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Jet Get Born (2003)
Originally Released October 7, 2003\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Jet's Get Born is a seriously rocking album. It comes off as a mix between the White Stripes' bluesy insouciance and AC/DC's cockeyed swagger. Toss in some New York Dolls strut, maybe some of Sweet's jailbait philosophizing, definitely some of Oasis' look-at-me attitude, some of the Verve's sense of grandeur, and you've got something to impress your friends as you blast it out of your car speakers on a Friday night. There are a lot of other bands traveling a similar path these days and it is hard to explain why this record works so well when so many others sound weak and studied. Maybe it is because they hail from the no-nonsense Australian rock tradition. Maybe it is the tough, but clean, production by Dave Sardy. Most likely it is the songs. They are catchy with singalong choruses, with lots of "hey"s and hand claps and glam stomp beats. "Rollover D.J.," "Get What You Need," and "Get Me Outta Here" are tight, raw, and flashy rockers. Nic Cester has a perfect rock voice: tough and gritty, but not screechy. He croons pretty well, too, as he shows on the wonderfully epic "Champagne Supernova"-styled ballad "Radio Song." It is a sure sign that you are dealing with a band that has it all together when the ballads are as good as the rockers. "Look What You've Done" is a piano-based weeper that only needs some swelling strings to launch it into Guns N' Roses territory, "Move On" is an early-'70s Stones country ballad with some fine slide work. The only track that flat out stinks is the silly and mean-spirited "Cold Hard Bitch," which takes an ill-advised (and near fatal) trip down Nazareth lane and leaves the listener with a foul taste in their mouth. The placement of Jet's sweetest ballad right after it is the only thing that saves the album. And it is an album worth saving. Get Born is a very promising debut by a band that steals from all the right places, rocks non-ironically -- even epically at times -- and sounds great blasting out of a car or on headphones. ~ Tim Sendra\n \nHalf.com Album Credits\nBilly Preston, Contributing Artist\nDave Sardy, Producer\n\nAlbum Notes\nThis is a Hyper CD which cotains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.\n\nJet: Nic Chester (vocals, guitar); Cameron Muncey (guitar, background vocals); Mark Wilson (harmonica, piano, bass, background vocals); Chris Chester (drums, background vocals).\n\nAdditional personnel: Billy Preston (keyboards).\n\nWhenever the proverbial Next Big Thing rolls around, it usually takes a few different bands to push the style into the mainstream. With grunge, Nirvana lit the spark, but it was Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Stone Temple Pilots who convinced everyone the Seattle sound was no fluke. In the case of the New Rock phenomenon, the Strokes brought style and the White Stripes added artiness, but with GET BORN, Jet put all the pieces together.Perhaps the first band of the genre to completely absorb and effectively reconfigure classic rock & roll influences without a trace of winking irony, Jet not only swaggers like the Stones and pouts like Iggy Pop, but injects sorely needed doses of romanticism and variety into a style that otherwise often seems perilously close to oldies revivalism. The most immediate difference between the Australian foursome and their shaggy-haired brethren is the band's talent for soaring sad songs. On the gorgeous "Look What You've Done" and "Radio Song," Jet proves that trashy guitars and neo-garage sneering are not the only way to rock, in the process satisfying both fans of piano-driven ballads and the much edgier NYC sound.\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nSometimes having good, original ideas is the worst thing you can do in rock music. To paraphrase Jim Dickinson on the Beastie Boys, rock and roll is theft, and it's not so much about whether or not one steals but why, how much and how well (i.e. from whom). Riff-heavy in all the right ways, this is a very well-produced retro-rock record with handclaps, catchy choruses, and plenty of attitude. They freely cop from AC/DC, the Stones, the Verve, Oasis, Humble Pie, Aerosmith, Black Crowes, and Mooney Suzuki, and they do it very well. The only problems with the album lie in the words, and in the softer material. Most of the lyrics are so banal ("Now you don't need money with a face like that, do ya") they were seemingly written by some newfangled songwriting program set to "1973." And half the album consists of ballads that are just pretty good: the Oasis-y "Look What You've Done," the Pink Floyd -esque "Timothy" and the Small Faces-ish "Move On.". But it's the mid-to-uptempo stompers that this group excels at. --Mike McGonigal \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nToo Many Ballads, October 17, 2004 \nReviewer: Mr. Music "soma137" (Sydney, Australia)\nI really want to give this album 4 or 5 stars but I just can't. The thing is that I saw Jet at the Annandale Hotel in Sydney a few months before they started attracting all of the hype that