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The Jon Spencer Blues ExplosionMP3 Download
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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  • Original Release Date: 14 Jun 2004
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Sounds pretty cool to be a werewolf... 22 April 2002
By Mr. M. J. Hulme VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
Well now, here's a thing. The allegedly 'super-cool' New York rock threesome have returned with what sounds like a concept album about the trials and tribulations of a man that becomes a werewolf... this could go one of two ways. Happily for this listener, it manages to negotiate the twin pitfalls of pretentiousness and self-indulgence that such a concept should be guilty of, and instead it goes the way of excellence.

Somewhere in the making of this album, JSBE's previously scrappy half-fragments of songs have been rounded off and finished. Rather than the reliance on random shouts of 'blues explosion!' to link together unrelated tracks, each track here has been crafted along the more conventional songwriting structures - but fans of the group will know that with the Blues Explosion, verse-chorus-verse will never sound anything like conventional.

The old influences and styles are written through this album like a stick of rock - the early rhythm and blues and rock fusion of riff-driven bands such as Booker T, Cream, Stones and Zeppelin, the power of the Who, the inventiveness and surreal lyrical preoccupations of Captain Beefheart (whose vocal delivery is becoming increasingly imitated by Jon Spencer). However, there is something unique happening beneath the influence-ridden surface that should be investigated further.

Praise is due for the production too - thunderous drumming, clear, crisp bass and the right level of lead guitar and vocals. If it weren't for the werewolf preoccupations, I'd say the group have grown up. As it is, they've merely given us one of 2002's brightest rock and roll moments so far.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars UUUUNNGGHH !!!! 29 April 2002
Format:Audio CD
This rocks ! Forget snipes about the lack of experimentation. This album doesn't need it - it's got balls instead.
These are fully formed, albeit rough and ready songs. And don't you sometimes find the experimental half-finished approach of some bands tedious ? This is the JSBX letting off steam and having a laugh (and lord knows we need that after the last few years of Travizzzz, Stereophobics and now the dreary return of Oasis). It's got all the ridiculousness of Jerry Lee Lewis and the Cramps. The band are tight, fast and raucous. And Jon Spencer has still got the best grunt this side of Wilson Pickett.
Buy it, baby !
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars It's offical: this album is good! 2 May 2002
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Just about every lazy review I've spotted for this album has either been negative or just out-right hostile. Believe what you read and you'd think this was the biggest turkey to be released so far this year: a dull, tired, boring old record by a band that are old hat and past their prime. Well, either the press are just plain tired of JSBX or The White Stripes have simply stolen their thunder. Idiots. I pick the former, which is a real shame because far from being the disaster that this record has been portrayed as by every nitwit with a pencil and notepad this is actually a wildly inventive, unconventional and overall cracking album, perfectly in keeping with JSBX mad cap rock 'n roll style (yesssssssssss!).

Certainly fans of "Orange" and "Acme" will be pretty perplexed when they hear it. I agree with most reviews in that it's easily JSBX most accessible work - but let's not get too cosy here alright, we're not talking gushing MOR ballards and glossy, silky smooth production! You want your edge? Well it's still here and it kicks all the other bland pap rock 'n roll guff around into touch! How can I sum it up best? Well, it's more "Two Kinds Of Love" (from "Now I Got Worry") than "Bellbottoms" (from "Orange"). In other words, there is some semblance of a, y'know, tuuuuuune there somewhere! There could even be some singles in there!

So I'd say your reaction to this record will depend upon where you stand on that issue - if you like your JS pretty much all over the shop, with no real tunes to be found (see "Acme"), just a ramshackle bunch of riffs glued together with "BBBBLLLLLUUUUEEESSS EEXXXPPLLLLOSSIOON" barked every thirty seconds then I'm pretty sure you'll turn your nose up here. If you want the same chaotic shambles, but reigned in juuuuuuust a little bit - then I'd buy it RIGHT NOW if I were you.

Personally, I love this record - "Sweet 'n Sour" is a great opener, all over the shop and dirty as you want...in fact, you could apply that to just about any song here! "Midnight Creep", "Tore Up And Broke" and "Mean Heart", they're all ace! Ain't it cool!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Pedido:
Hola este disco CD' no me ha llegado todavía, se que todavía esta en la fecha de entrega... Gracias, saludos
Published 25 days ago by leo
4.0 out of 5 stars Reined in but still rolllickin' good
I see that this album gets alot of dishing from the Blues Explosion fans. Unrightfully so. The album features great songs and it's great fun to listen to. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Hugo Melo
4.0 out of 5 stars Spencer stopped diddling about and wrote some kickass songs
After initial bluesy ahem, experimentation, (you know the deal - loud tuneless noodlings, somehow persuading yourself and feeble A&R people that you sound GREAT) Jon Spencer at al... Read more
Published 21 months ago by marek
5.0 out of 5 stars Damn fine Rock n Roll
This stuff rocks. If you don't rock with it, then you must be dead from the ears down.
Published on 12 April 2010 by Atticclearer
5.0 out of 5 stars quality bluesey rock n roll
when i first heard this album i heard nothing that moved me particularly. but i kept being drawn back to it and during a long work based journey it suddenly made beatiful sense. Read more
Published on 31 May 2008 by Ben
2.0 out of 5 stars No bite.
Some bands should never become well-known names. It appears that the underground acts lose their vigour when they are shunted further into the mainstream. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2006 by G. Munday
3.0 out of 5 stars White Stripes were taking notes......
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion [JSBX] were formed out of the ashes of Pussy Galore, a pretty hardcore punk band featuring Jon Spencer. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2006 by T. Flint
4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent combination of time periods from the rock genre
Following in a recent long line of 'the' bands, the jon spencer blues explosion has a lot to live up to. Read more
Published on 13 April 2002 by mountainbiker0@yahoo.co.uk
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