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WOW...Just...WOW!!!

Cham Pain | Atlanta, GA United States | 01/12/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Buy this album. I saw James Hall live at Smith's Old Bar in Atlanta and my wife and I were completely blown away. The raw energy and emotion James and the band communicate on the album only gets increased ten fold when you see him live. Their drummer, Jerome I think is his last name, is pure energy. Why James Hall is not an universal superstar absolutely baffles me and sums up all that is wrong with the music industry as a whole. This band is pure rock n' roll lead by James's song writing depth and soul. Listen to High-Steppin...one of my favorites. There are alot of commercially profitable and popular bands floating around out there that could learn a thing or two from The Pleasure Club. Would someboby please give these guys their due air-time."

Mr Hall is a sadly neglected genius

goatboy | Australia | 06/18/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What's wrong with you people? In an era where mediocre rock (Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) is being championed with disturbing regularity, the Godlike genius of James Hall is still being ignored. To think, this guy has to stagger around the back alleys of the music business when he's been responsible for some of the best rock music of the last fifteen years. What an outrage! Here Comes the Trick merely confirms his greatness. Okay, it's a little watered down from the ferocity of Pleasure Club but no-one has penned a better rock album in the last five years. It's worth buying just for Roll Around, where Hall lets fly with those glorious vocals of his, let alone the mighty title track or cheesy funk of Days in Days out. This is pure unadulterated genius and it is truly a travesty that Mr. Hall has been ignored for so long. Have a heart, right this wrong."