★★★★★
They've sold around half a million albums in Canada, mostly during their '90s heyday, but Big Sugar have never quite been given the credit they deserve for skilfully integrating reggae and dub elements into their rock-based sound. On , they dial down the volume to concentrate on acoustic yet percussion-heavy reggae, to convincing effect...
- exclaim.ca
2014-04-30
★★★★★
Sound: As always with Big Sugar thier guitars are heavily distorted. This great third effort from a great band, Gordie Johnson has taken the sound of the band in a slighly different direction. This album certainly has more catchy upbeat songs than the previous record, such as "On The Scene," "Girl Watcher" and "Diggin A Hole." Blues is a part of this bands sound and it is shown in "Kickin Stone" with it's powerful chord progression and chorus...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
Sound: This album is a great example of Canadian Blues with heavy jamaican drums. The fact that for most of the songs on this album is that, Gordy Johnson uses no distortion, just uses a tube amp cranked all the way up really contributes to the sound. AAA Aardvark Hotel, which is one of the more eccentric tunes on the album, is a strangely good blend of saxaphone with rock...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
While blues is the springboard, Big Sugar may simply be too eclectic for its own commercial good. The improvisational twists of Monk's "Bensha Swing" and mellow jazz vibe of Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" won't sit comfortably in everyone's books with the R&B; shuffle of "Sleep In Late" or "Motherless Children"'s wicked slide guitar...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27