Customer Reviews

The EMI Years

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After many years of searching for old Scorchers material on cd my search has ended! This is a must have for any Scorchers fan!

Arguably the best three albums/mini albums recorded by the Scorchers (although I would certainly recommend checking out the new release - 'Halcyon Times' - which certainly recaptures the guts and gusto of these earlier offerings). Jason and the Scorchers were, and still are, undoubtedly unique and iconic rock'n'rollers who created something truly original. Branded 'Cow Punk', but in reality capable of hugely diverse styles varying from the the earliest raw and punk-meets-B52's sound of 'Help There's a Fire', through rip-roaring classics 'White Lies' and 'Shop it around', the absolute peak of their song-writing (in my humble opinion) in 'Broken Whiskey Glass' through to the subtle and beautiful, non-cliched country sounds of 'Still Tied' and 'Ocean of Doubt'. If you haven't heard the Scorchers yet, you love gutsy , honest rock'n'roll and you can get your head around a band who are not afraid to mix such contrasting styles, this really is a quite excellent collection. For the once-converted who have lost touch, this is a fantastic reminder of a band who are still out there, still kicking it live, and still well worth catching up with. Oh yes, and there are a few bonuses not on the original vinyl albums thrown in for good measure. Go on, get Scorcherized!!

32 songs including both versions of Absolutely
Sweet Marie make this Jason & The Scorchers disc
a classic - but wait. I give it three-and-a-half
stars out of five only because they have too many
compilations out already [not their fault here that
a former record company is doing it again!], and
the disk one year ago is better. Also try Midnight
Roads and Stages Seen for the 'Best Of...(through
'98!) LIVE!! Pick Up On It only if you DON'T alre-
ady have one J & T S compilation disk.