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Editorial Reviews
Researching the Blues features 10 songs clocking in at just under 32 minutes. With songs written by Jeff and produced and mixed by Steven, the album is by far the band's favorite record. Steve says, "It has the most singular artistic vision of any record we've done. It's just 10 really f***ing awesome songs that have the ability to move you in many different ways."
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Devils944S2
Format:Audio CD
Yes, it's out of place in 2012. There is no auto tune, no rap and no computer derived music. It is just a great power pop CD with 10 very memorable and singable songs. They make no apologies for their influences and that is OK with me. If you enjoy the spectrum starting with The Beatles, The Hollies and Big Star thru The Posies, The New Pornographers and Spoon, you will love this CD. Hooks, Harmonies and crunchy chords galore!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By hyperbolium
Format:Audio CD
Redd Kross' first studio release in fifteen years actually reaches back an additional decade to the line-up that recorded 1987's Neurotica. Six years ago the brothers McDonald reunited with guitarist Robert Hecker and drummer Roy McDonald for live appearances (including the DVD Got Live if You Must!), and have now mixed and released this album of songs written and recorded in 2007-08. Everything you ever loved about Redd Kross is here, including the pop culture references in the monster-themed titles "Dracula's Daughter" and "Meet Frankenstein." The former is drenched in Beach Boys-styled vocal harmonies and the latter draws perfectly on 65/66-era Beatles, and while the drum lead-in to "One of the Good Ones" may have you humming the Monkees' "Mary, Mary," the song's original melody quickly proves itself as sweet as anything Kasenetz-Katz ever produced. The lead single, "Stay Away From Downtown," is one giant earworm and the garage buzz of "Uglier" is augmented by Stones-y "whoo-hoos." Redd Kross has never sounded better: their guitars buzz and ring, their rhythm section charges madly and their sha-la-las are sung as if their lives depend on getting you to sing along. If you're having a bad day, this album is the cure. [©2012 Hyperbolium]
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Vern Oldham
Format:Audio CD
With this record, Redd Kross has set the bar so high, I'm afraid it just may be downhill from here. Although, that's what I thought about their last 3 records. There is not one song on Researching the Blues that leaves anything to be desired. Every song is strong and full of powerful and catchy songs that you can't get out of your head. Thank you Redd Kross for putting out a record that will not leave my car's CD player for weeks. That hasn't happened in, I don't know how long.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thanks
No enough words to express my love of this. A winner. What are you waiting for? Click purchase already! Lives up to the hype!
Published 7 days ago by William Penname
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rockin record. The guys Rock Records.
Long time fan - a fan of this too.
Pop/rock a la 70s PopRocks in your mouth. It's the same thing!
Can't wait to see them live in the States this Spring.
Pop/rock a la 70s PopRocks in your mouth. It's the same thing!
Can't wait to see them live in the States this Spring.
Published 2 months ago by T. Maltos
5.0 out of 5 stars
So good I bought the vinyl...
...and that has not happened for a very very long time. Thanks to Little Steven's Underground Garage for playing it--it's how I heard it the first time, jumping out of the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Greg
5.0 out of 5 stars
one of my top rated records of 2012 is even better on vinyl
Been a fan for years, this is almost as good as Phaseshifter , and that's saying something. The McDonald bros. still got it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Thomas M. Hildebrandt
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rescues Rock "n Roll
This must have issued from the fires of Mount Olympus - how can a band take a decade-and-a-half off from recording, reach near AARP age, and then produce an album that sounds like... Read more
Published 4 months ago by GlobalChangeSupercenter5
3.0 out of 5 stars
Beatles 2012
This could have been release in 1965, before the fab 4 found drugs. Good pop-rock songs with catchy hooks and harmonies.
Published 5 months ago by Ken M Boucher
3.0 out of 5 stars
If you like Cheap Trick or the Beatles
I'm pretty sure that either Cheap Trick or the Beatles have already made this record in the 70s. So if you like that sort of thing, this should fill your earhole nicely.
Published 6 months ago by D. Hagel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Redd Kross is still relevant after all these years
If you're already a fan, just buy it. Catchy, well-crafted songs, nice guitar riffs, full of the edgy popness they do so well. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Stinking Melon
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good stuff
This was not what I thought it would be -- Blues... I saw the review in Stereophile and thought it would be worth a listen. And it was! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Steven
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great songs and lyrics( but not technically flawless)
Let me stipulate right off the bat, that if for one technical flaw in the mixdown process of just three songs, this goes down as possibly one of the best rock/pop/punk/bubblegum... Read more
Published 7 months ago by G-Rex
