In their heyday (aided by a cameo in a U2 concert movie), Satan and Adam seemed to be famous primarily because of their unusual pairing of a young, white grad-student and an elderly, black street performer; but it's their raucous blues music that has held up over the years. Popping this disc in and closing your eyes, you'll find yourself transported to 125th Street in Harlem, holding a brown-bagged bottle and tapping your foot along to the beat...

Thomas Rogers