Independent review

By the way, Chuck Berry has had fewer than twenty real albums from 1955 to this day. It's just that some rock-and-rollers and countrymen for the same period easily released 50 discs, managing to periodically rest for several years. Moreover, the last LP is dated as far back as 1979. Since then, only a few concert recordings for true fans. The album Chuck was initially planned as the last album, actually, of Chuck. The disc starts with Wonderful woman, in which there is no less enthusiasm than where we parted with Chuck in the late 70s. Yes, this is not a dashing rock-and-roller from the 50s, but he doesn't sound like he's 85 either. True, the tracks were recorded over the course of 23 years. The work was finished 3 years ago, but the album was released posthumously. I will note the dashing rhythm section playing in the style of vintage recordings. The second track - Big boys – could it be any more classic!? (by the way, Tom Morello took part in it). But further on begin completely uninteresting mid-tempo compositions. The thought comes that there would have been no hype and it would have turned out to be an average album of an old rock-and-roller, if Chuck hadn't died and his previous album hadn't been released 38 years ago. But 3 songs at the end change the impression and make it cohesive. Lady B. Goode — a continuation of the story about Johnny, Jamaica Moon, which sets the atmosphere of a Hawaiian coastal bar with live music and cocktails, and almost the best track on the album, Dutchman – a conversational blues with hints of Waits. Of course, there is no concept or completeness. This is simply an album in an old style — a collection of songs, recorded beautifully, played well. Everything is on level, this is not a posthumous disc sucked out of the finger, but specifically a normal number-edition album without excessive pathos and pretensions.

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