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- Date Released: September 11, 2007
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Garage Rock
- Label: Vice Recordings
Garage rock that's sweet enough to comfort, yet raw enough to disturb.
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We Say...
Clocking in at a lean thirty-six minutes, Good Bad, Not Evil represents a slight departure from the snarl and snaggle listeners have come to expect from Atlanta's enfant terribles, the Black Lips. Appropriately enough for an album released on September 11th (2007), the lyrics are death-soaked and darkly manic — the Violent Femmes' countrified Hallowed Ground comes quickly to mind — zooming in to describe small-scale tragedies ("How Do You Tell A Child That Someone Has Died," "Transcendental Light"), and out again to encompass national disasters ("Katrina") and the so-called "clash of civilizations" ("Veni, Vidi, Vici"). And yet these songs are as catchy as they are disquieting, and at their lightest (the hymn to juvenile delinquency, "Bad Kids"), they're downright irresistible. Unlike other, older garage bands, the Black Lips have remained fresh and forward-looking; they're sweet enough to comfort, raw enough to disturb, smart enough to sustain repeated listens and simple enough to fall in love with the first time. Good Bad, Not Evil is the Black Lips' best album yet, and one of the most delightful albums, by any band, to have come along in ages.
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They Say...
Some bands strive to explore new musical territory each time they go into the recording studio, while others are content to follow the same path throughout their career as long as they improve in some way each time out. The Black Lips seem to be following the latter approach, though you'd be forgiven for not noticing the stylistic differences between their fourth studio album, Good Bad Not Evil, and their earlier efforts. The Black Lips continue to split the difference between Back from the Grave-era garage stomp and the darker throb of post-punk noise merchants like the Fall, but as befits the title, Good Bad Not Evil brings a bit more sunshine into the mix, and the deeper undercurrents of this music come more from the performances than the production and recording, which is clear and crisp by this group's murky standards. Jared Swilley's bass is high up in the mix, carrying a good share of the melodies and adding plenty of minor key tension, while guitarists Cole Alexander and Ian St. Pe use the extra room to shore up the high end with plenty of cheap guitar bashing and Joe Bradley's primal drumming holds the whole thing in place. Good Bad Not Evil finds the Black Lips going for a bit more obvious humor on tunes like "Navajo" and the country-accented "How Do You Tell a Child That Someone Has Died" (I said they were funny, not tasteful), and there's a playful tone to "Bad Kids" and "Veni Vidi Vici" that's lighter than you might expect from this band. But longtime fans looking for the Black Lips' patented low-tech rumble will be rewarded with "I Saw a Ghost (Lean)," "Cold Hands," and "Slime and Oxygen," which are just as unwholesome as you could wish for. Good Bad Not Evil isn't a major leap forward for the Black Lips, but it shows their sound is slowly but surely evolving, and they still rock with a nasty enthusiasm that's bold and compelling; this is quality stuff for your next black light party.
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| 01. |  |
I Saw A Ghost (Lean) |
2:51 |
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| 02. | |
O Katrina! |
2:50 |
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| 03. | |
Veni Vidi Vici |
2:26 |
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| 04. | |
It Feels Alright |
2:47 |
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| 05. | |
Navajo |
2:38 |
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| 06. | |
Lock and Key |
2:42 |
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| 07. | |
How Do You Tell A Child That Someone Has Died |
2:28 |
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| 08. | |
Bad Kids |
2:06 |
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| 09. | |
Step Right Up |
2:09 |
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| 10. | |
Cold Hands |
2:24 |
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| 11. | |
Off The Block |
1:38 |
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| 12. | |
Slime and Oxygen |
2:40 |
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| 13. | |
Transcendental Light |
6:02 |
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| 14. | |
My Struggle
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2:35 |
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14 Total Tracks, 38:16 Total Length
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Credits
- Noel Summerville - Mastering // Chris "Box" Taylor - Artwork // Chris "Box" Taylor - Design // Justin McKnight - Engineer // Dan Monick - Photography // Ian St. Pe - Group Member // Cole Alexander - Group Member // Joe Bradley - Group Member // Jiro Bevis - Illustrations // Edward Rawls - Engineer // Jared "Hondo" Swilley - Group Member
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