Five Horse Johnson - The Mystery Spot [Music On Vinyl 180g LP] 24-bit/96kHz & CD-format

Posted By : aksman | Date : 12 Oct 2011 07:54:36 | Comments : 6 |

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- Eduardo Rivadavia/AMG (3.5/5 Stars)

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When Five Horse Johnson formed back in the year of 1995, and announced themselves as a Blues Band, their friends may have thought they had cause to worry.
After all, it is a well-worn banality that white boys can only ever hope to mimic the blues, isn't it?
The band has always understood that the Blues isn't a formula, but a way of looking at the world; their blues is a dirty, sensual thing.
Over the past decade, Five Horse Johnson became one of the most loved and respected bands in thir genre.
'The Mystery Spot' is their latest release, dating from 2006.
It's a powerhouse of a record, a focused affair that makes the listener want to reach for the bottle, the smokes and the volume knob all at the same time.
Music on Vinyl now releases this album for the first time on vinyl.

• 180 GRAMS AUDIOPHILE VINYL
• INCLUDING INSERT
• ALBUM ON VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME

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Not even a minor stroke could stop Five Horse Johnson from rockin' and, if anything, vocalist and harpist extraordinaire Eric Oblander's brush with the beyond only served to inspire the band's fifth album, 2006's The Mystery Spot, that much more. Also benefiting from Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster's imposing guest appearance throughout (hear him take over "Ten-Cent Dynamite" with his outro solo), the record showcases a noticeably reinvigorated 5HJ -- not really messing with their successful, rootsy hard rock formula, so much as tackling it with renewed appetite. Starting with the opening title track's aggressive 5/6 blues shuffle, where Oblander's raunchy vocal pays discreet homage to early, pre-Dada Captain Beefheart, and continuing through gritty stomps like "Feed That Train" and the energized "La Grange" groove of "I Can't Shake It," where his harmonica punctuates Brad Coffin's geeetar-grit with soaring wails. Then there's the evocatively named standout "Of Ditch Diggers and Drowning Men"; co-written with former Big Chief member Phil Durr (who also contributes second guitar), it is further fleshed out with slide guitars and organs for a laid-back, down-home sound the Black Crowes used to own the patent on. The remaining cuts do their aforementioned comrades ample justice, without necessarily guaranteeing themselves a spot on future set lists, but The Mystery Spot's overall consistency and reliable sonic qualities (bottom line: few bands pull this music off so well) still offer Five Horse Johnson fans plenty of reasons to celebrate their return.

- Eduardo Rivadavia/AMG (3.5/5 Stars)

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Tracklisting:

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Posted By: MrMacPhisto Date: 12 Oct 2011 08:23:04

Thanks again aksman!

Posted By: terra6 Date: 12 Oct 2011 09:25:31

Gruss & Dank aus Eierland. Cheers

Posted By: eventide Date: 12 Oct 2011 11:56:08

So nice to see you do more Five Horse Johnson! The last one you did was just awesome. The sound was like hearing the band play live which I really like. I've seen this fpr pre-order some time ago and thought about buying it, thanks for the opportunity to try it out first! Maybe I'll buy it too.

Posted By: Narayan23 Date: 12 Oct 2011 14:59:35

Thanks a lot!

Posted By: jpics Date: 17 Oct 2011 13:44:11

Thanks a lot aksman this band sound really good

Posted By: nedjo Date: 26 Dec 2011 09:23:39

Thanks Aksman,

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