HHX IXX+ XHH HHHHH IHH +HH HHHHHH +HH+ +HHH +X HHHXIHH IHX +HH+ XHHX +HI HHX IHHX X+ IHHHH HH+ HHH XHH HHH HHH HHHHHX HHI +HH+IHH XHH +HH+ HHIXHHI HHH HH+ HH++HH +HHI XHH HH+ HHH HHH HHX HH++HHI+XHHHHH XHH HH+ +HHX IHH+HHH HH+ HHHHHHHHHH XHH HH+ HHH +HH+IHH+ +HH+ HHHHHX++HH+XHH HHI HHH +HH+ HHI HHH HHHI HHXIHHX HHX XHH+ +HH+ HHX XHHI IHH HHH HHHHI HHH HHH +HH+ HHH +HHH +HH+ XHH HHHHHX+ XHH IHH+ +HH+ IHH++HHH +HH+ IHH IHHHHHH+ XHH HHH +HH+ HHHHHHI HH+ IHH +XHHHHH IHH IHHX+HH+ XHHHHI HH+ +HH XHHHHX IHH HHHHHH IXX+ HH+ +HH+ XHHHX +HH HHHHH IX HH+ HHH +HH +HHHI HH+ +HHH + II - NuHS - HH+ IHHHHX HH+ IHHHHHI ..... Info ........................................XHHHI..... : I+ : : Artist: Jessica Six : : Album: All Good Things : : Tracks: 14 : : Time: 39:36 minrs : : Bitrate: 192kbit True Stereo : : Source: CDDA : : Genre: Indie : : Label: act your age : : Str.Date: 000-00-0000 : : Rip.Date: Sep-02-2003 : : Ripper: NuHS : : : :...........................................................: .. About This Release ....................................... : : : "So they're from Houston. You'd never know. The : : semi-anthology that is All Good Things aims to : : highlight the works of a band that has since dispersed : : and never really made much of a name for themselves : : outside of the Texas area. Unlikely. Not that the : : material is sub-par, or worthless, but there is nothing : : that's going to make you pack up and move to Houston : : and start picketing for the folks to play one more gig. : : : : Essentially, what we've got here is a quasi-funk : : approach to Texas style rock and pop. Think : : Replacements as filtered through an Old 97's mentality. : : Got it? Maybe not. Perhaps the reason is because All : : Good Things at times comes across like a Blink 182 : : effort, a full out guitar slamming nerdy punk affair, : : too content with appearance and decibels, and not : : enough concerned with content. It's a common enough : : problem, but for a "career" retrospective, it won't : : fly. Perhaps their catalogue has some ingenious, : : thought provoking songs, but these all seem to run : : together in an endless barrage of songs that all sound : : related in a weird, West Virginia kind of way. In : : short, it's a little cramped in the world of : : alterna-rock these days, and there doesn't seem to be : : room for Jessica Six. : : : : Not that they're not trying. "Anne Mars" is as a good a : : Replacements song as Westerberg could ever muster, but : : it's not 1984 anymore. This stuff is old hat. It's one : : thing to reinvent the wheel; it's another to modify it : : successfully. It's hard to attack derivative songs, but : : it's even harder not to when you figure that there are : : other ways to get around. Case in point: "Alpine" and : : "A Wind to Shake the Stars" scream like Foo Fighters : : demos, but never really take flight. The intent is : : visible, but the results are lacking. : : : : So, if your music collection has a spot saved for punk : : bands not big to classify as such, than maybe Jessica : : Six is for you. The formula is there, clearly laid, : : out, and the execution, at least in that realm, is : : nearly flawless. In their own way, many songs like : : "Newport Millionaire" and "Swinging Naturals" are : : endearing and innocent, but they ain't Soylent Green. : : Or even a Big Mac. But go back and time and release : : these songs in 1982, and we might have a revolution. If : : only it were that easy. " : : -pop matters webzine : : : : : :...........................................................: .. Track List ............................................... : : : 01 Anne Mars 02:04 : : 02 Newport Millionaire 03:03 : : 03 Souvenir 03:41 : : 04 Vendors of Greater Things 01:56 : : 05 Swingin Naturals 02:57 : : 06 Kansas City Monarch 03:20 : : 07 Repeater 01:09 : : 08 At Waterford Square 03:03 : : 09 The Man Responsible 02:00 : : 10 Mustang Boy 03:38 : : 11 Sailor Beware 03:07 : : 12 Alpine 04:17 : : 13 A Wind to Shake The Stars 01:43 : : 14 Saul Met A Girl 03:38 : : : : 39:36 min: : : :...........................................................: ............................................................. : : : WE PROVIDE THE FIREWORKS, : : : : : : YOU DO THE OOOHHH'S & AAAAAHH'S : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :...........................................................: .graphics.ant.no.425153254.