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Sweet Jesus, THIS is what you need...

Dr. J. P. Smythe | 08/17/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Silver Ginger 5. SILVER GINGER 5. Say the words, over and over again, roll them around on your tongue. Like the way they feel? Good, 'cos they're here to stay. And this album is the reason why, brothers and sisters. You put it in your CD player, firstly noticing the tasteful packaging, and glorious cover, and then prepare yourself for the sounds that will issue forwith. And let me tell you, brothers and sisters, the sounds are good. Sonic Shake explodes in your ears, making you grateful for everything, making you thank the lord you can hear the beauty, and making you expell any thoughts of inferior bands from your mind. Sonic shake will make you dance, brothers and sisters, with it's choirs of schoolgirls, and guitars that sound like they were forged from the same ingredients as 'Snapple'; Made from the best stuff on earth. And then, Divine Imperfection, with its huge Kick-Horn section, and Gospel choirs, and OH! A CHORUS THE SIZE OF A PLANET! And then you remember that this man, this SILVER GINGER used to be in the Wildhearts, used to make rock music for people to rock to, and ANyway but Maybe, track 3 reminds you of this! The Girls are better than boys, which IS Slade, and Brain Sugar, the catchiest song ever written, and Rock N Roll Girls, and Monkey Zoo, and Inside Out (Country and Western) and..... And then, Brothers and Sisters, you regain yourself, and you see the album through, and you realise that it is up there with the greats, up there with KISS and the MC5 and the Clash and the Stones and the Beatles and David Bowie's ZIggy Stardust and Mott the Hoople and CHeap Trick and Aerosmith, and just about anything good and fun in the last fifty years. And you smile when you hear the Bee Gees cover that closes the album, and you reach over and push Play again, and when, Brothers and Sisters, when Church of the Broken Hearted comes on, and sums up the feeling you've all felt of being left alone, you smile, and thank God that you heard this album. Taht is all. Go forth and Love Silver Ginger 5. SG5 Bless you."

REAL ROCK MUSIC LIVES ON

Dr. J. P. Smythe | 08/31/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"SIMPLY PUT, THIS IS THE BEST ROCK RECORD I HAVE HEARD IN OVER 10 YEARS. I CANNOT TAKE IT OUT OF THE CD PLAYER. IT COMPELLS ME. EVERY SONG IS A R-N-R MASTERPIECE. IT IS THE PERFECT MELDING OF CHEAP TRICK, MOTT THE HOOPLE, OLD KISS, BLUE OYSTER CULT, AND OLD AEROSMITH WITHOUT EVER BEING A RIP-OFF. THIS IS THE PERFECT MEETING OF EXCELLENT SONGWRITING, PRODUCTION, PLAYING AND SINGING ABILITY. IGNORE THE PRICE....IT IS PENNIES IN RESPECT TO THE SHEER JOY IT WILL BRING YOU IN THIS SAD WORLD WALLOWING IN MEDIOCRE ROCK BANDS. THE CURRENT STATE OF ROCK MUSIC HAS BEEN BEGGING FOR THIS RECORD."

Better Than Anything Kiss Ever Did!

Fulci | In Lilly Garden | 08/30/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In The year 2000 a leather-clad , axe-weilding musician named Ginger risked absoulte commercial suicide and major criticism by releasing a rock album that was more suited to the glam-rock era than anything this side of 80's. It sounds like Cheap Trick have organised a gang bang with Slade and Kiss and a million groupies. It shouldn't work, and if anybody else had done it, it probably wouldn't have. But it works, my god does it work.
For me, This was THE album of 2000. I listened to it religiously everyday for months, and still love it to bits now. It's pure rock n roll that just don't care and thats what makes it work. From the pounding opening track 'Sonic Shake' you know you are in nothing less than Rock N Roll Heaven. Its evident much of it is dedicated to Gingers rather lovey Missus Angie, from the Lyrics to 'Divine Imperpection' and the brilliant 'Anyway but Maybe'. It's soppy lovey-dovey stuff, yet i can't think of anything better placed as lyrics. 'Girls are better than boys' is a slade-esque stomp along and contains some classic lyrics, 'They got the sweetest feet and never [pee] on the seat of the toilet' i mean who else could get away with lyrics like that? lol
The album never lets up from 'Brain Sugar' to Gingers Question Song 'What Ever Happened To All The Rock N Roll Girls'. The album ends in an energetic explosion of stadium rock. I can't rate this album enough, it's a modern classic that will no doubt be missed by 99.9% of the world.
Buy It Buy It Buy It, if you are poor and all you own is a CD player and Batteries Go and steal it ... ;). Whatever you do just get hold of it. You should be issued this when you are born as a lesson in how to rock.
So overall, i think you know my views on this album. ;)"