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 | Title : Volume 4 (Limited Edition Bonus CD)
Author : Jackson, Joe
Release Date : 20030311
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $17.98
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Editorial Reviews :
What could have been a colossal self-indulgence proves a startlingly vital album. Volume IV is faithful to the ethos of early Joe Jackson hits like 'One More Time' and 'Is She Really Going Out with Him?' Built around clattering drums, jarring guitar, hyperactive keyboards, snarling vocals, and lyrics riddled with puns and double-entendres, it harkens back to the early 1970s and late ‘80s, when Jackson peddled a wordy and venomous strain of new wave pop. But Jackson is too clever to get suckered by nostalgia. Here he wryly contemplates his middle-aged present from inside his old clothes. The best of the resulting songs, 'Blue Flame' and 'Still Alive,' are as good as anything he’s done. Volume IV is where Jackson completes his circuit, reuniting with his original band and reacquainting himself with his original live-to-tape recording methods. --Andrew Mueller
Buyer Reviews :
This is, very simply, the fourth album by the Joe Jackson Band. 'Volume 4' is about as good as the first three albums from this groupe, and sounds very much like them.
True, JJ has grown older, but contrary to most rock musicians, that doesn't seem to keep him from wrinting simple and beautiful songs. Between 'Beat Crazy' and 'Volume 4', JJ didn't do complicated and sophisticated things because he had just learned how to do it. In fact, he had the technical skills to write a symphony when he recorded 'Look Sharp'. This time, he just decided to record a 'Look Sharp'-like album, and he did it beautifully. This album sounds a bit like Costello's 'Brutal Youth': nothing is really new, but everything is original. It's just a good new wave album, with a bass/guitar/drums set and some keyboards, quietly recorded in two weeks. The musicians are sober and JJ believes in what he does. Brilliant.
(by A music fan)
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