Three Snakes and One Charm

For their fourth album, The Black Crowes hunkered down in an old house and crafted this surprisingly concise collection. "Girl from a Pawnshop" is the exception, its extended crescendo one of the band's most memorable moments; Chris Robinson's quiet, lovelorn poetry in "How Much for Your Wings?" is measured in comparison. "Nebekanezer" and "Under a Mountain" rock like the Crowes’ former selves, and they enlist the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to add R&B flourish to the rollicking "(Only) Halfway to Everywhere" and "Let Me Share the Ride".