World of Gold

World of Gold Artist: The Nerves
Label: Thrill Jockey
Category: Music


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


UPC: 790377010527
EAN: 0790377010527
ASIN: B00005NVYR


Release Date: 2002-01-01

World of Gold


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Tracks:

  1. 10 Feet Tall
  2. Suffering Highway
  3. Behind The Trees
  4. Rhineway
  5. More You're Scared
  6. Take It
  7. Catch The Day
  8. Orange Wine

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  1. New Animal
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Amazon.com

With the onset of retro-punk mania, where the White Stripes and the Strokes are twin messiahs of rock, it's a shame that Chicago's fiercest trio, Nerves, isn't basking in the same spotlight. Theirs is a thicker sound on <I>World of Gold</I> than on 1999's <I>New Animal</I>; it's part garage-punk psychedelia and part shocked wonderment at whatever Rob Datum's voice wails around and bellows about. His is a more insistent, heaving shout in 2001, and his guitar is happy to hint at being an extended claw and even happier to lash out sharply. The bass and drums of Seth Skundrick and Elliot Dicks are stouter and less angular in their intensity--rich in a blues-drenched tone as seen through the lens of 1970s Cleveland punk. "Behind the Trees," "Rhineway," and "More You're Scared" suggest a spooked possession by some spirit that pounds and bellows and finally bursts in a fit of hard-smacked drums, ringing, torrential guitar, and snarling bass. All hail the return of primal punk, but by all means have some Nerves. <I>--Andrew Bartlett</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Dark & Ragged Lullaby.......2002-05-02

Stumbling across this record was like hitting gold. Completely unexpected, an absolute treat. There is an old deep dark mood to this record. Old like the dirt. Raw and ragged. Sweet and loamy. The beauty before the fall or perhaps the beauty long after the fall. This is why I feel in love! THIS IS IT! Primitive pop wrestling deep blues and your soul is at stake.
Thank You!

5 out of 5 stars Another Great Album by the Nerves.......2001-12-14

check it out before everyone else does and you're sick of hearing their name.
Their live shows are priceless.

5 out of 5 stars Passionate blues-ladden dirty beauty.......2001-09-29

World of Gold is one of the best rock albums I've heard in a long time. That these guys have improved so much over the time since the release of their previous album New Animal, is really a testament to their passion for the music they make. The maddening pace of former work is gone, replace with a more smoldering heavy blues groove that allows the songwriting to take off in directions that most rock bands either wouldn't think of going in or simply wouldn't be capable of.

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  8. Stillness of the Heart ~ Lenny Kravitz
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