Good Grief...

January has been a weird month for me, my computer kind of pooped out on me, nothing special has been turning up in the bins at any of the stores I frequent, I've been buying a lot of music, putting it on my computer and not really listening to it either, there's a lot of catching up to do also. As a result of that, I haven't been buying a lot of music lately. But, when you come across a .99 cent copy of Jawbox's "For Your Own Special Sweetheart", you've got to pick it up. I found this at Jive Time and since I know I only have the "Grippe" album, I knew I needed this one. Next to "Grippe", this is my favorite Jawbox album. I have had many musician friends tell me that they are envious of the guitar tone on this album, and it does sound glorious. Kim Coletta's bass is perfect too, caught right in the middle of the guitars and drums, with enough character to stand out just a bit, without being too pushed up in the mix. A masterful lesson in recording an album in my opinion. Ted Nicely assisted Jawbox on this and got them to make their watershed album, probably the best sounding one that ANY DC band ever managed to. I owned this album when it came out, but probably sold it or gave it to someone, I honestly have no idea. Either way, I've been missing it. Everyone I knew was a bit surprised when Jawbox left Dischord for Atlantic records, many crying "Sell Out!", but all of that washes away when you listen to this. Atlantic seemed to have a lot of the better bands during the whole "Alternative" craze of the 90's. Jawbox was amongst the best along with the Melvins. Good god; "Savory" is amazing. Should have been such a big hit instead of the minor "college radio" smash it was. The whole album hits as hard and great as that track too, especially "Green Glass", one of my personal favourites. Such a great, moody album. After not having listened to it for many a year, it sounds as fresh as it did when it came out.

12 songs makes the count at 12989...