The march 1979 issue of BOMP! magazine featured a small review of this album and selected it as one of their "top album picks". The review touched on the unfortunate comparisons being made to another group of the era, the JAM, and I agree completely with the statements made in that review; "compared to the first JAM album it [this CD] can easily be said to have (on the whole) better songs, better singing, and equal portions of exciting pop energy". The review wrapped things up with the statement, "find this album". Unfortunately, not many people "found" the LP and the Jolt spent the rest of their career in a losing battle for respect.
My own opinion regarding the "JAM"/"JOLT" comparison is that it's an insult to the JOLT and a compliment to the JAM! Even without commercial success, the quality of the material on this album should have guaranteed MANY follow-up releases.
The power and pure pop energy found on this CD is AMAZING. This release by the Jolt stands solid next to the best albums by the Kinks, the Who, the Clash, the Romantics, the Knack, and the Stones. I would highly recommend this CD to any fan of REAL rock 'n roll or to any poor lost soul of today who may not know what rock 'n roll is :)
5つ星のうち5.0The Jolt get a bad rap. Actually not that derivative of the Jam ...
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The Jolt get a bad rap. Actually not that derivative of the Jam they took their lead mainly from The Small Faces and the Kinks instead of The Who. More R&B and garage than The Jam they cut their own groove and like a lot of bands got trapped in the Mod Revival genre when the kids moved on to Two Tone and post punk. Too bad, a lot of the Mod Revival bands (Squire, Crooks, Lambrettas, The Jolt) deserved a better fate as much of the music holds up better than a lot of the so-called New Wave, New Romantic and Ska that followed.