
Electrically Acoustically Excellent - This originally came out in 1996 title under Tyla & Spike Hot Knives - `Flagrantly Yours which didn t get much review or promotion. I found this one of the best performances by Tyla & Spike. For those who don t know Tyla was the vocalist of Dogs D Amour and Spike was singer from The Quireboys. In 96 I thought this was a great CD & still to this day I always go back to it like an old friend.Now in 2005, Tyla reissued this CD and added an acoustic version along w/ Spike joining him once again. One CD is the 96 electric version in it s entirety. While the other CD is an acoustic version of the same songs except for Starbucks track. Only reason I can think why they didn t include it is that Tyla does about a 15 minute intro sort of spoken word w/ some guitar on the making of the album. I find the intro interesting but it s not a track I wouldn t often play. Tyla does mention they didn t get any good reviews of the debut `Flagrantly Yours . I have to say this is one of my favorites and can t understand why the critics didn t get it. You may have to have an enquired taste for the vocals I assume. Especially Spike who s very raspy but he does remind me of Rod Stewart during his Faces career. I m sure Spike must be sick of the comparison. As Tyla is always the talented songwriter/poet w/ his lyrics. Tyla reminds me of early Stones.Even though you have 2 CDs w/ the same songs the acoustic gives it a whole new perspective.