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Here's an opinion I don't expect to hear much agreement with. 'A Sense of Place' is the best thing Mayall's ever done. Better than the influential 'Beano' album. I even prefer it to the Peter Green masterwork 'A Hard Road'. There have of course been lots of others in the years between, of vastly differing quality, but 'A Sense of Place' is almost faultless. As is usual with Mayall albums, this is largely down to the guitarists involved. And when this album was recorded, the Bluesbreakers were benefiting from the substantial talents of Coco Montoya, especially brilliant on J. J. Cale's 'Sensitive Kind'. But if anything, even he is eclipsed by the guest appearances of slide wizard Sonny Landreth who appears on all but the last track. Opening with a stupendous version of J. B. Lenoir's 'I Want to Go', they set themselves a high standard but manage to keep it up throughout (with only a couple of tiny hiccups). Landreth's contributions to his own songs, 'Sugarcane' and 'Congo Square' are high spots. (His album 'South of I-10' is worth digging out for his own version of the latter.)Read full review
good cd but not the better from john mayall. It`s very dificult to find, i was looking for it for more than a year and i think i got it for a very good price. it`s a essnty ial albun for JM collectors
Although John Mayall has been a British Blues icon for decades, this album shows his real talent for a menu of different blues styles, from contemporary to roots. Like good wine John Mayall jsut gets better with age!
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