I do not listen to a lot of rock these days (I am 65yrs.) but have always liked this band, & owned nothing from Black Crowes. After hearing Kate Hudson talk about Chris Robinson, I of course went to Amazon & procured a copy of what is supposed to be their best album. This, to me is just straight ahead "good solid rock & roll". It is what it is, but done extremely well. I have exhausted it in my car, where it continues to get rave revues. This is "THE" band that has never attained the status they richly deserve. It is also so sad that the biggest problem they had/have is that Chris Robinson & his brother cannot get along @ all. This is one tasty little nugget that I is very good, & strong rock. It is not heavy metal. Kind of reminds me of very early ("12x5") type rock.