| Product Summary | | Label: ZOMBA/RED | | UPC: 00886974965824 | | Release Date: 5/19/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 210924544 | | Item#: M4M9MC | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. In One Ear ~ Cage The Elephant |  | | 2. James Brown ~ Cage The Elephant | | | 3. Ain't No Rest For the Wicked ~ Cage The Elephant | | | 4. Tiny Little Robots ~ Cage The Elephant | | | 5. Lotus ~ Cage The Elephant | | | 6. Back Against the Wall ~ Cage The Elephant | | | 7. Drones In the Valley ~ Cage The Elephant | | | 8. Judas ~ Cage The Elephant | | | 9. Back Stabbin' Betty ~ Cage The Elephant | | | 10. Sail To the Sun ~ Cage The Elephant | | | 11. Free Love ~ Cage The Elephant | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Cage the Elephant: Lincoln Parish, Jared Champion, Daniel Tichenor, Brad Shultz, Matt Shultz. | | Based on the herky-jerky single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked," which did well on the U.K. singles chart, Kentucky's Cage the Elephant enjoyed a flush of success their first time out. Their 2008 debut combines jam-band earthiness with powerhouse riffing, and a spirited, shambolic approach to indie songcraft. | | The more things change in rock, the more they inevitably stay the same -- and in the case of Cage the Elephant, that's a good thing. Actually, it's a very good thing. Cage the Elephant didn't exist until 2005, but as this self-titled album demonstrates, their ability to be influenced by alternative rock and classic rock simultaneously is a definite plus. Drawing on influences from different eras, this Kentucky-based band has an appealing sound that combines a strong appreciation of the Rolling Stones with elements of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck, hip-hop, and punk. This isn't full-fledged R&B, but it is certainly funky by rock standards -- and that funkiness serves Cage the Elephant well on bluesy, gritty, infectious offerings like "Free Love," "Back Stabbin' Betty," and the single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked." When one analyzes the band's sound, it makes perfect sense that classic rock-loving alterna-rockers who are into the Stones would also be into the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck, and the Beastie Boys; after all, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were absolutely obsessed with both Northern and Southern soul in their 1960s/1970s heyday. The Stones were more than happy to cover gems that had been previously recorded by the Temptations ("Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "Just My Imagination"), Marvin Gaye ("Hitch Hike"), Rufus Thomas ("Walking the Dog"), and Irma Thomas ("Time Is on My Side"). Similarly, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have always been heavily into Parliament/Funkadelic and Sly Stone and covered the Ohio Players' "Love Rollercoaster" in 1996. So there are major parallels between Cage the Elephant's influences even though their influences come from different eras. But instead of trying to sound exactly like those influences, Cage the Elephant have developed their own sound -- a sound that is hardly groundbreaking by 2000s standards, but is nonetheless their own sound. And they show considerable promise on this excellent CD. ~ Alex Henderson |
Producer: Jay Joyce |
Engineer: Jason Hall |
| | Artist Overview | | While Cage the Elephant wrap bluesy Zep-and-Stones rock riffs around sly urban dance beats in a manner that would make a 1990s Madchester mother proud, the five-member band is actually from the American heartland: Bowling Green, Kentucky to be specific. And with Matt Schultz's vocals delivered with a lilt reminiscent of the Stone Roses' Ian Brown it's little surprise that the alternative rockers found radio time in England first, scoring multiple hits in the U.K. in 2008, before crossing back over to become stateside hitmakers. |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/21/2009 | | Original Release Date : 2009 | | Catalog ID : 6582 | | Label : Jive Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00886974965824 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.70)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Singer Matt Shultz, a vocal dead ringer for the Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner, conjures white-blues forebears and barks with abandon on songs like 'Free Love'..." |
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