The Phoenix Album [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

The Warlocks

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 2003)
• Original Release Date: November 5, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AGWK1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #45,889 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Psychedelic Velvet Underground Revisited, November 26, 2003

By	Christian Bland (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This CD is absolutely amazing. I got to see the Warlocks in concert in Austin, Texas when they opened for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. I was blown away by their raw & gritty live performance. The next day I went and bought both of their full length albums including Phoenix. The album opens with "Shake the Dope Out" a pure rock n' roll materpiece. Next is "Hurricane Heart Attack", which is yet another hard hitting rock n roll tune. Bobby Hecksher's distorted vocal style completes the bands sound. My favorite song on this album however is "Baby Blue" The use of the sitar completed the song and took the band to the next level. Imagine early Pink Floyd mixed with The Velvet Underground and you have the Warlocks. Excellent album worthy of much praise. The USA needs more bands like The Warlocks. Long live the 'locks!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Psychadelica, April 9, 2004

By A Customer

This album draws from a number of psychadelic rock influences, but the most pronounced is the Velvet Underground. Taking the original name of the Velvet Underground, the Warlocks pick up where Lou Reed and company left off.
The Warlocks have a murky, retro feel - but never comes across stale. Their sound is big and catchy - "The Dope is Good" is probably my favorite. Catchy guitar hooks fill the album along with some backward masking. All in all a great album that acknowledges what made this genre popular in the first place.
Turn off the lights, turn on the lava lamps and drop out to some cool rock and roll.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars superb, but with a problem., January 11, 2004

By	Tom (Garmisch) - See all my reviews

this an absolutely awesome album! flawless from begining to end. the local austrian radio station i listen to plays quite a few cuts off this disc which is how i heard about this band. they need to play more. but i have a problem, and it doesn't have much to do with the music or even the band for that matter. this disc will not play in my home cd player. this disc makes my cd player feeze up. it works about 99% ok on my computer and flawlessly on my stereo system at work, which is not a great player by any means. but why can't my home system read it? as i understand it, it has something to do with the copyright protection. you techno-geeks have gone too far when a legally purchased cd won't work on a normal home stereo system. this is the only cd i have ever owned that this has happened to. buyer beware!!!!