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Invisible Girl

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This is a polished album for a band like King Khan and the BBQ Show, but it is nowhere near a polished album. If you've heard their previous efforts, you already know this is a raw band. That sound still carries over onto this effort but is a little sleaker. The album is also a little bit slower than their previous efforts, but that's not a bad thing. The slower vibe of the album gives the guys a chance to show of their musical skills which seem to be getting better and better. Even though the album moves a little slower as a whole, their are some great rocking tracks like "Animal Party." Their are also those classy (scarastically used of course) numbers we have come to expect from the band like "Anala." If you like King Khan, this album won't disappoint.

While most of this is sort of indie-schlock, it has a few standout tracks including an impossibly gorgeous doowop/soul/50's rock tune (I'll be loving you), a slightly less successful song of the same type (third avenue), one about a girl who enjoys anal sex, a fun song about animals having a party, and a song about having tastebuds on the genitals to enhance sexual experiences.

I am completely serious when I say that "I'll be loving you" is in the same class as beautiful and beloved rock n' soul standards such as "Stand by me", "In the still of the night", "duke of earl" and "unchained melody". "Third avenue" is almost as good. It would definitely have been a minor hit if released in the past and would now be available as part of "The golden fifties CD set".

Brilliant if you like early 60s music that's been updated and influenced by punk. Anala (Track # 1) has a fantastic doo wop beat, Invisible girl (#2) is just a very good song and I'll be loving you and Third Ave (# 3 and 6) are old fashioned songs, although Third Ave does lose it's way half way through. Truth or dare and Lonely boy (# 7 and 9) are like Ramones lost classics. Awful at times in particularly with Animal house (#4). It must work in concert or something, but is a silly bore(no pun intended). The rest of the songs are fairly forgettable. Unnecessarily vulgar with Anal-a (#1), and tastebuds (#7) which told me more about Khan's dreams for his anatomy than I ever wanted to know.