Now I Got Worry

For me, I think that was the longest 45 minutes I've ever lived. The scream to start the album was funny, there were some funny bits in the middle as well, and the last song was unique. I was surprised to find out this band put out 10 albums, this one kind of seemed like a couple of guys rented out a recording studio and riffed for a bit, then released it as an album. I'll give it a 2 because of how caught off guard I was when I started the album, and the guy started screaming in my ears for 30 seconds.

Initially I thought that this chaotic, anarchic approach to blues rock must’ve been quite out there for its time. Then I realised I’d misread the year of release as 1966, not 1996, and it suddenly seemed less impressive… It scores highly for style, but less so for substance. Or, to put in another way: in small does it’s the height of postmodern cool. Across a whole album it’s a long, messy jam session. 2.5 stars

Loud, boisterous, and immature... but it somehow works for what it is! Could make for good background noise while getting torched with the boys.

Explosion is right. That's what my ear drums did. Throwing more fuzz box edgy lyrics that have lots of cursing doesn't make an album cool or even punk or alt-punk. This album is just a collection of someone who learned a whole bunch of sound effects on different instruments and said "I want that". 2/5

The album is a normal length but the songs are really short, even though this is from 1996. Also, some songs have a nice instrumental base part of the song but for some reason they've ruined them all with extra instrumental sounds and then the singing is a little bit weird at times, but overall not too bad, could definitely be worse.

I really don’t know what to make of this album. There were times when it seemed like a harder rock, Elvis and other others when it reminded me of primus, but throughout the album, I couldn’t really tell if I was even still listening to the same thing and even the same artist with so many different vocal stylings. it wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t something I can see myself listening to again with the exception of a few songs.

Not the best JSBX album. Starting with a song that hurts your brain that much is just stupid, and it hardly eases you in after that. However saw them live around this time or after and it was one of the best gigs I've been to for pogo-tastic good crowd vibes and noisy rock'n'roll insanity. This is another footnote album in this list.

I could have gone my whole life without hearing this, but alas.

I couldn't bear the first song. Bopper along to the second. Pretty mixed from there. Too many high screech sounds for me, but I like the experimental nature of the effort. Electric violin in the 1960s.

Punk blues must be the worst genre on this site. The last song has a section that sounds like a harsh noise track that no one likes. There's a few good bits scattered on the album. It has the awful kind of experimentation. This week must be a let down compared to the last one. I'll give "Now I Got Worry" 2 stars.

Pretty good, not great. All over the place with crazy sounds and effects as well as key 90's instrumentation such as dj record scratches. The bulk of the album I found unenjoyable, but I like its attempt at the revinvention of blues rock. Reminds me of a proto version of the Black Keys that would come later in 2002.

Holy shit what a fucking racket. This is exemplary of everything wrong with the Gen X alternative rock that polluted the 90s (pavement is not included in that.)

Sounds okay I guess, but not okay enough to give this a 3. 2.4*

Meh, some good stuff, mostly bland or bad. 2/5

Who said it was open mic night? Because that's what it sounds like

Blurry guitar (which I imagine is why this album is on the 1001 list) didn’t work for me. With Blues Explosion in the band name, I expected so much more. Bit of a let down. (1.996*s)

Right out the gate this album manages to establish that its going to be complete chaos. It jumps around all over the place and has zero cohesion. It has some interesting points and you'll start getting into the riffs right when the bad Elvis impersonator with schizophrenia comes in with a "yeah" and ruins everything. It switches from ok to annoying every 5 minutes for the entirety but somehow its still not the worst album on this list.

Welp. That was certainly an explosion. It starts with a guy straight up yelling into your ear. Then it gets weird, and kinda good and kinda all over the place. A wacky listen for sure. Some OK stuff sprinkled in but not sure I'll ever listen to anything by Jon Spencer again. In terms of 1001 you can certainly do a lot worse I guess. I expect the music video for Wail might go into my rotation for the sheer weirdness and Weird Al connection. 2.35 stars

i would enjoy this more if i was in a different mood but like not by much

Liked the bits that sounded like the Butthole Surfers. Didn't like the bits that sounded like the White Stripes. Ambivalent to the bits that sounded like Elvis. Slowly wore out it's welcome.

I listened to this on a long and hot run. It somewhat turned into a fever dream and I got lost in the vibe and something about a spaceship or spaceman. I'm not too sure that this is great but I did go somewhere with it.

2.3 rounded down. "Fuck Shit Up!" and "Firefly Child" were decent, but there is a lot of content that I was rather ambivalent about getting through. Some else describe this album as listening to drunk neighbors rock out late at night. That is spot on and I would add the finer point that these are otherwise clearly talented neighbors who are sloppily smashed and edging more towards belligerent early morning incoherence.

