Burn Baby Burn Pt.2 [CD-single]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Second single taken from the Irish indie act's 2001 album 'Free All Angels'. Tracks, 'Burn Baby Burn' & two non-LP tracks, 'Thinking About You', 'Submission' (Arthur Baker Remix) & the CD-ROM video for the title track. Paper sleeve.

Tracks:

Goin' On Down To The BBQ
Fortune Cookies
Somewhere In The Dark
Abandon Ship
Buried The Pope
In Total Focus
The AARP Is After Me
That Big Weird Thing
Robbers & Bandits & Bastards & Thieves
Rain On Down
The Alibi Room
Wargasm
Bold Marauder
Land Of Spook
Something's Gonna Blow
Untitled

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In the mid '90s, Wall of Voodoo mainstay-turned-solo artist Stan Ridgway bid farewell to the major label treadmill via Drywall's masterfully dark debut and embarked on an indie career as the more historically-rooted, acoustically-centered singer-songwriter found of the compelling Black Diamond, Snakebite and Anatomy albums. The original Drywall concept ("a trilogy of apocalyptic documents") seemed intended to variously antagonize his then-label, subtly evoke his Wall of Voodoo past and offer outlet for his latent "mad scientist" tendencies. But Ridgway has completed that decade-spanning triptych with an album that's closer in tone to his elegiac modern solo work (his main accomplices here are also the same, keyboardist/vocalist Pietra Wextun and guitarist Rick King), if no less thematically provocative than DW's first installment. The infectious, industrialized zydeco of "Goin' On Down to the BBQ" revolves around a typically debauched Ridgway storyline, while elsewhere Stan variously stirs in jazz (the saxed-up "Fortune Cookies"), cinematic cool (the evocative "Somewhere in the Dark" and "Rain On Down") and even folk conceits both nautical ("Abandon Ship," "Robbers & Bandits & Bastards & Thieves") and Celtic (Wexstun's haunting "Bold Marauder"). "The AARP is After Me" and tipsy "Something's Gonna Blow" are filled with typically self-deprecating Ridgway wit, while the electro-edginess of "In Total Focus" and "That Big Weird Thing" contrast sharply with the stark beauty of the morally ambiguous ballad "Buried the Pope." Drywall closes out their first trilogy in rich, expansive style - and ultimately leaves listeners hoping they'll embark on another soon. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Um...wow........2007-01-11

I love Stan Ridgway - witness my extensive collection of CDs and ticket stubs. I think he and Peitra are national treasures.
However.....
I have to say I found this album very hard to get my mind around. I am no stranger to music that is (more than a little) outre'. And I am willing to give anything involving Stan a chance. Several chances. But I honestly didn't enjoy this album. (Sorry Stan)

But it won't keep me from buying the next one!

Righty likes track 16, whoot!.......2006-07-21

All of Stan's work has shown a deep suspicion of the industrial-military complex, heaped and blended with existential nihilism. I never took such a dim view of American life personally, but appreciated his artistic window into the darker side of society. For the record I'm a right-of-center, Republican-leaner who voted for Bush twice and I found track sixteen to be clever and, yes, a bit childish, but fun and I enjoy childish fun even when it steps on my idealogical toes. That being said the rest of the CD is delightfully quirky, loaded with imagery both dark and campy, and sprinkled with childish fun. And very true to Ridgway form this CD is yet another deadpan narrative description of the writhing scaly spectacle that is modernity's underbelly. It's kind of like David Lynch for the ears. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was that I didn't feel it rose to the level of "Work the Dumb Oracle".

A Masterpiece of Strange / Pop Art for 2006.......2006-04-22

Continuing an on-again/off-again relationship with his Drywall side project that began in 1986 with Work the Dumb Oracle, the third album in Stan Ridgway's "trilogy of apocalyptic documents" isn't substantially different from his better-known solo work, at least on this 2006 release. His carnival barker vocals, bizarre lyrics, and shapeshifting cinematic soundscapes are in fine twisted form as the songs morph from the moody, bluesy harmonica-laced "Bury the Pope" to the more experimental subtle electronica textures of "Rain on Down" and the whimsical, Tex-Mex party atmosphere of "Goin' on Down to the BBQ." Co-Drywall conspirators/multi-instrumentalists Pietra Wexstun and especially Rick King are relegated to sideline status as Ridgway's distinctive vocals and lyrics dominate the proceedings. The diverse sounds combine aspects of Tom Waits (the percussive "The Alibi Room" sounds like an outtake from Rain Dogs), jazzy noir lounge ("Somewhere in the Dark"), Yello ("That Big Weird Thing"), and even world music ("Bold Marauder" is sung by Wexstun doing her best Grace Slick impression), but ultimately seem like Ridgway pushing his already elastic musical boundaries. At just over an hour, including a humorous bonus track that features sentences from George W. Bush speeches cut-and-pasted to mean something far different than what was originally intended, there is a lot to listen to here. Each track is overdubbed multiple times with layers of sound effects and instruments requiring repeated listenings to fully absorb. As with many Ridgway projects, the lyrical theme is obtuse but the music is so challenging, quirky, and innovative that the whole shebang is a mesmerizing musical trip. Anyone already a Ridgway fan will be thrilled, and open-minded newcomers might find enough of interest here to seek out his earlier, arguably more cohesive albums. Barbeque Babylon is a fun, often but not always lighthearted romp with the participants obviously enjoying themselves by painting a sonic palette the equivalent of '60s pop art. Part pastiche, part storytelling, and part experimental, the album finds Ridgway at the peak of his powers, creating music that demands attention even if at times it doesn't take itself seriously.

Track 16 is ridiculous.......2006-02-10

While I have Stan's full collection of solo stuff and love it, this album may not stay in my collection. There are some fantastic songs and truly innovating and amazinginly talented musicality on this one that we expect and usually get from Stan by the truckload. But I'm writing my comments primarily for the untitled #16 track. I'm not a republican or a democrat. Politics has nothing to do with it but the disrespect and childish editing of the President is embarrassing. The time, technology and (what they may of thought as cool) effort that they put in to making this stupid and over the top ridiculous word editing joke ruins the whole album for me. Perhps a few lines intended to make a point and reflect a measure of personal view would be "artistic" and acceptable but Drywall goes way too far with what they're saying here. A display of that much anti-american sentiment makes me think Drywall should move to Iraq and open up a recording studio there and tour the middle east, North Korea and Afganistan. Free expression, personal point of view and the right to say them are God given rights. But track 16 is just simply bad form, bad taste and childish. I would feel the same way if they did this obsurdity to Clinton as well. Track 16 isn't politics just stupid, really stupid.

Stan at top of form!.......2005-11-23

I'm here to tell you this is the best Stan Ridgway CD! A fan since the vinyl days of Wall of Voodoo, heard all the solo stuff (great, get it!), but this album is an absolute must buy. Killer stuff, classic Ridgway. The best yet!!

Average customer rating:

Best EHC release
One of their best
phunky satan
The sound of evil.
Pretty neat stuff

Burn Baby Burn
Electric Hellfire Club
Manufacturer: Cleopatra
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Kiss the Goat
Calling Dr. Luv
Satan's Little Helper
Electronomicon
Unholy Roller

ASIN: B000001JPQ
Release Date: 1993-09-20

Tracks:

Invocation
Age Of Fire
Psychedelic Sacrifice
Fall From Grace
Prodigal Son (A Libertine's Lament)
MR.44
Where Violence Is Golden...
The Electric Hellfire Acid Test
Epitaph

Customer Reviews:

Best EHC release.......2003-10-28

I just noticed the date this CD was released (1993), I can't believe it was that long ago. Anyhow this was the best release from Electric Hellfire Club, led by frontman Thomas formerly of My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult.

EHC play on the we love satan thing and as both a music fan and a Industrial DJ there really are only two songs worthwhile. "Invocation" and "Mr 44" are the two best songs on the CD and are worth checking out, just don't expect too much from the rest of the CD.

As a DJ I would say pick up the CD if you have the spare cash as both songs mentioned are good for play every now and then.

One of their best.......2003-08-27

Burn Baby Burn alone is worth the price of this CD. Liar, Liar, your Church is on fire! This is something your kids can sing along with. Funny, funny stuff. Good Dance music. Great Satanist Glamor rock from a great bunch of folks. Teach your kids the new morality; buy them this CD. Wyatt Kaldenberg

phunky satan.......2001-09-10

well. If you've heard this band you'll understand the surfy, dancing, satanic funk that EHC seem to bang into your skull. Whenever I hear this album I can't get it out of my head. That's a good thing by the way. Every home should have a little bit of this.

The sound of evil........2001-08-04

"Burn Baby Burn" is the debut album from this self professed Satanic "electro-glam" band and to date it's their best effort yet. Where subsequent releases have been nothing less than excellent, "Burn Baby Burn" just has that special "something" that keeps me coming back.
"B3" is steeped in themes of psychedelia, sadomasochism, and Satanic doctrine to name a few. Heavy synth, danceable beats, and eighties metal style solo guitar alongside Rev. Thorne's razor edged vocals give the EHC a sound the likes of which I've never before heard. All this is delivered in their trademark brand of black humor. The music at times seems almost to belie the nature of the songs. This paradox defines the very heart of the Church of Satan and in this respect Thorne and company make the most logical choice for the Church's musical mouthpiece.
So what you have here is a masterful collection of delightfully evil tunes with enough of an infernal edge to keep them from becoming too kitschy. "Burn Baby Burn" is definitely their strongest outing but don't write them off completely. I would suggest listening to their albums in order, as listening to them out of chronological order sort of dilutes their musical progression and may even turn some people off.

Pretty neat stuff.......2001-04-22

Age of Fire is easily the best Satanic song I've ever heard. Also check out The Thrill Kill Kult-- both these groups write pretty dark music-- you sure ain't gonna hear this on the radio or MTV. HAHAHAHAHAH!