Xtra Acme Usa

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The Blues Explosion have gotten into a habit of following up their albums with B-side collections. Extra Width begat Mo' Width, Orange begat Experimental Remixes, and now Xtra Acme USA emerges as the child of Acme. This may be the boldest of the Explosion's follow-up releases, 19 tracks (plus a hidden surprise) consisting of remixes and unreleased cuts. Surprisingly, Xtra Acme USA doesn't sag under the weight of guest stars like dirty soul legend Andrew Williams or remixers like Moby and David Holmes. In fact, Williams's vocal turn on "Lap Dance" is hysterically dazzling and Holmes steals the whole show with his gospel-fueled remix of "Talk About the Blues" Unreleased tracks like "Wait a Minute" and "Leave Me Alone So I Can Rock Again" pack just as much punch--maybe even more--as the cuts that made it onto Acme. This may be the funkiest that indie rock has ever gotten. Amen! --Jason Josephes --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Xtra Acme USA
Average customer rating:

the one

This is awsome

My current favorite

Blown away by the BLUES

None better

Xtra Acme USA
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Manufacturer: Matador Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Wait A Minute
Get Down Lover
Confused
Magical Colors (31 Flavors)
Not Yet
Get Old
Bacon
Blue Green Olga (Remix)
Heavy (Remix)
Lap Dance
Leave Me Alone So I Can Rock Again
Soul Trance
Electricity
New Year
Lovin' Machine (Automator)
Chowder
T.A.T.B. (For The Saints And Sinners Remix)
Hell
Calvin (Zebra Ranch)
Bonus Track

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The Blues Explosion have gotten into a habit of following up their albums with B-side collections. Extra Width begat Mo' Width, Orange begat Experimental Remixes, and now Xtra Acme USA emerges as the child of Acme. This may be the boldest of the Explosion's follow-up releases, 19 tracks (plus a hidden surprise) consisting of remixes and unreleased cuts. Surprisingly, Xtra Acme USA doesn't sag under the weight of guest stars like dirty soul legend Andrew Williams or remixers like Moby and David Holmes. In fact, Williams's vocal turn on "Lap Dance" is hysterically dazzling and Holmes steals the whole show with his gospel-fueled remix of "Talk About the Blues" Unreleased tracks like "Wait a Minute" and "Leave Me Alone So I Can Rock Again" pack just as much punch--maybe even more--as the cuts that made it onto Acme. This may be the funkiest that indie rock has ever gotten. Amen! --Jason Josephes

Customer Reviews:

the one.......2006-01-25

Easily the most accessible Jon Spencer album, best to start off here if you're new to the club.

I owned a couple of JS CDs before I saw them live in NY, and in retrospect I didn't really 'get' them till I saw their live performance. I thought all the chaos was made up in the studio but they do it all live, and live it doesn't seem like chaos at all, but very funky and very moving. Spencer is a rock genius. Long may he rock.

(aside: This has only the weakest connection to blues, like all his music does so don't get into Spencer expecting blues or I guarantee you will be disappointed. At least at first .... go see him live.)

This is awsome.......2004-11-20

Okay I have only had this album for about three days and I have already played it about a hundred times. This album is great, pretty much all the tracks are good, and this album doesn't have any dissapointments. The best tracks are probably "Heavy"(remix) and Lovin' Machine. As wierd and almost drug indused "Magical Colors"(31 Flavors) is it's still great to listen to. Even though it is not in any way essential to the record, the hidden bonus track (which is a spoof comercial) is great. Maybe just because I like Spoof comcercials (I still have all the South Park Rob Shneider movie traileres). But any way, just get this to see what I mean.

My current favorite.......2002-06-27

I own pretty much the entire JSBX catalog, but I must say that "Xtra Acme" is the one that I play most often lately. While "Acme" was a good album -- better than "Now I got Worry" and "Extra Width" -- I much prefer the alternate versions presented here. Overall, "Xtra Acme" has that same sort of experimental flavor and energy that hooked me the first time I heard "Orange" -- arguably the best album JSBX has made to date.

Blown away by the BLUES.......2000-08-01

It is Awesome. If you have seen the blues live, then this is the cd for you. Very raw and more experimental then ACME. Just listen to it for youself and spread the word of the BLUES!

None better.......2000-04-14

Support the blues in YOUR town! This record is stoopid-fresh, magnanimous in flavor, and simply one of the best discs I own. Most definitely the juice to get loose by. God bless Jon, Judah, and Russell. Amen.

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