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Accelerator

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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!

...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.

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

Royal Trux finish up their "decades trilogy" with Accelerator, their tribute to the music of the 1980's. But it ain't no Flock of Seagulls! With the absence of bass on the album, Neil Haggarty's guitar sizzles with raw riffage. Jennifer Herrema's joplin-esque vocals add a primal, pure edge to the feeling of celebration on the album. It is some of the best music RT have done in quite some time and you'll find yourself singing the infectiously catchy choruses at odd moments during your daily routine. A gritty little gem that should grace any self-proclaimed hipster's CD rack.

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

out of the 400+ albums in my stash, this skyrocketed into my top 10 faves and stayed put. i thought for sure it was safe to relegate royal trux to the junkie casualties list and write them off as a pussy galore footnote. yeah, their ealier work was sort of interesting, but unfocused. came across to me more as background studio noodling than confrontational power. and then there were the majors....

but this, THIS is amazing! although they're wearing their inspiration in every groove (from dylan to wonder to petty), i'm telling you, absolutely NO ONE has EVER done an album that sounded like this. they've channeled all their energies into a noisey, rump-shaking FUN pop rock masterpiece that sounds at once like a painstakingly stitched-together fugue and a spontaneous 3-chord punk wank. all the legendary sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll attitude you could scrape off the floor of cbgbs is on this disc. too bad there isn't another band on the pop charts or alt radio that could muster up a fraction of this attitude even if the ghost of hendrix ravished 'em in their sleep.

oh, and i hope herrema never ditches the tuff chick voice too.

I have several royal trux albums and this is by far my favorite. This is one of these albums that you will play over and over again. "Juicy Juicy Juice", with its looped Trumpet part and cowbellfill, is probably the most memerable. Other great songs are "another Year" and "The Bannana Question". After "Juicy Juicy Juice", the Album gets a little more serious. Liar has a catchy guitar riff and good lyrics. Then comes "New Bones", Which is a pure sonic explosion, with Delayed guitars and great lyrics. Follow the winner is also another catchy rocker. Then the album closes with the Beatiful "Stevie". You will love this album, and It will make your poarednts want to kill you to.

Just when you thought it was time to throw in the towel, Royal Trux comes out with one of the greatest rock and roll albums of all time. For a band to accomplish this twice (re: Twin Infinitives)in their "career" is unlikely, but they've managed to pull it off. If you've never heard Royal Trux, this is a good place to start. It's accessable enough to hook you, and wigged out enough to prepare you for some of their more challenging albums. It sounds like they had a lot of fun making this album. BUY IT!

any fan of royal trux will love this record. for those of you who have no idea who they are, first try to figure out how you ended up on this page and second buy this album because it is the perfect intro to this great band. it seems that neil and jen have developed a little more structure to their music than on previous discs. the album is still filled with haggerty's keith richards-esque guitar riffs and jen still has that hint of joplin in her voice but it is much catchier. if you develop an appreciation for these lords of chaos, you can then move onto twin infinitives or their first ep. enjoy

Close your eyes and stop guessing the Royal Trux every move. It's funny how we listen to music these days (or the movies, or anything else for that matter) loaded with a hip agenda or safe assumptions. I mean I can't even remember the last time I've ever been surprised, if at all. But I admit I am with this record. Who even listens to rock-n-roll(who can find it?)? Now , I'm not gonna say my spirit has been renewed and I'm back in the mix but "Accelearator" sure does lift a fellow. A little cheer towards the finish line. Dirtbag Comraderie. I mean c'mon what are they ALL listening too anyway. Oh well, five stars and a meandering, vague review...Exactly!