Minute By Minute
The Doobie Brothers
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Here to Love You | The Doobie Brothers | 3:58 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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What a Fool Believes | The Doobie Brothers | 3:46 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Minute By Minute | The Doobie Brothers | 3:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Dependin' On You | The Doobie Brothers | 3:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels | The Doobie Brothers | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Open Your Eyes | The Doobie Brothers | 3:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sweet Feelin' | The Doobie Brothers | 2:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Steamer Lane Breakdown | The Doobie Brothers | 3:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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You Never Change | The Doobie Brothers | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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How Do the Fools Survive? | The Doobie Brothers | 5:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Songs |
iTunes Review
It’s hard to overestimate the impact that the Doobie Brothers’ Minute By Minute (1978) had upon the pop music world of its time. It's the album that marks the Doobies’ blossoming into a sophisticated R&B-rock powerhouse, thanks largely to the recruitment of singer/songwriter/keyboardist Michael McDonald whose yearning vocals and feel for intricately-woven rhythms made “What A Fool Believes” into a Number One single in early 1979. McDonald’s other contributions to Minute By Minute — most notably “Here To Love You,” “Open Your Eyes” and the elegantly jazzy title track — display a similar mastery of the easy-flowing groove and his fellow Brothers shine on these tracks as well. Patrick Simmons rocks convincingly on “Don’t Stop To Watch The Wheels” and reasserts his finger-picking prowess on “Steamer Land Breakdown.” Jeff “Skunk” Baxter’s scorching lead guitar and Tiran Porter’s firm-yet-funky bass lines are likewise crucial to the sound. For all the impeccable musicianship displayed here, it’s the strength of the hook-laden tunes that accounts for the album’s enormous success. Minute By Minute went on to receive platinum certification and multiple Grammy Awards.
Customer Reviews
Michael's Doobie Brothers
As Michael McDonald joined the Doobies, he brought a new tone and new sound to this great band. His tremendous range and soothing/coo-ing voice lends itself to some of the best songs of their time. "What a Fool Believes" and "Minute By Minute" punctuate Michael's direction for the band with a classic sound and feel for music that invites the listener to sit back and enjoy complex melody and harmony blended together by one of the most unique vocalists of our time.
Timeless, tight, beautiful, classic
When you buy a record at 16 years of age, you don't expect to be listening to it at 44. Minute by Minute holds up. Recorded during a tumultuous time within the band, the varied song genres reflect the schizophrenic nature of the Doobie Brothers by 1978. This band could play it all and play it well. And it's all displayed on Minute by Minute, blue-eyed soul, pop, hard rock, and country blue-grass. This album was Michael McDonald's tour de force performance. His songs, arrangements and performances were the blueprint for pop music at the end of the 70's. "Here To Love You" is the most under-rated Doobies tune of all time. It's tight, layered, soulful and played to perfection. The pop syncopation of "What A Fool Believes" was new and fresh in '78 and propelled it to number one in the charts. It's style & sound was often imitated in the couple of years that followed, but the strength of the songwriting makes this a classic. "Minute by Minute" (the title track) is one of the great songs of our generation. Pat Simmons' "Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels" is a muscular Doobie rocker that could easily sit aside classics by Tommy Johnston. Simmons' "Steamer Lane Breakdown" is a blue grass instrumental that comes out of left field and will knock you out. The closing guitar solo on "How Do the Fools Survive?"by Jeff "Skunk" Baxter stands as his triumphant farewell as a Doobie. Rock critics have kept this great band out of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and that is too bad. The Doobie Brothers overwhelmingly deserve the honor.
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Biography
Formed: March, 1970 in San Jose, CA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By The Doobie Brothers
- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, R&B/Soul, Soul, Pop, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Southern Rock, Arena Rock
- Released: Dec 1978
- ℗ 2004 Warner Bros. Records. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing
