Track Listing

1. Pennsylvania 6-5000
2. Jumpin' East Of Java
3. Americano
4. If You Can't Rock Me
5. Gettin' In The Mood
6. Drive Like Lightning (Crash Like Thunder)
7. Mack The Knife
8. Caravan
9. The Footloose Doll
10. From Here To Eternity
11. That's The Kind Of Sugar Papa Likes
12. '49 Mercury Blues
13. Jukebox
14. Gloria

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46044 in Music
• Released on: 2000-08-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 5.75" w x .50" l, .21 pounds

From Amazon.com
Brian Setzer may have been vilified by purists and progressives for daring to "modernize" rockabilly and swing, but the pompadoured Long Islander has now laughed all the way to the bank twice at their expense--and in two different decades, no less. Like its predecessor, the surprise hit The Dirty Boogie, this collection won't win points with music academics, but then Setzer's having too much fun to give a flying (musical) fifth. Though he clearly idolizes his forerunners, Setzer never lets his reverence for form get in the way of his sense of joy, committing frolicsome heresy on some classics along the way (injecting surprisingly effective looped samples and hip-hop beats into "Pennsylvania 6-5000" and giving "In the Mood" a rap!). His take on Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" is a bit slavish, only reinforcing the hit's perfection. But as he's admitted, Setzer's a rockabilly writer/guitarist by nature, a notion reinforced here by his own tunes and a flashy take on the instrumental "Caravan." His band charts are both serviceable and modern, but might benefit from a different arranger's perspective. And if his notion of fusing swing and rockabilly still seems marketing driven, recall that this is largely a joyously amped-up version of what Bill Haley was up to way back in his pre-"Rock Around the Clock" days. --Jerry McCulley

Chronique amazon.fr
Malgré son costume lamé et ses tentations pour la Haute, Brian Setzer, au fond, reste un voyou. Son jeu ébouriffé surgit toujours sans prévenir, comme un sale matou fondant sur le merle innocent. Setzer est bien un rebelle avec une cause, celle de la défense et de l'illustration du swing. Après avoir réhabilité le rockabilly, l'ancien leader des Stray Cats a remonté l'arbre généalogique. Il a gardé les nerfs, et mis des cuivres. Ceci est le quatrième album de l'Orchestra qu'il a formé pour mener à bien sa mission. Mais là où existait le risque d'un revival un peu tristounet, Setzer apporte la fougue et l'imagination. Il revisite ici des monuments du genre, tels "Caravan", "Mack The Knife", ou encore "In The Moon" (qu'il prolonge d'un rap). Et pour ne pas perdre la main dans ce qui reste la spécialité maison, à l'occasion, il attaque au corps avec du rockab' vintage ("'49 Mercury Blues"). Voilà bien un album jouissif et totalement habité par une guitare dominatrice. --José Ruiz

Album Description
Japanese version of the ex-Stray Cats frontman's 2000 release with 2 exclusive bonus tracks, 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' and 'Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie' along with a limited edition slipcase for the first pressing. Standard jewel case.