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Knock Loud

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We Detroiters have been spoiled over the years, and some would even say we've affected a snotty elitism when it comes to music. But it's hard to be humble with something this infectious rearing its ugly head above the grime and rust. The Paybacks, fuelled by the hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold vocals of Wendy Case (who sounds as if she could whip Britney, Christina, and Avril in a four-woman, over-the-top-rope battle royal), turns in a brash set which alternates between sloppy and melodic and although we've heard these three chords a million times over, they never get old when delivered with such enthusiasm and swagger. In a perfect world, songs like "If I Fell" and "Don't Lay It On Me" would be leaving skidmarks all over the radio, although I'm sure the afterburn would be too much for programmers to handle. Chrissie Hynde has to be crying over her tofu burger somewhere...

See them live, buy the cd. It will stay in your cd player and this band will make it big as soon as one song/video gets airplay.
No tracks disappoint. It is hard to compare them to anyone--the wendy o' and jett comparisons are fair but I don't feel they do them Justice. Their sound is FAR more tight and there is no pop crap on this disc.
I wouldn't give many CD's five stars.....

AFter seeing this band live a few times, I purchased the CD and found that.........it kicks some major ass!!!! There is not one tune on the record that will dissapoint. Buy it! Buy it now!!! But it now and jam it loud!!!

This is a GREAT rock album. Plain and simple.

Real rock, with guitar, bass, drums, snarly vocals, and terrific songs. Lead singer Wendy Case sounds like a combination of Wendy O. Williams and Joan Jett, and that's a fine thing. The tunes take the melodic sensibility of Cheap Trick, add some early Alice Cooper guitars, and turn it into what should be the standard-bearer for rock these days. This CD stayed in my player for a month and never wore out its welcome.

Buy it. Really. Right now. You will love it.

Did I mention that it's a ROCK album?

this is the distilled essence of what rock really is ... no frills. no B.S. just ROCK!
it should have been in every household and on all the airwaves but alas and alack, it is not a perfect world and Wendy Case isn't as rich as she should be yet.

if i had to pick 2 songs to convince you to but it i would suggest track 1: Just You Wait and track 2: Black Girl but every single song on here is a winner

Wendy Case could be rock's best kept secret! With a voice that is tougher than leather and riffs that will stick with you for days, Wendy and her crew have put together a true "Top Shelf" rock and roll record from start to finish. So run don't walk to your computer and get your copy before the rest of the world wakes up to...The Paybacks!!!