Hey, Sailor!

Someone once said to me that if there were 3 (swing) danceable songs on a CD, then it was a great deal. If that's the case, then Hey, Sailor! by Eight To The Bar is worth buying *right now*! I could play the first four songs straight through for 12 minutes of dancing.

I finally got around to sit still long enough to listen to the whole CD and I enjoyed listening to the variety of different music on the CD, all done well by this versatile band. I usually go through a CD to see what songs I might want to leave off when I make a tape for my car and I was surprised when I got to the end of CD without noticing anything that I wouldn't want to listen to.

I imagine that the main song for the dancers will be The Existential Boogie, the third track; it has the right mix of vocals, rhythm, bass, and energy for a great dance song. I love that boogie woogie piano sound. Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar was an obvious song for the band; it had a good rhythm and energy, though I wished the mixing brought out Cynthia's and Megan's voices more. The title song, Say, Sailor!, is a good medium tempo swing dance tune that can be either Swing or faster West Coast Swing.

There are perhaps three songs that I didn't rate that high and I'm not talking about the Samba-like song. I can see how some dj's might play any of those three songs anyway so I think that this CD is a Grand Slam for someone looking for a good CD of dance music.