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Jesse Malin - Glitter in the Gutter
- Jesse Malin’s third solo album, Glitter in the Gutter, fuses country and rock but leans more on the rock side for most of the tracks with Malin’s bombastic sound and furor. The rock part comes through with some bittersweet emotions that peek through, giving each song its own distinctive flavor.
“Don’t Let Them Take You Down (Beautiful Day)” has guitar work from Malin along with Josh Homma, Paul David Hager, Jamie Arentzen, Ryan Adams, Chris Shiflett, Rob Caggiano, Justin Lomery and Danny De La Matyre; rhythmic drumming from Paul Garisto; and melodic background vocals from Christine Smith. Malin is conveying to listeners not to feel bad about themselves because of another’s actions, and to loll in the splendor of what is around them, with lines like, “A new generation and now the world is shakin’…Don’t let em take you down, it's a beautiful day, don’t let em take you down, it’s a beautiful day.”
On “In The Modern World,” Malin muses about how a certain girl bides her time while amusing herself with innovations of the day, with lines like, “Marilyn’s queen of the scene…Marilyn, she collects names with picture profile computer games to hang on. In the modern world pretty balls and girls…Mama told you now or never…He’s a trust fund soda jerk.” The rocking guitar work continues and Malin’s voice has a twinge of bitterness to it. In the background, there is also slight percussion work from Garisto, Johnny T., Hager and Smith.
“Tomorrow Tonight” has a hypnotic intro with guitar and drum play, with keyboard work mixed in from Eddie Wohl, Adams and Smith. This song is more country than rock with a “survival of the fittest” message, with lines like, “Animals that kill in the picture lost in the green grass and the skies, give me a scene on the silver screen. Buy me a beat of love supreme…I pledge allegiance to a lie.” Malin’s voice is acidic in its timbre and this might be a good protest song for those who wish to express their displeasure.
Jesse Malin’s Glitter in the Gutter has some tracks that are ripe with scathing metaphors about how life should be lived and how the world could improve, if we learn to sit back and enjoy it once in a while.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Added: 4-Apr-2007
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