Shake Your Money Maker

I've heard of them.
I recognised a track.
Everything else was a reasonable listen.
Perfectly adequate.

The Black Crowes were a band I loved for a couple of years as a teen in the 1990s, and then just sort of forgot about. I can see why I moved on (maybe they were my gateway drug for listening to actual 70s rock) but this was a lot of fun to revisit.

Iconic voice and just a super solid album front to back. This came out at the right time and just blew up with a dirty southern rock feel. 4+

I mean, this was surprisingly excellent. I'm not sure I'd ever feel the need to pop it on out of nowhere, but if I walked in somewhere and it was playing I'd be pretty pleased. It's an easy 3.5 stars, and I know I may tend to overrate when I'm pleasantly surprised, but I think this deserves a 4. released in 1990 without even a hint of 80s hair band butt rock? yeah, 4 stars it is.

The most cookie cutter hard rock you've ever done heard. Hold onto your hats, everyone: the Black Crowes are reinventing the wheel!

In spite of that, it's still fun to listen to.

Shake Your Money Maker is a solid debut from The Black Crowes, and you can immediately hear the band’s love for classic rock, blues, and Southern rock. There’s plenty of swagger here, with crunchy guitars, bluesy riffs, and Chris Robinson’s raspy, soulful vocals giving the album its unmistakable character.
That said, for me, it was more of a “good” than a “great” listen. The album has all the right ingredients, but it never quite blew me away. Tracks like “Jealous Again,” “Hard to Handle,” and “She Talks to Angels” are undoubtedly strong, and the band clearly had the talent and attitude to stand out from the crowd. At times, though, the record feels like a very polished throwback to the classic-rock sound rather than something that completely makes its own mark.
The performances are energetic, the guitars sound great, and there’s a loose, bluesy feel running through the whole thing. Still, I found myself appreciating the album more than being genuinely excited by it. Maybe some of that comes down to expectations: considering how highly regarded the record is, I was expecting something that would really grab me from beginning to end.
Overall, Shake Your Money Maker is a good, straightforward rock album with some genuinely memorable songs. I can understand why it became such a successful debut and why The Black Crowes developed such a strong following. For me, though, it’s more of a respectable classic than a personal favorite — enjoyable, but not exactly a mind-blowing experience.

would be better in small doses. Like - really small.

What I mean by that is I'd love to hear some one or two minute section of southern rock with piano in some other genre song that mashes up genres and it'd probably be my favorite section of such song BUT... full album of just it? Idk man. It's cool. But yeah no nothing speciallll sorrrgiii

Do you have any idea how traumatizing it was as a kid for this to be your mom's favorite album? It's not the most shit music, but it is still obnoxiously infuriating. Every single hit here makes my ears bleed. It's very cheap rock and that's all there is to it.

Like pressing a button on the Hard-Rock-American-Blues-Album-Generating-Machine™ and out slips this turd.

That's probably a bit harsh but there it is.

Boogie woogie and shitty ballads. It's just the Rolling Stones with all the subtlety and danger removed.
The longer I listen, the less I care. Why make music so generic?

no one needs to be listening to a 90's band doing 70's cosplay in the 2020's

Nyeh

Ik was in 1990 net te jong voor de kroeg. Maar waarschijnlijk draaiden ze daar dit album grijs. Het is vrij typisch '90's rock. Weinig mis mee, weinig over te melden. 3,5 ster

Very competently done blues/Southern rock, but it's just not something I'd ever put on by choice in a million years. It's got a good swing to it for what it is though.

At the start of the Nineties, amidst the burgeoning wave of alternative rock and grunge, the Black Crowes established themselves as mavericks. Their sound was deliberately old-fashioned, making unmistakable references to the 1970s and bands like Led Zeppelin. In 1999, it was no coincidence that they played concerts with Jimmy Page, during which they mainly covered Led Zeppelin tracks. Nine years earlier, they had laid the foundations of their career with "Shake Your Money Maker". When they first took off, I found them dreadful — downright blasphemous. Today, drawing on 'old heroes' has long since become the norm, and I have grown accustomed to bands sounding as if they're from the Seventies. My problem with the Black Crowes is something else entirely: They celebrate a musical style that I find incredibly tiresome after just two or three tracks: Blues rock. When this style is copied without any innovation, I find it even more boring than the originals. I’m certainly in the minority on this. Fans of blues rock, hard rock and Southern rock love the Black Crowes and hold their albums in high regard. I prefer to listen to other things.

Granddad rock. Sounds like the local band that plays at the fair every year.

This sounds like a 90's revival of 70's rock. Nothing mindblowing, but hey, it rocks harder than expected!

Standouts: Jealous Again • Seeing Things

I can’t much stand this. I knew 3 of the songs from classic rock radio growing up, which killed all desire to hear any more classic rock in my life. The ones that I hadn’t heard before I think were even worse.

First half a 3. It got better though

This was released in 1990. Everyone involved in the production and promotion of this bargain bin blues crap should feel ashamed of themselves.