Turn the Page is an album by the American musician Chris Ardoin, released in 1998.[2][3] His band, Double Clutchin'—which included his brother, Sean—is also credited.[4][5] Ardoin was still a teenager when the album was recorded.[6]
The Village Voice called the album "excellent," writing that "Fever for Your Flavor" is "powered by psychedelic space electronics and grown-up red-clay soul vocals that welcome zydeco to the urban jungle, blackboard jungle, and rubyfruit jungle simultaneously."[13]The Boston Globe considered Ardoin "perhaps the nimblest accordionist now playing zydeco," and wrote that he "keeps his meanderings melodic, his solos (on both diatonic and triple-row accordions) intricate and playful."[9]
The Orlando Sentinel noted that the band "strikes out for more experimental territory on the penultimate cut, 'Fever for Your Flavor', which employs some hip-hop rhythms in a spare, dub-influenced setting; Chris keeps the track grounded with a sneaky little riff that sounds a bit like the Pink Panther theme turned sideways."[6] The Daily Herald deemed the album a mix of "soul, R&B and fast-cooking Zydeco rhythms."[14]The Wall Street Journal concluded that Turn the Page "offers a choice sampling of today's crisp and energetic zydeco sound, which layers rich R&B-style vocal harmonies and Caribbean ska and reggae grooves over blues-drenched accordion playing."[15]OffBeat listed Turn the Page as the best album of 1998.[5]AllMusic wrote that Ardoin and his band "continue to be the most forward-looking of the young zydeco bands coming up... When they talk about zydeco being irresistible dance music, this is what they're talking about."[11]
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