Bits of this are quite good, but then there's bits that just sound like they're trying to be edgy. Seems to be a theme on the public reviews too, trying to hard type thing. Not really that offensive, but won't be back. 2.5

WTF is this? And how was this even remotely considered to be a candidate for this list? Noise, unintelligible chaos, and so many puerile lyrics. I hear blues influences for sure, and I certainly hear explosions. But this will be the first and last time I listen to John Spencer's Blues Explosion. Just ... no thank you.

Proper bluesmen must hold their heads in their hands when they hear this. At least the British blues explosion of the 60s was true to the soul of the art.

Garage honkeytonk with some punk more than blues, but it just doesn't click.

This album didn’t do much for me. Just didn’t meet my expectations. Think I preferred the jams on the deluxe album over the actual songs from the album.

Pretty rough. Not our thing.

Some cool guitar riffs surrounded by a lot of garbage

I did not enjoy this, but I was impressed with the creativity.

Edgy blues for edgy boys.

Messy, chaotic, blues punkabilly rock. I liked small bits but mostly was unphased by the majority. More than half of the songs I listened to about 30 seconds then skipped. I don’t think this a very accessible album to most and not sure it really deserves to be on this list. 4/10

This one made me think of an opening act that everyone digs at the music festival...until they play too long and everybody drifts off and wonders when the headliner's gonna be on. Next time, pick your 5 best songs and get off the stage.

Not for me. It is yet another addition of something something rap and rock which was very popular in the 1990s. But was it actually good? Did it pass the test of time? I would disagree.

Estranho. Cru. Não tem nada de blues como inclusive fala na resenha do livro. Nem seio o q isso...

Garage-rock-esque, pretty harsh

About 30 years too late

Not a big fan.

This is dire is starts with a man screaming at you and gets no better. There's a few elements in a few songs that are...music, but the rest is shit. 2 because its not Serge

Great concept. A harsh mix if great stuff - Iggy meets Elvis and they go garage punking. Hard to stick with. Ok In small doses. But Bellbuttoms isn't in this album, so I did an intro scan... It's remarkable consistent, I'll give em that. So the album is a curio and I still find Bellottoms

Weerd, and it wasn't really that great.

2/5

Loud and fuzzy, like Elvis with more distortion and swears and much less enjoyable.

I have mixed feelings about this album because it had a couple of good parts of songs, but the vocals and crazy noises are just dreadful to the ear. It's like they were in & out of rehab while recording. Also reminded me of when the Casio keyboards came out and we recorded stuff while we were stoned. Also I'm very concerned for the folks that rated this a 5. 🤣🤷 Would still like to sit down and have a drink with you! Just probably wouldn't survive a long road trip together. Scraping by @ 1.6 for two stars. I'm almost embarrassed. Sorry Mom!

Don’t like it very much. I like loud music but the sound wasn’t pleasant

Technically sound that rips through longer than kept my ear. An output that did not agree with me on a personal level but can appreciate for others.

Now we know why the Blues died. Almost every other blues album I've heard is better simply by virtue of not choosing to be annoying. There's more sounds of dying fowl then blues chords on this record. Points for creativity, so 2 stars. 1.5/5.0: Bad

So all over the place damn.

Qué es esto

Blues rock, bah.

All'inizio ok, poi si perde

I feel like some of these tracks are jams but then there's some that are just noise

Was expecting more blues and less screaming. Meh album

Perfect energy for cleaning the house but as an album it got a bit repetitive.

Was this band brilliant or fucking insufferable? Time hasn’t been kind.

I really hoped I'd like this more. It's weird, wild, wacky, even unhinged, but also never held my attention. Ideas come and go so quickly. Not off the train with JSBX; I'll try another album before giving up. But this one didn't do it for me. As an aside, I like his side project Boss Hog way more...

I've seen this described as "punk blues" and I feel that is apt. There's a definite blues undertone throughout but it's very garage sounding. I do think there's a place for this, but it's not something I see myself coming back to very often.

I generally like noisy rock music, but the actual noise-rock genre can be a little too much for me. As much as I enjoy the experimental nature of it intellectually, my ape brain needs melody from somewhere in order to really like the music. Thus, the songs off this album with some semblance of melody (Wail, Fuck Shit Up) I liked, but the songs without, I did not like so much.

Not my thing. The blues /punk fusion doesn’t resonate with me. 2/5.

Curioso. Sí, esa es la palabra

Why this album is here

Too much random screaming.

Did not particularly enjoy this

Not a fan.

