"L'Esprit d'Escalier" apre i giochi ma è solo un intro di pochi secondi in cui viene ripreso il tema principale della canzone che licenzierà il disco: evitabilissimo.
Segue e apre l'album "Holiday", cantata da Chris Cester. Il pezzo, soprattutto il ritornello, sembra uscito dalla penna dei Franz Ferdinand: soggettivo dire se sia un bene o un male.
Finalmente il decollo con il rock di "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"; la voce in falsetto ricorda Matthew Bellamy dei Muse in "Supermassive Black Hole" e la canzone riporta alla memoria la frenesia eccitante di Get Born.
"Bring It On Back" parte in sordina con una dolce tastiera tintinnante e ci porta in atmosfere floydiane estrapolate direttamente dal lato oscuro di Roger Waters.
Lo scossone "That's All Lies" non dà tempo per pensare, passa e travolge tutto ma senza lasciar segni indelebili di appagamento.
E' tempo di ballate per palati sopraffini; "King Horses" e "Shine On" alzano il livello del disco da una mediocrità generale. Alcune parti di "Shine On" sembrano aver qualcosa di già sentito ma la sua lucentezza regna anche sui dubbi di copyright.
Riparte il rock senza fronzoli con "Come On Come On". La strofa nasale sa molto di Liam Gallagher (Oasis), ma la canzone è puro stile Jet. Anche la seguente "Stand Up", con sprazzi di Audioslave e Lenny Kravitz, mantiene sopra la media la qualità dell'album.
"Rip It Up" chiude il trio delle mezze meraviglie ancora con le chitarre elettriche a sommergere la pace dei sensi.
"Skin And Bones", sarebbe un buon pezzo se fosse relegato in qualche album brit-pop di metà anni '90.
Come aveva fatto Nic Cester nel finale della prima parte dell'album anche Chris sforna due meravigliose composizioni, che deliziano l'ascolto con la fusione di gentili chitarre acustiche e melodie effervescenti: "Shiny Magazine" emana i sapori degli anni '60 ed "Eleanor", cantata a due voci dai fratelli Cester, non sfigurerebbe nella discografia di Simon & Garfunkel.
Ahimè, "All You Have To Do" chiude le danze. Nonostante una strofa e un pianoforte assai accattivanti, il ritornello in stile monotonia Oasis distrugge una canzone che avrebbe meritato più attenzioni.
Dopo il fulminante esordio del 2003, i Jet si sono persi nei meandri dell'appiattimento.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 Holiday (03:25)
Got this notion from another man
Put this dead fish in my hand
Paperweight baby it's my name
I hold you down 'cause your all the same to me
That's right
Say whatever you want baby, I'm your man
And I can help you yes I can
Paperweight baby it's my name
I can't relate 'cause your all the same to me
That's right
Makes no difference what they say
We're goin' on holiday
Makes no difference what they say
We're goin' on holiday
Been up all night and I sleep all day
Why oh why do I live this way
Hey pretty girl sit next to me
'Cause I'm a ten foot diamond on a Christmas tree
Makes no difference what they say
We're goin' on holiday
Makes no difference what they say
We're goin' on holiday
Hold my calls just get me on the front page
We're goin' on holiday
Makes no difference what they say
You ain't never gonna see me again
Makes no difference what they say
We're goin' on holiday
Makes no difference what they say
'Cause We're goin' on holiday
Hold my calls just get me on the front page
We're goin' on holiday
Makes no difference what they say
You ain't never gonna see me again
03 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (02:32)
She’s a loaded gun
In my shaking hand
Am I in hell
Or the promise land?
Yeah
''(What’s your name?)''
So I’ll tell you my name when I’m on your skin
''(You can be)''
You can be the queen and I’ll be the king
''(I’ll get born)''
I was born to echo but I'll never repeat
Not for anyone
Anyone
She said
''(Show me yours)''
I’ll show you what I got yeah
''(I’ll show you mine)''
When you tell me what you need!
