Search - Ike Reilly :: Salesmen & Racists

Ike Reilly
Salesmen & Racists
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Last Time
2. Angels and Whores
3. Commie Drives a Nova
4. Hip Hop Thighs #17
5. Hail! Hail!
6. The Assassination Of Sweet Lou Diablo
7. Put a Little Love in It (According to John)
8. New Years Eve
9. Duty Free
10. My Wasted Friends
11. Crave
12. Cash Is King
13. God Damn Shame

CD Details

All Artists: Ike Reilly
Title: Salesmen & Racists
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Umvd Labels
Release Date: 7/31/2001
Album Type: Explicit Lyrics
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 044001412523

Synopsis

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Midwesterner Ike Reilly attacks like a cross between Loudon Wainwright III, Dan Bern, and Bare Jr. on this debut disc. A wiseass singer-songwriter with an agenda--the title comes from the CD's opener, "Last Time," and damns racist jokes while playing with a handful of epithets fast and loose like Lenny Bruce would--Reilly spits and howls like a less-focused Bern. Sometimes scattershot to the point of incomprehensibility, begging the question of whether anyone still finds the word commie funny--that's Ike, brother. With a fairly hard-hitting band behind him, though, he can convince you that he truly believes that "no limey ever made nothin' like 'I Walk the Line.'" You could call the best songs here shock value with a heart; when Reilly tips the balance for a rare feel-good moment ("Put a Little Love in It"), it's hardly as affecting as when he mourns the death of a relationship as a "God Damn Shame." Reilly's artistry is still developing, but the best moments here arouse curiosity about just how good he might turn out to be. --Rickey Wright

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CD Reviews

I knew him when

bagassosis | chapel hill, nc United States | 01/01/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Some of the teenage kids in the neighborhood were talking about Ike Reilly from Chicago. Well, in the 70s while in college I dated a girl from Chicago(Libertyville)whose punk kid brother was Mike Reilly - a brash, funny, sarcastic, smart ass but very likeable young man. When I would visit I usually had to share a room with the young lad(he must have been 12 or 13 at the time) and he had me listening to Dylan into the wee hours of the night. Incredibly, he knew all the lyrics and their meanings which he shared and which helped me gain a more profound appreciation of Dylan.So anyway - I get on line and look up Ike Reilly and yep it's the little weasel Mike Reilly now all grown up.So I get the CD and wow - really good stuff.One can really appreciate the Dylan influences. Outstanding lyrically speaking!What impressed me most was how "musical" the music was. Very catchy, pleasing riffs. Almost as if the Beatles met Dylan.I can't understand why the punk hasn't become a larger national presence. This is better than 99.99% of the stuff out there. The only thing I can figure is that Ike has the same attitude that the young Mike had. He probably doesn't give a rat's ass whether or not he "makes it big". His values are founded in being true to himself, his friends and family.Bagassosis M.D."

This is not just good

D Bourgie | Boston, MA USA | 09/11/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is really really good. This guy is going to be really big. He is a great lyricist and has a very compelling voice. I love the heavy guitar and the political messages. Ike Reilly is a true musician which is very hard to find in new artists. Some songs give chills to my spine. Favorites include Last Time, Commie Drives A Nova, Hip Hop Thighs #17, The Assassination of Sweet Lou Diablo, New Years Eve, My Wasted Friends, Crave, Cash is King, and God Damn Shame. Highly Highly Recommended."

3 and a half, really

chris howe | manchester, NH | 10/10/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I am going to keep this short and sweet. I bought this CD after reading reviews on this site and sounded like a must have. After several listens i definately do like this CD. What initially attracted this disc to me was the Replacements/Westerberg references, and they are here just in a different way. The CD is just a little too "new school" for me. Maybe its me but i can't help but hear a little Kid Rock in here and on the whole the writing seems to be "reaching" a bit to a younger audience than a 38 year old should be trying to reach. though its only rock and roll and i do like it."