Cult of the Basement

The Jazz Butcher (Artist, Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rough Trade
• Run Time: 47 minutes
• ASIN: B000S17E8W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

13 tracks. the basement, she's on drugs, pineapple tuesday, the onion field, daycare nation, my zeppelin, fertiliser, mr odd, after the great euphrates, panic in room 109, girl go, turtle bait, sister death.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Cult Begins Here, September 24, 2009

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armenianthunder (los angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cult of the Basement (Audio CD)

Although the Butcher had put out several critically hailed recordings, by the time I first heard him it was by virtue of "Cult of the Basement," and it remains my favorite. Everything that the JBC does well they do perfectly here: catchy, simple Lou-Reed-ish pop with touches of swirly shoegaze guitar, Kinks-style British country, all held together by Pat Fish's sly and dry Oxford-bred wit. The hilarious and infectious "She's On Drugs," with its driving slide guitar hook and snappy chorus, gets my vote for the best Jazz Butcher tune period, while the dreamy "Pineapple Tuesday" and "Girl Go," the biting "Daycare Nation," and the Dick Dale-styled instrumental "The Basement" are among an album full of highlights. An essential, and one of the many criminally overlooked albums of the 1990's "alternative rock" age.