Now I Got Worry

I made it through, felt like a school band demo tape

So much better than Coldplay

An energetic blend of rock, blues, punk, and grunge. The singer is a blend of Mick Jagger, Jack Black, and a dash of Elvis. Some songs were too experimental for me that prevented me from giving a 5.

Never quite got into this album, there were aspects that I enjoyed but more that I didn’t enjoy… also it’s WAY longer than necessary, and it suffers from it. Overall 2.5/5 rounding down for the length. Should have liked it more than I did

This was not what I expected from the name. It was loud, noisy but still pretty bluesy. Liked it enough that I’m going to listen to some more by this band.

The Good: He’s got the worry, not me! The Bad: I’d be worried too though… The Ugly: Exploding blues… it gets nasty! Yeah… no need to waste words on this atrocity. In order to save 1996, please listen to Matchbox 20, The Wallflowers… Tool? Skip this album… it was horrid to listen to, and I regret having to dish out a 1*

the fifth studio album by the jon spencer blues explosion, a gritty punk rock band from nyc. like the last one i listened to, this is punk music that's made to offend a bit. purposefully written to be ear-grating and abrasive, it's not too surprising that this album is one of the lowest ranked records on the 1001 platform. i saw the lower rankings and gulped like a cartoon character. as with all days... i gotta listen to it all the way through WOOF this album is loud, yes sir. unbelievably loud. if he's not screeching like a bald eagle, he's slamming his lips into the mic and channeling a schizophrenic elvis voice. not even just an eagle, this album, this performance is like a damn zoo. with dogs and roosters and bears and hogs. and yet it's crazy... the more i listened to it, the more i liked it. i've heard bad loud and this was surprisingly... tolerable? i understand why the ratings for this album are a bit lower on the platform, but i genuinely can't bring myself to hate it.

It just sucks.

I like Chicken Dog. Rocketship as well. Dynamite Lover as well. And Hot Sh*t. Really good stretch there.

This was absolutely not what I was expecting based on the name or the year it came out, but I actually really dig it. Apparently I'm currently most of the way through the bonus tracks as I type this and I don't feel like turning it off any time soon.

It was a cool album at times. Really dug the overall vibe. It became a little too much of a jam session for my tastes though. Insane amount of bonus tracks though

Random yelling right off the bat does not give me a good feeling about this album. This is too much like Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Scuzz rock is not for me I think. This genre of music could more aptly be described as garage rockabilly. It's like if Brian Setzer went to prison. Dynamite Lover is good, like if Chris Isaak decide to rock. R.L. Got Soul is the best track on the album.

1/10 - terrible, just noise to give a headache, nothing original

I mostly only know this group from "Bellbottoms," but I've never really gathered "Blues" from their music. It's much more "Explosion" or maybe "Jon Spencer." This album was very interesting, but it never clicked and ended up feeling like a disjointed mess, but there were some rather good moments. I'll take an interesting but flawed experiment over boring and mass-produced just about any day, though. Favorite track: "Rocketship"

Solid but not really that interesting

No fav song

why are you screaming in my ear bro besides that, it's nice actually. Mix between jazz-blues and classic rock eyeballin sounds a lot like a zepellin song it's like the first and last song are too experimental for my tastes, while the middle of the album is fine (not all songs, I would only really highlight eyeballin)

I didn't know what to expect, but it wasn't this A nice surprise and a mad album. Cracking stuff

How does Blues Explode? Apparently in a fun of cacophony.

This didn't need to exist.

The first ten seconds of this perfectly sums up my thoughts on this album. What’s more to say?

Despite the long run time, I didn't hate my time with this one. Some of the weirdness works, and some of it is just weird. I probably would've given this a higher rating if they cut a few tracks.

had to turn it off cause it was upsetting my cat

It has its good moments, but it just does too good a job at being insufferable. 4/10

Favorite songs: Wail, 2Kindsa Love, Rocketship, Can't Stop

All killer, no filler. I want to live in this album. Raw, grimy, sexy, raunchy - love it.

Was somewhat more primed to enjoy this than most as I know their song "Bellbottoms" really well from the spectacular car chase at the opening of Baby Driver that is synced to the song. Seriously watch it, phenomenal piece of action That said, none of this quite hit the mark for me in the same way - a shame

Not what I was wanting to listen to at 7am having just had a night of driving around trying to see the persides meteor shower and ultimately failing but it is what i was handed This may have lead to my dislike of this album a little but year I didn’t really like this 2

Sticky sounds like Radiohead’s Creep. This album was good. The late 60’s garage rock influences are clear and are enjoyable. The singer sounds like Mick Jagger sometimes. I like how occasionally a synth or piano will make an appearance. Favorites were Wail, 2Kindsa Love, Rocketship, Can’t Stop, and Eyeballin.

Blues, Rock, Chaos, Punkish what's not to like?

Cool experimental opening even cooler ensing and a middle section i did not care for

A lot of noise going on but not much that I enjoyed.

Álbum com sonoridade que me lembrou uma mistura de Garage rock com Rolling Stones. KZ ZVX.

Never heard of this and if the album cover is anything to go by... I'm going to hate this. Yup, this couldn't be worse. Hated this with a passion.

Deep down, I know I'm just some random guy. I'm not involved in the music business, and I have not business trying to tell an artist how to make their art better. I'm not even a professional critic who deconstructs music for a living. However. In this case, I think I could make *Now I Got Worry* significantly better, and it all has to do with sequencing. The very first thing you hear on this album is an ear-splitting, clipped-out, violent scream. The song that follows is not pleasant at all. As you'd expect. This is followed by what sounds like a garage experiment. Not just lo-fidelity, but lo-talent. It sucks. Sure, the third song, "Wail," is pretty good, but it's followed by a few more strange, vaguely painful, noisy songs. Then - starting with "Chicken Dog," thing start to pick up, and then next 8 songs are great. Yes, they are lo-fi garage-punk-blues songs, but they're catchy and they rock hard. More varied and interesting than The Black Keys, less serious and more authentic than The White Stripes..... it's a lot of fun. But wading through those first seven song is a real slog, man. 1. Wail 2. Chicken Dog 3. Rocketship 4. Dynamite Lover 5. Hot Shit 6. Can't Stop 7. Firefly Child 8. Eyeballin 9. R.L. Got Soul 10. Love All of Me 11. Sticky And bam. There you go. Significantly better; a four star album. As it stands though..... THREE STARS

Did not really care for this at all. I'm sure someone gets enjoyment from this, but not sure how. ⭐️

First off, what's up with this album cover? Why does it look like it has a Pewdiepie face cam? I really enjoy the Jon Spencer song that was in Baby Driver, so I was excited going in to this album. I think a bunch of people are overreacting, this isn't that bad, in fact it is actually pretty good. I am close to giving this a 5 out of spite, but the 2nd half just becomes a little too one note for me. High 4.

I enjoyed the jam sessions on this more than the experimental stuff. That stuff sounds a lot like an Edgar wright movie screaming which was cool but it grating.

