Gear Blues | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997–1998 | |||
Genre | Garage rock | |||
Length | 55:45 | |||
Label | Triad [1] | |||
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sputnikmusic | 5/5 [4] |
Gear Blues is an album by the band Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, released in 1998. [5] [6] It was released in the United States in 2000. [7]
NME wrote: "Armed with an arsenal of hooks, chiselled cheekbones and oodles of self belief, Thee Machine Gun Elephant are credible heirs to the garageland throne, and, if that wasn’t enough, a paragon of internationalism." [3] LA Weekly thought that "vocalist Yusuke Chiba is a hoarsely authoritative presence, and bassist Koji Ueno and drummer Kazuyuki Kuhara have eliminated the Who-derived busyness of their early approach in favor of seamless, no-nonsense propulsion." [8] Rolling Stone concluded that "the attention to visceral detail is what distinguishes Gear Blues from mere Nuggets and Brit-punk slavishness." [9]
AllMusic wrote that "the album ends with a bittersweet, melancholy, space punk groove on 'Danny Go'." [2]
The European release does not contain 'Jenny' but has an extra bonus disk with 'Get Up Lucy' and 'Cisco'
Gear Blues | ||||
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![]() | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997–1998 | |||
Genre | Garage rock | |||
Length | 55:45 | |||
Label | Triad [1] | |||
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sputnikmusic | 5/5 [4] |
Gear Blues is an album by the band Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, released in 1998. [5] [6] It was released in the United States in 2000. [7]
NME wrote: "Armed with an arsenal of hooks, chiselled cheekbones and oodles of self belief, Thee Machine Gun Elephant are credible heirs to the garageland throne, and, if that wasn’t enough, a paragon of internationalism." [3] LA Weekly thought that "vocalist Yusuke Chiba is a hoarsely authoritative presence, and bassist Koji Ueno and drummer Kazuyuki Kuhara have eliminated the Who-derived busyness of their early approach in favor of seamless, no-nonsense propulsion." [8] Rolling Stone concluded that "the attention to visceral detail is what distinguishes Gear Blues from mere Nuggets and Brit-punk slavishness." [9]
AllMusic wrote that "the album ends with a bittersweet, melancholy, space punk groove on 'Danny Go'." [2]
The European release does not contain 'Jenny' but has an extra bonus disk with 'Get Up Lucy' and 'Cisco'