The one hundred twenty-eighth album: #128 Jeff Beck - Truth
WIth these rock bands, you have two groups. One is a collaborative effort, like the Beatles, where some might be more prolific, but it is at least nominally equal, on stage if not when creating the songs. Then we get something like Jeff Beck, backed by the Jeff Beck group. Here there is room for the other musicians, but the focus is still on the lead, in the music and vocals.
What the album gives us is a number of rock covers, with the distortion and loudness stepped up (not unlike Jimi Hendrix's sound), and reworks of classic blues songs where the same is done. The vocals sound on point for this style of hard rock and the heavy guitar soloes work well with them. Ol' Man River is a nice stand out track as well, where the heavier blues elements create a different sounds - still with the heavier sound, but not as intense as the other songs on the album. At the same time, Beck's Bolero, a solo number, is a magnificent tour de force that is purely instrumental, displaying some great guitar work. It's an album that has quite a bit of variation, but in the end feels like a powerful rock statement.