Wasn hier los lol why the screaming??? Hm ich muss sege ich find das ganze album max chaotisch. Aso so, zviel ideeä unf iwie keini richtig verfolgt? Chaotisch cha recht cool sii aber das isch so chli unorganized chaos… sorrryyy:/

This is was silly. Not terrible.

Rating: 4/10 Did not like this but I found it quite amusing. Sounds like demented blues, it feels like the band is parodying blues, rock, and itself with this album. It's like this album is supposed to sound awful, from the ridiculous sound effects, weird song structures, and bad production. I commend the band for trying something unique but this was really bad; it has some legitimately great moments and even songs on here though. Favorite songs: Wail, Rocketship, Firefly Child. Worst songs: Skunk, Identify, Sticky.

Not great

Blues rock through the lens of Gen X punk attitudes. Got a bit tiring listening through the whole thing though.

Hmm

wtf

I suppose I sort of respect this? I mean, its evident listening to this that there were plenty of early 2000s groups influenced by this project, but at the same time if all of those groups had said they'd never heard of this geoup in their lives I'd believe it? I mean, almost everything here seems like a surface level version of being "out there," without actually doing anything that challenging for the listener, and it leads to an album that feels like a snooze fest more than anything. It tries to wake you by the end with random noises and screaming, but if anything its too little, too late, too loud.

2 stars- hard to listen to this album. Sounds were too harsh and it’s not my preferred style of music

No. I tried, but no. I can't do this music after even 45 minutes, much less the expanded edition. It started out okay for me and then blurred into the background as just noise.

Not horrible.

Started off strong with high energy, frantic rock and roll. Then it got really bland for another hour.

Nah. 2/5

Not even finished yet but what even is this? Deconstructed blues or something? I mean, there are some good elements here but it just isn’t cohesive to me. And it’s far too long. Would probably be a fun live night in a small venue though, with a couple of ciders. Lots of energy I would imagine

I was misled by the name that it will be blues but it was noise

I was fully prepared to tear this album a new one through the first 5ish songs, but there's actually some nice displays of talent as the album goes on. It's still bad, but fair play on the recovery. Favorite track: R.L. Got Soul

I could see me liking it more if I was in a certain mood but usually nah

2.25

Grew into it, but not a first choice for a relisten

Solid noise rock, but nothing really notable about this. A couple decent songs. I liked Firefly Child.

Noisy. No Blues, more explosion.

Varsin keskinkertainen ja motivaatio loppui kesken - 32 biisiä / 79min...

As much as I want to like this album, it’s fucking exhausting. There aren’t many redeemable qualities in between the abrasive, sparse production. I do like the drums for the most part, and the majority of the vocals are at least bringing something different to the table. But man, it’s one harsh song after another. Even when the band slows down and introduces a steady beat, it’s so tough to get invested because you’re still coming down from what the hell happened in the previous track. Maybe I’m just an old man, and the music’s too loud.

Now I got tinnitus.

This has no right to appear on any respectable music list

Jon Spencer may not know the Blues after all.

1.6/5 - can't say I'm a huge fan of this genre. lots of yelling, but some of the tunes were decent. listened to 2010 reissue - 79 min

Well, it’s very very lofi, and has some dreadful moments but it’s not completely unlistenable.

Not my favorite album, but I can see how this may have set the stage for the 2000s garage rock explosion. Best Songs: Identity, Worst Songs: Fuck Shit Up, Sticky

Started well but I struggled to finish it

*1 second in* OW MY FUCKING EARS

Oh my god. I cannot describe the amount of frustration I feel. To have that be the first thing I’m met with when going to listen to something. I am so uninterested in what happens moving forward. I looked at how long it takes to listen to this album. 1 hour and 19 minutes. 1 hour and 19 minutes. I’m all for nonsense music and punk scenes. But an hour and 19 minutes? I’m two seconds in. Of 1 hour and 19 minutes. Every time I thought “oh this isn’t too bad” I got killed.

