Jesse Malin - Glitter in the Gutter

Until further notice the best rock and roll record of 2007 is Jesse Malin's Glitter in the Gutter. This album gives me a buzz I haven’t felt since the first time I watched Top Gun. Its perfect pop coating allows each tune to go down easy while still pumping disgruntled fists with vain rock-and-roll promises that everything is going to be alright. Jesse Malin tugs, pulls, pushes, shoves…takes you by the hand and says “Hold on tight, this is a crazy ride”....and he does it without all the pretencious smarm of the last few sentences. It’s probably the best rock and roll record in 20 years…but, who’s keeping track?

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