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Nice Talking to Me

Spin Doctors Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Nice Talking To Me 3:59
2 Sugar 4:18
3 Margarita 3:01
4 Happily Ever After 3:21
5 I'd Like To Love You (But I Think You Might Be Crazy) 5:03
6 Can't Kick The Habit 8:16
7 My Problem Now 3:19
8 Genuine 5:40
9 Tonight You Could Steal Me Away 4:26
10 Safety Pin 4:13

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 5.75 x 0.45 inches; 3.96 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Ruffnation Music
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 12, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Ruffnation Music
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000ASATLC
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2

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Erin & Rich
5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah, there back. Love rock and blues? You will love this!
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2014
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I'll try to keep this short and sweet :) I loved the Pocket Full of Kryptonite ablum to this day. Last year I got this one as my second album based on the Amazon reviews. Well, I had to listen to it a few times, now I can't seem to get enough of it! There are at least now 5 of my favorite songs of all time on this now on this: "Nice Talking to Me" "Sugar" "Margarita" "My Problem Now" and "Tonight You Could Steal Me Away". Only problem with this album is I don't know if a girl like in Sugar is real (?). That's OK, because I know you think it's Nice talking to me ;)
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Andrés Auro Fernández
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2016
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Excellent product. Fast shipped!!
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The Judge of the Value of all Entertainment & Art
4.0 out of 5 stars The Original Spin Doctors
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2005
The reaction to this record in the press and on pompous music blogs is predictably lukewarm in some places. The Spin Doctors, they say, "don't know their 15 minutes are up." The CD is "irrelevent." They should just "quit." It's hard to tell why there is so much animosity towards the Spin Doctors amongst these people when the band's early-1990s success did not involve them breaking into people's houses and forcing them to listen to "Two Princes" thousands of times in a row at gunpoint (at least according to the federal judges who cleared the band of any wrongdoing in a 1993 case), but actually only occurred because the public enjoyed their hit singles and album "Pocket Full of Kryptonite" enough to catapult it to multi-platinum status.

For those who are actually interested in listening to the album rather than making jokes at its expense, it's actually really good. Though my first impression is that, quality-wise, it sits right below the first two albums and above the second two in terms of overall quality, it also combines some of the better elements of both the "original" era Spin Doctors and the "dark ages" when they lost Eric Schenkman and Mark White and added assorted members along the way. There is slight experimentation, as on the latter albums, but it is mostly reined in to conform to what the Spin Doctors do best, bass-slapping, guitar-shredding, catchy pop-funk music that defies the "jam" definition because, no matter how much old bandwagon fans may be loathe to admit it, the songs are full of hooks and accessible to an audience that might not be interested in going to see Phish or The String Cheese Incident.

Each band member has certain moments where they shine -- drummer Aaron Comess on "I'd Like To Love You, But I Think You Might Be Crazy," Schenkman on "Genuine" and at the end of "Can't Kick The Habit," Mark White on "Sugar" and "Safety Pin," and Chris Barron pretty much all over the place, singing with the most non-contrived sentiment since "PFOK," probably due to the long layover in terms of years and life experience (he went through vocal chord paralysis) since the last album.

Overall, this CD is a very good release from The Spin Doctors that captures the feel-good nostalgia of a reunion tour without being a redundant addition to their catalogue, even if the hook to "Genuine" sounds suspiciously like "Off My Line."

My only criticism here is that the Doctors, or their record labels, seem to have an uncanny knack for choosing singles that are virtually guaranteed to bomb on the airwaves. In the tradition of "Cleopatra's Cat," "Can't Kick The Habit" is a good song that just doesn't make sense on the radio. On a CD where nine songs can be mostly categorized as "pop," there isn't a good reason that an eight-minute contemplative ballad needs to be chosen as the "hit." The radio edit, furthermore, cuts out half of the song to make it short enough to be played, and as a result eliminates the ridiculous extended guitar solos at the end that help to make it a stand-out track in the first place.

