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Doubt

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During a time in which I listened mostly to "Ministry" and the "Red Hot Chili peppers", I still squeezed in a little "Jesus Jones". I have to admit, this is an album that I only play once or twice a year, but once it's in I love it. I really think this is better than most people think it is. The songs "International Bright Young Thing" and "Real, Real, Real" are just a couple songs on a mostly good album. Any fan of "The Soup Dragons" or "Happy Mondays" should like "Doubt". If nothing else, it's fun to crank "Right Here, Right Now", and pretend it's the early 90's again.

This album, alongside Faith No More's "Real Thing" and the KLF's "White Room" shaped the majority of my record collection in the decade since. There was something special about the way samplers and sequencers were used back in the early 90's which most rock acts don't understand fully... that the song dictates what sounds and samples are to be used, for example the screaming backwards bullets in the punkish opener "Trust Me," the fire and car crashes of the industrial "Stripped", the sitar in "International Bright Young Thing," and perhaps coolest and most original pairing of samples, a John Lee Hooker harmonica riff merging with Middle Eastern psychedelia in "Who Where Why." Additionally, this is one of those albums where every song could have been a single-- no filler whatsoever.

Do yourself a favor and get an often-overlooked piece of rock history.

Mike Edwards is by far the most creative European musician to be named after David Bowie. "Doubt" is Mike E going more mainstream. You can find their infamous smash hit "Right here, right now" on it. When their first album "Liquidizer" was released the critics considered it as one of the best debut albums for years. "Doubt" is never out of time and it should never be missed on a party. If you're just not into mainstream like me, then check their 3rd album out, named "Perverse". Their latest record so far "Already" is awesome too. www.jesusjones.com

This album struck a special chord with me and still does. It's one of the most underrated albums of the 90's.

I was working in college radio when this album came out. For those of us who'd grown up in the Reagan years, particularly those of us who thought the world really might come to an end during our adolescence with "Uncle Ronnie" falling asleep at the trigger, the events which inspired this album's best-known track really *were* amazing, life-changing, inspiring events.

"Right Here Right Now", the single that launched [and perhaps defined] Jesus Jones' short career, isn't the *greatest* pop song ever written, but it's catchy as anything, and it fit right in with a lot of other music coming out of the UK right around that era.

Throw in "International Bright Young Thing" and "Real Real Real", and you've definitely enough material to justify a bargain bin purchase. Besides, you're holding a bit of history in your hand - someday you can tell your grandchildren that you know the lyrics to that song about the fall of the Berlin Wall :-)

Lots of people rushed out to buy this album during the chart runs of "Right Here Right Now" and "Real Real Real". Most of them probably didn't listen to more than those two tracks, which is why every used CD bin in the free world is littered with at least five copies of this disc. Shame, too, because upon reflection, this album is really good! "International Bright Young Thing" remains my favorite track - a catchy blend of guitar noise/rock with a killer hook. "Who? Where? Why?" and "Welcome Back Victoria" are also standouts in the same vein. This mode may be overused, but hey, the world can always use more hook-y songs, right? And no matter where you live, there's a four dollar copy within spittin' distance!

I have to admit, I'm sorely biased solely on the basis of "Right Here, Right Now," which is one of my all-time favorite songs; but none of the tracks are a dissapointment. "International Bright Young Thing" is cool and catchy, "Are You Satisfied?" is guaranteed to stay in your head for an hour at least...Jesus Jones was leading the pack before Techno-Alternative became mainstream. You'll recognize a bunch of these songs!

I love Jesus Jones, and I love this CD, but I have to agree -- Liquidizer (their first) and Perverse (their third) are sooo much better (Try Idiot Stare full blast as you scream down the highway and you'll see what I mean). I'm more of a rock and electronica fan than a pop fan and Doubt moved away from the rockiness of Liquidizer -- Doubt is a fantastic album -- and I'm pleased to see that others hold International Bright Young Thing as their fave from this one, it's mine, too -- but I was ecstatic when Perverse came out and Jesus Jones moved from popiness to a more techno sound.

Or better yet, buy their new one London and go see them when they tour! See you there. :-)

This was my first album from Jesus Jones, but after hearing it I moved immediately to acquire "Perverse" when it came out. I have to admit, the name of the group intrigued me, but the music on the CD left no doubt that this was a group that wasn't going to rely on a goofy name. Most of the songs on here are ultimately sing-along worthy - a nice blend of danceable, guitar & techno-mixed, uptempo material. In my opinion, it's sort of a nicer, friendlier, fluffier, ultimately more approachable Nine Inch Nails. The hits from the album - "Real, Real, Real" and "Right Here, Right Now" are truly representative of the quality of the other material on the album, and NOT so far ahead of the rest as to make the rest of the album filler. Great stuff can be found in "Trust Me", "Who? Where? Why?", and "International Bright Young Thing" - songs good enough to get me to drop my inhibitions and sing and 'seat dance' on the highway with traffic next to me, and dare I say better than the commercial hits. The rest of the album is unique enough to keep your interest for many spins. "Blissed" I am.

I don't get the reviewers who rip this CD. If you were alive and well back in 90-91 when it was released, it really was something fresh; something different than the drivel on the radio. (Drivel on the radio- some things never change.)

Is it a "timeless" album or a "best of all time" album? No. But way back in those early days, it was cutting edge.

How strange it is that the members of Jesus Jones fell so far, so fast. From best selling album, to having their song on a mini-van commercial. I understand one of the former members of the band is working in a record store in England. Whew!