Straight up ear rape

I thought I was going to hate this much more than I did, given the opening. However the punk rock Elvis Presley vibes were interesting and fun when you could distinguish it from the haphazard noise. Also... extra points for Chicken Dog, that had me laughing my ass off.

not amazing

The band name checks out. He did indeed explode into a wonderful ruckus of blues, punk & noise. Only really Jack White knew what to do with the pieces. Spencer also reminds that R.L. Burnside exists. Spencer did an album with Burnside called A Ass Pocket of Whiskey. You should give it a listen.

name of the band rings a bell, don't think I've listened to any tho starts with a scream, good good digging the crunchy slide guitar starting to get the impression this is very punk/noise, apparently it's called "scuzz blues" :| 💥wail 💥chicken dog

Going with 3 starts for this one. Had some entertaining moments but some real lows and boring parts.

I liked this well enough. Some bluesy, punky, weird Elvis vibes. Cool guitar work. 3/5

Alldeles för mycket och alldeles för spretigt, men vilka jävla gitarrer. En stark trea.

With a name like "The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion", I assumed I would be listening to music created in the mid to late 60's. I was surprised by the Blues scarce, Jam-band punk that greeted me. There are blues there, I finally found some six and seven tracks in, mixed with a little Psychobilly. Overall, this did not do it for me. The best that can be said is that the songs are short so if you can hold out a minute it will be on to another one. There are a few awesome moments, but they are fleeting, but good enough for me to take this up to 3 stars. If you really like with Jack White is doing today mixed with some Cramps, you may enjoy this.

This album has taught me the meaning of the word pain

What a weird experience. I really don't know what I think of it.

Glad I listened to it, it probably won’t go back for a second time.

noise, not music

hahaha hot shit

6/10

5/10

"Now I Got Worry" is frantic, chaotic, loud, and raw. If you like your music loud from time to time - as I do - this might be for you. If not, you may well be running for the hills and giving this album a one-star rating. Iggy and The Stooges are clearly an influence here, as is early English Punk from around 1976 to 1979. However, it lacks the charm, humour, and sarcasm of those early pioneers. That said, Jack White was clearly a fan of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion; you can hear what they were attempting brought to fruition in the music of The White Stripes. Jack White managed to add focus, sophistication, and far more melodic arrangements - not to mention the dynamic of Meg White’s drumming, which gave the songs a sense of space that this album severely lacks. Like many albums on this list, there is nothing inherently poor about it. They were simply another band that were darlings of the music critics for a brief period before the moment passed. Three stars. 1 "Skunk" (3/5) 2 "Identify" (3/5) 3 "Wail" (4/5) 4 "Fuck Shit Up" (3/5) 5 "2Kindsa Love" (3/5) 6 "Love All of Me" (3/5) 7 "Chicken Dog" (4/5) 8 "Rocketship" (3/5) 9 "Dynamite Lover" (3/5) 10 "Hot Shot" (3/5) 11 "Can't Stop" (3/5) 12 "Firefly Child" (4/5) 13 "Eyeballin" (3/5) 14 "R.L. Got Soul" (3/5) 15 "Get Over Here" (3/5) 16 "Sticky" (3/5) Total - 51 Average - 3.2 384/1001 205/384 albums reviewed were new to me.

Not sure I'm cool enough to "get" this. Some cool grooves, but probably wont relisten any time soon

Awful noise

Its okay but not good

not for me

It was weirder than expected more 90s alt than I expected. Reminded me of the White Stripes but also of a band like Ween trying to make a blues album. A guys-goofing-around energy. Inconsistent but very charming!

Man, I LOVED Wail and Rocketship. The rest I thought was kind of stupid and simply not my vibe! Ah, if only there was a rating between 1 and 5 that could represent my love/hate feelings about this album... oh well.

Местами звучит как King Gizzard, только за это 4, в остальном средне

Привет из 2017 (саундтрек бэби драйвера тоже привет). Альбом топчик.

Какой-то гаражный блюз рок

отдельные композиции интересные прям, но их слишком мало, а так bellbotoms та же оч крутая, дам шанс и еще наверное какой альбом послушаю, тут - 3

Phenomenal album no notes

The Spotify band bio includes this line: “In its favor is the music's exciting, improvisatory feel; also true is that it's frequently incoherent and careless, and doesn't hold up well to repeated listenings.“ 😆 I was shocked by the opening song scream since I had no idea what to expect from this 80-minute album but I like it a lot! It’s super punk but tight. Singer of the callouts to the blues are pretty great, too, like in “Wail”. It’s one of the most interesting finds from this album survey and I’m tempted to give it five stars, but does it bear repeated listening? Yeah, I think so, but in the right mood.

Guess I'm going against the grain here but I loved this. Just great fuzzy scummy blues punk garage rock. This kicks ass. I can hear some Cramps, I can hear some White Stripes & Black Keys, and some R.L. Burnside of course. "Wail" "Chicken Dog" "Rocketship" "Can't Stop" and "Eyeballin" are the standouts for me

What do you mean the ultra-scuzzy blues punk album has a Calvin Johnson song on it? They're no Exile on Main St. (though Spencer would certainly try later on), but they're pretty solid!

It started okay (but I don't get him saying he is anti-rock, this is all rock) but then it went off the rails and just became obnoxious for what felt like no reason.

This falls solidly into the “I have no idea what I just listened to” genre. I appreciate their energy and spunk though, so why not, take a 3.

When it was good, It was very good indeed, But when it was bad it was horrid.

2.75

Unique blend of punk, rock and blues. But too noisy for my taste.

Pretty awful start. Some good songs though. Fuck shit up and Can't stop. Guy reminds me of Jim Morrison, but the lyrics aren't anything and the mix is quiet for vocals. Some good rock noise but also some pretty painful sounds. Probably won't ever revisit.

One of those experimental albums makes you roll your eyes, but occasionally a song will break out into an outrageously funky groove (eyeballing). Wish they had refined it a bit and cut the shit parts

Starting the album by screaming at your listeners is... a choice. I mean there are maybe one or two ok songs in here but my goodness there's some annoying crap in here too.

imagine naming a song "chicken dog" and making it onto the prestigious list. My kids CAN get their hopes up. Smart of these guys to start this album at the lowest expectation. You can only go up from screaming into the microphone to kick off your first song. It got better but I don't get it. It's super duper noisy.

Truly awful. After three in a row that were great, I guess I was scheduled to reveal a bust. I don't know why I need to listen to this.

While I can’t say I love it, I am intrigued. Could it be a lost masterpiece? Or simply the ravings of another lunatic with mic and tape? I’ll probably go to my grave wondering which, and that thought will haunt me for the rest of my lunch break.

Meh

07/15 Fucking noise

I knew this group because of their 'Bellbottoms' hit, but didn't recognize any other tracks. I did enjoy it nonetheless

One of those bands I have heard the name of (a lot) but never actually heard. Turns out it’s Garage rock, rock n roll fans. Raw in a punkish way. Not what I expected, guess they are or were quite polarising. It was ok, kind of heard it all before, wouldn’t go looking for again but heard it and it was ok, and it wasn’t the blues muso that I expected so that’s a plus, which makes sense I guess as that wouldn’t have been so divisive, and it’s too long in that 90s cd way. 3 Star

We're really scraping the bottom of the barrel here aren't we?

