On Top

On Top Artist: Rye Coalition
Label: Tiger Style
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 686806002327
EAN: 0686806002327
ASIN: B000060MMY


Release Date: 2002-03-19

On Top


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Tracks:

  1. One Daughter Hotter Than One Thousand Suns
  2. Stairway To The Free Bird On The Way To The Smokey Water
  3. Hot Strikes
  4. Stop Eating While I'm Smoking
  5. Freshly Frankness
  6. Vacations
  7. Heart Of Gold, Jacket Of Leather
  8. Born A Monkey In The Year Of The Snake
  9. Switchblade Sister: One Tough Nun
  10. Honky, Please!

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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars He saw duh what?.......2004-01-30

Like everyone has already said, this is Jesus Lizard meets AC/DC. You like it or you don't and I don't. If I can hear the styles the band is lifting than obviously so can you. In other words, go buy some Jesus Lizard or some AC/DC and be done with it. Yes, Ralph or whatever the singer's name is in this band did get cuffed in the mouth by David Yow and deservedly so. Steve Albini needs to back off when he says the Jesus Lizard "sold out" when they went to a major and quit trying to fake people out. Producing Steve, yes producing not "recording" albums by Chevelle, Page and Plant, that Aussie teenage grunge band whatever their name is and especially these guys is very underground of you to do Mr. Steve. 2 stars for "trying" to rock since they are "better" than The Strokes, Jet, or White Stripes but really how hard can that be?

4 out of 5 stars Jesus Lizard + Led Zeppelin = AWESOME........2003-10-11

The Rye Coalition have been destined for a major label for a long time -- they are way more deserving of radio play than other "mainstream indie" bands like the Hives and the Strokes, and yet until the Summer of 2003 when they signed to DreamWorks, they were largely unappreciated. Only time will tell where their new major-label home will take them.

But all that history has nothing to do with the quality of "On Top". In short, this album rocks. The homage to classic rock song titles are a little much ("stairway to the free bird on the way to the smokey water"?!), but don't let that get in the way of your enjoyment of the actual songs, which really will shake you all night long. The only disappointment in this album is that the energy that these songs have live -- especially the album-closer "Honky, Please!" -- gets a little lost in the studio recordings. The lyrics are meaningless, but you won't care -- you'll be too busy shaking your booty.

2 out of 5 stars whatever happened to the rye??.......2003-02-18

I remember seeing these guys in 96' or 97' and being blown away they were truly the next big thing (o.k. how about the next thing). Anyway back in the days of "White Jesus", "Baby", ect. they truly had something original. I remember seeing the beginning of the downfall of this band as they became obsessed with the Zep (no shame in that, but don't rework your band to be like the Zep, for god sakes thereýs already a Zep). Any way this album is an unsuccessful fusion of 60's and 70's Stones, Zep and CCR riffs mixed w/ some gang of four and wire and I dunno, it just don't work. I personally think they should change their name so to not confuse this with the past genius of the rye coalition.

5 out of 5 stars It has remained.......2002-12-06

What can I say about this album that other folks haven't said already? This has to be one of the best albums I've had the pleasure of listening to in a long while. I purchased this bad boy when it first hit the shelfs and not a day has gone by that I haven't listened to it at least once. It is truly a stellar album which merits multiple listens. There isn't one bad cut on the album itself and rocks you harder than most other bands out today. I'd have to say that the final three cuts on the 2nd side of the LP are a perfect trio. There hasn't been an album that closes with such passion, force and gusto like this in a long time. "Honey, Please" is a perfect example of what the group is able to pull off. I can listen to that song over and over again (and I have!) For those of your who are fans of bombastic yet intelligent and tasteful rock n' roll, this album and band alike is quintessential.

5 out of 5 stars

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