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The Heavy | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: October 13, 2009
• Label: Counter Records / +1 Records
• Copyright: (c) 2009 Counter Records
• Total Length: 38:11
• Genres:
• ASIN: B002MFU9BG
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,786 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How You Like Me Now? Pretty Good, Actually, March 13, 2010

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Flap Jackson "Sky Is Burning, But At Least We... (State Road, NC) - See all my reviews
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After a Kia commercial & Google search, I found the wonder that is "How You Like Me Now?" The song was so good in fact, I couldn't resist buying the full album, to which I implore you to do also. Stepping into the music of The Heavy, you know you're stepping into something special. The quality of some of the songs on this album is just so good, so energetic, it transcends almost everything else in rock n' roll over the past 10 years. Heck, Letterman even had them play an encore for the first time in his show's career. And after sampling The Heavy, you'll be hard-pressed not to order an encore as well.

Highlights Include:
How You Like Me Now?
Short Change Hero
Long Way From Home
Cause for Alarm
Stuck

Once you get past some of the more indie/experimental elements of the album towards the beginning, and as soon as it transitions to full rock mode, then the album is almost virtually untouchable. The Heavy sounds like a combination of James Brown meets The White stripes, meets The Who/Classic 60s Rock. I'll admit, this isn't the most original product in the history of music, or even in its own genre, but The Heavy plays better than most out there. They also do a pretty decent ballad.

Overall, The Heavy mixes energy and soul into its blues rock, and brings out a killer combination. I can't recommend this album highly enough, and if you're a fan of modern indie or alternative rock, you'll be right at home. But even if you're not, The Heavy certainly does enough to convince you otherwise.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Letterman Got It Right, January 19, 2010

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Jason A. Zelek (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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Saw this band on the Late Show on January 18th, 2010 and they were excellent. The song they played "How You Like Me Now" was amazing and Letterman was so impressed that he asked for an encore, something I've never seen or heard him do before. Check out the album, you won't be disappointed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, sweet funk, June 28, 2010

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Joshua Anderson - See all my reviews
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Don't let anything fool you about the appearance of this album....this is James Brown and George Clinton inspired funk. It isn't the same as either of those guys but keeps the same hard driving beat and moves it forward into the 21st century. Many people will call this R&B but unless you're talking about the 60's when Staxx Records and Motown were called R&B you're in the wrong category. Funk is what this is and rocks the funk out.