Debbie Davies doesn't play straight blues on All I Found, her eighth release as a bandleader and her first for Telarc Records, so much as a kind of blues-inflected country-pop somewhat reminiscent of Bonnie Raitt, only without Raitt's distinctive, drop-dead slide guitar technique.
Make no mistake, Davies plays some solid guitar on this album (she got her start playing in Albert Collins' Icebreakers, after all), and she has Arthur Neilson on loan from Shemekia Copeland on second guitar to keep things sizzling on three cuts, but somehow under all that stellar guitar work, several of these songs seem a little tired, and "Troughin'," a humorous ditty about overeating, is downright irritating.
The organ-dominated title tune (with Bruce Katz handling the keys) is a delight, though, and features the wonderfully wry vocal hook "I went looking for a good man and all I found was you," which Davies delivers with exactly the right amount of sly and bemused disgust.
The feisty instrumental "So What" is another clear highlight, allowing Davies, Neilson, and the rhythm section of Per Hanson on drums and Noel Neal on bass to cut loose a little bit.
In the end, All I Found feels like an album in a holding pattern, with enough guitar fireworks to keep it interesting but not enough standout songs to make it particularly memorable.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Made Right in the USADon Castagno | Debbie Davies | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | One More TimeDebbie Davies | Debbie Davies | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | EvidenceDebbie Davies | Debbie Davies | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 4 | All I FoundDon Castagno | Debbie Davies | Play | 06:08 | 14 MB | 36 MB |
| 5 | Troughin'Don Castagno, Debbie Davies | Debbie Davies | Play | 05:19 | 12 MB | 32 MB |
| 6 | I Won't Be Your Baby Too LongDon Castagno | Debbie Davies | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 7 | So WhatDebbie Davies | Debbie Davies | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Comfort ZoneDon Castagno | Debbie Davies | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 9 | Every Breath I TakeDebbie Davies | Debbie Davies | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 10 | Trying to Keep It RealDebbie Davies | Debbie Davies | Play | 05:54 | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| 11 | What Do You See in That GirlDon Castagno, Debbie Davies | Debbie Davies | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 52 mins | 119 MB | |||||
| 52 mins | 330 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anilda Carrasquillo | Art Direction, Design |
| 2 | Don Castagno | Composer |
| 3 | Lincoln Clapp | Mastering, Mixing |
| 4 | Debbie Davies | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Guitars, Liner Notes, Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 5 | Steve Drawn | Engineer |
| 6 | Steve Drown | Audio Engineer |
| 7 | Per Hanson | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 8 | Bruce Katz | Main Personnel, Organ, Piano |
| 9 | Randy Labbe | Audio Production, Producer |
| 10 | Elaine Martone | Production Supervisor |
| 11 | Noel Neal | Bass, Bass Instrument, Main Personnel |
| 12 | Arthur Neilson | Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Main Personnel, Slide Guitar |
| 13 | Robert Woods | Executive Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |