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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
One of the classic rock albums from the 90s, and a FANTASTIC mess of raw
blues, punk, funk and rock n roll, done with chicken grease and trash-king
attitude. PLAY THE BLUES...PUNK!!
Put Beck's "Loser", a Stones song, The Birthday Party, hilarious lyrics,
some juke joint blues, a funky drummer and a reeeal high strung preacherman
in a bag, shake it like an alligators tale and you might end up with the
sound and the blast of THE BLOOOOZE EXPLOSIOOON!
I saw another reviewer called it "a lo-fi hi-style stroke of masculine
genius", heh heh, and that's a description that is pretty accurate for songs
like "Full Grown" and "Blues X Man". There is not one remotely bad song on
"Orange", but if I had to pick 4 favourites I would choose "Flavor", "Brenda",
"Dissect" and "Bellbottoms".
This is The Blues Explosion masterpiece. Spencer and Judah Bauer have never
sounded as ferocious as this, and Russel Simins' drumming is amazing all the
way through; hard, heavy and kick-ass funky.
As I already own the Experimental Remixes album, I don't care too much about
the bonus tracks, but all in all you get 6 added dustkickers; Both mixes of
Flavor, a second version of Bellbottoms with a new drum break, the kick-ass
live medley of Brenda-Blues Explosion Man-78 Style-Greyhound, the slightly
harder version of "Very Rare" and the "Calvin" mix.
The liner notes are excellent and very well written. It's interesting to read
about the recording process of Orange and about some of their heaviest
influences; Jerry Lee Lewis, The Meters and James Brown.
"...James Brown, whose influence on Spencer, Simins and Bauer weighed heavily on
all parts of the presentation, but especially on the drum-smashing, turn-on-a-diming,
rhythm-and-blues-exploding revues that had become their nightly ritual and had
done as much or more as the records to prime the pump for the success of Orange."
(From the liner notes by Mike Edison)
It's hard to compare the Blues Explosion to anyone. And how could you? They are
in a league of their own. IT'S THE BLUUUES EXPLOSION LEAGUE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
THEY ARE NO.1 IN KANSAS CITY! NEW YORK CITY! THEY ARE NO.1 MY CITY! YOUR CITY!
ANY GODDAMN CITY! GET DOWN WITH IT!!!
The only album I can think of from recent years that holds any resemblance to
"Orange", is Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Fever To Tell", so if you dig that album and have
missed The Blues Explosion, you're in for a blast.
It's unbelievable that Orange didn't make a bigger impact when it was
released. Nobody sounded as raw then. Nobody sounds as raw now.
BELLBOTTOMS!BELLBOTTOMS!!BELLBOTTOMS!!!
blues, punk, funk and rock n roll, done with chicken grease and trash-king
attitude. PLAY THE BLUES...PUNK!!
Put Beck's "Loser", a Stones song, The Birthday Party, hilarious lyrics,
some juke joint blues, a funky drummer and a reeeal high strung preacherman
in a bag, shake it like an alligators tale and you might end up with the
sound and the blast of THE BLOOOOZE EXPLOSIOOON!
I saw another reviewer called it "a lo-fi hi-style stroke of masculine
genius", heh heh, and that's a description that is pretty accurate for songs
like "Full Grown" and "Blues X Man". There is not one remotely bad song on
"Orange", but if I had to pick 4 favourites I would choose "Flavor", "Brenda",
"Dissect" and "Bellbottoms".
This is The Blues Explosion masterpiece. Spencer and Judah Bauer have never
sounded as ferocious as this, and Russel Simins' drumming is amazing all the
way through; hard, heavy and kick-ass funky.
As I already own the Experimental Remixes album, I don't care too much about
the bonus tracks, but all in all you get 6 added dustkickers; Both mixes of
Flavor, a second version of Bellbottoms with a new drum break, the kick-ass
live medley of Brenda-Blues Explosion Man-78 Style-Greyhound, the slightly
harder version of "Very Rare" and the "Calvin" mix.
The liner notes are excellent and very well written. It's interesting to read
about the recording process of Orange and about some of their heaviest
influences; Jerry Lee Lewis, The Meters and James Brown.
"...James Brown, whose influence on Spencer, Simins and Bauer weighed heavily on
all parts of the presentation, but especially on the drum-smashing, turn-on-a-diming,
rhythm-and-blues-exploding revues that had become their nightly ritual and had
done as much or more as the records to prime the pump for the success of Orange."
(From the liner notes by Mike Edison)
It's hard to compare the Blues Explosion to anyone. And how could you? They are
in a league of their own. IT'S THE BLUUUES EXPLOSION LEAGUE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
THEY ARE NO.1 IN KANSAS CITY! NEW YORK CITY! THEY ARE NO.1 MY CITY! YOUR CITY!
ANY GODDAMN CITY! GET DOWN WITH IT!!!
The only album I can think of from recent years that holds any resemblance to
"Orange", is Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Fever To Tell", so if you dig that album and have
missed The Blues Explosion, you're in for a blast.
It's unbelievable that Orange didn't make a bigger impact when it was
released. Nobody sounded as raw then. Nobody sounds as raw now.
BELLBOTTOMS!BELLBOTTOMS!!BELLBOTTOMS!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you've heard the white stripes but you haven't heard the blues explosion theres something wrong and you should really get on the case right now!! Not that the white stripes are that similar but they got the fame and glory JSBX should have had. Anyway, Orange is probably the Blues Explosions best album, certainly the most focused version of all the madness, if that makes sense..... And if here you get the Experimental Remixes as a bonus its a very (very) good deal-featuring mixes by moby, beastie boys, beck, wu tang clan etc and is a quality item and worth having in its own right!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR! THEY GOT THE FLAVOR!!
26 Oct 2010
Format:Audio CD
One of the classic rock albums from the 90s, and a FANTASTIC mess of raw
blues, punk, funk and rock n roll, done with chicken grease and trash-king
attitude. PLAY THE BLUES...PUNK!
Put Beck's "Loser", a Stones song, Birthday Party, hilarious lyrics, some
juke joint blues, a funky drummer and a reeeal high strung preacher in a bag,
shake it like an alligators tale and you might end up with the sound and the
blast of THE BLOOOOZE EXPLOSIOOON!
I saw another reviewer called it "a lo-fi hi-style stroke of masculine
genius", heh heh, and that's a description that is pretty accurate for songs
like "Full Grown" and "Blues X Man". There is not one remotely bad song on
"Orange", but if I had to pick 4 favourites I would choose "Flavor", "Brenda",
"Dissect" and "Bellbottoms".
This is The Blues Explosion masterpiece. Spencer and Judah Bauer have never
sounded as ferocious as this, and Russel Simins' drumming is amazing all the
way through; hard, heavy and kick-ass funky.
As I already own the Experimental Remixes album, I don't care too much about
the bonus tracks, but all in all you get 6 added dustkickers; Both mixes of
Flavor, a second version of Bellbottoms with a new drum break, the kick-ass
live medley of Brenda-Blues Explosion Man-78 Style-Greyhound", the slightly
harder version of "Very Rare" and the "Calvin" mix.
The liner notes are excellent and very well written. It's interesting to read
about the recording process of Orange and about some of their heaviest
influences; Jerry Lee Lewis, The Meters and James Brown.
"...James Brown, whose influence on Spencer, Simins and Bauer weighed heavily on
all parts of the presentation, but especially on the drum-smashing, turn-on-a-diming,
rhythm-and-blues-exploding revues that had become their nightly ritual and had
done as much or more as the records to prime the pump for the success of Orange."
(From the liner notes by Mike Edison)
It's hard to compare the Blues Explosion to anyone. And how could you? They are
in a league of their own. IT'S THE BLUUUES EXPLOSION LEAGUE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
THEY ARE NO.1 IN KANSAS CITY! NEW YORK CITY! MY CITY! YOUR CITY! ANY GODDAMN CITY!!!
