Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds

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Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds
Studio album by Izzy Stradlin

Publication
(s)

October 13, 1992

Label (s) Geffen Records

Genre (s)

Rock 'n' roll , hard rock , punk rock , blues rock , reggae

Title (number)

11

running time

43:36

production

Izzy Stradlin , Eddie Ashworth

Studio (s)

Total Access Studios, Chicago Recording Company, Medley Studios, Easy Sound Studios

chronology
- Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds Live
(1993)
Single releases
1992 Pressure drop
1992 Shuffle It All
1993 Somebody knockin '

Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds is the first studio album by Izzy Stradlin , the former guitarist and founding member of Guns n 'Roses . In contrast to future albums by the artist, it was released under the band name of the same name Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds .

background

By his own testimony Izzy began in December 1991 after a break after leaving at Guns N 'Roses with the songwriting . He met an old friend Jimmy Ashhurst, they put a band together, started rehearsing, wrote songs and went to the studio. The album was recorded and mixed at Total Access Studios , Chicago Recording Company Studios, Medley Recording Studios, and Easy Sound Recording Studios from February to July 1992 . First the recordings took place in Los Angeles . When there were riots there in April 1992, however, the recordings were continued in Chicago . It was produced by Eddie Ashworth and Izzy Stradlin themselves, with the exception of the title Take a Look at That Guy , which was produced by Alan Niven and Ashworth.

Track list

  1. Somebody Knockin ' - 3:27
  2. Pressure Drop - 2:42
  3. Time Gone By - 3:47
  4. Shuffle It All - 6:19
  5. Bucket O'Trouble - 2:10
  6. Train Tracks - 4:27
  7. How Will It Go - 3:51
  8. Cuttin 'the Rug - 5:01
  9. Take a Look at That Guy - 4:43
  10. Come on Now Inside - 3:58
  11. Morning Tea ( Hidden Track )

Except for Pressure Drop ( Frederick Hibbert ) and Take a Look at That Guy ( Ron Wood ) all songs were written by Izzy Stradlin and Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds , respectively .

style

Achim Karstens wrote in Rock Hard that the album was "more stones than the stones themselves were in the last 15 years". Markus Baro said in Break Out that the album gave the impression of a solo album by Keith Richards , who had brought the band The Black Crowes, reinforced by Rick Richards (ex- The Georgia Satellites ), into the studio. In addition to the "bony stones-heavy riffs ", he made out southern melancholy, reggae , punk and gospel echoes.

Receptions

Entertainment Weekly rated Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds with a B and compared it with works of the Rolling Stones. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic wrote that it was only "half the time" great, but it was "good enough for a debut album" and "well done" and awarded 4.5 out of five stars. Achim Karstens was disappointed by the songs Bucket O'Trouble and Train Tracks , even by Pressure Drop , which waschosen for the first single release, which "completely uninspired and without any highlights" left a bad impression. He liked the "quieter, melancholy numbers like Time Gone By , Shuffle It All , How Will It Go and Come on Now Inside ", which apparently had a higher weight with eight out of ten possible points. Markus Baro summed up that it was "[e] a simple, sluggish album which, after listening to it several times, unfolds quite considerable charms". The industry magazine Musikmarkt said: "The album Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds is proving to be a successful debut."

Charts

On the Billboards Mainstream Rock Charts , the single Somebody Knockin 'was eight weeks and peaked at number 13, while Shuffle It All was on the charts for 16 weeks and peaked at number six.

occupation

tape

Additional musicians

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds (1992)
  2. ↑ Metal Hammer Archive: Interview with Izzy Stradlin
  3. ↑ a b Achim Karstens: Izzy Stradlin & The Ju Ju Hounds. Izzy Stradlin & The Ju Ju Hounds . In: Rock Hard . No. 66 , November 1992, Record Review, pp. 87 .
  4. ↑ a b Markus Baro: Izzy Stradlin and The Ju Ju Hounds. Izzy Stradlin and The Ju Ju Hounds . In: Break Out . The Heavy Rock Magazine. November 1992, plates, p. 37 .
  5. ↑ Markus Baro: Life after Guns N'Roses. Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds . In: Break Out . The Heavy Rock Magazine. February / March, 1993, p. 8th f .
  6. ↑ Entertainment Weekly
  7. ^ Allmusic: Izzy Stradlin & the Ju Ju Hounds
  8. ↑ Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds. After separating from Guns N 'Roses on solo paths . In: music market . No. 20/1992 , Pop-Magazin, p. 74 f .
  9. ↑ Billboard Charts

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