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As the band's breakthrough record in the U.S., riding high on the left-field success of the slinky T. Rex homage "So Alive," this album still divides the band's fans to the present. Charges of sell-out are incredibly curious, because aside from "So Alive," absolutely nothing here sounds like it would have gotten anywhere on the airwaves. While Ash and David J were clearly dividing their songwriting efforts, resulting in a rather schizophrenic album, what they were writing and performing were some of the best songs of their collected careers. David J gets to indulge rock & roll and blues traditionalism on a number of his tracks, beginning with the opening "**** (Jungle Law)," a radical reworking of the old "Signifying Monkey" standard with compressed production and an almost industrial beat from Haskins. Another redone oldie is "Bound for Hell," a tale of the Devil driving a train to down below; David J runs his vocals through crackly distortion, playing harmonica while Ash plays a huge, thrashy guitar line. Perhaps his best number is his most atypical: "Rock and Roll Babylon," a barbed study of fame with Ash's sax and a string quartet fleshing out the sound beautifully. Ash's songs do some roots revisiting as well, in their own ways. "No Big Deal" and especially "Motorcycle" show that the man's been listening to some Jesus and Mary Chain, but his wonderful vocal purr marks them as his own songs. An unexpected addition to everything is "The Purest Blue," a radical reworking of Earth Sun Moon's "Waiting for the Flood" which leaves almost nothing of the original.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Kevin Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1990 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Kevin Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Kevin Haskins, Producer - Daniel Ash, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - angus wallace, StudioPersonnel - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1988 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
John Fryer, Producer - Kevin Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
John Fryer, Producer - Kevin Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
John Fryer, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Sylvia Mason-James, AssociatedPerformer - Lorna Wright, AssociatedPerformer - John Fryer, Producer - Kevin Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ruby James, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Kevin Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Bill Thorp, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Brooks, AssociatedPerformer - David J Haskins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Penny Thompson, AssociatedPerformer - Josie Abbott, AssociatedPerformer
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Kevin Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Gary Ash, Lyricist
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
John Fryer, Producer - Kevin Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
John Fryer, Producer - Kevin Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
John Fryer, Producer, Engineer - Kevin Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Kevin Haskins, Composer, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Ash, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - David J Haskins, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Love and Rockets, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Album review
As the band's breakthrough record in the U.S., riding high on the left-field success of the slinky T. Rex homage "So Alive," this album still divides the band's fans to the present. Charges of sell-out are incredibly curious, because aside from "So Alive," absolutely nothing here sounds like it would have gotten anywhere on the airwaves. While Ash and David J were clearly dividing their songwriting efforts, resulting in a rather schizophrenic album, what they were writing and performing were some of the best songs of their collected careers. David J gets to indulge rock & roll and blues traditionalism on a number of his tracks, beginning with the opening "**** (Jungle Law)," a radical reworking of the old "Signifying Monkey" standard with compressed production and an almost industrial beat from Haskins. Another redone oldie is "Bound for Hell," a tale of the Devil driving a train to down below; David J runs his vocals through crackly distortion, playing harmonica while Ash plays a huge, thrashy guitar line. Perhaps his best number is his most atypical: "Rock and Roll Babylon," a barbed study of fame with Ash's sax and a string quartet fleshing out the sound beautifully. Ash's songs do some roots revisiting as well, in their own ways. "No Big Deal" and especially "Motorcycle" show that the man's been listening to some Jesus and Mary Chain, but his wonderful vocal purr marks them as his own songs. An unexpected addition to everything is "The Purest Blue," a radical reworking of Earth Sun Moon's "Waiting for the Flood" which leaves almost nothing of the original.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:41
- Main artists: Love and Rockets
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Beggars Banquet
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
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