Wildweed

Jeffrey Lee Pierce | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sympathy 4 the R.I.
• ASIN: B000B63IUC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #435,539 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe Jeffrey Lee's best album, September 3, 2007

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This review is from: Wildweed (Audio CD)

I have the older release, without the 2 bonus tracks on it, but I consider it one of the best of Jeffrey Lee Pierce, putting on the short list for best rock albums of 80s. It mixes punk, soul, rockabilly and spoken word foolishness, setting everything atop a foundation of lightweight funk, and coating it all with a glossy new wave sheen. Pierce's sharp witted wordplay is at its finest on this album as well, with "Cleopatra Dream On" shining through in particular.

"Now the agents of grace have been stealing your lace
they cheated the race and they claimed your face
this is no place for Cleopatra dreaming on..."

I see that song as the greatest rival to Elvis Costello's "Beyond Belief" as the high point of 80s era lyrical dexterity. The album is short enough and catchy enough that its hard to not listen through the whole thing once you've put it on. All in all, its much more light-hearted pop oriented effort than the rest of the Gun Club catalog, and worth checking out for any Pierce fan.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pierce's first solo effort, January 4, 2001

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This review is from: Wildweed (Audio CD)

This album was originally released in the UK in the mid 80s. This CD reissue is its first US release. The songs here show a tamer and less bluesy side of Pierce that what you hear on the better Gun Club albums. The songs and the guitar work here are often reminiscent of Television, and sometimes of Pere Ubu. The bonus tracks feature Pierce doing something like a William Burroughs impersonation, to no apparent purpose.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars wildweed, October 6, 2000

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This review is from: Wildweed (Audio CD)

this from the man behind the gun club. the songs on this album are not quite as rude as his previous work but that doesnt make them any less important. voted one of the best phychedelic albums of all time the 'fire of love' is still burning within it.