Cracker - Kerosene Hat



Artist.................: Cracker
Album................: Kerosene Hat
Genre................: Alt-Country
Source...............: CD
Year..................: 1993
Ripper................: NMR

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Many alternative-rock fans considered Camper Van Beethoven an important
band, but I wasn't among them. Guitarist/vocalist David Lowerey always
seemed smarmy and ridiculously happy with his own cleverness. Lowrey's
new band, Cracker, has the potential to be even more annoying, since the
quartet places the spotlight solely on its leader and songwriter, but its self-
titled 1992 debut was a strong effort with a smart, infectious single ("Teen
Angst"), and Kerosene Hat is even better. Recorded with stripped- down
simplicity on an abandoned soundstage at the edge of the Mojave desert,
the album concentrates on the band's undeniably catchy country-flavored
garage punk. "Go For A Ride" is perfect highway music, and the single "Low"
is almost as good as "Teen Angst." Unfortunately, the most inspired title and
song topic-"Hi Desert Biker Meth Lab"-turns out to be wasted on a short
snippet of noise and studio chatter. --Jim DeRogatis



With their second album Cracker have lost the smarmy self-righteousness that plagued their otherwise fine debut, replacing it with a surprisingly solid, rocking core. Kerosene Hat is David Lowery's least affected album yet -- its humor is no stranger than "Dead Flowers" by the Stones or "Fat Man in a Bathtub" by Little Feat, two groups that Cracker strongly recall throughout the album. Kerosene Hat is more blues- and country-based than their debut, but it sounds natural, since their songwriting has improved and they've grown tighter as a unit. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Spin (10/93, p.104) - "...Cracker weaves the language of bluesy rock in a way that feels genuinely well-bred, even in decline....Cracker's thrills are deeply conservative..."

Musician (9/93, p.72) - "...KEROSENE HAT may be the year's most important rock 'n' roll album simply because it shows that the genre hasn't died of overuse--and, more importantly, that it doesn't deserve to..."

NME (Magazine) (6/11/94, p.33) - 7 - Very Good - "...The music does the talking and the gags just make occasional, low-key interuptions....Yet they redeem themselves with a whole heap of trashy but soulful country-rock poses..."

Cracker:
David Lowery (vocals, guitar);
Johnny Hickman (guitar, background vocals);
Davey Faragher (bass, background vocals);
Phil Jones (drums, percussion);
Michael Urbano (drums).

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1. (00:04:34) Cracker - Low
2. (00:03:32) Cracker - Movie Star
3. (00:04:24) Cracker - Get off This
4. (00:05:35) Cracker - Kerosene Hat
5. (00:04:03) Cracker - Take Me Down to the Infirmary
6. (00:03:33) Cracker - Nostalgia
7. (00:03:15) Cracker - Sweet Potato
8. (00:03:08) Cracker - Sick of Goodbyes
9. (00:05:52) Cracker - I Want Everything
10. (00:02:46) Cracker - Lonesome Johnny Blues
11. (00:03:06) Cracker - Let's Go for a Ride
12. (00:06:09) Cracker - Loser
13. (00:00:39) Cracker - Hi-Desert Biker Meth Lab
14. (00:08:02) Cracker - Euro-Trash Girl
15. (00:06:32) Cracker - I Ride My Bike
16. (00:01:21) Cracker - Kerosene Hat (Demo)

Playing Time.........: 01:06:31
Total Size...........: 418.00 MB (FLAC)
Total Size...........: 154.00 MB (MP3)



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