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Briefcase Full Of Blues,The Blues Brothers

- Briefcase Full Of Blues
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The Blues Brothers
Released 1978

Closing: I Can't Turn You Loose (Live Version)
00:51
9,433 plays

Soul Man (Live Version)
03:28
62,787 plays

Rubber Biscuit (Live Version)
02:57
19,169 plays

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songs

- 1
- Opening: I Can't Turn You Loose (Live Version)
- 01:50
- 15,710 plays

- 2
- Hey Bartender (Live Version)
- 03:01
- 17,044 plays

- 3
- Messin' With The Kid (Live Version)
- 03:35
- 12,922 plays

- 4
- (I Got Everything I Need) Almost (Live Version)
- 02:50
- 12,488 plays

- 5
- Rubber Biscuit (Live Version)
- 02:57
- 19,169 plays

- 6
- Shot Gun Blues (Live Version)
- 05:23
- 14,254 plays

- 7
- Groove Me (Live Version)
- 03:46
- 11,213 plays

- 8
- I Don't Know (Live Version)
- 04:14
- 10,767 plays

- 9
- Soul Man (Live Version)
- 03:28
- 62,787 plays

- 10
- 'B' Movie Box Car Blues (Live Version)
- 04:08
- 13,736 plays

- 11
- Flip, Flop & Fly (Live Version)
- 03:38
- 12,938 plays

- 12
- Closing: I Can't Turn You Loose (Live Version)
- 00:51
- 9,433 plays

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album review

The Blues Brothers began as an affectionate joke-cum-tribute to R&B music, and taken in that spirit it retained its entertainment value, even after this live album topped the charts, sold two million copies, and produced hit singles in "Rubber Biscuit" and "Soul Man." The guardians of popular music have always been entirely too reverent and humorless, however, and it wasn't long before they were leveling charges of rip-off against the Brothers and complaining that John Belushi couldn't sing as well as Otis Redding. So what? No one seems to have noticed that Belushi was as obsessive about citing his sources as Frank Sinatra is about naming his arrangers -- you'd have thought those critics would have appreciated the footnotes. The beneficiaries of Belushi's encomiums didn't mind the increased exposure or the renewed royalty checks ("I suggest you buy as many blues albums as you can," Belushi told the audience), and even today, what comes across in these performances is the sincerity of feeling -- that and some tasty playing from a top-notch band. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide