Hank Williams, Jr.: Major Moves CD Track Listing
Hank Williams, Jr.
Major Moves (1984)
Originally Released 1984\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Williams topped the country charts with this album, largely on the strength of the raucous "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming over Tonight," though the title track and the caustic "Attitude Adjustment" were also hits. -- William Ruhlmann \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOne of his best!, February 9, 2007 \nBy Colleen McKinney (Nunnelly, TN)\nThis alblum is one of his best ones. It's comical, sad and happy. Hank Jr. is a very unique individual who doesn't care what anyone else thinks. Two of my favorite songs on this one are Knoxville Courthouse Blues and Attitude Adjustment. Great stuff! \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nHigh quality album mixing blues rock and country, April 24, 2004 \nBy P D Harris "Pete the music and horse racing fan" (Leicester England)\nAs ever, this album is a mix of covers and original, although here most of the covers are included in the excellent four-part Blues medley, which pays tribute to some of Hank's heroes in that genre of music including Lightning Hopkins and Elmore Jones. There are just two other covers - Wild and blue (a then-recent country hit for John Anderson) and Promises (Eric Clapton), both of which are well suited to Hank's style.\nMost of Hank's albums from the eighties contain at least one song in which Hank really lets you know about life as he sees it - and several such songs were later compiled together on America the way I see it. On this album you get Mr Lincoln, in which Hank wishes that the great man could come to save America. Attitude adjustment sounds like it might be another soapbox song but this is a very clever song with a certain amount of humor. Knoxville courthouse blues is about what can happen to a man if he loves the wrong woman. Of the remaining songs, Video blues, Major moves and Country relaxing are all wonderful, as is the big hit of the album, All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.\n\nIf you enjoy Hank's blend of blues, rock and country, you'll get plenty of excitement from this album. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA Solid Album, July 26, 2003 \nBy Mark Flickinger (York Haven, PA United States)\nIf "The Pressure Is On" is my favorite Hank album then "Major Moves" would have to be #2. Producer Jimmy Bowen really added some fine touches to this album. For example the harpsichord in "Mr. Lincoln" was his idea I am told. This is probably the best track on the album. The lyrics talk about how things would be different if ol' Abe was still around. Probably more relevant today than when this album first came out. Hank's cover of "Promises" by Eric Clapton is better than the original in my opinion mainly because he makes it sound like it should've in the first place. The hit "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" is included on this one but is really one of my least favorite tracks on the album compared to pure classics like "Country Relaxin", "Knoxville Courthouse Blues", and the title track "Major Moves". In a world where country music is slowly diminishing into a pop hybrid this album is a much needed dose of purity. Hank in his prime. \n\n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing artists: Dickey Betts, John Jarvis, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles \nProducer: Hank Williams, Jr., Jimmy Bowen \n\nAlbum Notes\nMAJOR MOVES is one of Hank Williams, Jr.'s rowdiest, and most proudly politically incorrect albums. The centerpiece is "The Blues Medley," a montage of three Lightning Hopkins classics featuring guest performances by Ray Charles on piano, John Lee Hooker on vocals, and the Allman Brothers' Dickie Betts on slide guitar.\nOther highlights include "Attitude Adjustment," in which Hank regales listeners with stories about taking out a hated brother-in-law with a tire iron, and hitting his girlfriend in the head. "Mr. Lincoln" is a conversation with the Great Emancipator, inspired by headlines in the Nashville newspapers, in which Hank assures us that Honest Abe would have been opposed to gun control, while "Video Blues," finds Hank taken aback by then-new VCR technology and XXX-rated movies.
This country cd contains 10 tracks and runs 35min 13sec.
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: Music
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- Hank Williams, Jr. - All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight (02:57)
- Hank Williams, Jr. - Promises (03:00)
- Hank Williams, Jr. - Video Blues (02:54)
- Hank Williams, Jr. - Major Moves (03:34)
- Hank Williams, Jr. - Hank Williams, Jr. with Ray Charles & John Lee Hooker / Blues Medley: My Starter Won't Start This Morning + Hold Up Your Head (05:41)
- Hank Williams, Jr. - Mr. Lincoln (04:17)
- Hank Williams, Jr. - Country Relaxin' (02:36)
- Hank Williams, Jr. - Attitude Adjustment (02:56)
- Hank Williams, Jr. - Knoxville Courthouse Blues (03:41)
- Hank Williams, Jr. - Wild And Blue (03:29)
