Hmmmmmmm...................
Jack Knife | Pittsburgh, PA United States | 07/22/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Great rock album. Gotta kind of wonder what happened in between Payin' The Dues and this album. This album is much more slick and restrained with a more clean sound. Definitely a lot of time spent on production. Kind of lost the harder more punk edge. Definitely has kind of a "classic rock" feel to it. Songs have more structure and are more radio friendly. Different from the stuff I've heard from them previously...but not "bad" different. Just different. Took me by surprise most definitely."
Hellacopters keeping the flame alive
Carter | Australia | 11/01/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Hellacopters are the MC5 for a new generation. It is a pity however that the generation hasn't discovered them yet. It is almost criminal that bands like this go undiscovered and unheard while groups like Nickelback and Linkin Park are thrust upon us through the back pockets of record execs giving payouts to commercial radio stations. This is one of the best rock & roll albums I've heard in years. I've had it for about 6 months and it is still in regular rotation, there's just something about it that makes it special. It may be that the keyboards has added an extra dimension to the sound, something that seemed a bit missing on their earlier albums. One of the best things about these guys are their consistency, the just do not make any bad songs and all the ones here are great. There is a slight, very slight valley in the middle of the album around tracks 8 and 9 where the tempo slows down a little but really, I am only splitting hairs.If I must a point from Rick Kutneroe's great review at allmusic.com, they have proved that the term classic rock doesn't only apply to music from decades ago. True lovers and rock & roll unite and rock with the Hellacopters!"
THIS IS GOOD ROCK 'N' ROLL
L. B. Ivarsson | Rock City | 01/30/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The Hellacopters have their roots in the 1970's rock and you can easily hear that these guys have listened to early Kiss a lot. "By the grace of God" and the equally good "High visability" displays a band that have the melody, the groove, and the more or less "dirty" rock sound that got lost sometimes in the late 70's."By the grace of God" include several songs with hit potential like the title track, "Carry me home", "Down on free street", "Rainy days revisited" among others. ...Amazon claims that this is The Hellacopters second album - WRONG! The band have released at least five records but it's on this one and the former "High visiblility" the band shows how good they really are. The earlier albums is more raw and dirty - don't buy them unheard!"
Track Listings (13) - Disc #1