Skunk = awful, please stop yelling at me identify = bad Wail = Johnny Bravo Fuck shit up = spoken word poetry, but i liked it 2Kindsa Love = bad, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Love All Of Me = bad Chicken dog = chicken dog (bad) how is this only song 7 Rocketship = bad Dynamite Lover = Its ok Hot Shot = Its okay, I felt like i was getting yelled at again though Can't Stop = really bad, felt like I was listening at .5 speed Firefly Child = ?... was my favorite lyric, bad Eyeballin = bad, outro was nice R.L. Got soul = R.L. Stine, ok Get Over here = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M9TzhlpMLg (bad) Sticky = I hate this artist's slow songs I think, really bad Cool Vee = bad Fish Sauce = bad Yellow Eyes = bad Turn Up Green = bad Buscemi = Steve Get With It = bad Let's Smurf = bad Down Low = cowbell <3 (bad) Chocolate Joe = ok Judah Love Theme = ok Dig My Shit = bad bad Roosevelt Hotel Blues = bad Radio Ad: Announcer #1 = not a song? Radio Ad: Ernie Eddie = not a song Radio Ad: Announcer #2 = why did they add these i don't get it Radio Ad: Street Sez-Ma: this one yelled at me again, bad Overall Thoughts: I really hated the first song in a way that make me really not want to listen to the rest on the album, but after that there weren't any other songs I really hated, it was just a slog for me to work my way through this album because there weren't many (if any) songs that really "clicked" for me. I wasn't a fan of the vocals overall either.

Not a big fan of this one. It wasn't totally awful, I just found it very repetitive and boring. I don't really hear anything new on this album that I haven't heard done better elsewhere. I don't have a ton else to add, I listened to it all the way through and just found it "meh". Standout Tracks: Wail, Can't Stop

My favorite part about the album was the review I read for it that called it "balls on toast." It ultimately wasn't as bad as it started out to be, but no it wasn't good.

Starting an album with screaming is a bold choice, and not one I like very much since I had my earbud volume way too high. As someone who doesn't really like punk or blues, this album was definitely not made for me. Don't hate it, but I'm gonna forget about it pretty quickly. My favourite song was Love All Of Me, I guess.

I did not find enough redeeming qualities to make up for how painfully noisy it was. Would not choose to listen to this.

Album is too long. Just over half I didn't hate. Though first first tracks and another 8 afterwards had it heading for a 1 but as there were more that were OK it tipped it to a 2. I've never heard of this band I'm unlikely to chw k out any more pf their stuff

Despite repeated playings this really hasn't left much of an impression on me. Nothing stands out beyond a fuzzy, scuzzy sound which is fine I guess, but not my cup of tea.

Really weird but I feel like I understood where he was coming from on some of this. Still doesn't make it good music

A fusion of the Rolling Stones and Nirvana? Grunge inspired R&B. Good but probably not listen again.

For the first time during this project, I thought that I too could possibly put out an album worthy of the list. 2 lowered bars out of 5

80 minutes of yelling and scuzz, with no swing? No thanks

I didn’t really like it but it got better as it went I guess

Как это вообще сюда попало

There was a lot going on here. I didn’t enjoy the chaos and screaming

Not bad, but not something I would listen to as more than background music.

Noisy. Not for me. Hints of tunes amongst the shouting redeemed from a 1.

Sounds like a jam band having fun. Probably more exciting to play than to listen to. Needs bass.

Schreeuw-blues, 1e helft kut, 2e helft matig. 1.5/5

This really does sound like a blues explosion. With emphasis on the explosion. Extremely high energy and lo fi. I didn't mind this at first but, although there are some fun elements throughout, it wore thin pretty quickly. Not sure what's going on with the recurring Elvis impersonator vocal style. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: R.L. Got Soul Date listened: 19/07/23

Wasn’t into it

This had potential

I enjoy the chaotic aspect of it all, and is quite a fun album, but they obviously made an informed decision to make it sound like it was recorded in a toilet in 1975. The lack of bass really reduces any impact it could have too and leaves it hard it listen to. Perhaps a slightly harsh 2* but I won't be listening to it again

Here's a tip: Don't start off an album screaming into the mic as if you're fighting in the civil war and the medic is sawing your arm off. Having said that, oh good! I'm so happy I was able to listen to this album of 1001 before I died! Now I can go peacefully! /s. I mean WTF was this? 3/10.

One of the worst ways to start an album is a super loud scream that continues on and on and on. This album was dogshit.

Anstrengend 2 punjte

This was fine. I don't think I would listen to it on my own.

I have a crazy headache. Not sure it's this album, but there's a pretty good chance. This reminds me of Southern Culture on the Skids. It has a trailer park rockabilly vibe that definitely rocks, but for me not in the right ways at all. At song 8, I was disappointed to look ahead and see I was only halfway.

Bad start, but enjoyed bits further into it. Was out walking the dog listening to it and every now and then I'd have a break while talking to someone. When it went back on I would like it again for a while. Last track as bad as the first.

Interesting what comes out of this generator. Never heard of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. It seems to be a mix of other 90s genre music like the Black Crowes, Punk, and then 70s Classic Rock. It seems a bit unimaginative and one note after the first three songs. Not much dynamic in the singer's range. Sometimes the sound tastes like Elvis Presley uncomfortably gyrating in a flannel jumpsuit. Sweaty, bored teenage angst. Immediately detest. Next.

