| Album Features |
| UPC: | 617742045826 |
| Artist: | Jo Jo Gunne |
| Format: | CD |
| Release Year: | 2004 |
| Record Label: | Collectors' Choice Music |
| Genre: | Hard Rock, Rock & Pop |
Track Listing1. So...Where's the Show?
2. I'm Your Shoe
3. Single Man
4. She Said All Right
5. S&M Blvd.
6. Falling Angel
7. Big Busted Bombshell From Bermuda
8. Into My Life
9. Around the World
| Details |
| Producer: | John Stronach, Jo Jo Gunne |
| Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) |
| Recording Type: | Studio |
| Recording Mode: | Stereo |
| SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album NotesJo Jo Gunne: Jay Ferguson (vocals, keyboards); John Staehely (guitar, background vocals); Jimmie Randall (bass guitar, background vocals); Curly Smith (drums, background vocals).Liner Note Author: Matthew Greenwald.After the erratic and self-consciously weird Jumpin' the Gunne, this album is a return to form. More than that, actually -- the replacement of founding guitarist Matt Andes with John Stahely resulted in a tighter, more focused, and generally more interesting band than ever before. Jo Jo Gunne was originally formed to be, in Jay Ferguson's phrase, "a hard-ass rock band," and on So...Where's the Show they finally were one. Ferguson responded to the harder edge by abandoning the synthesizer in favor of a jazzy piano sound, an inspired move under the circumstances. The combination enlivens even the dud songs; "I'm Your Shoe" starts as a pedestrian slow-grind, but has an incredible instrumental break in which the whole band rocks hard and fast, then drops out suddenly to let Ferguson take a wonderful and delicate piano solo. The element of surprise gets you the first time, the brilliant playing every time afterward. When the band actually takes on a song with a half-decent hook all the way through, the results are splendid. The title cut, "She Said Allright," and "Falling Angel" are all winners, and there isn't a single track that is actually a dud. If it was inevitable that Jo Jo Gunne was going to break up, at least they left one consistently good album behind. ~ Richard Foss
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