ORANGE

Good pressing of an amazing album.

This is a true treasure. So much awesomeness. When you figure out what he's saying on some of the songs, it's crazy. It actually doesn't matter. This is a weird record where old school stripped down new blues are mixed with funky production and hip-hop beat patterns. Again, a true treasure. My life would be way different if a roommate of mine didn't worship this band in 1993. Changed my life. I cry most times I listen to this. Bottom Line: Change your life, buy this or at least listen to it. Marvelous.

This ground-breaking record not only wrote rock history, but I guess since 16 years is also the one record of my life. - The JSBX' 3rd full-length album (not counting Mo'Width) brought their commercial breakthrough, media attention and their reputation as probably the hottest and most exciting band on the planet. 1994-1995 was THE moment of the Blues Explosion, and the unique mix of Punk, Funk, R'n'R, Hip-Hop, Soul and Blues literally exploded into the music scene, influencing countless other bands and demonstrating how entertaining, intelligent, fun and raw Rock'n'Roll could still be. Two albums later, on Acme, Jon Spencer will shout to all his critics: "I do not play no blues - I play Rock and Roll" - and this holds true for all JSBX albums, including Orange. It is probably the most complex and multi-layered of all of them, but is also a terrifically infectious party & good-times album. It has the SOUL of James Brown (to whom the album I think is dedicated) and takes your breath by its sheer (sexual) energy. To quote Mark Lamarr who at the time invited the JSBX on british TV: "It seems that Jon Spencer's hero is Jerry Lee Lewis, but on and off-stage Jon Spencer resembles no-one more than Elvis Presley - not the Vegas Elvis, but the young heartbreaker whose movements caused a storm because they suggested sex. Jon Spencer not only suggests sex - he goes out, gets drunk, picks up whomever and spends the night on the back seat of a car. Metaphorically speaking, of course." Or, as another music writer put it: "The sum of all fears about what this "jungle music" would do to America's youth. The normally mild-mannered Spencer, driven by the fierce rhythm that is the group's one constant, transforms himself into a snarling, leg-twitching, teen-deflowering R&B demigod-James Brown, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Mick Jagger and John Lee Hooker all rolled into one cartoonish persona.". Unlike many other records, ORANGE has not caught dust over the years. It sounds as unique, euphoric, sophisticated, humorous and energetic as on the day it came out. It is THE masterpiece of the JSBX, and one of the greatest records of all times. - P.S.:In October 2010, following the wonderfully re-mastered re-issues of Crypt Style/Reverse Willie Horton, Extra Width, Mo-Width, Controversial Negro and Now I Got Worry, ORANGE will also be re-issued, so if you think of buying ORANGE, it is probably worth waiting... .

This album... I bought this new in '94 on cassette (and on vinyl sometime around 2000) and listened to this thing pretty much when I was alone in my crappy apartment on Cap Hill in Seattle because only 1 person that ever heard it liked it. I thought it was weird then but with way more staying power than the likes of Flipper or Meat Puppets and other cassettes on my shelf that my friends liked. It was way ahead of its time and crazy fun and raucous all at the same time. A groovy drunk. This album is that line you don't want to cross, that one you ride before getting too drunk. The first track appears as the opener for last year's "Baby Driver" soundtrack and it sorta blew my mind. Twenty-five years later and it sounded contemporary. I wonder if the dude down below is still listening to the The Strokes. This album isn't for everyone, but its a rowdy good time and its for a lot more people than it used to be.

The Blues is number 1 ladies and Gentlemen!

Its kind of funny when you reach that stage in life where you start to realize that contemporary pop culture is starting to leave you behind. Your clothes are a year or two out of date, your real friends don't seem quite as hip as maybe they used to, and your music collection is stuck in a previous decade. Well, to me this album represents 1995, which pretty much makes it emblematic of the 90's, my so-called salad days. I remember shortly after it came out just about everyone I knew had heard it, if not memorized it. I mean EVERYONE. Liz Thornton even had a copy, and she was like lil miss Orange County prissy queen back then. It was for good reason too. Back then, the JSBX were zigging as the rest of the rock industry was zagging. The slow, sludgy grunge stuff was just beginning to fade out, and boy bands were once again on the ascent. The Blue Explosion, by contrast, were putting out records that were sharp. They were quick, loud, reverbed, and vibrant, like walking walking along the shoreline of a nude beach while tripping on mushrooms. Orange takes a lot of its cues from 50s-60s Stax/Volt type artists, such as Rufus Thomas. Spencer sort of sings like Jerry Lee Lewis on speed. "Powerful messages a-in the AIR!!!", he shrieks on the get-down number, "Dissect". Check out the song "Ditch", where he growls "I got to HUMP!!! Up early in the morning!!!". There's so much gimmick in this album that its easy to lose track of the fact that there's some really great songs on here. The backing band, if you were to call them that, of Judah Bauer and Russell Simmins plays a real tight Stonesy kind of telecaster-twang RnB with hip-hop beats underneath it all. For the most part, it seems as though Spencer's lyrics are just garbled nonsense, but every now and then a classic line will slip through and lodge itself inbetween the creases in your brain. "Words always fail me...", he whines, perhaps in recognition of this fact, on the song "Cowboy". "I see a worm up on the platform/I got the blues/and I scream!!!", he observes on the title track. Yeah, yeah, yeah...I know a ton of bands out there like the White Strokes have probably mined the crap out of this same vein of attitude and style, but there's something about Orange that sticks with me, making those others seem kind of limp in comparison. Its possible that the newer generation of bands is equally adept at this sort of shtik, and I'm just too past it to be able to tell. Then again, I'm kind of hoping that this album really is as good as I remember it. See for yourself...

Chegou bem embalado e no prazo esperado. Edição colorida, vinil laranja

This was the first JSBX album that I heard. It took me a wee while to get used to the twisted-Elvis vocal delivery, the hip-hop-style self-references, and the full-on rock 'n' roll fusion of the Blues with elements of Funk and Punk, but it soon stormed its way into my heart, and is one of my favourite records. It ain't your grand-daddy's rock 'n' roll, and nor is it your mama's pop music. What ‘Orange’ *is* is an exuberant, life-affirming, *blast* of an album; one that celebrates the potential of guitar-based music. It demands to be played loud - very loud. Turn your stereo UP!

Pressage de qualité très moyenne( beaucoup de 'plops' et de 'tacs') mais le rendu sonore reste bon, Mon préféré de Jon Spencer.

Edizione vinilica semplicemente vergognosa. Che senso ha stampare un vinile giallo di qualità così scadente, ondulatissimo e rumorosissimo? Nessuna. Se poi il prezzo al quale viene venduto supera i 30 euro… Ho sostituito il primo e la seconda copia era orrenda come la prima. Il disco dei Jon Spencer invece merita di essere acquistato. Cercate il cd se riuscite a trovarlo.

A+ service on a classic album.