2.5/5. Not a good use of my time.

It's the uncle Ricco of blues bands.

Will revisit

Now I Got Worry is the fifth album by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. This punk blues / alt rock album performed well critically and commercially. It's not the band's best work, but it is a balanced project between their wild live sound and unique studio recording. I thought this was an interesting album and it made for a great listen. However, it wasn't amazing enough that I would listen to it again. Good, but not awesome.

interminable and indistinguishable elementary garage rock. Each track is somehow less interesting and more sophomoric than the previous. How this guy continues to have a career amazes me. Perhaps people think he's "cool", but surely not "talented"?

Well, that is certainly a way to start an album. At random times sounds like Les Claypool (voice, not anything else). Felt like I was having a mental breakdown at some points and needed to take my headphones off. I hope Mr. Spencer is in a better place.

60s style but also mixed with strange concept album. Started poor, improved but back down again. Not planning on listening to anymore

What the hell is this? And why did I need to hear this before I died? I pretty much spent all day laughing about the most upvoted review on this site saying it sounds like your drunk neighbours having open mic night. Nailed it. Most of this was god awful but I liked "2Kindsa Love." It's saving this from being 1 star.

This was pretty much unbearable and annoying. Unpleasant is a word I could use too. Mixing bad blues and generic 90's punk seems as good an idea as deciding to walk barefoot on a rusty nail without a tetanus shot. 3/10

This would be really freaking cool live. But yo momma broke soo.....

punk blues

Really weird, wasn’t sure what I was expecting but wasn’t that.

There is undeniable evidence on this record that they can play, but the songs and album as a whole are way too chaotic for me to enjoy it.

The Allman Brothers' L.A. cousins I like some of the bluesy guitar but that's it. No repeat listening for me

Never listened to these. Heard Bell Bottoms on Baby Driver soundtrack, which I enjoyed but even that doesn't really go anywhere after it explodes. Threatens to be excellent but crashes into itself. Stopping after Sticky, that's the album. Skunk sounds like Odelay era Beck. Ah, same year. Wail, ok I prefer Lux Interior's mental Elvis drawl. This isn't terrible though. Fuck Shit Up - pass. 2 Kindsa Love. Think I've heard this before, another decent one to be fair. Love all of me - an extremely raucous song that still manages to be mediocre. A triumph. Loads more meh songs follow. Thank god I noticed the album itself is only 45 minutes long because it's really dragging. Only 2 half decent songs. Suspect this is a band that was probably great to catch live, but on record never quite the same. Leaves me cold anyway. In fact it started to grate. Had to stick The Cramps on afterwards as a palate-cleanser. Let's hear this shit done properly. The full "not great, not terrible" on the Dyatlov ratings scale.

This has the sound of a beginner garage band trying to show their chops by mimicking their favorite songs across the genres. Unfortunately, the performance quality is what you'd expect from a beginner garage band. Maybe with some lessons and a good producer, they will be good someday. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - It was ok to listen to it but wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.

just ok

Blues rock, bah.

The first 4 songs are complete trash. The rest of the album is pretty good, butt you need to accept / adjust for the sound being created here. But you still need to get past the first 4 songs. 1.5 stars

Very strange and unique - "explosion" seems like a fitting name for the band. There are some real gems here, with solid guitar work and catchy melodies, and then there are other songs that just sound like a group of drunk dudes making bad music out of their garage. More than anything this feels like a novelty album, with the few decent tracks being drowned out by everything else. Not sure why this is considered worthy of being on this list, but there's something for everyone I guess. Good tracks were Wail, Rocketship, and Can't Stop.

Reminds me of the Black Keys, but not nearly as good.

Not for me

What the fuck is this shit? I could almost enjoy it for the drumming, which seems like the only thing that saves this from a 1 rating. The riffs all sound like first drafts of ideas that went nowhere. The lyrics are less than that. What unlistenable junk.

no thanks

It’s…a lot. Kinda bleeds together with nearly thirty tracks. Some good stuff, but it’s just too much.

