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Friends in the Can
Rock · 2003 · 11 tracks

Friends in the Can

Canned Heat

A collaborative late-career celebration of the boogie. Weathered vocals and sharp harmonica work anchor a series of high-profile blues summits and road-worn shuffles.

March 2003 · Friday Music

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A weathered, collaborative celebration of the blues that feels both weary and revitalized.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Same Old Games
2:55
02
Bad Trouble
4:48
03
Black Coffee
4:18
04
Getaway
4:44
05
It Don't Matter
4:26
07
1, 2, 3 Here We Go Again
6:17
08
That Fat Cat
4:16
09
Home to You
5:26
10
Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
6:42
11
Little Wheel
3:48
14
Getaway
3:57
Moments Worth Listening For
The gravelly interplay between the lead vocals and the weeping harmonica on the John Lee Hooker cover.
The moment the piano boogie locks in with the shuffle on track seven, creating a hypnotic rhythmic loop.
The stark, nihilistic weight of the lyrics on track five contrasted against a surprisingly steady mid-tempo groove.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Friends in the Can sound next to the rest of Canned Heat's catalogue?

Hand Played+1.9σ

The production is pushed notably harder into hand played than this artist usually allows.

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