No feathers ruffled here...you're right about this album being uneven, and taking a definite "dip" on side 2. (Look at the votes -- the choices bear this out.) I agree with most of your observations about the various songs, although "Honey" is one of my all time favorites.
To me, the very peak of the TJB started with the next album, GOING PLACES. To me that's the first time Herb really seemed firmly on the track...with this one and the ones before, he was still experimenting. He really plunged into the American influences on SOTB, and let them run rampant on this album. With GP and beyond, he "got organized" so to speak.
To me, the very peak of the TJB started with the next album, GOING PLACES. To me that's the first time Herb really seemed firmly on the track...with this one and the ones before, he was still experimenting. He really plunged into the American influences on SOTB, and let them run rampant on this album. With GP and beyond, he "got organized" so to speak.