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I LOVE THE ENTIRE ESSENCE OF WHAT THIS ALBUM,THIS ARTIST, BRINGS TO THE TABLE.THE RASPY,THICK,GENUINE,ROCK/SOUL/BLUESIFIED,VOCALS ARE SECOND TO NONE.SEGER,PICKETT,LITTLE RICHARD,VAN MORRISON,COOKE,DELBERT McCLINTON.COMBINE ALL OF THESE VOCAL COMPARISONS AND ALL OF THEIR MUSICAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES.THE PRODUCT IS FRANKIE MILLER.THIS IS NOT A SINGER TRYING TO SOUND LIKE THE ABOVE MENTIONED.THE ROCK IS THE REAL DEAL IN ANY DECADE.HAUNTING,GRITTY,STICK TO YOUR RIBS, ORIGINAL POORBOY MATERIAL.IM 54 YEARS OLD.I THOUGHT I HEARD IT ALL UNTIL I TOOK A CHANCE ON THIS C.D.I NOW SEEK OUT ALL AND EVERYTHING BY FRANKIE MILLER.BUY THIS C.D.LISTEN TO IT.THEN LISTEN TO IT AGAIN.AND....YOU JUST MIGHT GET HYPNOTISED,LIKE I DID.THERE ARE NO WEAK TRAX.ALL MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND ARRANGEMENTS SOLID,TOP NOTCH,CONTRIBUTIONS.FRANKIE MILLER IS ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY THE BEST.NO THROW AWAYS.NO SONG IS ON HERE BECAUSE IT JUST NEEDED A HOME AND SOME ONE NEEDED TO FILL A SLOT.IM CONVINCED FRANKIE LIVED HIS MATERIAL."DRUNKIN NIGHTS IN THE CITY" IS A PASSIONATE TESTIMONIAL.THE WAY HE WRITES WHAT HE SAYS,AND THE WAY HE SAYS WHAT HE WRITES, IS NOT A SECOND HAND STORY.TITLE TRACK,"THE ROCK",IS NOT JUST A SONG WRITERS GLIMPSE OF THE LEGENDARY PRISON ALCATRAZ(WHICH HE VISITED)BUT INSTEAD A PARALLEL HE DRAWS BETWEEN THOSE IMPRISONED AND HIMSELF.HE LETS US KNOW THAT HE FEELS HE COULD OR SHOULD VERY EASILY BE SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ABOVE BEING A GUEST OR A PERMENANT RESIDENT ON "THE ROCK"."BRIDGETON"IS A BALLAD OF ROAMING AND YEARNING FOR BRIGTON TOWN,HIS BIRTHPLACE IN GLASGOW,SCOTTLAND.ALL COMPOSITIONS ARE HIGHLIGHTED BY FRANKIES RAW,INSTINCTIVE,PUNCH A HOLE IN YOUR SOUL VOCALS.THE MUSIC IS BUILT AROUND,AND IN SUPPORT OF THE VOICE."AINT GOT NO MONEY"IS AN ORIGINAL FRANKIE TUNE,AND POINTS TO THE OBVIOUS COMPLIMENTARY COMPARISON TO BOB SEGER WHO COVERED IT SO WELL.MOST OF FRANKIES TUNES WOULD HINT AT A LOVE LOST AND OR PINED FOR.HE HAS A WAY OF NOT COMING ACROSS AS A MUSHY SECOND RATE LOVE SONG CROONER.HE PUTS THINGS IN A REAL PLACE WHEN HE BELTS OUT OPENER"A FOOL IN LOVE".I WAS NEVER A FAN OF LOVE SONGS IN GENERAL,IM STILL NOT.FRANKIES VOICE TELLS YOU HES IN PAIN.HE IS WHAT HE SINGS.BUY THIS C.D. THEN BUY THEM ALL.I READ A ROLLINGSTONE INTERVIEW IN I BELIEVE 1986.BOB SEGER HAILED FRANKIE MILLER AS A HUGH INFLUENCE.IT MADE ME CURIOUS AND SOMEHOW GOT A HOLD OF THE LP "DANCING IN THE RAIN".I DIDNT GET MUCH OUT OF IT AT THE TIME.ENTER 2006 AND YOUTUBE CAPABILITY.FRANKIE MILLER CAME TO MIND, I GOT CURIOUS.DISCOVERED A MULTITUDE OF FRANKIE MILLER FOOTAGE.THE ONLY THING THAT CAN RIVAL F.M. IN TH STUDIO IS F.M. LIVE.IM ON A MISSION TO GATHER ALL OF HIS WORK.AT THIS TIME I HAVE BECOME A BONAFIDE FRANKIE MILLER FANATIC.NO REGRETS.Read full review