- Audio CD (17 Dec 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: Virgin
- ASIN: B00005ARDC
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,111 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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BLACK REBEL MOTORCYLE CLUB Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2001 UK 11-track CD album although comparisons with Primal Scream + Jesus and Mary Chain are fair this is US style. So more attitude and image plus lots of Stooges nods too)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have produced the single best album of 2001 with this, their debut album. Each of the 11 tracks is a superb blend of rhythmic beats, thoughtful lyrics and excellent guitar riffs.
From the opening track, the album is a class act. I first noticed BRMC on the release of ‘Spread Your Love’ which has an unforgettable riff and one of my favourite musical openings to a rock and roll song. The fact that the a track of this type can have such a quality beat without having overpowering drums or drowned vocals shows that BRMC have not made the same mistakes as other recent rock bands.
To my surprise and pleasure, on listening to the album, I found that ‘Spread Your Love’ was not in fact their best song. Indeed, such is the quality and balance evident in every track that I am compelled to say that every song is brilliant in its own right.
Listening to the album from track 1 to track 11 is the best way to listen to it. There are few albums in which every track complements the others to the extent that this can be recommended. Each track varies enough to claim its own identity and after a year and a half of it almost possessing my stereo, I am still waiting for any of the tracks to bore me. Apparently, that day will never come.
The most remarkable track on the album is ‘Rifles’. Don’t get me wrong, ‘Whatever happened to my rock n’ roll’ on any other album would doubtless eclipse all others, but the epic ‘Rifles’ is a monumental musical effort. The eerie 1.5 minute opening with vocal harmonies repeating ‘I’m gonna take my time’ may seem a little bizarre at first, but they comprise the necessary prologue to the overall track. The guitar riff that follows is sensational and the lyrics stir even the most dormant imaginations. The best musical 7 minutes since Radiohead’s ‘Paranoid Android’ and for anyone who has even a vague taste for rock n’ roll, this is essential listening.
The only reason it has taken me a year and a half between buying the album and writing this review is that I do not feel that my words alone can do it justice. I urge you to buy this album before any other. Listen to it five or six times and before you know it, BRMC will inhabit your CD player.
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I first heard of this band about a year ago through another U.S band (Brian Jonestown Massacre)and also because of their well cool name. So I thought I'd pick the album up on import to check it out. There's nothing amazingly new or unique about this three-piece but what they do offer is some very good dark guitar rock. Most of the tunes do have a similar sound but if you enjoy the music of Jesus and Mary Chain, M.B.V, and early Ride you'll love this. In fact you could imagine this band on Creation Records circa 1989. More recently they share the same kind of psychedelic guitar sound as the Dandy Warhols. I don't really have a fave song as there quite a few stand out tracks, although 'Rifles' is top notch in Stone Roses groove type way, and 'As Sure as the Sun' has an ace bass-line. They do however, wear their influences on their sleeve too much on the final track 'Salvation' ....All in all definitely worth checking out if your into Good Indie-Guitar music and lets face it, theres not much of it about these days.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
These young guys from San Francisco have made an album that happens to combine catchy melodies with more of a darker edge than this years current faves The Strokes, White Stripes etc. They are at their best with songs like Love Burns and Red Eyes and Tears which hail inspiration from the likes of the Jesus and Mary Chain but put a fresh edge on it. Most of the tracks on the album are riddled with distortion and grinding rhythms but also they come up with great melodies .e.g Rifles. I feel that what they do best is simply rock out with Whatever Happended to My Rock and Roll being a prime example. A corker of a track, the album could of had a few more on the same line. A classic debut that shows B.R.M.C should be around for a long time to come.
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Published on 30 Mar 2007 by Ross Martindale
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Published on 3 Feb 2007 by K. P. Waite
Great!
If you are a fan of the dark feedback rock of Jesus & Mary Chain and Joy Division then you'll love this. A cracking debut album.
Published on 12 Aug 2006 by The Boy
Proper Rock'n'Roll
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are proberly the most underated band of the 'New Rock Revolution' of the early naughties. Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2004 by O. Frawley
Great debut.
This is Oasis with a brain basically, and i hate oasis, point proven. Great anthems here, and clever riffs, but maybe a little too long for some, because it is exciting stuff when... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2004 by "gregorthedrummer"
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Published on 9 Jun 2004 by Simon J
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A (Dutch) critic once wrote about a (Dutch) author that she wrote like 'asoul without a skin'. I think this is the best description for BRMC'sdebut album, too. Read more
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