That said, it is unlikely the band is releasing this CD to unleash a renewed torrent of "Spin Doctors-Mania" upon the nation; so perhaps it's best that it will only end up in the hands of the fans who have stuck by the band even as they have become a joke in the eyes of the mainstream.
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Grouchox
5.0 out of 5 stars Not Have-Beens, but Always Were
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2005
Overall: a very tight album, with no filler material and decent production. Some portions have been produced pretty thoroughly, sometimes even a little over the top. But NTTM is a rock album full of vibrant energy which clearly was built on the road rather than a living room.

1) Nice Talking To Me

Save the best for first. The signature piece of the album, very strong in content and execution. Not too far from the Doctor's roots, but not close to previous outing as to bore. Easily among the best the Spin doctors have written, even if the second half of this version has been tampered with too much. The songwriting tries to hard to trim any excess fat, which makes the result sound a little breathless.

2) Sugar

From the opening drum role to the last note, this is „Pocket Full of Kryptonite" all over again. That's a good thing for nostalgics and sales, and an achievement in it's own right: „When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not", quoth Yoda. The green gnome is right, of course: Sugar is wonderful rock fluff. The albums tendency to be overproduced is most notable in the end sequence, though. The backing lyrics sound like something from off a Bee Gees album, interpreted by Alwin and the Chipmunks.

3) Margarita

Another 90s flashback, Margarita is a nice little tune with the signature Happy (TM) lyrics. Silly in some places („Take the salt from my wounds and put it in my Margarita).

4) Happily Ever After

With lyrics reminiscent of „You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast", „Happily.." is one of the more contemplative pieces. The verse and chorus work together perfectly, cruising smoothly on one of Eric Schenkman's riffs. The bridge actually manages to up the cool feel of the song, making it one of the best pieces of songwriting on the album.

5) I'd Like To Love You

Remember „Refrigerator Car"? Well, there's more where that came from. „I'd Like To..." is a wild, unruly number that clearly originated as a pure jam. The raw energy is almost too much for a studio track, the song screams and kicks to be let out and roam onstage. Luckily, digital effects and fancy backing lyrics were not applied to „I'd Like To...", which would have been as appropriate as Warner Bros` Taz in a petticoat.

6) Can't Kick the Habit

Say what you will about the first promotional single, but two things are remarkable here: first off, I think it's one of the most un-SD-like tracks I've heard them do so far, and that is always a good thing. Growth means change, so without change you get stuck in a rut. This song isn't perfect, but it proves the band is evolving.

The second remarkable thing is the guitar solo in the end. It makes you wonder what playback Eric Schenkman was listening too when he recorded it. Probably not the original song. Frank Zappa and Steve Vai used this technique, and they're not revered as guitar gods for nothing. I like this particular solo so much it makes me wonder whether the single (cut to some 4 minutes and not featuring the solo, I believe) wasn't edited just the wrong way.

7) My Problem Now

Another solid, fun track, reminiscent of PFOK. That's almost all needs to be said, except for one thing: again, it's the bridge that sets this track apart other party songs. I see this as a trend in the whole album: the Docs have terrific parts to spare, so they can afford to use them only once.

8) Genuine

This is what happens when you let the guitarist have his way. Like „Can't kick the habit", this is very un-SD-like. I love hearing one or two songs on an album done by another vocalist, and I love hearing bands trying out different styles. This track is more like LedZep or Free, maybe even Van Halen. If the band were to reinvent itself, I'd be hoping they'd go this way.

9) Tonight You Could Steal Me Away

Again, a terrific bridge, and some nifty production work. A good song.

10) Safety Pin

This one really grows on you. The drums and base get a lot of room here, and they weave a voodoo rhythm that makes this immensely powerful. Like with " I'd Like To Love You", the roots in Jam sessions are very evident. Both tracks are a little too unruly to be tamed in studio. Kind of reminds me of a moment on the "Muppets" when for some reason Animal is dressed up and groomed for all of five minutes, when he sets off in his usual manner... "Safety Pin" is an excellent choice for the closing track.
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