The JSBE thinks it's doing something revolutionary with blues but ends up essentially doing donuts at the end of a cul-de-sac - it's loud and annoying and it goes nowhere.

Couldn't pass more than track 2

Hey, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. I've never listened to this band's music, though I'm familiar with their name thanks to "I'm Not a Model" by Russell Simins, who was the drummer of this band. That song appears on the Jet Set Radio Future soundtrack and is easily my favourite offering from that fantastic lineup of songs. Being a prostie has never sounded so badass. Anyways, I'm not sure what genre of music these guys belong to. Blues, I would presume, though the "explosion" element of this band name leads me to believe that the group are more contemporary in their sound. I'm expecting either a blues album with a post-hardcore influence or a blues album with a 60s psychedelic influence. I think I'll hedge my bets on the former option since it's the more contemporary choice. Here goes. "Punk blues" apparently, though I'd say I was pretty on the money with my prediction. Hmm. Interesting. I wasn't into this album on the first listen, though I've come around to quite a bit now that I'm playing it back on shuffle as I finish off this review. I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's quite surreal how much of a difference a second listen can do for some albums. Anyways, yeah! This wasn't bad. It was remarkably consistent across its runtime and with a respectable runtime at that. I was initially critical of the blown-out, garage rock guitars (they're one of those musical things which have a very low strike rate with me), though they toe the line quite well now that my opinion of this album has improved. They don't sound blown-out and shitty. Rather, there's a satisfying level of depth and direction to where the guitars head, which is underscored nicely by the hefty, booming percussion. The vocals have a slacker quality to them which obviously impedes their appeal as sincere, authentic performances, though they're still quite adept. I enjoy Spencer's campy, faux-Elvis intonation. All in all, I thought this was a solid listen, and part of me is tempted to revisit it. Book time. Pays homage to a lot of artists. JSBX are also a good live act, though that's about it. Wikipedia says Weird Al directed the music video for Wail and that critics were generally favourable to this album. It also performed modestly in the few countries where it charted. It peaked at No. 25 in Sweden, No. 50 in the UK, No. 80 in the Netherlands and No. 121 in the US. I mean, yeah. I favoured this album. It's one of the few albums to come from lo-fi rock that I didn't think was complete shit, so that's gotta count for something, right? We're letting this one through. I cosign this inclusion.

2+

Wow was this unpleasant

I respect the energy and some of the guitar licks but mostly this feels like having an amp turned up to 11 broken over your head by a screaming madman.

idk some of it’s really cool and some of it’s total garbage. wayyyy too inconsistent for me to rate it highly. i kinda appreciate the boldness though.

Finns element som är trevliga (Ty Segall anyone?), fast lite för slarvigt och oseriöst

This was awesome. Like a punkier version of White Stripes. I'm mystified by some of the harsh reviews. Must suck not being fun.

Some of this is legitimately good. Some of this is legitimately awful. On balance it should be at least a 3...but I find myself frustrated by the pretentiousness of it. Like "check this out, I can write some great blues rock with cool riffs...but I'm also going to throw some bullshit noise into it because I'M AN ARTIST." OK, guy. No one will ever accuse you of being a boring sellout, but no one will ever mistake you for being a successful artist, either. It's hard to be a successful artist, and at least this guy got to work with Weird Al, so maybe that's success enough. 2.4

Me hace gracia la pinta de cutre de la portada. Las guitarras eran interesantes, y aunque intento apreciar que ciertas música busque ser escandalosa, no me ha parecido lo suficientemente valiosa. 2/5

Rough and dangerous blues, ready to battle. I love this. 4.5/5

a tour de force of batshit crazy blues rock. Takes the concept of a "wall of sound" to a completely different place. You have to be in the right mood to enjoy this. Unique for sure, but not required listening.

Noisy 90's alternative. Definitely bands who did this much, much better. 2/5

Not what I expected from the band name but then again, this is probably what a blues explosion would sound like.

Now I Didn't Enjoy

As a Gen X, firmly rooted in music of the 90s, how did I miss this? Why was I subjected to Spin Doctors when The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion could have been taking up those precious airwaves? Not every song hits but they take chances and a lot of it works. It's of its time but its postmodernism keeps it relevant.

Fuck Shit Up sounds really cool; could do without the vocals. A lot of it has been.. a lot so far. 2Kindsa Love was cool Hot Shit also fun. Can't Stop has a fun groove to it. Still don't like the vocalist. Very good drum break! Firefly Child has a good groove too; I like the bluesy tracks and this drummer fucking rules. Eyeballin is interesting; again with the grooves. Why hasn't the band been this consistently good til now? RL Got Soul is more of the above. Sticky is just not fun to listen to I'm afraid\ I don't like Rocketship; something about the way he says wild child sounds dumb, and he says it a billion times. It's fine, but it doesn't do a lot for me. 2/5 Favorite: Fuck Shit Up Least: Rocketship Shoutout: Cant Stop, Firefly Child, Eyeballin

The music is intriguing, the vocals step all over it. There are a few redeeming qualities about this album, but overall it falls short.

No Bellbottoms? No good.

Started at rock bottom, and almost clawed its way up to a weak two, but the last few tracks killed its chances. Overall questionable songs dotted with a few decent melodies here and there. I’m into experimental stuff, but not this type of experimental. “F**k Shit Up” really did fuck shit up…. and the album suffered for it. I’d love to return to this in a few years with a more trained ear and see if some of the sounds are more appealing then, but I don’t think it’ll ever be a standout favorite. Strong one. STAND-OUT TRACK: “Firefly Child” HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Wail”, “Dynamite Lover”

Pas pire même si un peu pas écoutable.

An interesting take on punk, blues and rock 'n' roll. You would think that at least one of those genres wouldn't fit but they do. This guy doesn't do ballads. Every song is upbeat and energetic and I like his voice.

Not what I was expecting at all, based on the name I thought I was getting a Blues album lol. The scream at the start really took me by surprise. It did take a couple of tracks for it to click with me but it was great once it did. Definitely one I’ll be going back to and I’ll have to check out more of their albums. Top Track - Dynamite Lover

