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Track Listings
| 1. Last Chance |
| 2. Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Album Version) |
| 3. Rollover D.J. |
| 4. Look What You've Done |
| 5. Get What You Need |
| 6. Move On |
| 7. Radio Song |
| 8. Get Me Outta Here |
| 9. Cold Hard Bitch |
| 10. Come Around Again |
| 11. Take It Or Leave It |
| 12. Lazy Gun |
| 13. Timothy |
| 14. Sgt. Major (Non-album bonus track) |
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Get Born, the debut album by young Melbourne group Jet, works--and works very well--on a couple of levels. The first, and most obvious, is as a lengthy game of "Spot the Riff". Jet seem to have adopted Oscar Wilde's dictum "talent borrows, but genius steals" as their band motto, and as such are not shy about acknowledging their influences. Opening track "Last Chance" bears more than a passing resemblance to the Cult's "Li'l Devil", the baleful ballad "Move On" is a very slight rewrite of the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" helps itself to the chugging rhythm guitar part from Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life", "Cold Hard Bitch" could be any one of half a dozen AC/DC songs, and so on, for 13 hugely entertaining tracks: it could even serve as an ice-breaking party game.
The really good news, though, is that Get Born stands up perfectly respectably as a rock album on its own merits. Like their approximate contemporaries the Kings of Leon, the White Stripes and the Darkness, Jet approach their hoary influences with a fresh, invigorating enthusiasm, and recycle them with such an exuberant guilelessness that any tendency the listener might have towards cynicism is suspended. There is nothing here you haven't heard in a thousand other records, but Jet wear these threadbare clothes with such poise and conviction that it doesn't matter: Get Born rocks. --Andrew Mueller
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JET Get Born (2003 Taiwanese 14-track CD includes bonus track Sgt Major picture sleeve with unique wraparound obi-strip still sealed!)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
In the world of manufactured pop that we live in today, it is relieving and refreshing to find a band that can rock AND roll.
'Get Born' kicks off with the short, hard rocking 'Last Chance', and quickly fires into the modern classic and first single, 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl'. After these brilliant opening tracks we are given the second single, the great 'Rollover DJ'. The mood settles with the sensitive ballad 'Look What You've Done', then Jet are back on form with the rocker 'Get What You Need'. We then get the bluesy 'Move On', featuring slide guitar and harmonica, followed by 'Radio Song'. 'Get Me Outta Here' paves the way for the fantastic, heavy rocking, AC/DC-style 'Cold Hard Bitch', and then 'Come Around Again' and 'Take It Or Leave It' bring us to the Bolan-esque 'Lazy Gun'. The album then closes with 'Timothy' and another rock ballad, 'Sgt. Major'.
This is a classic album from another band reshaping the face of music along with contemporaries such as Kings of Leon, The White Stripes, The Darkness and many others. If you are into thundering classic rock albums full of anthemic tracks, Jet are the band for you.
'Get Born' kicks off with the short, hard rocking 'Last Chance', and quickly fires into the modern classic and first single, 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl'. After these brilliant opening tracks we are given the second single, the great 'Rollover DJ'. The mood settles with the sensitive ballad 'Look What You've Done', then Jet are back on form with the rocker 'Get What You Need'. We then get the bluesy 'Move On', featuring slide guitar and harmonica, followed by 'Radio Song'. 'Get Me Outta Here' paves the way for the fantastic, heavy rocking, AC/DC-style 'Cold Hard Bitch', and then 'Come Around Again' and 'Take It Or Leave It' bring us to the Bolan-esque 'Lazy Gun'. The album then closes with 'Timothy' and another rock ballad, 'Sgt. Major'.
This is a classic album from another band reshaping the face of music along with contemporaries such as Kings of Leon, The White Stripes, The Darkness and many others. If you are into thundering classic rock albums full of anthemic tracks, Jet are the band for you.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Okay, it's spot the influence time on this album. Iggy Pop, ACDC, The Stones, The Kinks- not a bad bunch to copy and yes, I'm afraid that a few of the songs on this album wear their influences on their sleeves. But don't let that out you off because they are performed with such pedal to the metal conviction by Jet that you just can't help but be swept along with it. It helps like it sounds like the album was recorded virtually live, a bit of studio banter here and there, feedback, a hilariously mis-timed drum fill on "Take it or leave it"- it's brilliantly raw. I think it's on the ballads that Jet come into their own, some sweet melodies and harmonies- really memorable and heart felt. Can't wait to hear what they do next.
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have to admitt I was a little dubious about buying this album. I'd heard (and of course loved) "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" and was hankering for a new album so thought I'd give it a whirl.
Well basically, it's brilliant. From beginning to end is a ride filled with quality tunes. Every tune is catchy yet not repetetive and full of good solid rock. Jet also excel at the smoother side with lush piano tones and a voice that seems relativly unprocessed and is all the better for it.
This is one of the few recent albums (White Stripes, RHCP, being the exceptions) that I genuinly can't put down. I never tire of it and heartedly recommend it.
Favourite Tracks:
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (Of Course)
"Rollover DJ"
"Look What You've Done"
"Sgt. Major"
If I were in a band, this is the exactly kind of music I would make.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Pumping rock!
I bought this cd as I loved the "Be my girl" track used at a spinning class. Brilliant for getting really sweaty to!
Published 9 months ago by stronx
Standard.
This is standard, uncomplicated rock music. Whilst its not in the least bit original, sometimes derivative to the point of boredom, it DOES have a couple of fantastic songs namely... Read more
Published 20 months ago by T. Blackburn
Young and fresh
This is what rock & roll is all about. They have a fresh and dynamic sound, with "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" and "Rollover DJ" standing out. Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2006 by Bernard Smith
A BRILLIANT ALBUM!!
THIS IS AMAZING!Every track,including the slower ones,are great!
The only complaint I have is that 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl? Read more
The only complaint I have is that 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl? Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2006 by Dax
Liked it...
when i first got this album, it was all i was listening to for around a month, then i found another album, so i put it down, when i came back to it... Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2006 by Matthew A. Edwards
fab from start to finish!
there is not one bad song on this album. buy it, you won't regret it!
Published on 24 Jun 2006 by Ms. H. Hughes
A great album of Rock from Australia
This is an album full of "classic" rock. It has influences of other bands, but still fresh and original. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2004
Superb disc from Jet
This disc is crammed full of top-notch tunes. In the same way that Elastica's debut (for example) kept the songs shot & sweet and left you wanting more, only a select few are over... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2004 by M. LLOYD
Spot That Riff!
If this record had been recorded in 1964 it would be lauded as the most influential rock album of album of all time - but it wasn't. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2004 by Mr. A. L. Fielding
jet - get born album
this has to be my most favourite cd....ever!
it has my favourite song on it, are you gonna be my girl, and its great to listen to, or more embarrasingly do karaoke to! Read more
it has my favourite song on it, are you gonna be my girl, and its great to listen to, or more embarrasingly do karaoke to! Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2004
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