The Gun Club - Miami

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Feb 9, 2018 Sold Date

Jan 30, 2018 Start Date

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Article name: Miami
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Cooking Vinyl Number of tracks: 24

Tracklist LP - 1

1. The Gun Club - Carry Home 2. The Gun Club - Like Calling Up Thunder 3. The Gun Club - Brother and Sister 4. The Gun Club - Run Through the Jungle 5. The Gun Club - Devil in the Woods 6. The Gun Club - Texas Serenade 7. The Gun Club - Watermelon Man 8. The Gun Club - Bad Indian 9. The Gun Club - John Hardy 10. The Gun Club - Fire of Love 11. The Gun Club - Sleeping in Blood City 12. The Gun Club - Mother of Earth

Tracklist Download Card - 2

13. The Gun Club - Ghost on the Highway [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 14. The Gun Club - Walkin' With the Beast [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 15. The Gun Club - I Hear Your Heart Singing [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 16. The Gun Club - Devil in the Woods [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 17. The Gun Club - Goodbye Johnny [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 18. The Gun Club - For the Love of Ivy [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 19. The Gun Club - Bad Indian [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 20. The Gun Club - Strange Fruit [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 21. The Gun Club - Carry Home [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 22. The Gun Club - Preachin' the Blues [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 23. The Gun Club - Sexbeat [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982] 24. The Gun Club - Jack on Fire [Live at the Continetal Club, NY, 1982]

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The sophomore record by the Gun Club bore the curse of having to follow a monolith of their own making. Fire of Love sold extremely well for an independent; it was a favorite of virtually every critic who heard it in 1981. Miami showcased a different lineup as well. Ward Dotson replaced Congo Powers (temporarily, at least) on guitar, and there were a ton of guest performances, including Debbie Harry and Chris Stein. Stein produced the album. Off the bat the disc suffers from a thin mix. Going for a rougher sound, Stein left the instruments at one level and boosted Pierce's vocal. There is plenty of guitar here, screaming and moping like a drunken orphan from the Texas flatlands, but next to its predecessor it sounds drier and reedier. Ultimately it hardly matters. Going for a higher, more desolate sound, frontman and slide player Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his band were literally on fire. The songs here, from "Carry Home," "Like Calling Up Thunder," "Devil in the Woods," "Watermelon Man," "Bad Indian," and "Texas Serenade," among others, centered themselves on a mutant form of country music that met the post-punk ethos in the desert, fought and bloodied each other, and decided to stay together. This is hardcore snake-charming music (as in water moccasins not cobras), evil, smoky, brash, and libidinally uttered. Their spooky version of an already creepy tune by Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Run Through the Jungle" runs the gamut from sexual nightmare to voodoo ritual gone awry. Finally, Pierce and company pull out all the roots and reveal them for what they are: "John Hardy," is a squalling punk-blues, with the heart of the country in cardiac arrest. Dotson proved to be a fine replacement for Congo Powers, in that his style was pure Telecaster country (à la James Burton) revved by the Rolling Stones and Johnny Thunders. Miami was given a rough go when it was issued for its production. But in the bird's-eye view of history its songs stack up, track for track, with Fire of Love and continue to echo well into this long good night. ~ Thom Jurek

Thom Jurek