Tooth of Crime

Performer: T Bone Burnett
Artist: Marc Ribot; Sam Phillips
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: T-Bone Burnett, Jim Keltner, Marc Ribot, Gary Leisz, Sam Phillips. Personnel: Marc Ribot (guitars); Jim Keltner (drums). TOOTH OF CRIME began its life in 1972 as a play by musician/actor/playwright Sam Shepard. It was then revived in 1996 in a new form that included original songs written by T-Bone Burnett, who has now collected those songs in their final versions on this album. Recorded during and after the sessions for the Burnett-produced album RAISING SAND by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and featuring the same core group of musicians, TOOTH OF CRIME boasts a similar cross-cultural sound that suits Burnett's pointed, lyrically ambitious songwriting. Highlights include the scene-setting opener, "Anything I Say Can and Will Be Used Against Me," and the disturbingly alluring "Dope Island," featuring vocals by Burnett's ex-wife, Sam Phillips.

Rolling Stone (p.66) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The bluesy result bristles with echoing spy-movie guitars, clattering layers of percussion and trippy, effects-altered vocals -- Burnett pushes his trademark three-dimensional production into an almost hallucinatory vividness." Record Collector (magazine) (p.84) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Rarely following the narrative of Shepard's original words, Burnett instead eavesdrops on these twisted folks' innermost evil thoughts to produce a series of psychotic snapshots that leave a chilling impression long after the album's finished."

T-Bone Burnett is an artist of broad skills. Known primarily for his work as a producer (Counting Crows, Elvis Costello), he's also a skilled singer-songwriter whose writing is insightful and impassioned, while his singing is committed and honest and his guitar playing inventive while rooted in tradition. His biggest commercial success came with his overseeing of the O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? soundtrack in 2000, a multi-platinum seller that helped kickstart a bluegrass revival.

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