Ruffnation Music
2005
Nice Talking To Me
About This Album
Not long after the 1999 release of their fourth album, Here Comes the Bride, the Spin Doctors disbanded due to a combination of disinterest and a remarkable patch of bad luck, highlighted by lead vocalist Chris Barron losing his voice in a case of vocal cord paralysis. A couple years later, Barron had healed and the original lineup tentatively started a comeback, playing a few live gigs and beginning the long road back to their fifth album, 2005's Nice Talking to Me. To say that Nice Talking to Me is the group's best studio album since their 1991 debut, Pocket Full of Kryptonite, isn't saying much -- success hit the Spin Doctors hard and they had trouble coming up with memorable material after Pocket Full of Kryptonite unexpectedly turned into a Top Ten hit, and their attempts to either freshen up their sound or have another hit were often embarrassing. Nevertheless, Nice Talking to Me is the best album since their debut, for one simple reason: they're not trying too hard. They've simply come up with a set of 11 songs and play them simply and directly. These 11 tunes aren't that far removed from the songs on Pocket Full of Kryptonite -- they're loose-limbed, bluesy boogie rockers, songs ideal for a party or a good night out at a bar.
Track List

Disc 1 (try tracks 1,5,7 and 9)

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