Jesse Malin - Glitter in the Gutter
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Artist: Jesse MalinBrand: Baker & Taylor
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-20
Model: 00655223003620
Music Label: Adeline Records
Soundtracks:
- Don't Let Them Take You Down (Beautiful Day)
- In The Modern World
- Tomorrow Night
- Broken Radio
- Prisoners Of Paradise
- Black Haired Girl
- Lucinda
- Love Streams
- Little Star
- Bastards Of Young
- Happy Ever After (Since You're In Love 2007)
- NY Nights
- Aftermath
Music reviews of Glitter in the Gutter
Music Review: Not his best, but.... still quite good
Rating: 4 Stars
I can't conciously give this album a five star review, simply because of Malin's two previous solo albums. This album has some definite highlights, but also has some tracks that leave me scratching my head. The high points of this album are "Don't Let Them Take You Down," which is in the classic Malin vein and would fit in on either of his first two albums, "Aftermath," which works well with Malin's 'gutter rat' persona, and has a nice melody and solid lyrics. The best track is easily "Broken Radio," his duet with Springsteen. It's an enchanting song by itself, and Springsteen adds his beautifully, weathered voice to fit perfectly in with Malin's high pitched vocals. Hell, it's worth just to hear Springsteen sing the line "We never had a lot of cash, but we loved those kids" (a classic Springteenian line if there ever was one!). There are so other good tracks such as "Lucinda," and "Black Haired Girl" (with Jakob Dylan). The thing that sets this album back a little bit is that his first two albums were so good, that it kind of pales in comparison. Heat was a great album, and The Fine Art of Self-Destruction was a freaking masterpiece. Glitter in the Gutter has some tracks that are on par with those two, but has too many weak spots. To a casual fan, what was the point of "Since You're in Love 2007" or whatever the song is called now. The version on Heat was superior, although it wasn't even the best song on that album ("Scars of Love," in my opinion, takes that award). The lyrics on some of his up tempo numbers here are a little bit weaker than before, as if he was trying a little to hard to for commercial aspirations, and their arrangements leave me a little cold. The Replacements cover also kind of leaves you scratching your head, although Malin's performance is not bad, itself. It just makes you wonder the point of that one, other than for cred. My last knock on it is the production. Ryan Adams produced his first album, while Malin himself produced Heat, and those albums had a sweeping sound that seems to be left behind in favor of a leaner, more commercial sound. I have no problem with commercial aspirations, but the production on this one took it a little to far, therefore robbing it of some of its raw energy that was so evident on his earlier albums.
Overall, while this album doesn't reach the peaks of his earlier works. This is good, solid work from a performer that has all the talent in the world. This guy has so much talent that you expect everything to be earth shattering, and when it's not, it can be a little bit of a letdown. Born to Run's and Darkness on the Edge of Town's only come around once in a generation, but I was hoping Malin had one in him, and maybe he still does. But to those unfamiliar with what came before, you should be more than satisfied with this rocking album.
Description of Glitter in the Gutter
A raw, modern record of thirteen stellar songs that feels like a celebration of life. Jesse writes about struggles and smiles; about finding ways to "keep on keeping on" with the lyrically intimate slice of life and detail he's known for, while covering a larger palate to connect with people in every part of the world. He conveys happiness and sadness in the same note, using both electric guitars and acoustics, modern keyboards and acoustic piano, power driven drums and happy jangly percussions with driving bass lines and big voice choruses, thus defining the ebb and flow of "Glitter In The Gutter". An energetic, infused, moving record with defiant and exuberant spirit.Glitter in the Gutter, the third solo album from Jesse Malin, finds the artist settling in to a comfortable groove, further cultivating the power-pop-with-a-touch-of-twang bittersweetness that was a staple of his solo debut The Fine Art of Self-Destruction. Straddling the line between country balladry and guitar rock, Malin gets support from guests Ryan Adams, Jakob Dylan, and Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme. There's plenty to like in uptempo rockers like "Prisoners of Paradise," and whether or not "Lucinda" was written for alt-country star Lucinda Williams, it wouldn't sound out of place on one of Williams' early records. "Broken Radio" stands out as a Springsteen-like paean to lost youth and rock and roll (the Boss even contributes a duet vocal), and a mournful, piano bar reading of the Replacements' "Bastards of Young" shines a light on the broken-heartedness hiding under the pissed-off teenage posture of the original. Ultimately, there's nothing especially cutting-edge about Malin's ruminations on wrecked romances and world-weary voice, but he has delivered a consistently tuneful and satisfying album. --Ben Heege
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