Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 25, 2024 11:44:33 GMT
No Habla is Robby's fourth solo effort and as usual is an instrumental LP.
It starts well with a rousing Wild Child but soon becomes tiresome with a glaring lack of a lead vocalist.
Yes I know it is part of an instrumental series that was released but it is still pretty boring.
It ends with another Doors song but this instrumental os nowhere near the opening Doors song.
It's listenable but only just.
Wild Child (Doors) 4:43
Eagles Song (Krieger) 2:33
It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Turner) 4:01
Lonely Teardrops (Carlo, Fuqua, Gordy) 2:46
Love It or Leave It (Krieger) 4:58
The Big Hurt (Dolores) (Shanklin) 5:06
Piggys Song (Krieger) 3:38
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Kosloff, Mysels) 3:32
You're Lost Little Girl (The Doors) 3:42
In 1989, Krieger recorded an album called No Habla; as the title would suggest, it was entirely instrumental. (In fact, it was part of a No Speak series on the now-defunct I.R.S. label, which also distributed instrumental albums from Stewart Copeland, Wishbone Ash, and several lesser lights. The label was owned by Miles Copeland, whose brother Stewart would briefly replace Densmore as the Doors drummer for their 2003 reunion tour). No Habla is a strong showcase for Krieger's talents, showing him to be equally adept at rock, blues, jazz and flamenco styles. He can be forgiven for revisiting his past with two Doors compositions ("Wild Child" and "You're Lost Little Girl"), since new dimensions are added to both. "Eagles Song" and "Piggy's Song" were both composed by Krieger for a children's project that was scrapped. Besides his own material, Krieger puts a distinctive stamp on a few oldies; on "Lonely Teardrops", he really makes his guitar talk.
