The Jon Spencer Blues ExplosionBest The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Albums Ranked
6.8
Avg Score
7
Opinions
9
Albums
1
Reviewer
Summary from 7 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's catalog across 9 albums from 7 opinions, with an overall average of 6.8/10. The top-rated The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion album is Orange (1994) with a 8.6/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Now I Got Worry and Meat and Bone. The discography on Wavelength spans 1994 to 2015.
Orange
“The deluxe 2xCD reissues of the JSBX catalog continues with 1994's Orange and 1998's Acme. * *”
Now I Got Worry
“The beat-infused mutant blues of Now I Got Worry and the incendiary live document Controversial Negro are reissued with bonus tracks.”
Meat and Bone
“On their first album of original material since 2004, the Blues Explosion never assume their comeback is assured. They're reapplying for the job of America's most raucous, hardest-working rock'n'roll band, and will let the sweat speak for itself.”
Year One
“The JSBX reissues continue with a collection of early recordings and an expanded version of 1993's Extra Width.”
Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015
“The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's new record is a eulogy for the seedy New York City where Spencer first earned his notoriety—amid the early-'80s triangulation of hardcore, rap, and the avant-garde—and an attempt to come to terms with the gentrified version that exists today. But it’s also an album that rarely forgets the first three letters of "funeral" are f-u-n.”
Damage
“It could be that I've been missing the point for 10 years, but I've always taken the Blues Explosion at face value. In my estimation, their curled-lip punk-blues shtick is sharp and virile enough that, despite the mascara and wet-dog haircuts, it can't be a put-on. Spencer, like a reformed criminal rueful of his sin-soaked days with Pussy Galore, once said, "We love music way too much to be doing ”
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