Gear Blues Explained

Gear Blues
Type:Album
Artist:Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Cover:Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Gear Blues album art.jpg
Released:November 1998
Recorded:1997–1998
Genre:Garage rock
Length:55:45
Label:Triad[1]
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Gear Blues is an album by the band Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, released in 1998.[2] [3] It was released in the United States in 2000.[4]

Critical reception

NME wrote: "Armed with an arsenal of hooks, chiselled cheekbones and oodles of self belief, Thee Machine Gun Elephant are credible heirs to the garageland throne, and, if that wasn’t enough, a paragon of internationalism." LA Weekly thought that "vocalist Yusuke Chiba is a hoarsely authoritative presence, and bassist Koji Ueno and drummer Kazuyuki Kuhara have eliminated the Who-derived busyness of their early approach in favor of seamless, no-nonsense propulsion."[5] Rolling Stone concluded that "the attention to visceral detail is what distinguishes Gear Blues from mere Nuggets and Brit-punk slavishness."[6]

AllMusic wrote that "the album ends with a bittersweet, melancholy, space punk groove on 'Danny Go'."

Track listing

  1. "West Cabaret Drive" – 5:26
  2. "Smokin' Billy" – 3:26
  3. "Satanic Boom Boom Head" – 2:50
  4. "Dog Way" – 3:15
  5. "Free Devil Jam" – 2:42
  6. "Killer Beach" – 5:10
  7. "Brian Down" – 4:45
  8. "Hotel Bronco" – 1:43
  9. "Give The Gallon" – 5:15
  10. "G.W.D." – 3:52
  11. "Ash" – 3:34
  12. "Soul Wrap" – 4:14
  13. "Boiled Oil" – 4:10
  14. "Danny Go" – 4:54
  15. "Jenny" - 3:22

European Release

The European release does not contain 'Jenny' but has an extra bonus disk with 'Get Up Lucy' and 'Cisco'

Notes and References

  1. Botchick . Cheryl . Must Hear . CMJ New Music Report . Mar 22, 1999 . 57 . 610 . 3.
  2. Web site: Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
  3. Morris . Chris . Japanese rockers Thee Michelle Gun Elephant rip it up . Billboard . Oct 16, 1999 . 111 . 42 . 73.
  4. Web site: Thee Michelle Gun Elephant: Gear Blues, PopMatters. October 30, 2000.
  5. Web site: Soul Warp . LA Weekly . 7 October 2021.
  6. Fricke . David . Gear Blues . Rolling Stone . Jan 18, 2001 . 860 . 57–58.

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