Public Places

Russell Simins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 17, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grand Royal Records
• ASIN: B00004Z3N3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,079 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Some variety, at least, June 4, 2004

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twinky buttspong (AUSTIN, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Public Places (Audio CD)

In many ways this comes close to being a standard adolescent white-boy pre-rap-thrash hard rock. The opening track features a woman explaining how to er, perform (...) as the music pounds away. The very next track is a three-chord anthem about getting it on in public places with a woman who "likes girls, but she likes me better" - kind of infantile, but it totally rocks the house. It's all in good fun.

But there's also a lot of other styles and stuff on here. Some of it sounds a whole lot like Beck. There's some sampling and scratching and hip hop stuff, and lots of weird sound effects and instrumentation, and some cool background singing ladies (Mio Hatori sounds wonderful on the last track). The lyrics seem to get a little less better(...), but then again they don't really seem to be saying anything particularly special. And um, I hate to be mean, but the biggest problem is how Mr Simins' rather nasal singing voice just drones along annoyingly despite every vocal effects trick applied.

Altogether okay, nothing worth writing home about, but tracks 2, 5 & 7 are worth a few spins.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not a single disappointing cut, December 7, 2001

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James G. Mundie (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Public Places (Audio CD)

I've always been a big fan of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and the side projects Simins has been involved in (Boss Hog, Butter 08), but I was blown away by this solo album. Top to bottom, it's a great listen all the way through (and as I discovered on a sixteen-hour trip to St. Louis, great driving music, too). Every song is musically and lyrically complex, alternately brash and subtle, but always clever and usually playful. I hooted with delight when I recognized a sample from "the Sensuous Woman" ('...the testicle is an egg, and I'm very careful not to break the shell..'). This is one of those albums that you find yourself listening to again and again, and noticing little hooks or lyrics you never heard the previous hundred times, while you shake your moneymaker.

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious, January 3, 2003

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Francois Lajeunesse-Crevier (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Public Places (Audio CD)

This record is absolutely delicious... no weak moments, only pure energy. Altough it's not a chef d'oeuvre, this album is very rythmic and pretty cool to listen to. I'll give a 5/5 for the fun factor...

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