Voelde een beetje als een sinus: diepe daken en toch ook weer pieken! Verder werd ik er nogal onrustig van dus heb ook geen favorieten

Toen ik zag dat weird al hier iets mee te maken had kreeg ik al een naar voorgevoel, maar ik zette hem gewoon aan. Bij het tweede nummer dacht ik dat ik in Tony hawks pro skater zat. Toen werd het alleen maar meer punk blues, en het duurde te lang. Dit album is 20 jaar te laat uitgekomen anders had het meer dan vervelend kunnen zijn

Mediocre

Yeah this is just really bad

ok but not really innovative

Some good riffs but nothing else is worth the energy

Noisy, but not bad. 2.5/5

My thoughts throughout the experience: The first two songs were utter dogshit. Wail came on and while it was an alright listen, it didn't salvage what's been played so far. While Fuck Shit Up is a cover, I wasn't expecting to want to do the exact opposite, so boring. 2Kindsa Love and Love All Of Me were pretty mediocre but had some good elements. From Chicken Dog, things started to get decent. That point on to R.L Got Soul, there were numerous good grooves and licks that saved Now I Got Worry from being thrown in a dumpster fire. It's just a shame it ends on a sour note with Get Over Here and Sticky being underwhelming songs for an album that was starting to get good. 8 songs were quite alright and would probably enjoy more if I jammed out to them, the other 8 I'm happy never listening to again. Bit of a waste really.

Kinda think they would be great live but I find it totally unlovable in my front room. Thrash punk blues with flailing guitar and yelping vocals. Does nothing for me. 2 for its gusto.

Goofy-ass Frankenstein’s monster type album. 3/10

A very impressive garage band, but surprising they got a record deal and I’m even more surprised this album is on the list. Fun to listen to if you’re looking for some blues-rock to play in the background, but thousands of albums would need to disappear before it would come close to greatest albums territory. 2/5

Didn't like it. Sounded like an angry person riffing on his guitar. TBH not really a bluesy feel either. Was excited about getting to the end of the final track....

La segona estrella és per la bonica portada i pel reconeixement de fer un disc de blues punk, autenticant un mix de géneres tan estrambòtic. Malauradament, res de l'àlbum és memorable, ni tan sols conservable

2.3⭐

Definitely not blues garage band rock

Ok wel coole geluiden in enzo maar 32 nummers is teveel sorry dat hoort niet in een album imo

Huh. Well that was an experience. This was okay, but wouldn't revisit. Didn't help that I happened to have a migraine when I played the opening track and the scream made it worse. God, I sound so old. Fave track: Wail

Volume? Check. Attitude? Check. Riffs? Sort of... Songs? Nope.

I didn’t get this one at all.

Gave it a shot. Couldn't get through it. Chicken Dog was the sole redeeming song. Just frantic. Didn't add.

Tja, iets te chaotisch en teveel geschreeuw.

interminable and indistinguishable elementary garage rock. Each track is somehow less interesting and more sophomoric than the previous. How this guy continues to have a career amazes me. Perhaps people think he's "cool", but surely not "talented"?

I wanted to like this album, but then I hit play.

Nah. Give me SRV any day.

Only bluesy on a couple of tracks, otherwise quite punky and screechily sung. Not especially enjoyable, thankfully short songs, but certainly not the worst on this list.

2.5

Now I Got Worry is a weird old album, some of it is interesting, some of it is very bad, not enough of it is good enough to get more than a 2/5.

This is... strange... A particularly weird start, and roughly alternates between mostly short, punky songs that are kind of cool and weird instrumental breakdowns that are just strange. 2/5, would've been higher if they'd have skipped a load of the particularly peculiar stuff. Won't listen again.

A couple of listenable tracks amongst a whole heap of horseshit. Best track: Wail

The second track was a short, hardcore-ish banger. There's some good moments on occasion but it's mostly annoying. I was never impressed by the little I had heard from them before and this certainly didn't change my mind. If I wanted to hear a punk/blues hybrid I'd go with Bob Log III. Now thats an artist who should've made this list. The people demand respect for Bob Log III!

Odd. No opinion yet. 2/5 for now.

I'd heard of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion because they were on the Baby Driver soundtrack. This album is a bit too long, messy and experi-mental. I'm still laughing at the "Like your drunk neighbors are having open mic night" review. ☝😆

Not for me

I just couldn’t really get into it. I don’t think it’s all that bad, I just wasn’t too interested in the style of music. 3/10

The traditional American blues-y sound of the Jimi Hendrix Experience The Black Keys and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is so palpable, it's impossible not to mention. And while the grooves that JSBE can really get you stomping your feet...the clean and polished production runs so antithetical to soul of the music, that it almost hurts to listen to. Also, it should be noted that Jon Spencer seems to have put all his skill points into guitar playing and none into his lyrics/delivery. Groups like Flat Duo Jets and even Velvet Underground to a certain extent create a better overall feel by scaling back the production to a minimalist style that fits the music being produced. Fav Tracks: Can't Stop, Rocketship

I found myself wrestling with what separates Jon Spencer Blues Explosion from Gun Club or even early Black Keys in terms of punky, garage-y blues. And I think it's the songwriting and vocals. I just don't feel like Jon Spencer has all that much to say, and he says it in a kind of grating way. It's all attitude and no substance. Nevertheless, I wouldn't turn down an opportunity to see this band melt some faces at a packed tavern in their prime! Rating: 2.5/5 Favourite tracks: Wail, Rocketship

Kind of rough and very long. No recognized songs

Turned the volume down on the first track. Am thankful that i did. Some ok moments, kind of minutemenesque, but overall too distorted and experimental for me.

