Jacket Full of Danger

Adam Green | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rough Trade Us
• ASIN: B000XFZSVS
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #906,396 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pay the Toll

2. Hollywood Bowl

3. Vultures

4. Novotel

5. Party Line

6. Hey Dude

7. Nat King Cole

8. C-Birds

9. Animal Dreams

10. Cast a Shadow

11. Drugs

12. Jolly Good

13. Watching Old Movies

14. White Women

15. Hairy Women

Editorial Reviews

Recorded towards the end of 2005 in New York's Dumbo Studios with the band who accompanied Green on his recent tours, and the string arranger from Friends Of Mine all under the watchful eye of long-term producer Dan Myers (Granddaddy, Rival Schools). If Green's previous records were colorful, this one bursts into full cinemascope. "It's the most melodic thing I've done so far," says Green with a deserved pride. "A lot of these songs are very groovy. They are very danceable! They might even play it in clubs." This new record is the most accomplished thing I've done," - before adding with his signature deadpan - "so hopefully I'll get the gold best-ever achievement award." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a poet, November 28, 2006

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alexander laurence (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jacket Full of Danger (Audio CD)

Adam Green has been very prolific in the past three years. He was one half of the Moldy Peaches. The band broke up in 2002, but played a surprise show in Fall 2004. But the band is a thing of the past, and he is three albums into a pretty good solo career. That doesn't stop audiences from requesting "Who's Got The Crack" all the time. I witnessed the new sound last year. Green has sort of mined that period of Nick Cave, post-Birthday Party. At first Cave used to do ironic covers of songs by Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and Elvis Presley. After a few albums of murder ballads, Cave got serious. Adam Green is more like Ray Stevens doing cover songs of Nick Cave and Lee Hazelwood. Green and company are talented folk. "Animal Dreams" has a string section. "Nat King Cole" has a Lou Reed vibe. There are some funny moments as in "Hey Dude" and "Drugs." There are some great moments like "Watching Old Movies" which has a classic feel. Green is almost like Spinal Tap on "White Women." This is real musical stuff. Adam Green has delivered the goods. He is serious about this music. He has created a body of work that is quite impressive. Adam Green has a soul of a poet, but can't resist making an ironic face.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Adam Green is no longer cool, January 2, 2007

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This review is from: Jacket Full of Danger (Audio CD)

I don't know what the beef over this album is. It is the full progression of the same catchy-weird song writing style he's been doing since Friends of Mine. This is deep-fried cheese and it isn't endearing. Take a good whiff. This music rebels from every musical convention in existence today, including the ones that Green himself invented. If you want to hear a completely independent artist, inquire here.

If not, go listen to anyone else. But if you want swinging tunes from another dimension that seems to think of The Rat Pack as The Beatles and that Glen Campbell is Buddy Holly, spin this puppy. Scratch that. Maybe it's like if Lou Reed were to write for Sinatra. I don't know how to describe what goes on on this disc, just that I like the music that dances around the utterly sick and rotten core of these tunes. Whatever it is, it puts a big dumb smile on my big dumb face.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My advice: ignore the first reviewers, this album is wonderful, August 23, 2007

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Mr. D. Drabble "hello-operator" (Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jacket Full of Danger (Audio CD)

This is almost certainly my favourite album from last year. I don't really understand what's not to like about this album except from a purist perspective: Green has previously written much less commercial sounding music, with low fi production and a sub-altern feel. The music on this album is quite different, for me he brings together all that was good about his other albums, the irony, incredible string arrangements, rhythmnic mastery and the ability to surprise and he's pulled off a masterpiece, even if it is one that goes against what he might have preferred to do. He's said himself that he didn't like the high production and formality of this album and the next one will be much more lo-fi which for me is a great shame.

Some of the tracks are really fantastic on this album, particularly the first seven tracks and the later highlights of the album, Drugs and White Women (first lines being the rip-roaring "You know I wanna bone you. I wanna make a hole in you") that have had me nearly on the floor laughing. And the music arrangements compliment the lyrics with a skill and a feel for what's catchy that I've really not heard paralleled before. This is all the more indicative of musical genius when taking into account that Green parodies such a vast range of genres, from prog rock and the blues to James Bond-esque songs. Having a friend that also likes the album can be great fun too, it's the kind of album you can quote to people. There are certainly a couple of bad tracks, C-Birds and Hairy Women spring quickly to mind, but these of just a few pimples on one of the peachiest arses released in recent years (you know what I mean).

Green's style is not for everyone, it takes someone who has a sense of humour and an appreciation for catchy tunes with an open minded approach to music beyond the Coldplays of this world. So I'd recommend you listen to snippets first on Amazon and if you like what you hear, buy it as quickly as possible. It's the type of music that has changed my mood from gloom to unfettered optimism many times.