En 1996, alors que la Britpop s'embourgeoise dans des stades pleins à craquer et que l'electro commence à imposer sa loi lourdement métronomique, un trio de New-Yorkais débarque avec un disque dont le nom sonne comme un aveu ou une menace : Now I Got Worry. A cet oeuvre, je donne un solide 4 sur 5 et même si son manque d'accessibilité immédiate pourrait en refroidir plus d'un, et ce dès les premières minutes. Après avoir exploré le chaos avec Pussy Galore, Jon Spencer, flanqué de ses fidèles complices Judah Bauer et Russell Simins, s'est mis en tête de célébrer la puissance et la virulence du blues originel, mais en lui injectant une bonne dose de rage punk et de crasse garage. Le résultat est un assaut sonore d'une rare violence. Le disque s'ouvre sur « Skunk », et l'entrée en matière est tout simplement incandescente : un cri strident, viscéral, qui déchire le silence avant que la batterie lourde et résonnante de Simins ne vienne vous enfoncer le thorax. Ce qui me fascine dans la performance de Spencer, c'est cette manière unique de vampiriser l'histoire de la musique américaine. Il prend le déhanchement sexuel d'Elvis et lui donne une inflexion totalement punk, presque malsaine. Sur « Wail », il se transforme sous nos yeux : moitié prédicateur baptiste illuminé du fin fond du Sud, moitié pilier de bar vicieux prêt à déclencher une bagarre générale. C'est théâtral, c'est outrancier, et c'est diablement efficace. Sur « 2Kindsa Love », le morceau bascule constamment entre les hurlements possédés de Spencer et les attaques discordantes de la guitare rythmique de Judah Bauer. On est au bord de la rupture, le son est saturé, la production de Jim Waters et de Spencer lui-même est volontairement brute, capturant l'essence même de leurs concerts. Pourtant, sous cette couche de distorsion et de fureur brute, le Blues Explosion connaît ses classiques sur le bout des doigts. L'hommage aux anciens n'est pas une posture de petit étudiant en musicologie, c'est un cri du cœur. Prenez « Chicken Dog » : le groupe y invite la légende du R&B Rufus Thomas en personne. À 78 ans, le vieux lion pose sa voix avec l'énergie d'un adolescent éternel sur un morceau qui salue directement ses propres classiques, « Walkin' The Dog » et « Do The Funky Chicken ». Plus loin, « R. L. Got Soul » vient enfoncer le clou en rappelant la complicité du trio avec l'énigmatique bluesman du Mississippi R. L. Burnside, qu'ils venaient de backer sur le monumental An Ass Pocket Of Whiskey. Je vois là une tentative brute, honnête et viscérale de reconnecter le rock moderne avec ses racines les plus sombres et les plus terreuses. Alors oui, l'album perd sa cinquième étoile à cause de ce mur du son parfois impénétrable qui attend l'auditeur non averti dès les premiers instants. Now I Got Worry est un disque exigeant, bruyant, parfois épuisant, qui exige une reddition totale de vos tympans.

Hated this about 0.1 seconds into it, never recovered from there. Best Song: Wail Rating: 2/10 Stars: 1

What the hell kind of opening is that? Intense! It was an ok album. Explosion is the right word to describe these guys.

Love it from the beginning

Le début j'ai frôlé la crise cardiaque

Hardcore punk/post-punk, with noise, garage, and avant-garde features. A bit too abrasive for me. Singer has a kinda Elvis thing going on but it's buried in the noise. Actually we get a riff like A Little Less Conversation, immediately buried in noise too. This is quite tough to get through Best track - choose at random - Chicken Dog 2 stars - i'm sorry it's just too much noise, too far gone

Eccentric maybe?

Yeah, this album is just there. Some good snippets exists but it's surprisingly just boring as a whole. Top tracks: "Can't Stop," "R.L. Got Soul"

--Skunk…okay, not playing around. finally a guitar solo I can play! --Identify…noise --Wail…has the cadence of a pop song --Fuck Shit Up…oh my, quite the left turn. it’s interesting, can’t deny that --2Kindsa Love…decent punk. fun guitar riff --Love All of Me…more mid pop punk but it’s heavily distorted so it’s artistic, right? --Chicken Dog…the first track that feels complete and it includes a guest vocalist --Rocketship…some nice bass but overall whatever --Dynamite Lover…another track that feels complete as opposed to the other attempts at songs. nice, chunky sound --Hot Shot…sweet guitar groove --Can’t Stop…we get some much needed piano. a fun instrumental --Firefly Child…some cool, heavy riffs but otherwise meh --Eyeballin…interesting guitar experimentation but that's about it --R.L. Got Soul...nice opening riff. oh, it's the only riff. okay, there's some pretty great guitar work at the end --Get Over Here...there's a decent track buried in here somewhere --Sticky... -_____-

It was awful.

I have never heard of them. Lead vocalist: not good. Some nice guitar hooks. Many songs loud with no melody. No song really stands out. Average album : three stars

Found several parts pretty annoying with few redeeming qualities

That was a bit much.

Sounds like an Otis Nixon bit about a resurrected brain-dead Elvis, with a limited zombie vocabulary, joining a jam blues band and having absolutely nothing to say that is 42 minutes too long. Considered quitting four tracks in. Wish I had. [Insert boilerplate copy "Why the fuck is this on the list?" here]

Not my jam

Not that good

That was fine. Not the worst thing I’ve heard but I have no desire to listen to it again. Would rather listen to G Love.

I definitely wouldn't call this blues. It was more like angry punk. I'm giving it a 2 over a 1 as some of the guitar riffs on the second half of the album were kind of redeeming.

awful

Noisy

别nm的叫了

Weird! Gonna have to revisit and digest this one. 6/10

A lot of 90s had some interesting noisy music and experimental stuff. This one didn't work.

Gritty noisy hell rock, more of this please

Fun. This has aged very well. Before I listened I was worried it might sound corny or sarcastic/ironic or like bad blues karaoke, but this thing sounds great. I imagine seeing them perform in a small club would be great.

Hey, fun times! I haven’t really thought about Jon Spencer in years, this was a good time revisiting.

This was great. I never gave this band the attention I maybe should.

Just rubbish. At time its sounds like they want to be The Jimi Hendrix Experience…..they are not.

Probably the best thing I can say about this is a 45min runtime for 16 tracks makes this a swifter form of torture.

It was an unfortunate way to discover my earphones were on basically full volume given the first track starts with a massive scream... However I really liked a lot of this album. It's completely all-over the place, but when it hits for me, I really love it (Wail, 2 Kindsa Love, Chicken Dog, Rocketship, Can't Stop). Unfortunately there are also parts that are actively unpleasant to listen to (Sticky being the best example). Oh, and Fuck Shit Up sounds like a much swearier Beck. I can entirely understand why most people would hate this... but for the most part, I didn't. It makes it hard to mark because 3 seems too low for me, but a 4 quite a lot. On balance: 3/5

A Unique Album - Brilliant at times - what alcoholics like to call moments of clarity - but equal parts awful. Orange is better. 2.5/5

I’ve always been mildly drawn to these guys but never gave them a solid listen. One of those “these guys are cool i should check out more” bands. I was kinda expecting a four star. Alas there is a lot of just noise on this. Some good stuff, for sure, but a lot is just a mess. I’ll give 3 stars but i think i may be being generous here

Strange album. Parts of it sound like Iggy Pop meets Jimi Hendrix, otherwise parts sound like small children let loose on musical instruments for the first time. Then another part reminded me of that Tribe Called Quest song that sampled Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side.'

I love the reviews on this and how I knew 50% of people would fucking hate it from the first second. Come on people, open your minds to a diversity of sound, John Spencer isn't real, he can't actually hurt you. Imagine being afraid of an album because the guy screams. And the people that like that, ask yourselves, is it actually that good? JSBE live shows are all time, but the album struggles to translate the chaos in a legible way. A lot of it is just some guy screaming. It's cool to give it 5 stars to stick it to all the 1 star losers, but it's really not all that. I'm Switzerland, 3 stars.

No sé qué escuché. Blues punk? Rarísimo. Llamativo. Banco la apuesta. 6/10

Decent

Спасибо, мне с первой же песни захотелось убиться

I mean… 1.8-ish. After a couple of first tracks it’s listenable.

