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Also on the album:
Mike Finnegan - Clavinet on 'New York Girls' and Hammond organ on 'Sometimes Somethin' and 'Naked Lady'
Lynn Davis - vocals on 'Alive and Amplified', 'loose n juicy' and 'Naked Lady'
The Matrix - Additional vocals on 'Alive and Amplified'
Victor Indrizzo - additional ... Read review
The scuzzy New York rock 'n' roll band's third studio album, following on from 2002's ... more
'Electric Sweat'. On this album the band have enlisted the help of the Matrix songwriters (Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Pink) to try and break into the mainstream which shows their previously soulful dirty rock transformed into a more palatable sound. Evoking late era MC5 but with a stripped down approach, this album has been compared by critics to the sound of peers Jet and The Strokes, a progression from their Stones and Kinks influenced early works.
Advantages: Great sound, no real duff tracks - really consistant Disadvantages: Accused of selling out (I disagree)
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Primitive Condition
Alive & Amplified
Legal High
New York Girls
Shake That Bush Again
Sometimes Somethin'
Loose 'n' Juicy
Hot Sugar
Messin' In The Dressin' Room
Naked Lady
The songs are written by Samy James Junior and Graham Tyler and The Matrix and this is easilly the best sounding album that the band have produced and i would urge anybody with an interest in ... ...about loud music, girls and sex, you may think that this is nothing new, but the way it is written is very good! However, having said that, they cansometimes can sound like they have been written in a few minutes. the lyrics are a little bit naughty ; ) so can bring a smile to your face.
The Mooney Suzuki teamed up with The Matrix to produce this album and it does have a slightly different sound to previous albums. The Mooney Suzuki ... more
The band:
Sammy James Junior - lead vocals, rhythm guitar + percussion Graham Tyler - Lead guitar, vocals, percussion Augie Wilson - Drums, vocals, percussion Michael Miles - Bass guitar, percussion, vocals.
Also on the album:
Mike Finnegan - Clavinet on 'New York Girls' and Hammond organ on 'Sometimes Somethin' and 'Naked Lady' Lynn Davis - vocals on 'Alive and Amplified', 'loose n juicy' and 'Naked Lady' The Matrix - Additional vocals on 'Alive and Amplified' Victor Indrizzo - additional percussion
This album is absolubtly fantastic! It is one of the most well written albums and doesnt have one single bad track. The Mooney Suzuki are quite unknown but are one of the best sounding rock bands around.
The tracks:
Primitive Condition Alive & Amplified Legal High New York Girls Shake That Bush Again Sometimes Somethin' Loose 'n' Juicy Hot Sugar Messin' In The Dressin' Room Naked Lady
The songs are written by Samy James Junior and Graham Tyler and The Matrix and this is easilly the best sounding album that the band have produced and i would urge anybody with an interest in rock music to go out and buy it. They write about loud music, girls and sex, you may think that this is nothing new, but the way it is written is very good! However, having said that, they cansometimes can sound like they have been written in a few minutes. the lyrics are a little bit naughty ; ) so can bring a smile to your face.
The Mooney Suzuki teamed up with The Matrix to produce this album and it does have a slightly different sound to previous albums. The Mooney Suzuki have been criticised for making this move and have been called sellouts - rubbish!! Some might say it has been over produced... but thats only if you like the sound of buzzing guitars. The overall sound has been tamed down a little bit and cleaned up, the out come is a good clean well polished sound. This may sound like a bad thing to garage rockers, but trust me this album is brilliant - good old rock n roll. The album is full of energy and hip shakin' songs to get you moving.
So all in all, if you like it loud, if you like it rock n roll then you'll like this... as long as you dont mind a bit of over producing and some odd lyrics.
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Product details
Title
Alive And Amplified
Performer
Mooney Suzuki (The)
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Alternative
Release Date
20/09/2004
Recomended Retail Price
13.99 GBP
Label / Distributor
Columbia / Sony Music/Arvato Services
Engineer
Nick Brophy; Stuart Brawley; Andrew
Producer
The Matrix
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Format
Performer
EAN
5099751767824
Catalogue Number
5176782
Additional notes
Album Notes
The scuzzy New York rock 'n' roll band's third studio album, following on from 2002's 'Electric Sweat'. On this album the band have enlisted the help of the Matrix songwriters (Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Pink) to try and break into the mainstream which shows their previously soulful dirty rock transformed into a more palatable sound. Evoking late era MC5 but with a stripped down approach, this album has been compared by critics to the sound of peers Jet and The Strokes, a progression from their Stones and Kinks influenced early works.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Primitive Condition
2.
Alive And Amplified
3.
Legal High
4.
New York Girls
5.
Shake That Bush Again
6.
Sometimes Somethin'
7.
Loose 'n' Juicy
8.
Hot Sugar
9.
Messin' In The Dressin' Room
10.
Naked Lady
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