The only album I can think of from recent years that holds any resemblance to "Orange",
is Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Fever To Tell", so if you dig that album and have missed The Blues
Explosion, you're in for a blast.
It's unbelievable that Orange didn't make a bigger impact when it was
released. Nobody sounded as raw then. Nobody sounds as raw now.
BELLBOTTOMS!BELLBOTTOMS!!BELLBOTTOMS!!!
blues, punk, funk and rock n roll, done with chicken grease and trash-king
attitude. PLAY THE BLUES...PUNK!
Put Beck's "Loser", a Stones song, Birthday Party, hilarious lyrics, some
juke joint blues, a funky drummer and a reeeal high strung preacher in a bag,
shake it like an alligators tale and you might end up with the sound and the
blast of THE BLOOOOZE EXPLOSIOOON!
I saw another reviewer called it "a lo-fi hi-style stroke of masculine
genius", heh heh, and that's a description that is pretty accurate for songs
like "Full Grown" and "Blues X Man". There is not one remotely bad song on
"Orange", but if I had to pick 4 favourites I would choose "Flavor", "Brenda",
"Dissect" and "Bellbottoms".
This is The Blues Explosion masterpiece. Spencer and Judah Bauer have never
sounded as ferocious as this, and Russel Simins' drumming is amazing all the
way through; hard, heavy and kick-ass funky.
As I already own the Experimental Remixes album, I don't care too much about
the bonus tracks, but all in all you get 6 added dustkickers; Both mixes of
Flavor, a second version of Bellbottoms with a new drum break, the kick-ass
live medley of Brenda-Blues Explosion Man-78 Style-Greyhound", the slightly
harder version of "Very Rare" and the "Calvin" mix.
The liner notes are excellent and very well written. It's interesting to read
about the recording process of Orange and about some of their heaviest
influences; Jerry Lee Lewis, The Meters and James Brown.
"...James Brown, whose influence on Spencer, Simins and Bauer weighed heavily on
all parts of the presentation, but especially on the drum-smashing, turn-on-a-diming,
rhythm-and-blues-exploding revues that had become their nightly ritual and had
done as much or more as the records to prime the pump for the success of Orange."
(From the liner notes by Mike Edison)
It's hard to compare the Blues Explosion to anyone. And how could you? They are
in a league of their own. IT'S THE BLUUUES EXPLOSION LEAGUE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
THEY ARE NO.1 IN KANSAS CITY! NEW YORK CITY! MY CITY! YOUR CITY! ANY GODDAMN CITY!!!
The only album I can think of from recent years that holds any resemblance to "Orange",
is Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Fever To Tell", so if you dig that album and have missed The Blues
Explosion, you're in for a blast.
It's unbelievable that Orange didn't make a bigger impact when it was
released. Nobody sounded as raw then. Nobody sounds as raw now.
BELLBOTTOMS!BELLBOTTOMS!!BELLBOTTOMS!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Their Masterpiece
1 Nov 2010
Format:Audio CD
This is their masterpiece, one of the greatest albums of all times. It is a coherent, complex piece of work with no fillers and, unlike the other JSBX albums, also hardly any outtakes. The mix of r'n'r, punk, funk, soul, hip-hop and blues is unique and resembles nothing else - also not the other JSBX albums. It is also the moment in history where the JSBX decided to be about "having a good time" (thus leaving the attitude behind which was still left over from the Pussy Galore times), and Jon Spencer fully evolved into the Elvis-on-crack vocalist and James-Brown-Jerry-Lee-inspired showman, which made the live shows the most exciting thing around on the planet. With ORANGE, the JSBX wrote r'n'r history.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Amazing what R U waiting for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16 April 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Awesome blues rock album unlike anything else in the 90s
BUY IT u wont be disappointed
BUY IT u wont be disappointed
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