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Erin Go Bragh

marcos lara | IL | 12/26/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I'm sure I misspelled that but it's Gaelic for Ireland Forever. I am bilingual but my native language is Spanish. This is an excellent album in the vein of Mike Ness's Cheating at Solitaire. I bought this album back in June (which according to Amazon is before it even existed) and it had a different cover so my version may be slightly different. I was broke and would be unemployed for 3 months but was so moved by Ricky's acoustic performance that I had to dish out the cash and get it. Unfortunately, the studio versions do not match the intensity of his solo acoustic performance. Perhaps Ricky should have recorded his album in some live settings, like Jewel did with her debut. The fact remains, however, that these are solid songs. If you enjoy Johnny Cash and roots based alt country, you will enjoy this. If you are an aging punk, you'll love it. If you're Mike Ness, you might think it sounds awefully familiar. Perhaps it's because Joe Elliot produced it and this genre is certainly NOT up his alley but then again if it weren't for Joe bringing him out on tour I never would have even heard the talented songwriter. If you want a solid collection of infectuously good songs, get this."

Every Track Is Brilliant!

L. B. Ivarsson | 11/03/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"During the summer i went to the Def Leppard X concert in sudbury ontario and ricky warwick was the opening act. As soon as he was done i heard you were able to buy his cd and i rushed and bought 1 and boy i sure dont regret it..This cd's lyrics are straight from his heart and this album is great....recommend it highly!"

It is very good indeed, and it keeps on growing!

L. B. Ivarsson | Rock City | 02/03/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Ricky Warwick from The Almighty have abandoned the former punkish metal rock and gone for a more adult and melodic approach in Tom Petty style. "Tattoos & Alibis" is a pleasant album with mostly acoustic driven songs in a rather laid back manner. Maybe it will some time for the 14 songs to really sink in but some of the tunes will probably get your attention immediately, like the Steve Earle sounding "The church of paranoia", the Tom Petty inspired "Mysterioso", the title track "Tattoos and alibis" and the catchy "Ending is better than mending" with its obvious country roots. Warwick's problem might be that the people who like Almighty, aren't that interested in this kind of music, thinking it's boring and lame, and the once who like Tom Petty, Steve Earle, Tom Cochrane, John Cougar Mellencamp etc. don't care for someone like Ricky Warwick due to earlier musical efforts. That would be a shame because this album deserves a better destiny than passing through totally unnoticed."