Artist: Ike Reilly
Album: Born On Fire
Bitrate: 245kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Rock Ridge Music
Genre: Rock
Size: 100.96 megs
PlayTime: 0h 54min 50sec total
Rip Date: 2015-10-10
Store Date: 2015-06-16
Track List:
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01. Born On Fire 4:03
02. A Job Like That (Lasalle & 3:48
Grand)
03. Underneath The Moon 3:34
04. Do The Death Slide! 3:54
05. Am I Still The One For You? 5:03
06. Two Weeks-Of-Work, One 3:48
Night-A-Love
07. Hangin' Around 4:39
08. Notes From The Denver 4:28
International Airport
09. The Black Cat 3:32
10. Live Like We're Dying 4:37
11. Upper Mississippi River Valley 3:29
Girl
12. Good Looking Boy 4:45
13. Paradise Lane (Feat. Tom 5:10
Morello)
Release Notes:
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ôI used to want to die young,ö talk/sings Ike Reilly in his hangdog manner, then
ends that thought with ôbut itÆs too late now.ö ItÆs a potent example of the
skewed, dry, self-effacing humor that Reilly has been churning out over six
previous albums, billed with or without his Assassination band.
Stiletto-sharp words and album titles such as Poison the Hit Parade and Salesmen
& Racists donÆt go far without similarly edgy music to back them up. ThatÆs
where Reilly and his group turn up the heat. His tough Tom Petty-styled rocking
incorporates strong strains of blues (ReillyÆs fiery harp playing has elements
of Paul Butterfield), Replacements era gritty/melodic punk and just enough
Highway 61 Revisited motor-mouth wordplay (ôAm I Still The One For Youö) to keep
things interesting without sinking into the dreaded ôDylan-ishö subgenre.
The loose, tough, guitar play hits hard, especially when Reilly gets sexed up on
the garage attack of ôThe Black Katö in a rollicking performance reminiscent of
the Stones in their æ70s ôLive With Meö heyday. He twists psychedelic guitar
around the country inflected story of the ôUpper Mississippi River Valley Girlö
which, along with gospel backing vocals and a sing-along chorus, further expands
its already impossible-to-pigeonhole sound. He introduces the darkly humorous
funk rock of ôDo The Death Slide!ö with a Wolfman Jack impersonation that then
shifts into an overdrive blues harp solo worthy of Little Walter.
ReillyÆs harmonica skills roar as pop, rock and blues converge on ôTwo
Weeks-a-Work, One Night-a-Love,ö an existential tale of the blue collar worker
filtered through the singerÆs wry observations. A nod to DylanÆs stream of
consciousness lyrics propel ôNotes From Denver International Airportö which
references cannibals in the bar at the titular place.
To say this is exciting, unpredictable, idiosyncratic American rock and roll is
not to do it justice. Established cult Reilly fans might know what to expect,
but even they will be thrilled with the sheer dynamic gusto and rollicking
groove he unleashes. ItÆs pure, unaffected and raw, adjectives that have always
described Reilly and result in this explosive album, the culmination of his
extensive years in the trenches.