Readysexgo (Expanded Edition)＜限定盤/Purple Vinyl＞

ピンク、フォール・アウト・ボーイ、アヴリル・ラヴィーン、ウィーザー、グリーン・デイ、ケイティ・ペリー、そしてテイラー・スウィフトといった大物アーティストのプロデュース / 作曲を手掛け、日本ではPUFFYのアルバム『SPLURGE』、シングル"ALL BECAUSE OF YOU"や、織田裕二の"LAST CHRISTMAS / WAKE ME UP GO! GO!"への参加などでも知られるソングライター、ブッチ・ウォーカー。

彼が90年代後半に結成したバンド、マーヴェラス3の2000年リリース3RDがREAL GONE MUSICより拡張版2LP再発!フックに満ちたパワー・ポップ/グラム・メタル・スタイルを満載しており、ボーナストラックとしてジム・キャリー主演映画『ふたりの男とひとりの女』で使用されたSTEELY DAN"REELIN' IN THE YEARS"カヴァーなどを収録しています。

READYSEXGO is an absolutely killer slice of pop/punk/metal. Marvelous 3 are essentially Cheap Trick retooled for the 21st century, although these guys also have the sex-and-drugs misogynist attitude of mid-'80s hair metal bands (which may explain why Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx makes a cameo here on an answering machine message). High class musical references abound, such as Def Leppard and Queen in some of the choruses, Material Issue and Green Day in some of the guitar parts, plus hints of '70s glam (which may explain why "Cigarette Lighter Love Song," co-written with David Bowie, has a chorus which sounds suspiciously like "All the Young Dudes.") The bottom line is that even though these guys are loutish enough to put an inflatable sex doll on the cover, they're also capable of wit and wordplay (see "This Time"), and they're terrific tunesmiths--nearly every song here has an insanely catchy hook scattered somewhere about its person. Don't miss the hidden bonus track; it may begin with a radio announcer reading the album's credits, but after about four minutes it segues into a dance remix of the ninth track, "I'm Losing You."