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Love Me Just A Little (Sometime) (Nix/Daughtry/Buie)-6:05 |
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ARS' first album starts out in a
rocking '70s groove with a song that features some fine guitar soloing. |
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Baby No Lie (Nix/Daughtry/Buie/Bailey)-3:51 |
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This slower paced song features a
plaintive vocal over backing keyboards and guitar. |
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All In Your Mind (Buie/Cobb)-3:16
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The
tempo picks up a little with this subdued tune that features a nice
instrumental break. |
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Earnestine (Nix/Daughtry/Bailey/Goddard)-2:33 |
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This
is the first of several instrumentals that ARS would record over
the years and is a great showcase for their fluid guitar work, tight
rhythm section and musical skills. |
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Forty Days And Forty Nights (Bramblett/Causey/Jones)-4:21
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The pace slows again with this cover
that features some nice keyboard fills. |
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Another Man's Woman (It's So Hard) (Nix/Daughtry/Buie)-4:46
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An acoustic version of a song that
reappeared in a classic electric version on the Red Tape album and
became a staple of live shows. It's hard driving and fast paced
here, but only hints at the energy level and instrumental solos
future versions would showcase. |
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Days Of Our Lives (Buie/Bailey/Cobb)-3:12
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A moderately paced meditation on
the passing of time. |
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Yours And Mine (Nix/Buie)-2:39
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A rocking tune with guitars, keyboards
and vocals blending to create a powerful momentum-a sign of things
to come. |
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Can't Stand It No More (Buie/Cobb/Justo)-4:02
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A softer, slower song about romantic
disappointment and the need to move on-a style and sentiments that
the group would return to with great success. |
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One More Problem (Nix/Daughtry/Buie/Bailey)-3:08
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This
starts out as a restrained rocker that builds and breaks lose as
the guitarists solo and the vocals intensify. |
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The
ten songs that make up ARS' self-titled debut album were recorded
at Studio One in Doraville, GA in Nov. 1971. Producer/songwriter
Buddy Buie wrote nine of the songs in partnership with others
in the band. While the sound of the album may have become a little
dated over time, what still comes through today are two traits
that ARS was starting to refine and would prove to be their strong
points over the years-great songwriting and excellent musicianship.
From the opening Love Me Just a Little (Sometime)
to the instrumental Earnestine, the acoustic version of Another
Man's Woman and the rock of Yours and Mine,
ARS began laying a solid musical foundation for future albums.