Listened to it two times. Maybe at the tenth time I'll change my mind, but for now two stars it is

So nineties.

Dnf

The start and the idea behind this album is somewhat fun. It was considerably experimental. I couldn't finish listening and gave up after about 30 minutes. Perhaps I would've finished listening in a different mood. It's too long for this kind of noise.

Screaming is not music. I almost turned it off right there, but the rest of the album was slightly better. Hell, I even enjoyed some of the songs. I'm petty though - I cannot in good conscience support someone fucking screaming in my ear, so 2 stars it is.

Sorta garbage

We’ll that’s one way to start off an album

Didn't vibe with this one

Out there kinda shit. Too much for me. Probably great live, but not a comfortable listen sitting in your armchair.

2/5 not really...

Hmmmm. An attempt to sound like the British blues bands of the 60's but 30 years later. It's not terrible, but it doesn't really improve on the originals.

Absolute frantic racket but can see the appeal. Not for me though.

A difficult listen at times.

Listened to it - wont agin. Loved some of the music though - but I couldnt get used to the singing.

I think if I hadn’t sliced my thumb accidentally with a wood saw today I’d have given this more time. But at 1:30 am in some serious pain and not being able to sleep I put track 1 on, 5 seconds later I turned it off

2

Hmm... a lot of this album felt like adolescent swearing and shouting for shock value with ‘experimental’ production that was little more than quickly turn the volume up and down. Then a few gems would show up - great rock tracks - and just as I started to get into it, there’d be some juvenile, repetitive tracks again to take me out of it. Felt indulgent and deliberately alienating.

should've expected the scream from the song titles/album art. fuck them though! 32 short ish songs, streaming game on point. 'fuck shit up' is my new anthem. so funny. they were just doing whatever. from then on it's just boring rock songs with a little something different but not even close enough to be interesting. until sticky when it gets a little fun again. this was kind of a chore to listen through but whatever.

not for me

I can appreciate the "experimental" aspect of the album, but I cannot truly enjoy the result...

Did not enjoy until the latter half of the album, but even then it wasn’t doin it for me. 2 stars because giving something 1 star seems rude

Bones are surprisingly good. Feels like making a nice dinner and then just throwing any condiment on top except the ones that make sense just for fun.

To jeden z tych undergroundowych pickow pojawiajacych sie znikad i zazwyczaj zwiastujacych wyspowe granie, jednak w tym przypadku bylo nieco inaczej, bo banda hamerykanska i dodatkowo punkowo bluesowa, takiego komba chyba jeszcze nie mialem okazji sluchac, a wiki gatunkowa wskazuje wlasnie pana spencera jako guru tego gatunku, wiec chyba dobry material startowy, ale czy darcie mordy bialego czlowieka pasuje do konwencji bluesa, bo juz od pierwszych sekund odsluchu poczulem sie zatakowany niezlym wyjcem na traku skunk, gdyby nie nazwa bandy, to tak do polowy plyty bym nie wiedzial, ze to ma byc punkowa interpretacja bluesa, dopiero w drugiej czesci pojawiaja sie charakterystyczne gitarkowe brzdakniecia i mniej wyjcowate teksty, co dziwne spotifajowa wersja to az 32 traki, wiec jest to deluxik, bo orginalne wydanie mialo ich tylko 16, wsrod dodatkowych 16 znajdzie sie masa skitow i same bonusowe traki, wiec prawie jak drugi album, jeszcze dziwniejsze ze lepiej sie go sluchalo niz pierwszej czesci, troche mniej wycia, wiecej bluesowego spokoju prowadzenia melodii i surowosci, ale na plejke dodawalem z orginalnego albumiku, wiec polecial fuck the shit up i rocketship

Pretty aggressive sound, Wiki says that if you feel Iike getting slapped upside the head while dancing all night this is the album for you. I feel like I just got slapped upside the head.

exhausting altrock blues experimentation.

More punky and funky than I expected, given the band name. Not too shabby.

Messy... messy... messy...