''(Show me yours)''
So put your money where your mouth is
''(I’ll show you mine)''
And the beat goes on
She’ll know that nothing is wrong
She goes down
Like a setting sun
''(What’s your name?)''
If I tell you my name you got to let me in
''(You can be)''
You can be the sinner and I’ll be the sin
''(I will take)''
I take what I want and it’s easy to see
I got everything
Everything
She said
''(Show me yours)''
I’ll show you what I got yeah
''(I’ll show you mine)''
When you tell me what you need
''(Show me yours)''
So put your money where your mouth is
''(I’ll show you mine)''
Come on!!
''(Show me yours)''
I’ll show you what I got yeah
''(I’ll show you mine)''
When you tell me what you need
''(Show me yours)''
So put your money where your mouth is
''(I’ll show you mine)''
Now watch out watch out!!
''(Show me yours)''
I said a yeah!
''(All in time)''
05 That's All Lies (02:43)
My my, at it again
Put your finger in the handgun
I fall down and I try to get up
But you smack me like a pinball
Soul...where did it go?
C-C-C climb to the top of the mountain but your still alone
K-K-K kickin' down your front door
But you're never home
That's all lies
I wanna see, yes I wanna see
That's all lies
But everybody closed the door on me
That's all lies
I think I'll download a brand new head
That's all lies
I'm already dead
And I think I've seen the light,
Yeah I, I'm gonna be here a long time
My my, at it again
But you said you don't need it
My my, at it again
But you said you don't need it
Soul...where did it go?
C-C-C climb to the top of the mountain break ya backbone
K-K-K kicken' at your front door
But your never home
That's all lies
I wanna see, yes I wanna see
That's all lies
But everybody closed the door on me
That's all lies
I think I'll download a brand new head
That's all lies
I'm already dead
And I think I've seen the light,
Yes I think I see the light
I'll be here for a long time, Yeah
07 Shine On (04:36)
Please don't cry
You know I'm leaving here tonight
Before I go I want you to know
There will always be a light
And if the moon had to runaway
And all the stars didn't wanna play
Don't waste the sun on a rainy day
The wind will soon blow it all away
So many times I'd planned
To be much more than who I am
And if I let you down I will follow you 'round
Until you understand
And if the moon had to runaway
And all the stars didn't wanna play
Don't waste the sun on a rainy day
The wind will soon blow it all away
Yeah, oh Yeah
Well the days all feel the same
Don't feel the cold or wind or rain
Everything will be okay
We will meet again one day
And I will shine on, for everyone
So please don't cry
Although I leave you here this night
Where ever I may go how far I don't know
I will always be your light
And if the moon had to runaway
And all the stars didn't wanna play
Don't waste the sun on a rainy day
The wind will soon blow it all away
Yeah, oh yeah
Well the days all seem the same
Don't feel the cold or wind or rain
Everything will be okay
We will meet again one day
And I will shine on, for everyone
Shine on, for everyone
Well the stars all look the same
Don't fear the cold or wind or rain
Everything will be okay
We will meet again one day
And I will shine on, for everyone
Shine on, for everyone
09 Stand Up (04:33)
Too bored to live and to young to die
If you get too tall, I'll cut you down to size
T.V. fear sells brand new cars
My love lives with my guitar
It's easy to feel that free
When you know what you want to be
Stand up, your time has come back around
Stand up, there's nothing holdin' you down
Walk on, with your feet off the ground
How they gonna stop you now?
How they gonna stop you now?
So learn to love or learn to lie
Just don't sit and watch the world go by
T.V. fear sells brand new cars
My love lives with my guitar
It's easy to feel that free
When you know what you want to be
Stand up, your time has come back around
Stand up, there's nothing holdin' you down
Walk on, with your feet off the ground
How they gonna stop you now?
How they gonna stop you now?
Never gonna stop you now
I said stand up
Don't sit back down
I said stand up
Don't sit back down
They got the mouth
We got the soul
Come on now honey won't ya let it roll?
