Weightless

Jackpot | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Future Farmer
• ASIN: B00004SU8F
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #498,452 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars California's best kept secret, May 17, 2000

By 

"jrbates" (San Diego, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weightless (Audio CD)

As with most great live bands, the true essence of Jackpot's music cannot be conveyed in a recorded format. However, their latest release "weightless" comes pretty close, especially on the slower numbers. A much more cohesive album than their last offering "Boneville", "weightless" is a collection of finely crafted American songs that readers of "No Depression" will love. "Whiskey" gets my vote for the best song of 1999-2000. Likes its namesake, that song is the sickness and the cure! However, the album as a whole tends to drag a bit. Rusty Miller is an incredible songwriter and the rest of the band is top-notch, but I just wish they would have produced a more diverse collection of songs that better represents their infectious live shows. Still, well worth the money and definitely a band to keep an eye on. If Jackpot is playing near your home, it is your duty as an American music lover to go ckeck them out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best original outing of the year, December 7, 2000

By 

jonathan jose' rhodes (portland, or United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weightless (Audio CD)

Easily the most interesting release of the year, and, possibly the last few. Nary a clinker song on the release. Admittedly, they sound quite a bit like the long-gone Replacements at their very (too brief) best--that's certainly not a bad thing to sound like. Funny, interesting lyrics and arresting tunes. When they do venture into some country-esque stuff, it makes one realize what country rock might have been, if it hadn't been perverted by the '70s schlock. This reclamation service is worth the listen, alone. Highly, highly recommended. Keep your ears open to these folks in the future. And the other reviews are correct: they are blisteringly fine live.

4.0 out of 5 stars Weighing in on Weightless, March 14, 2010

By 

Dan L. Manes "Happy,clappy music person" (United States; Cleveland , Ohio) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Weightless (Audio CD)

Once in awhile you find a band where the artist voice just somehow reaches out and grabs ahold of you. While i wouldn't say Russ Millers voice is special , it has a special quality to it which makes for more overall enjoyment. (i'll compare him to Tweedy in that area) This album is a solid performance all the way through and the album starts off nicely with a song called La La Land and grooves on through solidly all the way to the end. Musically speaking you cover an Americana element of things as well as some more pop leanings (bells, odd percusive items)

This is where the Jackpot magic begins and it's worth giving a shot!