Search - Jawbox :: For Your Own Special Sweetheart

Great album, reissued

Ken | Cincinnati, OH | 12/16/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Tracklist:

1. FF=66

2. Savory

3. Breathe

4. Motorist

5. LS/MFT

6. Cooling Card

7. Green Glass

8. Cruel Swing

9. Jackpot Plus!

10. Chicago Piano

11. Reel

12. U-Trau

13. Whitney Walks

14. Lil' Shaver*

15. 68*

16. Sound On Sound*



* Bonus tracks, originally found on Savory +3 CD Single.



Sound on Sound was later released on My Scrapbook of Fatal Accidents. That LP also featured a peel session version of 68. Lil Shaver is a completely different take on The Big Shave. If you don't have these three tracks, it's worth it just to get them. Savory was as close as they got to a hit (Deftones later covered it on the B-Sides & Rarities album). A lot of their music featured the bass being more prominent than the guitar or at least not drowned out by the guitar. There's nothing formulaic in this album. In my opinion, it's probably their best non-collection album.



To get a flavor for their music:

1. Jawbox got together in 2009 on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and did 3 songs. It's online. Google it (I can't post URLs in these reviews).



2. Jawbox released two videos from this album: Savory and Cooling Card. Both are on Youtube and the latter you can hear what I'm talking about (regarding the bass).



3. Two mp3s are on buzzgrinder (they interviewed J. Robbins about the Late Night show performance). Again, Google it.



So, check all of it out, then buy the album. You won't be disappointed.



BTW: Other videos they did included a cover of Tori Amos' Cornflake Girl and Mirrorful. While not on this album, these gives you more of a feel of the sound of this band.

"

An enjoyable visit from a long-lost remastered old friend

W. Smith | 01/29/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I once told a fellow musician that I would love to see what Steve Albini would do with the production and engineering of a Jawbox album. Now we have their best record remastered by Bob Weston, who is but one degree of separation away from Steve. What can I say? The bass and drums kick you in the teeth, both guitars and both voices are awesomely violent, and I can listen to "68" without having to dig out the Savory+3 single now. If anyone reading this is a fan who owns the original or is a person unfamiliar wih Jawbox who posesses taste, you must go and buy this record."