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List Price: $5.98 | | Label: Zebra Records (Wea)
Salesrank: 48411
Released: August 26, 2008 |
| Our Price: $2.15 |
| Used Price: $3.74 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Takin' It to the Streets Track Listing:
1. Wheels of Fortune
2. Takin' It to the Streets - The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers
3. 8th Avenue Shuffle
4. Losin' End - The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers
5. Rio
6. For Someone Special
7. It Keeps You Runnin'
8. Turn It Loose
9. Carry Me Away
Editorial Review:
Great collection at a low price.
Takin' It to the Streets Reviews:
Transitional album only for Doobie completists 
2009-11-11 - As the first DB album to feature Michael McDonald on lead vocals, this album marks a transition point for one of the few rock bands to succeed after completely changing its front man and sound. The album owed its commercial success to two pop classics McDonald wrote, "Takin' It To The Streets" and "It Keeps You Runnin'," songs which spun them off in an entirely new direction and gained the band as many fans as it lost. The track order generally alternates between their older mid-`70s sound, defined by funky guitar and the Memphis Horns, and the newer McDonald style, more melancholy and keyboards-led with jazzy guitar solos by Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. The two tracks in the middle of the album sound like an attempt to hybridize the band's new and old sounds and both fall flat. This gives the listener the feeling of a band in limbo, trying to find its way. As on the previous album "Stampede," Tommy Johnston's dominant role diminishes, allowing Pat Simmons & Tiran Porter to step to the front on the older style songs. Only near the end, on "Turn It Loose" do we hear Johnston singing the lead in the classic DB sound that was ubiquitous on early `70s AM radio. As a whole, this album is not likely to please either fans of the early Johnston-led band or later McDonald-led band, so is recommended only for Doobie completists. If the listener is looking for the two McDonald hits, they can be found on any of the DB greatest hits compilations.
Wrong Product 
2008-11-23 - Ordering this item will not get you the SACD version of this excellent cd. I had the misfortune of having to return it. I received a refund without a hitch though.
Wrong subtitles
2008-09-08 - Takin' It to the Streets [BOX SET] [SINGLE] [DUALDISC] [ENHANCED] [HYBRID SACD] [RINGLE] [SOUNDTRACK]. This CD contains nothing from the description above. It's a conventional, audio CD, with bad sound quality. I'm throaty dissatisfied. Don't buy this.
Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets SACD hybrid? 
2008-09-02 - I really like this Doobies CD. I wanted to know if this reissue from Rhino Flashback is actually a SACD hybrid? That is what Amazon's title says. Although it says box set, among other descriptions. Anyone get this reissue that came out on 8/26/08? Is it in fact a SACD hybrid? If not, Amazon needs to change the product description.
Nice version in mini-LP sleeve even includes a vintage paper sleeve and booklet (for the Japanese version) 
2007-11-30 - A transitional album for The Doobie Brothers, "Takin' It to the Streets" marks the rise of Michael McDonald and his blue-eyed soul smokey tenor taking its proper place in the band. It's quite a change for the band in terms of sound with the band diving into jazzy Steely Danish territory largely abandoning the sound of the previous albums. This was due to the diminished role of Tom Johnston who was sidelined with stomach ulcers. He does appear on the heartfelt rocker "Turn It Loose". McDonald, Simmons and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter dominate the rest of the album.
The weakest track is Tiran Porter's "For Someone Special" which just doesn't rise to the quality of the best songs on the album. No bonus tracks which is a disappointment given the two demos that appeared on the Doobie Brothers anthology "Long Train Runnin'".
This new edition sounds pretty good overall although a tad brighter than the previous CD, a bit louder as well but with nice detail. We get the CD in a replica of the original LP packaging right down to the paper insert that came with the album in 1976. The CD features the palm tree artwork that was a staple on almost all Warner Brothers releases at the time. The Japanese edition of the CD also features a booklet with song lyrics that appear to be pretty accurate as well as notes on the album in Japanese (no translation sadly)but no credits as to who remastered the album (or if it was remastered).
