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Man Who Lives for Love
Spencer Dickinson, Jon Spencer
Man Who Lives for Love
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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This collaboration between the Blues Explosion's Jon Spencer and the North Mississippi Allstars' Luther and Cody Dickinson sounds like serious voodoo, musical mud wrestling, or an accident waiting to happen--maybe all thre...  more »

     
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All Artists: Spencer Dickinson, Jon Spencer
Title: Man Who Lives for Love
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Yep Roc Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 8/22/2006
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 634457207820

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This collaboration between the Blues Explosion's Jon Spencer and the North Mississippi Allstars' Luther and Cody Dickinson sounds like serious voodoo, musical mud wrestling, or an accident waiting to happen--maybe all three at once. The most straightforward tracks seem to pay homage to such legendary primitives as the Stooges ("That's a Drag," "Sat Morn Cartoons," "Book of Sorrow") and the Cramps ("It's Not OK," "The Man Who Lived for Love"), but the musical interplay ultimately stretches to explore a more delirious expanse. "Flood (The Awful Truth, The Living End)" and the epic "I'm So Alone" delve to the deepest bottom of the blues, "Why?" features the organ accompaniment of co-producer/patriarch Jim Dickinson on a Memphis soul strut, and the harder-edged funk of "Cryin'" sounds like James Brown on a psychedelic bender. Then there's the folk lilt and Eastern delicacy of the instrumental "Appalachia." Recorded in 2000, the first twelve of these tracks were released only in Japan in 2001, yet the project as a whole seems to exist in a musical dimension beyond time. --Don McLeese
 

CD Reviews

Let Me Confuse You
Phillip A. Anderson | Dallas, Texas | 12/08/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is one tough LP to review - but I'm gonna give it a shot. Okay. Imagine 3 aliens cruizing by earth after playing some galactic super festival in the early 70's. Their radio picks up a station from Texas spinning the entire Tres Hombres LP - they hear it almost in its entirety. As soon as they set down on their home planet 8 months later - they record what they heard the best they can remember. Confusing. Well, welcome to the world of Jon Spencer. I would have probably given this disc 3 stars - but I would have recommended it over 99% of any 5 star disc. Confusing. John Spencer. My son won't admit he likes it - but will not allow me to eject it at any time, slapping my hand down. Confusing. Yeah. (truthfully, I would not have gone through with said ejection). Cool Music, steady grooves with alien bleeps throughout. Buy it. You won't admit you love it - but you will constantly play it. Welcome to the world of Jon Spencer."
Raw dirty type blooze
Adam Lander | Fictional Vista, ID | 10/21/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you're like me, and just want to rock out to some dirty blues every once in a while, you'll like this CD. No new ground is broken by Spencer or the great Dickinson brothers, but its still better than most pop music. Not to mention the vintage cover art is awesome."