Started off with a discordant scream, and didn't get much better from there. Didn't care for it at all.

surprised it's not from britain! hah this one was rough, except "can't stop," I liked the keys. of course weird al directed a music video for them?

I see a lot of hate in the reviews for this one, and I get why that might be Not an easy listen, for sure I have absolutely loved 2Kindsa Love, since it came out in 1996, but most of the other songs hit a little different from that I do like the guitar noise, but the band sounds a little too disorganized for me I'm going with three stars, because the world is a better place with someone out there doing this kind of thing, but a whole 28 song album, all at once, is just too overwhelming

Well. That was an album. But the literal worst intro to the lead track because it sounded like someone was being murdered.

I got 15-20sec into this album and had to switch back to something that would preserve my morning peace. But when I actually listened, I learned that “Blues Explosion” apparently means hardcore rockabilly and a jammy/loose version of garage blues rock. All things I’m into, but I feel like I could easily point to better examples for inclusion on this list. According to Spotify listens, this isn’t even their most popular album?

First of all that fucking jim carrey dumb and dumber ass scream up front hurt my ears. Fuck you. I liked Wail, and I'm glad I waited through the first two track to hear it, but the rest of this album ranges from okay to booboo. Glad to hear Rufus on Chicken Dog, but that makes only 2 tracks on the cut that are worth it. Plus I can't help but notice what their next album is listed as on wiki and that's bugging the shit out of me. I'm holding a 2 here mostly for Rufus and that one song Weird Al did the music video for. Jon Spencer and his Blues Explosion don't have much part in that 2.

uhhh... this was certainly interesting 3/5

Well, that's a generous two, because it wasn't as insufferable as the Cramps, although they stem from the same branch. Mixing and overall sound: shit Songs: most of them are piss weak Singing: honestly laughable and ridiculous. Instruments: mostly fine, but there are clearly audible slips of playing when the guitarist fell out of time. Redeeming quality: there were one or two songs that had a cool groove going. Spare me this shit next time, please.

I was skeptical but it won me over. It was like having a pile of scrap metal rubbed on your face

fucking scream jumpscare at the start of this fuck you. this is a very fitting counterpart to the last album i got (Raw Power by The Stooges). in many ways this is a premonition of the garage rock revival of the 2000s. more eclectic than a lot of that, which is nice even if i didn't like this all that much. has some killer riffs but it didn't give me much else. the Beck-esque hip hop elements are pretty rough. deserves to be one of the 1001? no.

This sounds like a prank.

Pretty good album. Very lively and energetic. Get Over Here was my personal favorite. 5.8/10

You know, I was really uncertain going into this. Out of 32(!) songs, only one breaks past half a million Spotify streams. Clearly very few people think this is worth listening to. To its credit, though, there are some gems buried amongst the distortionslop. Skunk and Wail, the first and third songs respectively, are wacky, brash, and surprisingly groovy. Wail in particular pays homage to late-60s acid rock, accompanied by slightly better production than the 60s had to offer. Normally I like to justify why certain tracks are enjoyable, but I can't do that with 2Kindsa Love. Don't get me wrong, it's thoroughly enjoyable – I just can't pinpoint why. The distortion is kind of overpowering here. Like the guitar equivalent of that blinding spacey distortion Matt Bellamy does with his Muse vocals all the time. A couple songs later, Chicken Dog stands out as being perhaps the most commercially accessible recording. Can't Stop would claim the same title, except it's mainly an (extremely catchy) instrumental with some weird out-of-tune singing/moaning at times. Entirely unsurprising: after the first 30 minutes or so, the album's blistering energy really starts to wear off. And then after the first 60 minutes, you catch yourself constantly checking how many damn songs are left. Scratch that – it's from the song Sticky onward. I became sticky with determination to see this semi-experimental crap through to its conclusion. That's not to say the entire experience is a waste of time – there are plenty of great riffs and grooves throughout the album, including on some of the latter (quasi-)instrumental tracks. But dammit, there's a ton of filler too. The last seven consecutive tracks are all terrible and (in the case of the Radio Ad series) near unlistenable. 2/5 Key tracks: Wail, 2Kindsa Love, Chicken Dog, Can't Stop, Buscemi

Some great riffs. I liked the bluesier ones more than the punkier ones.

when i saw the ''blues explosion'' i didn't assume i would hear this much punk. there are so many songs on the album so i couldn't listen to all of them. but the ones i listened to, were they extraordinary? no. were they fun? yes. i respect anyone who did rock/metal/punk in the 90's so i say today's discovery was well received even though i gave 2 stars.

Oh, the main guy is actually named Jon Spencer? See, I thought this was just a funny name that the band came up with. I thought this was like a Brian Jonestown Massacre situation where the name is a reference to something, but no. The only reference is to this band's frontman. Huh. Anyways, I didn't care much for this album. Admittedly, I can see the appeal of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, but this album didn't really do it for me. The noisy production, raucous energy, and penchant for humor could definitely appeal to someone like me in a similar vain to something like Ween's debut album GodWeenSatan: The Oneness, but unfortunately, I think this album misses a lot of what makes an album like that special. The production is a bit too harsh, there isn't a ton of musical variety on the album, and the musicality isn't as strong. This album's kinda one-note at times. I will say that there are parts of this album that I respect, mostly the things that I mentioned like the energy and humor, but the execution didn't land for me. The vocal performance wasn't my favorite by any means, none of the songs were super memorable, and I was kinda annoyed at some parts. But, I do still have respect for this album. I feel like this could've been good, but it's missing that extras something-something, you know? Decent attempt at a good experience, but not one that I'll think about much from here on out. Low 3/5.

my ears hurt

I really want to like the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion but too much of it is just sloppy versions of things other do better. A song like “Rocketship” feels like the best they can get - rootsy raw rock that has a melody and a beat. The rest feels like your friend in a local band that is good enough to go see and cheer on but glad when it’s over.

This is a cool fucking album. While listening I felt energized and entertained the whole way — it’s full of raw, greasy energy and killer rhythm. The grooves are nasty and addictive, that dirty garage-blues-punk hybrid they do so well. What really makes it fun are the funny, over-the-top lyrics delivered in Jon Spencer’s wild, howling style. It’s sleazy, playful, and ridiculous in the best possible way. The whole record just bounces and sweats with attitude. Not the most refined thing in the world, but that’s exactly why it works. It’s loud, loose, and full of personality. If you want blues-based rock that doesn’t take itself seriously but still kicks ass, this one delivers. Solid, fun listen.

Didn't love this...but can't deny it. 4

Terrible música, ritmo incomodo, puro grito de terror, no se siente para nada bien escucharlo.

algunas ideas buenas otras no, me gusta mas cuando intenta ser punk y menos lo-fi blues no es malo ni me desagrado pero tampoco lo recomendaría demasiado

La verdad creo que fue muy largo y el opening track no me encantó. Pero hasta ahí mis quejas. Gran disco con influencias de blues, stoner Rock y fuzz. No es el mejor trabajo de Jon Spencer pero me gustó

I was very worried how long this album was gonna take me man. It took me days to get through this. There are some gems on here but cheese and they’re few and far between. Won’t be coming back.