now surrounds them. They were playing to about 50-100 people and the weren't even headlining - they were the second act on a bill of three. Anyway, half way through their set, I looked over to my friend and we were both speechless. These guys were amazing - the energy of the show and the songs, what great tunes!! We didn't even stay for the last act - we left, knowing that we had seen a band that was going to be really special (probably the best gig I have ever been to where I didn't know what to expect). In the months that followed, anticipation grew for their debut album, but when it finally arrived it was kind of a let down. On the plus side, it's clear that "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" is one of the best and most exciting singles of the last five years, or even decade. There are some other great rockers like "Cold Hard Bitch" and "Last Chance", but overall the album is weighed down too heavily by ballads. About half of the album is taken up by the slower songs and it simply doesn't work because these are not the band's strength. These guys are not the Rolling Stones and at this stage in their career they can't pull off a "Wild Horses" - songs like "Move On" and "Look What You've Done" are pale imitations. So ironically, the problem with this album is that it doesn't rock enough. When it does, it threatens to be spectacular and the potential of the band shines through. On that night at the Annandale, I don't remember them playing one ballad - if they did, they certainly didn't play more than one or two. This album should have been just all out, kick-arse rockers from start to finish and it would have been fantastic. Instead, they play too much to their weaknesses. Even on the rockers, they haven't quite captured the rush of seeing them live (with the exception of "Aer You Gonna Be My Girl?"). So, it's a good album, but ultimately a disappointment when I remember how blown away I was when I saw them live. I'll treasure that memory and hope that in the future they can capture that on record. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nIs it 1969?, October 16, 2004\nReviewer: Wesley D. Allan (North Carolina)\nAustralian group Jet lived up to their name when they sonically swooped onto the music scene with their first full-length CD - "Get Born." The lead-off single - Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - is simply one of the most compelling rock songs in recent memory. Yes, it's highly derivative of earlier rock music, but it's brilliant. How many TV shows, movies, and products immediately used the song in ads? Sure, it burned out from overexposure pretty quickly, but fortunately the CD is filled with equally gripping rock. \n\nThe band deftly combines elements of 60s and 70s rock (especially the Stones and the Who) but adds touches of more recent rock for a fresh sound. For example, "Rollover D.J." is reminiscent of Oasis. "Move On" is a mid-tempo song that incorporates an alt-country sound, a la Wilco. "Timothy" is an interesting ballad with lyrics that could have been written by David Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust period. "Radio Song" has some nice prog-rock touches that wouldn't sound out of place on an early Radiohead CD. "Lazy Gun" is conceivably the pinnacle of the CD, as it changes tempo and style, weaving all over the place; it also, perhaps tellingly, sounds the least like anybody else. The lyrics, though, seem to sum up Jet's philosophy - Change nothing/ Futures in/ Close the door/ Wear a name/ Be the same/ Take some more. \n\nJet puts everything together so well that it's almost impossible to dislike this CD. Plus, let's face it, the artists they rip off are by and large past their prime - either disbanded or making musty music. Judged on its own merits, "Get Born" is an exceedingly strong rock record. Of course, Jet now faces the tremendous challenge of following up this CD and standing apart from the other raft of similar retro-rockers, including the Strokes, the Hives, and the Vines. Only time will tell whether the band will establish its own identity or become stale. In the meantime, this CD is highly recommended. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nblatant, derivative, mindless thievery...I love this album!, September 10, 2004\nReviewer: Paul F. Johnson (Illinois, USA)\nIf you've made the decision to steal from others, at least have the talent to recognize and reproduce quality...and there's enough of that on display here to enjoy, replay, and air drum your little heart away to. \n\nMaybe your kids recoil at the Hershfeld pen and ink caricature cover of your old "Draw the Line" album. No problem, wean them from JoJo and Good Charlotte with this updated version (even the cover channels Aerosmith). \n\nOh, one more thing: skip the faux Beatles-cum Oasis, Pink Floydish, and G'n'R/Black Crowes wussy ballads that are sprinkled in here. Dump the CD on your hard drive and burn a version that only includes the rockers. It'll be a short CD, but it will get you home on a Friday afternoon. YEAR: 2003
This rock cd contains 14 tracks and runs 52min 19sec.
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