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The Codetalkers
Released 2004

Rice Clients
03:54
99 plays

Something Wrong [*]
02:54
83 plays

Body in the Lake
06:41
302 plays

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songs

- 1
- Body in the Lake
- 06:41
- 302 plays

- 2
- Grandma
- 04:33
- 206 plays

- 3
- Did My Time
- 04:27
- 208 plays

- 4
- Saturn
- 07:00
- 267 plays

- 5
- Lima
- 05:59
- 167 plays

- 6
- I'm So Glad
- 04:57
- 144 plays

- 7
- UFO
- 04:48
- 150 plays

- 8
- Rice Clients
- 03:54
- 99 plays

- 9
- Isle of Langerhan
- 04:37
- 106 plays

- 10
- Something Wrong [*]
- 02:54
- 83 plays

- 11
- Beggin
- 04:43
- 227 plays

album review

The self-titled debut album by the Code Talkers originally came out in 2001, but that self-released edition had very limited distribution, and it wasn't until 2004's reissue under the title Deluxe Edition that most fans of Col. Bruce Hampton's previous outfits discovered his new incarnation. A shame, since these are among Hampton's best songs; freed from the noodly tendencies of the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Hampton and his co-leader, Bobby Lee Rodgers, here venture closer to the skewed pop of NRBQ. (Actually, the ultraquirky "Rice Clients" steers straight to They Might Be Giants land.) The songs are catchy in a variety of roots rocking styles, with the rockabilly snap of "Beggin'" and the dry pop/rock wit of "Body in the Lake" particular highlights. The difference between the out of print original copy and Deluxe Edition is new artwork and the attention of a minor new song, a Hampton-Rodgers duet called "Something Wrong." If you have the first edition, giving Deluxe Edition a pass won't be a hardship, but Hampton fans and other aficionados of the poppier side of jam bands should seek it out. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide