No Mercy In This Land

These men hardly need any introducing for blues fans.. its a very good album ..could have be a bit longer and four stars is because I think the former was a tad better but its well worth a buy.

Wibble wibble wobbleVinyl is buckledPlays ok but can’t look at it it fir too long

Awesome as always for Ben Harper with added great musician . Watched the performance on tv and had to buy it .

super vinyl

Brilliant !

goood

This album follows up 2013’s Grammy-winning album “Get Up!” and sees the two men coming together again with Harper’s bass player Jesse Ingalls and guitarist Jason Mozersky as well as drummer Jimmy Paxson. Ben Harper takes nearly all the lead vocals and writes or co-writes the ten original songs, with Charlie Musselwhite adding occasional vocals but mainly his wonderful blues harmonica. “Bad Habits” is lowdown blues with great harmonica from the start and “Love and Trust” is a typical melodic gospel-inflected Harper song with nice slide guitar, “The Bottle Wins Again” is a tough blues that turns up the volume and features nice lead guitar and more great harp.“Love Is Not Enough” is a restrained blues ballad with Ben’s laid back vocals and lovely lead guitar, while “Trust You to Dig My Grave” is an acoustic track that is a nice contrast to the other electric songs, like “Movin’ On” - a rocker in the Jimmy Reed mold. The title track is a haunting melody that has echoes of the Gary Davis song “Death Don’t Have No Mercy” which references some tragic events in Charlie’s life. The album is rounded off by the beautiful minor key ballad “Nothing at All”, with Mr. Musselwhite’s plaintive harp adding an extra sadness. However, the ten tracks last just around 35 minutes, so it makes sense to get the ‘deluxe’ version, which adds an extra three tracks - live versions of "The Bottle Wins Again", "Trust You To Dig My Grave" and the title track all recorded live at The Machine Shop Studio in Santa Monica. I enjoyed this varied album that paired Ben's more modern take on the blues with Charlie's more traditional approach to great effect, and Charlie does play some fabulous harp.

Not bought a Ben Harper or Charlie Musselwhite C/D for quite awhile but loved the laid back simplicity of this C/D Ben's vocals are great and Charlie's harmonica playing is still very classy. Overall some great songs with some beautiful words which makes one think. Blues of the old fashioned simple type