You got to move
Don't hang around
Come on now honey can you here me now?
Can you here me now? ''(x7)''
Stand up
Stand up
Stand up, your time has come back around
Stand up, there's nothing holdin' you down
Walk on, with your feet off the ground
How they gonna stop you now?
How they gonna stop you now?
Never gonna stop you now
10 Rip It Up (03:19)
Did you ever get the feeling you were born to lose
Smacked in the face with a silver spoon
Skinny doll gimme your magazine queen
Just spread your legs for the silver screen
From the bedroom baby to the city a' light
You look pretty good but you're not so bright
Flashin' your stash ain't nothin' new
I'm gonna get ya my pretty and your little dog too
Make me rich, your doctor said
And if you ever break down I'll cut you up again
On the bedroom wall the stars look bright
But they don't belong in the city a' light
Get on your feet boy
Rip it up, rip it up if your ever gonna make it!
Get on your feet girl
Rip it up, rip it up if your ever gonna make it!
Well well well what a wild wild dream
Monkey do, what a monkey seen
Daddy done bought you a record deal
Bargain basement boy how does it feel
From the bedroom baby to the city a' light
Look pretty good but you're not so bright
Get on your feet boy
Rip it up, rip it up if your ever gonna make it!
Get on your feet girl
Rip it up, rip it up if your ever gonna make it!
Rip it up, rip it up, rip it up
Rip it up, rip it up, rip it up
Get on your feet girl
Rip it up, rip it up if your ever gonna make it!
Get on your feet boy
Rip it up, rip it up if your ever gonna make it!
Get on your feet girl
Rip it up, rip it up if your ever gonna make it!
Rip it up, rip it up, rip it up
Rip it up, rip it up, rip it up
12 Shiny Magazine (03:28)
I saw your face
In a pretty magazine
You don't even know
Where you are and what you've seen
Why do you lie?
Do you need to fill us with fear?
What's it to you?
Oh we used to look up to you
Oh my god I know too well
Being sweet just doesn't sell
If you got better things to do
I try to run but my legs ache
The photographs that I refuse to take
Oh will it never end
We are alone
Departed from our bones
What's that worth to you?
Oh we used to look up to you
Oh my god I know too well
Being sweet just doesn't sell
If you got better things to do
Am I hiding again?
Am I hiding again?
Tell me how to live my life
Ooh ooh ooh
Well the sun is shining down
Oh the sun is shining down
Oh my god I know too well
Being sweet just never sells
If you got better things to do
Am I hiding again?
Am I hiding again?
Tell me how to live my life
Ooh ooh ooh
Well the sun is shining down
Yeah the sun is shining down
13 Eleanor (03:34)
If you close your eyes
You will see yourself
All this time I spent running away
Was a waste of time
Stay with me Eleanor
Stay with me Eleanor
Love's in your hands I swear
Love's in your hands
When that train rolls by
I will save your life
Stay with me Eleanor
Stay with me Eleanor
Love's in your hands I swear
Love's in your hands I swear
Stay with me Eleanor
Stay with me Eleanor
Love's in your hands I swear
My love's in your hands
There's no reason to feel a love miss given
No reason to be holding you
No reason to be holding you, you
No reason to be holding
Stay with me Eleanor
Stay with me Eleanor
My love's in your hands I swear
My love's in your hands I swear
Stay with me Eleanor
Stay with me Eleanor
My love's in your hands I swear
My love's in your hands I swear
Oooh
Aaaah
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Altre recensioni
Di Adil
La sensazione è che i quattro ragazzi di Melbourne siano cresciuti.
Bring It On Back e Shine On – due ballate degne dei migliori Oasis.
Di tyler69m
Questo LP ha dimostrato una conferma della buona qualità del precedente, con un numero più alto di ballate, alternate a canzoni ad alto tasso di energia.
In sostanza questo cd è, a mio parere, il migliore della scena rock del 2006 assieme a Wolfmother e Strokes.
