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  • Summary: No, Jon Spencer hasn't left the blues trio, but they have officially shortened their name for their seventh release (their first for Sanctuary after a long stay at Matador). With all the money they saved by cutting out those extra two words, they were able to afford an all-star team ofNo, Jon Spencer hasn't left the blues trio, but they have officially shortened their name for their seventh release (their first for Sanctuary after a long stay at Matador). With all the money they saved by cutting out those extra two words, they were able to afford an all-star team of producers, including David Holmes, Alan Moulder, DJ Shadow, Dan The Automator and Steve Jordan. Expand

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I want someone who lives up to this granduer in my head And you don't do much to sell me I'd be best with you instead. I hate the way I feel, but I... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. 100
    For pure intensity and soul, Damage is now THE album in the Blues Explosion catalog, and essential listening at that.
  2. Mojo
    80
    As overdriven and mutated a noise as ever they've managed, Damage also retains Blues Explosion's trademark sweat-drenched feel for soul. [Oct 2004, p.101]
  3. Urb
    70
    Thankfully, the results are still pure Blues Explosion. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.94]
  4. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    None of [the guest producers] manage to shift the band far from their roots--an intense punk Elvis growl that's impossible to replicate. [16 Oct 2004, p.49]
  5. Damage is a far cry from the stripped-down screech that made these guys famous. In its contrast, it calls out everything the Blues Explosion once was and now isn't.
  6. Blender
    30
    As limp as a broken guitar string. [Oct 2004, p.114]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. abeh
    Mar 14, 2005
    9
    best they've done so far. Loved the extra DVD too