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░ ██ ██ Artist: Jane ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Germania █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 1997 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-07-04 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Repertoire Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ "Jane" is again a trio for this album. Their shift █
█ into the "heavy prog" genre (from Eclectic) is █
█ maybe deserved when you listen to the title track. █
█ One of their heaviest rock song. Rather █
█ convincing. █
█ But this will be the mood of this album. "Rock And █
█ Roll Revolution" is fully reminiscent of "Born To █
█ Be Wild". A great hard to heavy rock anthem. A █
█ highlight. █
█ This German band has had very little weaknesses in █
█ terms of album releases. They deserve a serious █
█ applause for this. Their offering will not always █
█ be great of course, but just remember which type █
█ of music was released by the giants in those days █
█ (1982). █
█ It is a pity that Pedja who took over the vocals █
█ on their previous album is not there any longer. █
█ His decadent type of vocals fitted perfectly well █
█ "Jane's" music. He added such a special atmosphere █
█ that I really miss him here. █
█ Most of the songs art purely rock songs. Energy █
█ and hardness are on the menu. █
█ Almost, I should say because "Jane" already █
█ demonstrated some chameleon skills with their █
█ previous album. Being more new wave oriented than █
█ anything else. No wonder then that "Get Back To █
█ You" has a DEEP reggae style. █
█ The only negative comment would be that in those █
█ days (1982), this style was kind of outdated in █
█ Europe. █
█ "No Future" has nothing to do with the "Pistols" █
█ revolutionary anthem. This song is just a heavy, █
█ very heavy blues/rock song. Not my cup of tea, but █
█ not bad either. "Jane" has been able to avoid a █
█ poor rating from my listening and it still will be █
█ the case with this one. █
█ This is of course another "Jane" (but their █
█ previous album also showed a new sound) and even █
█ if the end of this album is not really strong : █
█ "I'm So Down" and "Driving Me Crazy" are indeed █
█ heavy rock songs and don't have any relation with █
█ prog. They belong more to the post-punk period █
█ actually. Same sort of "garage" sounds for the █
█ last two songs from this album. █
█ Two stars but I can understand why this album has █
█ been rated so low. Pure rock music with heavy █
█ guitar riffs all the way through. It is also █
█ obvious that Hess has a dominant here. He signs █
█ (or co-signs) each of the ten songs (even if Panka █
█ participates in seven of them). █
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░ 1. Germania 6:59 ░
░ 2. Rock and Roll Revolution 3:06 ░
░ 3. Got No Shadows 2:36 ░
░ 4. Cool and Collected 3:53 ░
░ 5. Get Back to You 4:07 ░
░ 6. No Future 5:38 ░
░ 7. I'm So Down 2:07 ░
░ 8. Driving Me Crazy 2:09 ░
░ 9. When I Went to the Scene 2:27 ░
░ 10. Southern Line 5:36 ░
░ 38:38 ░
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