was the underrated R&B flavored Jeff Beck Group with Cozy Powell and Max Middleton. After this was the stellar Blow By Blow, when Jeff took off in a whole new direction. April 28, 2005

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