Search - Five Horse Johnson :: Last Men on Earth

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coalblacksky@hotmail.com | Tacoma, WA United States | 02/25/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I can't give this five stars, mainly because of its total lack of originality, but I almost want to anyway, because....who cares, it rocks! Sounding like a long lost ZZ Top album never sounded so good. And that's "The Top" from the 70's folks, when the riffs were dirty and greasy and so were the lyrics. Eschewing their usual low-rent Blues Traveler sound for a more straight forward rock approach works wonders here. "Cherry Red" evokes "La Grange," while the killer "Sweetwater," reminds of "Cheap Sunglasses." That being said, these are in no way just lifted riffs by any stretch of the imagination. This is an album of pure blues rock fire that needs to end up at a party near you; the louder the better. Boys, you've outdone yourselves."