The Black Crowes

Lions came out seven years after the hit-single-less Amorica was misunderstood and the band became mired in legal troubles. Nobody paid attention (besides the faithful). Too bad because it sounds great: "Midnight From The Inside Out" is pure sprawling, crash worship, and the Crowes prove they had another very good record in them.

The sixth Black Crowes record begins with "Midnight From the Inside Out," a
feedback-riddled jam that never achieves liftoff. You fear that our neoclassic rock heroes
have abandoned the boozy, supercharged verve of 1999's By Your Side and retreated into
the listless psychedelia of 1994's Amorica. Hey, not so fast: "Lickin'" sports a lowdown
groove, a leering vocal from the newly married Chris Robinson ("Now down ther... More >