BADCAT RECORDS   Overall, the most reliable information on Les Sinners came from a website called Badcat Records, at the link http://badcatrecords.com/BadCat/SINNERS.htm . In addition to write-ups on the band and their various albums, Badcat also has information on solo work by the bandmembers as well as links to related bands.  (April 2013)  *    *    *  Tepid opinions of this album [The Crystal Mansion] are fairly commonplace on the Internet; besides the two-star review by Allmusic already mentioned, Badcat Records also grants the record only two stars. Crystal Mansion is compared unfavorably to the namesake of the Motown label, Rare Earth; while Johnny Caswell certainly lacks the propulsive pipes of their drummer and lead singer Peter Rivera, Caswell and Crystal Mansion are after a completely different groove on their album. (August 2015) |