Clear Hearts Grey Flowers

Jack off Jill

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 17, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Risk Records
• ASIN: B00004TWVN
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,530 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is this the same Jack Off Jill?!, July 31, 2001

By	Matt (Damnation) - See all my reviews

Hearing "Clear Hearts Grey Flowers" and "Sexless Demons and Scars" back to back one would be hard pressed to tell they were even recorded by the same artist. Where "Sexless Demons" is a stripped down, raw, punk rock album "Clear Hearts" is a more soulful pop oriented offering. And by pop I mean the kind of music you can still chop the heads off your Barbies and scrawl pentagrams on your notebook to.

Jessicka has refined her vocal range and displays it nicely here. Her bloodcurdling screech and sickly sweet innocent little girl purr are still present but they take a back seat to more plaintive, sorrowful vocalizations. With the expressiveness of her voice and the intonation she puts on the lyrics she manages to wring every little bit of meaning out of her words.

Their lyrical content doesn't seem to have changed much between the two albums but, again, there's a more desperate/futile quality to it. As yet more evidence of this new tone is their cover of The Cure's "Love Song" which appears as a secret track. All of this is still backed by their telltale hard driving rythms but at the same time they too convey this melancholy.

"Clear Hearts Grey Flowers" is a crossover hit for Jack Off Jill which should appeal to goth fans (think Switchblade Symphony) and mainstream pop-punk (those of you who buy into Hole)lovers alike.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Melodic, heavy and aggressive., March 7, 2002

By	Roger Williams (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews

I'd never really heard of Jack Off Jill before a friend of mine recommended this album, but I'm quickly becoming a fan. JoJ takes a bonafide metal approach - not Korn-ish "nu-metal" or the like - and makes it catchy and tuneful. My favorite tracks here are "Strawberry Gashes" and "Nazi Halo" with their relentless barre chord wall of sound and angry screaming (it's really more melodic and engaging than the words "angry screaming" would hint at). The musicianship of the entire seems to have suddenly grown by leaps and bounds from their previous album, which is also a compliment to Jessicka's songwriting and band leadership talents.

Since I'm a man, most of the gynocentric lyrics examining the role women are forced to play are, frankly, not really something I can relate to. However, Jessicka's anger is not misdirected, and somehow manages to avoid the cliche fest it could have easily become.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gotta luv it!, November 13, 2000

By	"tyggrrr" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

I first saw Jack off Jill perform with Lords of Acid, and Jessicka threw her band-aid at me. I could tell she had class- And it shines through on Clear Hearts Grey Flowers! The words are quite intelligent and catchy. I find myself singing Cinnamon Spiders at work all the time. It's not chick rock or "I'm trying to be like the boys" rock..It's just plain and simple Jack off Jill. No one else comes close...and the cover of the Cure's Love Song alone is worth the purchase of the CD!