Accelerator

Royal Trux

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 21, 1998)
• Original Release Date: April 21, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B0000060MA
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #188,069 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Perennial players of the "love it or hate it, we don't care" gambit, and still flaunting their trademark cruddy guitars and loudmouthed, bully-ragging vocals as though all that stuff were still somehow outrageous in this day and age, Accellerator nonetheless shows that Royal Trux have evolved into prime, mature form. "Juicy Juicy Juice" and "The Banana Question" are almost great pop singles (but ditch that tuff-chix voice, willya?), while "Another Year" and "Stevie" show that the band rocks even when they aren't exactly playing rock: the one floats slide whistle over a cowbell beat, while the other reaches for '70s soul of the Mellotron variety. A great disc for the smirking urbanite we all aspire to be (or love to lampoon) and a pick-hit to slow down a party that's gotten too jolly. --Gavin McNett

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars REALLY FUN, STRANGE, INFECTIOUS, September 5, 2002

By	H_E_H (USA) - See all my reviews

I love the other reviews of ACCELERATOR. They hit the nail on the head. This album took a few listens for me to catch on to the catchiness of the album. It's great. Strange, strange strange, but in the TRUX hands it all sounds somehow, down home, in your basement music fun. Get this album.
Personal favorites: I'm Ready, Yellow Kid, Banana Kid, ANother Year, Liar and Stevie.
Royal Trux makes fun rawking music that offsets you at first, but places you in such a renewed position of hope for rock and roll. GREAT STUFF!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE definitive RTX album ..., September 29, 2000

By	Terence Burke (Norwood, MA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

...and quite possibly one of my top 10 favorite rock records of all time ...its THAT good! After alienating both sides of the rock world with their earlier noisier fare turning off all of those "musician types" and their later 70's classic rock reflections rubbing all of the underground hipsters pretentions into their faces, the 'Trux meet at the crossroads, and make an incredibly hook-laden, straight-up catchy rock n roll record, and then channel it through a wash of every intense, over-the-top effect imaginable. The result, an equally visceral, abrasive noise-mongers dream, yet at the same time with some of the most infectiously catchy songs the 'Trux have ever penned!! These songs STICK in your head! It really doesn't get any better than this, from start to finish. the inyour face rock of "I'm Ready" the Stones-ey balladry of "Lemon Kid" the sing-song chorus of "Banana Question" the brilliant/absurd cacophany of "Juicy, Juicy, Juice", the sonic waves of sound crashing over your skull with "New Bones", the ultimate catchy rock song "Liar", and the classic rock mello closer, "Stevie" ...this album is truly ... the best of every dimension of everything rock n roll, contemporary and classic, in one perfect package.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars noise don fail me now, July 1, 2003

By	Chase Clark "chasblackman" (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album is really cool and it will annoy your friends.