I wasn’t a huge fan at the start but it definitely grew on me. I liked the guitar riffs and the vocals and I enjoyed the energy of it. I wasn’t a big fan of all the screaming at the start, and whatever was going on in the final track. I’m not sure I’d come back to it, but I’m glad I gave it a second listen. Fav song: Rocketship Least fav: Sticky

Knew this was going to be a weird one just from the cover. Some decent backing tracks in there but the lyrics and voice work were just so bad at times. What was that last song as well. Specific rating - 1.9 Fav song - R.L got soul Least fav - Sticky / fuck shit up

After the initial scream and reading the top three global reviews I was pretty prepared to hate this album. But it was so fun! I loved the energy, I loved the weird Elvis vocals and the more spoken Fuck Shit Up, I loved the genre combination! I could have done without the initial scream and the last song but overall a much better type of explosion than I feared. Favourite song: Rocketship (or Fuck Shit Up) Least: Sticky

Rate: 8/10.

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is the coolest band ever to exist. This isn't even their best album and it's an easy 5. Rip roaring, no holds barred, rock 'n roll

Repleto de atitude, já no começo com a gritaria e com as letras aleatórias e grotescas. O instrumental auxilia em vender essa imagem Punk, com barulhos distorcidos e, como o nome sugere, uma explosão de guitarras tonificadas em ambientação blues. Sinceramente, os vocais nem sempre são do meu maior agrado. Eu estava cético nas primeiras faixas do disco. Demorou até ele desenvolver melhor o seu som, mas ali na metade eu já estava engajado em sua proposta. E a partir daí, cada faixa me parecia melhor que a anterior, cada vez mais audacioso e energético, elevando sempre o patamar, o barulho, o ritmo incessante. Que bomba! 5/5

Had a lot of trouble finding this one, and honestly this kind of grating vocal style is just not for me. I enjoyed some of the instrumentals but by the end of it I had had enough. Now I Got Worry that there's going to be another Jon Spencer Blues Explosion album on this list.

Espantoso, melodías saturadísimas y sonidos muy raros

Don't know. There was some nice singing segments but was a little too chaotic for most part

No es mi estilo Es un punk relativamente fuerte, sin embargo a la vez buscan combinarlo con una buena sincronización de instrumentos entonces hace un balance interesante Lo único es que en mi experiencia personal no conecté con el álbum Recomendado para capturar ritmos nuevos, un poco distintos de lo que era mainstream en esa época de los 90s

favs: wail

270526 11:19 2.5

Now I Got Worry is a noisy, abrasive collision of punk, blues, garage rock, and chaos. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion push their raw, distorted sound to extremes, delivering an album that's energetic and uncompromising but often more interested in attitude and texture than conventional songwriting. It's a challenging listen that rewards fans of experimental rock but can feel exhausting for others.

I hear a White Stripes sound and less “blues explosion”. I get that it’s 1996 and the White stripes may not have been an influence. Ok? I get it. I know this guy had a hit at some point because I have heard of him before and I don’t just hear of guys who include their name in their band name. So ya, this just lacks any sort of wow moment for me. It’s really just a garage recording to me. Sort of a “throw everything at the producer and see what sticks” vibe

Listening to a construction site directly out of my window would sound more like music and be more enjoyable.

Why haven't I been listening to this my whole life?

I had never heard of this before and it rules.

I’m sure there’s an audience out there for this, but it is nothing I will ever listen to again. It’s oddly recorded and mastered, and I get the vintage sound they were probably going for. Sounds like Rolling Stones with a lot of profanity and a punk rock edge.

3.5 started of ok got better and a bit weird

Man, what the heck was this garbage? Some of it sounded okay but the vocals were all over the place. Felt like a mix of different genres and sounds too. Very unnecessary listen.

I did not care for this at all

yikes

its kinda shite

The energy is good, but the songs aren't as interesting as they could be and the album is kind of flat. 2/5 Won't listen again

Chat is bro deadass

Jeg regnede med at jeg ville kunne lide det fordi jeg syntes Bellbottoms i Baby Driver var fed. Hørte albummet og var sådan lidt eh, ikke rigtigt for mig. Så hørte jeg Bellbottoms igen og det gik op for mig at jeg heller ikke var kæmpe fan af den uden biljagten fra Baby Driver

Sjovt lyt! Tror måske aldrig jeg har hørt en Jon Spencer plade fra ende til anden før og det er vist en fejl

Kind of fun and crazy, but also kind of fatiguing for a whole album.

Best Song: Chicken Dog. The lyrics were annoying but the riff was alright. Worst Song: Skunk. I cannot forgive this song for its atrocious start. Overall: One of the worst starts to an album I've ever heard. Some of the bluesy punk was okay, but it started off on such a bad foot that the album just annoyed me. There's a reason this album has already been lost to the annals of history.

Loose and raw, punky garage rock blues. These guys don’t give a fuck about anything except fit riffs, funky drumming, and attitude. Noisy, unfiltered, and chaotic, commercial appeal has no home here. My only issue is that the album comes out firing on all fucking cylinders that just keeps ripping for the first half, but by the back half the songs and energy are not quite as strong. While “fuck shit up” isn’t necessarily my favorite song in the album, it perfectly encapsulates their credo - “Make it fucked up”

You know, this is actually a pretty interesting album for being kinda ass. It really does have quite a few tunes that sound like something straight out of a garage in the late 60’s/70’s. I’m also getting heavy steppenwolf vibes (can’t stop for example) Not sure how I feel about the more twangy tracks though. Now that I listen more, this album could be totally salvageable and more palatable if it were a lot shorter. This just isn’t the kind of shit you need 16 songs of. I’m gonna have to revisit this again, because there’s definitely stuff here I genuinely enjoy.

Dang i am indifferent about this honestly its just rock music and it’s not really boundary setting

So, so bad.

I discovered JSBX from Baby Driver but if I was listening to this album when driving I would turn straight off bridge.

Surprisingly good

I disliked this album so much I couldn’t wait for it to end. It was such a chaotic jumble of things but not in a fun creative way more in an unsettling disturbing way. I thought I finally enjoyed one song on the album before I realised it had just ended and Spotify had shuffled something else. Yikes. This will literally never cross my desk again.

Something irritating about the whole album all the songs were just poorly written and badly produced probably quite a talented guy but sound quality and balance was all off. I liked some of the 'bonus tracks' but overall really didn't like the album.

I'd probably enjoy it more if I was on whatever he's on. I was initially excited as I like Bellbottoms, shame.

Never heard of these guys and I think I know why

What a bloody racket! Honestly the mixing made this unlistenable for me.

Man this RIPS! How did I not know about this band/album. The smoky garage sound incorporating blues and punk and rockabilly. Good stuff!

Ah the memories of living above a pub and listening the Thursday jam band start their god awful set while you try to get some sleep. Jon Spencer adds the vibe of a sleep paralysis demon to that cocktail.

I don't really consider screaming and loud chaotic noises as music, which this album mostly consisted of. I was sure I would just skip the whole thing after the first few tracks... but to my surprise there were few ok/good songs. Shame that most of the album was whatever it was.

