Disco de Traveling Wilburys: “Volume III”

The first Wilbury album is definately something magical that will always seem fresh and fun. The second one (Volume 3) has just as much musical merit. The blend of these four guys were what made the core of the song writing and instumentation of the first. Roy Orbison's tenor, style, and attitude did bring raw fun and glory to SOME songs on the first one, but he was only on four or five songs (unfortunately). This CD is more of a blues/folkrock direction for the supergroup, and that's cool. It's very them. It suits their style. My favorite track (probably because it vocally mimics the first album the closest - but actually may be my favorite Wilbury cut between the two albums) is "Poor House." There is much more humor on this one, which makes it quite entertaining to introduce others to. Tom Petty's influence is more prevalent in this one; he shows some of his top-noch song writing tricks. Petty reveals his natural ability, and you can hear with what ease music comes to him. My only regret about this album is there aren't as many George songs........I'll deal. No one should go through life without hearing this album at least once. Like the first one - it's nearly impossible to hold a bad mood while hearing this stuff. (oh and try to act out all of the "Wilbury Twist" - I think I still have bruises)

I agree with other reviewers that this Wilburys album was a step down from Vol. 1, mostly due to the absence of the legendary Roy Orbison, but it is still a great album, superior to much of the pop/rock material that was being released circa 1990.

One of the pleasures of listening to the Wilburys is that they were so much fun - you could tell they were having fun writing and performing these songs. With Vol. 3 they were running on the momentum created by the immensely popular Vol. 1, and they crafted some fine songs here, but it obviously didn't have the sheer awe value of Vol. 1.

Bob Dylan was actually my least favorite vocalist on Vol. 1 (I have since come to appreciate him more), but here they gave him prime chores, and I just remember being disappointed I wasn't hearing as much from Jeff Lynne and George Harrison. I especially thought Lynne would step into the gap left by Orbison to give us some soaring vocals, a la "Turn to Stone" from his ELO days. Even so, "New Blue Moon" became my favorite track on this album. I also enjoyed "Inside Out", "Where Were You Last Night", "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Poor House."

I highly recommend both this album and Vol. 1. I only wish they had continued to make music together and maybe even roped in another legend for the Wilburys, like Eric Clapton.

This was the second Traveling Wilburys album, recorded after the death of Roy Orbison. The album suffers a little from his absence, but it's still a very good album. Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne sound like they are having a lot of fun here. Most of the songs have a lighthearted "just for kicks" feel to them, and it's cool to hear these guys just "cut loose" and do something different from their regular "serious" albums. Fans of these artists should really get a kick out of this.

It's hard not be influenced by Dylan. Harrison, Petty and Lynne certainly have been. That's not necessarily a fault, but how many Bobs do we need in one band? The three have been vocally flexible over the length of their careers, but around Bob, they become Bob. Orbison's death was a big loss for the TW's, both as the supreme singer that Roy was, and as the only member who obviously had no trace of Bob in his sound. I've heard Lynne do a great Roy. Perhaps he felt it wasn't right to do here and perhaps he's right, but more vocal variety among these four would make this a much better performance.

I agree with most others that this album isn't as strong as Volume 1, but it's still quite good and I can't understand why its not available new. I was thinking maybe they have plans to rerelease it as an anthology, and this time their going to include Volume 2. Only a fantasy, but certainly a good one. Both Wilbury records are awesome! If you never heard them, but your fans of any of its members, buy this album.