Thirty years after they began their professional recording career, NRBQ was still rolling on, and in order to commemorate their anniversary they released another album called NRBQ -- which happens to be the title of their first album from 1969. More significantly for longtime Q fans, 1999's NRBQ is their first proper studio album (meaning, not a children's album or live album or reissue) in five years, since 1994's confused Message for the Mess Age. NRBQ does improve on that effort, large...   [ read more ]

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NRBQ's 29th release Ridin' in My Car re-issues material from their All Hopped Up album from 1977, and adds some previously unreleased songs as well. Early classics like the title track, "That's Alright" and "Bonanza" are included along with bonus tracks like "Chicken Hearted," "Start It Over" and a version of "Ridin' In My Car" performed by the Windsor High School band. Ridin' In My Car offers a new look at this eclectic, unpredictable group. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

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For the uninitiated, NRBQ is an oddity. How does one, for instance, approach a band who sings a song like "Howard Johnson's Got His Ho-Jo Working?" The answer may be, "not very seriously," but then another problem reveals itself: the songs are so catchy. "Who Put the Garlic in the Glue?" and "Magnet" bounce along like an early-'70s version of Ben Folds Five. Together, pianist Terry Adams, bassist Joey Spampinato, guitarist Al Anderson, drummer Tom Staley, and vocalist {$Frank Gad...   [ read more ]

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