отличное название, но очень странные звуки, не понравилось

Crass and feral, a love letter to Captain Beefheart

A solid 7/10. This one has a lot of raw energy and attitude. It feels messy, loud, bluesy, and chaotic in a good way. I ended up keeping a couple of songs, which is always a good sign.

3.6/5 if noise and art rock had a baby

This is another one that seems to get bad reviews, but I loved it. It’s messy, weird, loud, and has a ton of personality. The whole thing sounds like it’s about to fly apart, but in a way that makes it more fun. This album just has a nasty little swagger to it that kept me hooked the whole time. The guitar on “Skunk” was really good, and the Elvis sounding vocals on “Wail” were a little weird but somehow still worked. Outside of the vocals, parts of this actually reminded me of early Cage the Elephant, just with more rockabilly in it. The slide guitar on “Eyeballin” was great, the piano on “Can’t Stop” sounded like something out of a saloon, and “RL Got Soul” is a straight banger. The guitar solo on “Get Over Here” even had a Kurt Cobain, grungy kind of feel to it. “Sticky” was weird, but the rest of the album was so good I can let that slide. Favorite song: “RL Got Soul”

Was really hoping to see that this came out in like the 70s or something so i could say that it’s ahead of its time. Kind of makes me think of a more poorly executed White Stripes sound?

Skunk - 1.5/5 Identify - 2/5 Wail - 2.5/5 Fuck Shit Up - 1/5 2Kindsa Love - 1/5 Love All Of Me - 1/5 Chicken Dog - 1.5/5 Rocketship - 1/5 Dynamite Lover - 1/5 Hot Shot - 1/5 Can't Stop - 2/5 Firefly Child - 1/5 Eyeballin - 1/5 R.L. Got Soul - 1/5 Get Over Here - 1/5 Sticky - 1/5 Cool Vee - 1.5/5 Fish Sauce - 1/5 Yellow Eyes - 1.5/5 Turn Up Greene - 1/5 Buscemi - 1/5 Get With It - 1/5 Let's Smerf - 1/5 Down Low - 1/5 Chocolate Joe - 1/5 Judah Love Theme - 1/5 Dig My Shit - 1/5 Roosevelt Hotel Blues - 1.5/5 Radio Ad: Announcer #1 - 1/5 Radio Ad: Ernie Eddie - 1/5 Radio Ad: Announcer #2 - 1/5 Radio Ad: Street Sez-ME - 1/5

Shit. From a butt. A few cool guitar licks, but this does nothing for me.

No me gustó, pensé que era blues y es rock alternativo

Okay

Noisy, bluesy. If Beck only liked rock music.

Just hooting and hollering Favourite track: Eyeballin

Not for me. Didn't really enjoy this much at all.

Ahhh man another generic blues album, here we go… Press play AAAHRHRHHFHFHHHHHGGGV Wait this is 32 songs long?

No Spotify no stars!

its been a bit of a run of forgettable albums

Not bad not great? Feels like I can see how people like Jack White followed in some footsteps here with the raw, semi-unhinged garage rock Jon Spencer laid down. I do appreciate some of the off-the-wall nature of this and maybe it also feels bit like early Beck in that sense. Chicken Dog rips pretty hard, a lot of the rest is a bit forgettable.

That first track is a little much - definitely an explosion! Not sure if it's an explosion of the blues kind though. Ha! More experimental blues, but good.

Si javais pu mettre zéro je l'aurais fait

I hate leaving reviews like this but this album really just felt like meaningless noise to me. I love all sorts of “noise” albums but the difference is that I can usually tell what the artist was trying to express. In this case I just felt completely lost and didn’t enjoy myself.

John Spencer? Die sympathieke countryzanger uit Brabant, echte naam Henk van Broekhoven, die begin jaren tachtig een paar leuke hits had met Nederlandse vertalingen van oude rock 'n roll-nummers als Lana ('Oh Lana, wat heb je gedaan-a') en 'Johnny, vergeet me niet'? Ja, leuk, kom maar door! Oh wacht, het is Jon Spencer zonder h? Hm. Want vanaf de eerste seconden besef ik: 'Nu moet ik me zorgen gaan maken', dus de albumtitel is goed gekozen. Daarna wordt het niet beter. Een soort kruising tussen blues en glamrock, maar dan expres slecht uitgevoerd en geproduceerd. In feite een dikke, knipogende parodie op de Rolling Stones, gemaakt met iets teveel geestverruimende middelen achter de kiezen. Het cruciale verschil is natuurlijk, dat de Stones onder invloed nog steeds goede muziek maakten, terwijl deze malloten er juist niks van bakken. De beste stukjes zijn die waar de heren ook echt gewoon lekker spelen. Kennelijk waren de pilletjes toen even uitgewerkt. Dat tilt het allemaal net boven die andere Brabantse zanger (Frans Bauer) uit. Hoe dan ook, na afloop van deze plaat heb ik Henk opgezet, pardon John Spencer met h. 'Als de mist gaat komen en de regen stromen...' Heerlijk.

Ha lekker. Blues. Geluid wat harder en gaan! Aaaaiii....auw. je komt in deze lijst wel eens lieden tegen die eigenlijk niet heel goed zijn. Vreemd. Maar je klikt op 2 sterren en gaat verder. Veel erger is het als de 'artiesten' het eigenlijk prima kunnen, maar de boel moedwillig verzieken.

Vuige en wazige garagepunk uit de 90s. Dat moet wel muziek voor mij zijn, zullen de zure broeders waarschijnlijk zeggen. Nou, ik moet er sowieso even aan wennen, want het begint met een irritante schreeuw. En ik had me eigenlijk verheugd op een potje bluesrock, gezien de titel, want ik kende deze band totaal niet (wat al dubieus is, aangezien we alles wat goed is uit de 90s zo ongeveer wel kennen). Blijkt het alleen meer explosion te zijn dan blues. Dat begint al met een flinke tegenvaller. Vervolgens is de muziek theatrale punk, de zanger is zo te horen een beroepsaansteller met een goede vleug Elvis. Ik moet even wennen aan de rauwe garage stijl. Geluidskwaliteit is daar niet prioriteit nummer 1 zoals we weten. Het doet me verder denken aan een mix tussen the Hyves en Captain Beefheart. Vooral die schreeuwen tussendoor gaan echt door merg en been. Het leidt af van de muziek, die ondanks dat het rauw is, soms niet eens zo slecht is. Al gaan ze dan ineens met zijn allen blaffen, net als het een beetje lekker begint te rocken. Nee, dit is wederom niet mijn kopje thee. Ik geef ze 2 sterren voor de moeite, ik was weer blij toen dit klaar was en ik wel een goede pot bluesrock op kon zetten.

This is definitely an acquired taste thing. But the energy on this album is undeniable.

2 out of 5. Not much going on for me here.

Really surprised by the negative reviews this is getting. Ok, it’s not blues (like it says on the tin), but it’s pretty good punk-styled alt rock. Ok, it’s uneven, and can be a bit more noise-rock at times, but I enjoyed most of this.

Not one of my favorites, maybe was better in a real show but that i will never know

Mother of God! It's all toilet sounds!

Прикольний гурт.

Not my kind of music. Too screamy and loud overall. Didn’t finish the album.

