Always Say Please & Thank You

Slim Cessna's Auto Club | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 19, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alternative Tentacles
• ASIN: B00004WF5O
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,243 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #86 in Music > Alternative Rock > American Alternative > Psychobilly

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is it., September 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Always Say Please & Thank You (Audio CD)

For ALL you folks out there who love tongue-in-cheek gospel-like vintage-style country-western music.. THIS is the album that meets your needs. The dark, rich music is sure to not disappoint. It encompasses the punk, the rockabilly, the hillbilly, the country-western, the Bible Belt Tent Revival. There are even aboriginal touches in places; something you won't quite expect, yet you'll welcome the ingenuity. Slim Cessna and his Autoclub are talented entertainers whose heart and antics perfectly accompany their musical magic. If you can't see these Amazing Healers of Faith live, then purchase this album and let Slim's music start a revival in your living room.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this CD!, September 19, 2000

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Nome de Moi (Burbank, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Always Say Please & Thank You (Audio CD)

There is a peculiar sweetness to Slim Cessna's Auto Club. Beneath the yodeling and songs about Satan and Jesus, there is genuine heart and a wicked sort of cleverness. The songs pull you in, stick in your head, make their way into your shower, your car, your weekly staff meetings. You can't stop humming them. But they make you happy, make you think of truth, justice, and the American way, make you think of long ago times and the mythic Wild West.

Their style is oddly sunny gothic-alt-country with a helping of Bible-thumping tossed in for good measure. It brings to mind the late afternoon sun laced with cobwebs, filtering on the dusty planks of an old ghost town, where true love waits beneath the spire of an abandoned church. Yet there is nothing sad or slow about it. This is music that inspires spontaneous dancing. Whether it is a song about meeting Satan in a local dive bar ("Last Song About Satan") or a raunchy song about country-style lust ("Mother's Daughter"), the urge to tap your feet and sing along is almost irresistible.

It is also just plain fun.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This Ain't Wilco, Kids..., January 29, 2001

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Andrew T. Olson (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Always Say Please & Thank You (Audio CD)

Slim Cessna, Denver Colorado's favorite alt-country son, was back in '00 with a new band and a new record. One of last year's best releases, "Always Say Please And Thank You" is a twangy amalgam of hard-core honky tonk, old time religion, and wiseacre humor. On the disc, Slim's hillbilly tenor and blue yodel are backed by a fresh incarnation of the Auto Club, which manages to aquaint itself quite well to his unique vision. While the Club members are all better than adept on a variety of instuments -covering the gamut from steel guitar to steel drums(!)-they rarely take solos, instead submitting their considerable individual skills to a lean and mean group sound. Make no mistake, this is one driven unit. While much is made of the ironic humor that seems to lurk behind Slim's bible thumping, the album's best track may be the(relatively)straightforward "Jesus Christ," on which Slim voices the last thoughts of a dying man, who spends his final moments taking stock in his faith. More cockeyed standouts include "Last Goddamn Blue Yodel #7," which sounds like Jimmie Rodgers..., and "Pinebox," a demented uptempo number that could easily put The Squirrel Nut Zippers to shame. "Always Say Please And Thank You" stands as Slim Cessna'a best record to date, and is a must have for anyone interested in the weird fringes of contemporary roots music.