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Track Listing
1. Further Complications
2. Angela
3. Pilchard
4. Leftovers
5. I Never Said I Was Deep
6. Homewrecker!
7. Hold Still
8. Fuckingsong
9. Caucasian Blues
10. Slush
11. You're In My Eyes (Discosong)
| Details | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar, electric mandolin, synthesizer); Simon Stafford (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Tim Call, Martin Craft (guitar); Steve Mackey (bass guitar); Ross Orton (drums).
Audio Mixer: Steve Albini.
Audio Remasterers: Jason Ward; Steve Albini; Bob Weston.
Recording information: Electrical Audio, 2621 West Belmont Ave, Chicago Ill.
With 2009's FURTHER COMPLICATIONS, former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker follows up his well-received solo debut with a considerably randier and more rocked-out set. Aiding the Britpop icon on this edgier outing is none other than noise-loving American producer Steve Albini, best known for his work with the Pixies and Nirvana, who succeeds in creating a more rough-and-tumble aesthetic for Cocker, as most readily heard on the spiky title track and the stomping "Caucasian Blues." Always one for a glam-tinged tune, Cocker lets loose on the bawdy "Angela" and the raucous "Homewrecker," which fittingly features the signature sax stylings of Stooges associate Steve Mackay. Like Nick Cave's Grinderman project, COMPLICATIONS is the sound of Cocker letting his hair down (and, apparently, his beard out), and, though it may perplex some some Pulp diehards, it's undeniably vital and entertaining.
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- [T]here's an imaginative sympathy that keeps you listening and engaged....His idiosyncratic approach marks him out from the usual run of career singers, and it shows no sign of weakening.
[T]he raucousness of 'Homewrecker!' or the title track will come as a definite surprise to longtime Cocker watchers... -- Grade: B+
[T]his collection of surging and reeling tunes is the former Pulp frontman's strongest since DIFFERENT CLASS.
3.5 stars out of 5 -- Cocker's excellent second solo disc sets hilariously over-the-top come-ons to bruising garage rock and woozy soul...
It's a jutting, joking, hard-riffing jolt filled with raw self-deprecation.
4 stars out of 5 -- Jarvis himself comes up with some of is wittiest lyrics since Pulp's heyday....All the more engaging for its honesty...
Cocker plays with different styles on each track, from the back-alley blues rock of 'Homewrecker' to the garage pop of the first single 'Angela'....There's still reason to hang on his every word...
CMJ The outcome is an entertaining bluesy, dirty kind of rock and roll that seems all too often forgotten amidst a new generation of shiny subgenres.
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