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Long Live the Reducers!

Stopheles | Ridgewood, NY United States | 06/11/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"After years of living on REDUX to fulfill my Reducers-CD necessities, I was thrillied to finally get my hands on SHINOLA, and it did not disappoint.The Reducers show more diverse influences and even bits of maturity (? ) as they touch on serious topics such as gun violence ("Power of the Gun") and teenage rebellion ("baby You're Gonna Lose"). This IS a Reducers album, though, so expect hard-bopping rock and roll like it was meant to be played, for fans of any and all late 1970s punk-and-pub-rock (Dr. Feelgood, Flamin Groovies, Neighborhoods, the Clash, the Undertones, etc etc). "Going Going Gone" and "The Witness" and "San Antone" (incredible, that one) will get any living human being moving...and "Laughing Boy" and Some Other Time" will have you wondering "Why wasn't this a hit?"For those of you who are familair with the Reducer's older recordings (what's on REDUX), you should pick this up specifically for "Real Gone," Peter's sort-of companion piece to "Let's Go"...the theme of "let's get the Heck outta New London" is given a much different spin in this fantastic song.Buy this record! See the Reducers live! RAVE ON!"