EDIT: I also purchased the 12" vinyl to get signed when I meet the band backstage this week. Buyers should be aware that despite being a gatefold album and costing FAR more than the CD, it does not include the full-color glossy art/lyrics booklet that the CD includes.
Let's face it, for a a few albums now, Rob's work has been, well, drifting. We all remember the iconic classics like Astro Creep and Hellbilly Deluxe, and our love for those masterpieces sustained us through the lower years of "Educated Horses" and...what was it, like, FIVE different "Best Of" albums? Sheesh.
Rob's back! This CD is a nonstop tsunami of strong songs. This is the Rob we know: catchy industrial riffs, stomping guitars, thundering drums, and a vocal cadence that helps you forgive the godawful lyrics because the rhythm is just so danged FUN. That's what this album is: fun. It's not headache metal that takes itself too seriously with darkness and devils and horror. Zombie takes all three of those archetypes and shows you how to make a party out of them.
There's not a single "skip" song on the album. Each song works, because the styles actually vary creatively--you have sexy, pulsing pistons like "Rock and Roll (In a Black Hole)" and lap dance bait like "White Trash Freaks." One spectacular moment is when Rob screws up his own lyrics DURING THE RECORDING SESSION, and abandons the verse completely ("F-- it! Just go to the chorus! GO TO THE CHORUS!"). Did I mention this is more about having fun that taking metal too seriously? The chorus he's invoking demands that we "rally 'round the girl with a skull on her ass" with the refrain, "Ging Gang Gong De Do Gong Da Laga Raga!" And it just works.
Hey, I bought this CD on the same day as the new Iggy and the Stooges. I love them both, but Rob Zombie's been in rotation three times more.
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