Jesus Jones - Liquidizer (1989, EMI Electrola # 7 93238 1) {Vinyl 24bit/96kHz} [RE-UP]

Jesus Jones - Liquidizer

Label: Food, EMI Electrola GmbH
Catalog#: 7 93238 1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Alternative Rock

Tracklist:

A1 Move Mountains
A2 Never Enough
A3 The Real World
A4 All The Answers
A5 What's Going On
A6 Song 13

B1 Info Freako
B2 Bring It On Down
B3 Too Much Too Learn
B4 What Would You Know?
B5 One For The Money
B6 Someone To Blame

Notes:

Recorded in London in June 1989.
Front Photography at P.T.W.

This is the first Jesus Jones Album and is a diary of the band conception to…This! "Liquidizer" was made under the influence of: Turntable Orchestra, The Byrds, Napalm Death, The Chamen, Neneh Cherry, Star Trek, Public Ennemy, Mel and Kim, Sonic Youth, Bomb The Bass, Tapeman, Todd Terry, Cookie Crew, Prince, Allen Konigsberg, S'Express, World Domination, Enterprise, Sonny Boy, Williamson, Jimi Hendrix, The Jungle Brothers, Them Mysterious Bulgarian Voices, Head Of David, For A Few Dollars More, A Guy Called Gerald, Malcolm Young, Leigh "Scratch" Fenlon, Dinosaur Jnr, Sweet T, Joe Smooth, Black Sabbath, De La Soul, Faith No More, Erik B + Takim, Apocalypse Now, The The, Big Black, The Evil Dead and the news and views of 1988 / 1989.

? 1989 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by food records limited under exclusive licence to EMI records limited
© 1989 Food Records, Limited.

Comes with an inner sleeve with lots of thank you's.

On the small side of the cardboard the band name is written like this: "Jezus Jones".

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode: 0 077779 323814
Other (Label Code): LC 0542

Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/release/2432427
Wikipedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidizer_%28album%29

Review by Ned Raggett

It's a product of its time, and it wanted nothing more than to be seen as such – the credits list for the album names every last sample source, ranging from Prince and Sonic Youth to Apocalypse Now and the news and views of 1988 and 1989. But it's the breadth which makes Liquidizer a thrilling experience, even if the end results are oddly enough one-dimensional: instantly catchy power pop fed through industrial, techno, and hip-hop approaches, topped off with Mike Edwards' confident bark. However, it's better that than just another guitar pop album, and even if Jesus Jones reflected trends rather than started any on their own, their debut album was still a confident statement of purpose, demonstrating that yes, there was such a thing as wide-ranging listening eclecticism. As such, Liquidizer, like the late-'80s work of Jesus Jones' grubbier brothers-in-arms, Pop Will Eat Itself, may not make anyone forget the two groups' obvious joint inspiration, the Bomb Squad, but the principle was still the same: eat the world, spit out the results at loud volume. "Never Enough" was the overdriven semi-radio hit in America, but "Info Freako" is the real kicker of the bunch, with a blasting chorus that would silence most metal bands of the time and probably Edwards' best trademark "yeaaah!" Elsewhere, heavily processed aggro-tech-funk that's kissing cousins with the likes of World Domination Enterprises and Renegade Soundwave slams up against bubble-salsa piano lines and Beach Boys backing harmonies, all aimed at instant memorability and, clearly, pop success without apology. Top it off with the aggressively friendly sarcasm of Edwards – he has his targets, however couched in metaphor, and doesn't spare them the edge of his tongue – and Liquidizer holds up better than might be expected. Compared to most wretched American nu-metal bands a decade later, Jesus Jones doesn't forget the sheer fun of hip-hop as well as the potential rage. 4/5 allmusicguide



Date of rip: 2010-09-01