By the Grace of God [Enhanced, Extra tracks]

Hellacopters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Extra tracks
• Label: Liquor & Poker
• ASIN: B0002CHJX2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,095 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese edition of the Swedish garage-punks fifth album includes two bonus tracks, 'Big Guns' & 'Red Light'. Universal. 2002. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buy Grande Rock Instead., December 24, 2004

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I. Malkin (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: By the Grace of God (Audio CD)

I'm a big Hellacopters fan, but I was a little dissapointed with this release. It's very produced, and lacks the rawness of earlier albums. There's about 4 songs on the album that I think are great, though - classic Hellacopters. Most songs are somewhat "poppy", even cheesy (especially the chorus'). What I like about The Hellacopters is their truely authentic 70's Rock sound, and similarities to say Thin Lizzy, and Ted Nugent. This album sounds like they moved into the mid-80's (and not the GOOD mid-80's), with more similarities to say, Boston, or dare I say, Foreigner, or something...My favorite Hellacopters releases are still "Grande Rock" and "High Visibility". I hope they go back to the sound of these albums on their future releases...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, But Tame & Commercial Compared To Previous Works..., June 10, 2004

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"The Woj" (Downers Grove, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: By the Grace of God (Audio CD)

This is a must have cd for any fan of the band. For the uninitiated, however, "By The Grace" is not the best place to start if you want to experience the harder rocking, MC5 inspired sound, which put the band on the map. "Grace" contains more melodies, has better "production" and a tighter sound than previous albums, but personally that means commerical success (not quite a sell-out at this point). The twin guitar attack is mellowed in the mix in favor of song structure and overall restraint. At times the band comes off sounding more like the Romantics than MC5. But again, that's my personal opinion. I'm a metal head by trade and tend to view the albums from that perspective.
So if you like your "hard rock" a bit on the mellower side (even though that might be a contradiction in terms), this album might be for you. But if the intro to "Kick Out The Jams" is what moves you, opt for previous albums "Payin' The Dues" or "Grande Rock".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmmmmm..................., July 22, 2004

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Jack Knife (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: By the Grace of God (Audio CD)

Great rock album. Gotta kind of wonder what happened in between Payin' The Dues and this album. This album is much more slick and restrained with a more clean sound. Definitely a lot of time spent on production. Kind of lost the harder more punk edge. Definitely has kind of a "classic rock" feel to it. Songs have more structure and are more radio friendly. Different from the stuff I've heard from them previously...but not "bad" different. Just different. Took me by surprise most definitely.