A little too unpolished for me

Not bad but not great. Didn't finish the album because it was way too long and too much of the exact same thing.

Trying too hard. Didn't like the 'push everything until it clips' sound. Not as edgy as it seems to think it is.

Começa muito louco, na gritaria. "Rocketship" e "Can't Stop" se destacaram.

weird experimental stuff, not terrible but not my favorite

Couldn't pass more than track 2

Wow was this unpleasant

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”

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

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

awful

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.

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?

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

This sounds like a prank.

my ears hurt

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

Espantoso, melodías saturadísimas y sonidos muy raros

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

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.

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

Chat is bro deadass

So, so bad.

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.

Never heard of these guys and I think I know why

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

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.

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

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

No Spotify no stars!

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.

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.

Mother of God! It's all toilet sounds!

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

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.

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

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

Dreadful, gave me a headache

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

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

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.

The intro and parts of "Fuck Shit Up" reminded me of friends blowing out their mics in Ventrilo. Hard pass.

Part of me thinks this album might actually be brilliant but I also, uncharacteristically prudishly, really dislike all the swearing? Like… it’s noticeable to the point it feels try hardish and, dare I say, proto-Limp Bizkit. If “Fuck Shit Up” were just deleted from this album I’d maybe go to a 3

I did not realize how loud my car speakers were when I first started playing this album and I hope people in the parking lot did not think I needed help. Anyways the lyrics are lowkey stupid and I did not enjoy listening to it

Hate hate hate. This all just made me feel violent. Idk what this did to my brain but it was bad.

Saved? ❌ Would listen again? ❌ Would recommend to anyone? ❌ Would buy on Vinyl? ❌

Rubbish Rubbish.

This was miserable to listen to. It was so bad that I don't even have the mental capacity to come up with a witty comparison to something.

I am not going to sit through an entire hour and some change to listen to this. It sounds like a drunk white guy crashes your boppin' karaoke party and ruined the entire vibe. Definitely made this whole album fucked up.

I used to like these guys somehow when I was younger. Now I find it horribly grating, plus maybe I'm not as angry.

yeah i think i could have died before hearing this

Didn't like it

I’m convinced now more than ever that the author of this list is full of shit and his taste in music is below average. I expected to find so many hidden gems and great albums but instead it’s mostly average music (which is to be expected) and more terrible albums than great albums. Why is this album here? It’s certainly not good by any measure, unless you wanted to listen to an album that begs you to turn it off every second it is played. The author of this list has bad taste if they consider this an album I had to listen to before I die. This album makes me wish for death as I listen to it so I wouldn’t have to listen to the whole thing. Truly awful shit.

absolute garbage

If I told an AI to create something that combined a generic “dive bar” sound with a Ford commercial, this is the output I would expect.

One of the worst starts to an album ever perhaps. And it doesnt get much better.

I feel violated, man. Stop screaming >:(

If they stocked a state university frat house with shitty school of rock guitars and drums instead of ping pong and corn hole . . .

Jesus H Christ this album is terrible

Fuck this shit up

Holy fuck this was terrible. Was begging for it to end, the silence when I could finally stop this bullshit was the sweetest music I'd heard all day.

Skranglete og uinteressant blues punk.

Yeah, maybe don't start your album with a bunch of screaming

Some half-decent blues that they keep ruining with noise.

A surprise

Pure garbage I wish I could give it 0 stars waste of time

A truly terrible listening experience.

Shit from beginning to end. Just noise

1/5

Its a no for me dawg

Boo.

This album is way too new to sound this aged.

I was a bit to harsh the last few albums, giving an Aretha Franklin album a 3 and a boring reggae album a 1. This is one is pretty bad. I mean, there are a few nice guitar parts. But nothing else. Not one song, one idea is memorable. Nothing. The vocals don't do nothing for me . There is energy to thr performances but nothing that l feel like I need in my life. The sound is bad. There's no bass... Even when I had hope for track 7 the vocals were so stupid it ruined it for me. I never gave two 1s in three days, but it's a really bad listening experience. Boring, not inspiring. I'll try to become more positive and you try to bring better things. 1.3.

Well, the band and album name sure overpromised and underdelivered. I didn't personally find much worry to this, and the experience of listening to it evoked more of a "blues diarrhea" aesthetic.

Opening with the screech was not exactly amusing, so listener beware. The opening song was sort of ok-ish. Much like the following tracks. Now I like blues and I like a bit of an attitude but this just didn't really grip me. Crude, capable and indifferent to the listeners' enjoyment. I'm sure they can be entertaining. Just not to me.

Instrumentally, I might've given it a 2, but the vocals made it worse.