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Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry (Vinyl, 1967)
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Product Identifiers
Record LabelPure Pleasure Records
UPC5060149621226
eBay Product ID (ePID)22050181471
Product Key Features
Release Year1967
FormatVinyl
GenreSoul, R&B
TypeLP
ArtistBobbie Gentry
Release TitleOde to Billie Joe
Additional Product Features
DistributionCity Hall
Additional informationGentry's debut LP, which went to number one on the pop charts, was a promising but not wholly satisfying disc, with the singer penning all but one of the songs. Inevitably, the title track dwarfed everything else by comparison, but a greater problem was that several of the other tunes recycled variations of the "Ode to Billie Joe" riff. On the other hand, "Mississippi Delta" is gloriously tough, throaty swamp rock; few other women pop singers have sounded as raw. Other good cuts were "I Saw an Angel Die," an effective mating of Gentry's country-blues guitar riffs and low-key orchestration, and the jazz waltz-timed "Papa, Woncha Let Me Go to Town With You." Her vocals are poised and husky throughout the record, on which she was definitely on the right track -- one that she was quickly diverted from, into more MOR-oriented sounds. ~ Richie Unterberger
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