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バウハウスの元メンバーによって結成されたラヴ・アンド・ロケッツ再発シリーズ第2弾!!

大ヒット・シングル「So Alive」を収録!
前作で立ち寄ったアコースティックなサウンドは鳴りを潜め本作をAORの傑作と称するリスナーも少なくないポップ・アルバム!
伝説のゴス・バンド、バウハウスの元メンバーであるダニエル・アッシュ、デヴィッドJ、ケヴィン・ハスキンズによって結成されたラヴ・アンド・ロケッツのカタログがアビー・ロード・スタジオのショーン・マッギーによる最新リマスターでリイシュー!
本作は1989年リリースのセルフ・タイトル作にして、大ヒット・シングル「So Alive」を収録した4枚目。米ビルボード・モダン・ロック・チャートで5週連続で1位を独走し、1989年の同リストの年末チャートで1位を獲得した。またビルボードは、「So Alive」を"マーク・ボランが書かなかったT.Rex史上最高の曲"と賛辞を寄せている。前作で立ち寄ったアコースティックなサウンドは鳴りを潜め、本作をAORの傑作と称するリスナーも少なくないポップ・アルバム。

As the band's breakthrough record in the U.S., riding high on the left-field success of the slinky T. Rex homage "So Alive," this album still divides the band's fans to the present. Charges of sell-out are incredibly curious, because aside from "So Alive," absolutely nothing here sounds like it would have gotten anywhere on the airwaves. While Ash and David J were clearly dividing their songwriting efforts, resulting in a rather schizophrenic album, what they were writing and performing were some of the best songs of their collected careers. David J gets to indulge rock & roll and blues traditionalism on a number of his tracks, beginning with the opening "**** (Jungle Law)," a radical reworking of the old "Signifying Monkey" standard with compressed production and an almost industrial beat from Haskins. Another redone oldie is "Bound for Hell," a tale of the Devil driving a train to down below; David J runs his vocals through crackly distortion, playing harmonica while Ash plays a huge, thrashy guitar line. Perhaps his best number is his most atypical: "Rock and Roll Babylon," a barbed study of fame with Ash's sax and a string quartet fleshing out the sound beautifully. Ash's songs do some roots revisiting as well, in their own ways. "No Big Deal" and especially "Motorcycle" show that the man's been listening to some Jesus and Mary Chain, but his wonderful vocal purr marks them as his own songs. An unexpected addition to everything is "The Purest Blue," a radical reworking of Earth Sun Moon's "Waiting for the Flood" which leaves almost nothing of the original. ~ Ned Raggett