Grinderman - Grinderman

• Artist : Grinderman
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0094638680222
• Label : Mute/EMI
• Languages : Original Language: English
• Manufacturer : Mute/EMI
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : Mute/EMI
• Release Date : 2007-03-05
• SKU : 0094638680222-11
• Studio : Mute/EMI
• UPC : 094638680222

Grinderman is the sound of indie rock legends growing old disgracefully, and that is by no means a criticism. From the opening rant of "Get It On", this is an album with all the menace of an angry drunk, dripping with anger and testosterone (as the surfeit of facial hair in the band's interior photo will attest). It could even be the sound of Nick Cave's midlife crisis, but it doesn't matter, because Grinderman rocks. It's the sound of four musicians having a grand time, turning the volume up to eleven and really cutting loose. For that reason, it's the more upbeat tracks here that are probably the best: "Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars)" with its driving electric organ, the primal urgency of "Depth Charge Ethel" and the strutting album closer "Love Bomb". After all the po-faced seriousness he's displayed in recent years, it's good to know that Cave has rediscovered his sense of humour: "I cleaned the sheets on my bed, I combed the hairs across my head, I sucked in my gut and still she said, 'I don't want to'", he sings on "No Pussy Blues", with his tongue firmly in cheek (amongst other places). Simply put, Grinderman is a hoot. --Ted Kord

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Get It On
  • 2: No Pussy Blues
  • 3: Electric Alice
  • 4: Grinderman
  • 5: Depth Charge Ethel
  • 6: Go Tell The Women
  • 7: (I Don't Need You To) Set Me Free
  • 8: Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars)
  • 9: Man In The Moon
  • 10: When My Love Comes Down
  • 11: Love Bomb

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