Liquidizer (album)
Liquidizer is the debut album by British rock band Jesus Jones.[6][7] It was released in 1989 on SBK Records. "Info Freako", "Never Enough" and "Bring It on Down" were released as singles. Although "Move Mountains" was never released as a single, it received regular airplay on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ, making the KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown for that year.[8]
Liquidizer | ||||
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Released | 2 October 1989 | |||
Genre | Alternative dance, alternative rock, techno, industrial, dance-punk, alternative hip hop | |||
Length | 39:29 (UK) 46:42 (US) | |||
Label | Food, SBK, RT Industries (current) | |||
Producer | Craig Leon[1] | |||
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Singles from Liquidizer | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
The album peaked at #32 in the UK album chart.[9]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "the band’s superior melodic intent to stylistic soulmates Pop Will Eat Itself resulted in a jacked-up blend that worked for both the ears and the feet."[1] The Chicago Tribune wrote that Jesus Jones incorporate "some of the most sophisticated and subtle samples to appear on record."[10] The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "a hodgepodge of stale ingredients in a bland, if colorful, casing."[5]
Track listing
All songs written by Mike Edwards, except where noted.
- "Move Mountains" – 3:20
- "Never Enough" – 2:41
- "The Real World" – 3:03
- "All the Answers" – 3:48
- "What's Going On" – 3:04
- "Song 13" – 4:05
- "Info Freako" – 2:51
- "Bring It on Down" – 2:31
- "Too Much to Learn" – 3:02
- "What Would You Know?" – 3:55
- "One for the Money" – 2:56
- "Someone to Blame" – 4:07
- Bonus tracks
- "Broken Bones"* – 3:06
- "I Don't Want That Kind of Love"** (Kevin Bailiss) – 4:10
* Added for the original 1989 US CD Release
** Added for the original 1989 US/JPN CD Release
Notes
- "Jesus Jones". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- "Liquidizer - Jesus Jones | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 4: MUZE. p. 621.CS1 maint: location (link)
- MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 601.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 367.
- "Jesus Jones | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- "You've Gotta Walk and Don't Look Back". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. February 26, 1990 – via Google Books.
- "KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 Countdown List". radiohitlist.com.
- Buckley, Peter (October 26, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
- Heim, Chris. "A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE IS A MUSICAL THING FOR JESUS JONES". chicagotribune.com.