Some sick guitar work, very elvis vibed

Its like if Elvis was in the 90's on Earl Sweatshirt type beats. I thought I hated it but it grew on me. Nothing life changing but has its merit.

Looked at some reviews before I listened and based on them, expected a messy disappointment. It was anything but that. Super fun album with a lot of great high energy tracks! So glad I got introduced to this. Had never given these guys a listen. Will definitely be listening to more of them.

Identity

was kind of dreading this listen after a few seconds, but it seems like “Skunk” is a good way to filter out posers. this shit rocks. will listen to again

this was a good one to listen to whilst doing the dishes. already forgotten what it was like though. but not bad

Yes my ears were exploding. Not worth the time

This was never meant to leave someone's parents' garage.

Whatever this is I hate it

wierd, funky, and horny. what else can i ask honestly

The worst part of an explosion is the shockwave. The immense wave of pressure is responsible for the most fatalities as it causes severe internal injuries. One of those injuries being “blast lung” in which the lungs suffer tearing, hemorrhaging, or contusions. Secondarily, the shrapnel from the wave can cause severe external injuries; leaving people with a very slim chance of surviving. The worst part of a Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is Jon Spencer.

while i probably enjoy this a little more than when i first (and last) heard it back in '96, it's still not an album that anyone MUST hear before they die

First impression was obviously pretty low, but I embraced the weirdness factor and landed on a shakey 3/5... But then I reminded myself about active listening and eventually that led me to bump it up to a 4. It not just weird for weirdness sake, there's some real substance throughout the album. If the Flaming Lips had stuck to blues rock, this is what they would have sounded like. It also reminded me quite a bit of various Jack White productions.

First half is really interesting. It reminded me of the White Stripes.

fuck shit up? more like fucked these ears off!!!

Muy bueno, pense que no me gustaría porque es como muy de experimentar sonidos y cosas en las canciones, pero re bien. Temas top diría que hot shit y wail.

Music can be both abrasive AND good, so in that sense this album is batting .500.

Alter, die ersten Sekunden vom ersten Track.... Fickt euch!. Sticky was ist das für eine Geräuschkulisse, das drückt ja auf den Ohren wie ein zu schneller Landeanflug. War mir zu stressig und chaotisch

schlechte Mischung aus Country, Elvis, Indierock. Nein, danke.

Hui, so schlecht, dass man manchmal lachen muss

It's alright at best. The nonsensical aspects of it don't land for me. The instrumentation is actually pretty good for most of the album. Until it isn't. The parts where it's bad are really bad. I will say a couple of the a side tracks I genuinely enjoyed and I think It's actually mixed pretty well. It really went off the rails in the last third. The entire last 5 or 6 songs are really rough. That run is not enjoyable at all. 2.3/5

Grungy and full of fuck you attitude, mostly not the greatest to listen to but has its place. Simply not my style with how raw it sounds and the experimental things they are doing. Didn't mind Can't Stop or R.L. Got Soul but the rest didn't grab me.

36/100. It is interesting for sure but I did not really enjoy listening to this release at all. It features sounds that I do not really enjoy together like a punky sound mixed with a country feel. At times the music came close to the style of Captain Beefheart for better or worse.

Much better than expected. ★★★★

I was never a huge fan but listened to this album today and this later album was more mature and much better i. Terms of what they wanted to do than earlier records. You can see their earlier experimentation lead to this punk-garage-hardcore-style that was pretty unique. Now I feel they are underrated and must revisit their discography once again to see what my older self this of the band but if all the later stuff sounds like this I will be I will be a fan and on heavy rotation.

what the fuck was that? starts awful and slowly gets "better" but still ends in "this album sucks" territory

Sort of punk garage band, sort of rockabilly, sort of elvis. It's harsh, and the deliberate discordance keeps your attention, even if it crosses over into being deliberately annoying too much. 2/5

Didn’t dig this. There are interesting ideas all over the place, but they never come together to great songs. There are some genuinely bad songs on this. But the inventiveness and cool sounds keep it from being a 1.

L: 0 M: 1 F: 0 O: 0

6/10

Fucked up, scuzzed out blues rock. Like if The White Stripes made music with the intent of starting fights. And they have *real* blues credibility too. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion has recorded with R.L. Burnside, and that's good enough for me. The weird and noisy take on garage rock and blues here has some pure muscle, and surprisingly good songs. Frankly, I think the screaming, the insane lo-fi riffs, and threatening bizarre sound result in one of the more exciting mutations on the genre I've ever heard.

Jack White’s got a lot of explaining to do 👀…

Perfect soundtrack for chauffeuring my dad around stl

Vet album, niet helemaal mijn ding

4.5. Rolling Stones and Stooges influences

Dreadful, gave me a headache

Felt like many cool parts didn’t quite add up to what could’ve been an album that completely fucked shit up

I was quite a fan of the Blues Explosion's Orange album. This felt a little harder to get my head around; almost too wayward and scuzzy at first. Once I got up to their speed a bit though, I was back into the groove.

Jezus wat slecht, zelfs als er wat goede nummers tussen zouden zitten verneuken de mega slechte het gewoon

estoy poniendo esta review a mitad de disco: no me puedo creer que quede la mitad del disco por delante aún, todas las canciones suenan igual que la anterior!!!! podría ser peor supongo pero es que esto es infumable!!!!

This was long and obnoxious and I didn't like it.

Starting this record, an ear-shattering scream was a choice. It started really weak, picks up in the middle, and then ends where it started. Favourite Track(s): Wail, Chicken Dog, R.L. Got Soul Least Favourite Track(s): Sticky

3.5

This really straddles the line between my three and a half and four and I'm going to give it the 3 and 1/2 mainly for the tracks that quite frankly felt like desperate screaming period but the overall feel of rockabilly Punk and blues Punk when it got more towards that it was something I really liked and sometimes even reminded me of what would go into the the garage Revival in the early 2000s. I guess some of the more out there tracks just for a little bit too out there for me. (7.95) ★★★½

Quite harsh and abrasive blend of blues and punk.3.5 stars

I think this is a cool album that mixes punk, garage rock and blues and filters it through a scrappy 90s indie aesthetic. Although it doesn't reach the highs of Orange, this might be their most consitent album. Highlights for me are "Wail", "2 Kindsa Love", and "Firefly Love". High 4 stars.

Now I Got Earache. Some of it is bludgeoningly boring basic trashy blues but other parts are so shrieking and awful that I would actually have preferred listening to Duck Stab. New least favourite discovery on here.

Jon Spencer - take the Blues out of this - explosion. The Jon Spencer Explosion best describes this. Didn't even make it through the first song, had to skip it. Second song - same. Into the fourth, I quit. My ears don't need this.

Blues, not so much. Explosion of sound and fury, yep.

I like a couple of Jon Spencer Blues Explosions singles but I think this probably works better in short bursts (or explosions if you will).

Not my taste in music - but okay.

Consistently great

Weird out there stuff not awful.

Started out weird but I like it!

I was trying to hate this but realized midway through that I couldn’t 💔

my favorite song is "Fuck Shit Up," especially when that random girl says "this is terrible" and then "this is so good," I'm a fan of her and I share her sentiment not necessarily a pleasant album but a very fun one sometimes. they were clearly having fun