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We Belong to the Staggering Evening

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A cool disc that you wish you'd hear in a smokey bar, but probably wont. Great hooks and melodies with a slightly punkish take on Rock and Roll. This cd is way cool enough for older rockers, but I'm afraid the only people who hear about it thru the grapevine are most likely younger hip kids. That's a shame because this disc is a keeper! Yes, Dylan type lyric structures run thru the whole disc, but with a smokey bar-room feel. Great sense of humor concerning drug references. I am now forced to explore these guys past cds cause this one is so damn tastey!

I can find glowing reviews for ANY cd on The 'Zon, but not even a bad one written for Ike Reilly's newest. That's a shame, peoples, because you're not in on it. Don't blame me, I had no idea you were so uncool. This is a classic rock and roll album for the present. Some metion Dylan as a reference, but there's nothing folk about it. It uses bits of most American pop of the last 50 years and kicks it out in a shambling, drunken, druggie, classic punk rock song fest. It pretty much rocks. If you drink, smoke and like rock n' roll, you'll like this a lot. If you jog, meditate and eat vegetables, you'll still probably like it. Get in on it now, and I won't tell your friends about the lameness. Have a nice day.

What does a guy have to do to get noticed? Ah, maybe it's better for us that we're a cult following. Let the Great Unwashed wallow in Nickelback while those with two ears and a brain can savor magic like this.

The perfect intersection of Dylan and The Hold Steady (sparkling lyrics and imagery and music played with spirit and reckless abandon), this astounding album is a lock for my Top 5 of 2007. Drop the coin, turn it up and don't look back!

I'm the guy who learned about Bob Dylan from Ike Reilly when Ike was Mike and only twelve. I don't always agree with the young man but if nothing else he is honest. "We Belong to the Staggering Evening" is another in your face honest collection of tunes by the brazenly, impudent Ike.

Other reviewers have done a good job of characterizing this outstanding album. No one has mentioned, however, "Broken Parakeet Blues" which is truly phenomenol. Ike paints a vivid picture both visually and emotionally and maybe even nasally. It is a true CLASSIC and I don't use that characterization lightly.

Keep up the good work Ike. And congrats to your outstanding band.

BAGASSOSIS M.D.

Why cant all music be so innovative and original?

I've owned Salesmen and Racists for a number of years and just recently purchased Ike's new album.

I've had this cd in my car stereo on continuous play practically ever since.

Rock and roll simply doesn't get any better than this.

Hi!
I will make this simple....It's the Best. JUST BUY IT! You'll Love it.

And Oh yeah , two of the songs on this CD, were on the Show... Dirty Sexy Money, last season...Now who knew that? So now if your a fan of Ikes and that show, you really have to buy this CD to figure out which songs were played on the show last season. Hint, it was the show featuring the wedding.

Ike Reilly's charm lies in the fact that he asks for salvation quite frequently, knowing damned well that he has no intention of repenting. The devilish genius behind the pop-sensible major label release, Salesmen and Racists (among a slew of others titles), is back in the saddle with the independent, roadhouse-ready We Belong To The Staggering Evening. Most of the bluesy, lo-fi songs on Staggering Evening abide by the old "sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll" cliché, with the addition of under-age girls, lambasting the government, making light of religion, occasional drug-induced fist fights and trips to Mexico.

If you're prone to getting your panties in a wad when people speak out against your cause, Staggering Evening must be exempt from your scrutiny simply because Reilly unapologetically spares nobody's feelings in the songwriting, including his own. In the saloon sing-along "Valentines Day in Juarez," Reilly knocks himself with the line, "Yesterday I swallowed. Today I choked," while in the campy track "I Hear The Train" he takes a stab at Evangelicals with the line, "Tell your minister he looks real cute in his Lutheran suit." Album highlights include the foot-stomping, opening track "8 More Days Til The 4th Of July", the single "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" and the gritty "It's Hard To Make Love To An American". Simply put, Staggering Evening depicts a world where women are just as risqué as men (if not more so), and where the most debated issues of our time are lightheartedly taken with a grain of salt.