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- Date Released: June 16, 2008
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: Rough Trade / Beggars Group
The Strokes' rhythm guitarist fills his downtime crafting quality pop tunes.
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Amongst the five-strong personnel of the Strokes, only one of them has thought to fill the yawning months of downtime (three albums in eight years) with a solo career. Albert Hammond, Jr., the band’s rhythm guitarist, white-’fro-wearer and self-confessed studio geek, first broke cover with 2006’s power-pop-bubbling Yours To Keep. This second album is more grown-up, confident and varied, fully justifying its own existence by rarely wandering onto obviously Strokes-y terrain.
As the provider of his main band’s scratchy NYC-punk riffin’, Albert clearly relishes returning to a less uptight, more neo-classical rock sound, much as, say, Evan Dando did circa the Lemonheads’ It’s a Shame About Ray. His drawling, artfully distorted voice is the aural spit of John Lennon’s. Several tunes touch on Raspberries-style soaring songcraft, while "The Boss Americana" crunches in on a Keith Richards-slash-Angus Young mega-rock riff, humongous enough to fill Shea Stadium (even if they are knocking it down!)
Only on a trio of tracks ("You Won’t Be Fooled By This"; the frantic "G Up," the chorus of "Miss Myrtle") could you rightfully identify Hammond’s trademark jangle. These are balanced out by a forlornly beautiful, slo-mo instrumental called "Spooky Couch," and the esoteric Slits-y beats of "Borrowed Time."
Pending the arrival of Strokes Biggie #4, it’s good to hear Hammond cutting pop of stand-alone interest and excellence.
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| 01. |  |
Bargain Of A Century |
3:09 |
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| 02. | |
In My Room |
3:18 |
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| 03. | |
Lisa |
3:46 |
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| 04. | |
GfC |
3:09 |
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| 05. | |
The Boss Americana |
2:56 |
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| 06. | |
Rocket |
3:35 |
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| 07. | |
Victory At Monterey |
3:58 |
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| 08. | |
You Wont Be Fooled By This |
3:01 |
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| 09. | |
Spooky Couch |
7:18 |
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| 10. | |
Borrowed Time |
3:11 |
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| 11. | |
G Up |
2:40 |
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| 12. | |
Miss Myrtle |
3:06 |
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| 13. | |
Feed Me Jack Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Peter Sellers |
2:52 |
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13 Total Tracks, 45:59 Total Length
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