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Danko Jones - Born a Lion Audio CD

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Danko Jones Band: Danko Jones
Title: Born a Lion
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Release Date: 2003-09-02
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Play the Blues 2: Lovercall 3: Sound of Love 4: Papa 5: Soul on Ice 6: Word Is Bond 7: Way to My Heart 8: Caramel City 9: Get Outta Town 10: Suicide Woman 11: Love Is Unkind

Big LOUD ROCK!!!
Also less solos, but I'm cool with that, I'll take hearing big awesome riffs over giant wankfests anyday, and its not like they couldn't solo, the lead lines show Danko as a perfectly capable guitarist, so it would seem he CHOOSES to riff around more than solo, and I'm very much down with that. Danko Jones, where to start?

To compare this album to anything, I'd say AC/DC comes to mind immediately, along with some Motorhead influence, a few lead guitar lines in the vein of Black Sabbath or Soundgarden, and a lot more soul than any of those bands ever had.

Simply put, "Born A Lion" by Danko Jones rocks. It rocks HARD! Its a big rifftastic album of pure, unadulterated coq roq.

Lyrically, well, its not PC, and more than a bit mysogenistic, but so were AC/DC, Motorhead, the Rolling Stones, etc. As a man, it doesn't bother me so much, but the women out there might not appreciate lyrics like "If you wanna learn how to play the blues, get yourself a WOMAN!!!"

But I can't imagine anyone taking the lyrics seriously, they rock out in such a big and cartoonish way that its hard to take the "I'm mad at women" messages seriously.

Speaking of the cartoonishness, I've rarely heard a band rock this HARD in my life! The album is chock full of big, sharp, riff carving, and it just gets FASTER and LOUDER as it goes on! I mean, it starts off with slower, more AC/DC-ish methodic chunk riff songs like "Papa" and "Lovercall", then picks up and up till you're in the speedy, pounding stuff like "Get Outta Town" and the super hilarious, bile filled "Love Is Unkind. "

One big sweaty, crazy, rockin mess of an album, Danko Jones proudly carries the rock 'n' roll torch high. I'm sure if you like your rock loud, stupid, and crazy awesome (fans of AC/DC and Motorhead should sign up immediately), you'll love "Born A Lion. ".


Music
This order got me out of the dog house. I lost this CD of my husbands. Arrived quickly, and as requested.


Solid. Danko Jones is tight and tough.
I had a friend that kept putting off listening to them until I finally told him that he would soon be crying. I've introduced this band to all my friends and every single one of them thank me. . . . Crying because he would soon realize that he wasted a few extra days of his life without listening to this band. Put simply, Danko Jones rocks. I got turned on to Danko Jones after hearing "We Sweat Blood". (If you don't own it, buy it. Now. ) Predating "Blood", "Born a Lion" rocks just as hard (although it has a couple of the same songs). This band is extremely tight. The lyrics are smart and often hilarious. Fun Stuff. It's now in heavy rotation in my car's disc player. If you like Rock and Roll and you have a soul, you won't regret picking up this CD.


I'm amazed they're not more famous...
Since I had never heard of them before, I was not ready to enjoy them, and I merely wanted The Bronx to start. My first experience with this band was seeing them live, when they toured with The Bronx. I held on to this opinion for about three seconds of the first song. These people are good. Incredible, even. Danko is a very charismatric frontman and, when I was lucky enough to meet him, purely by chance, after the concert, he turned out to be just as likeable offstage as when he was on it. Anyway, long story short, this album is brilliant, and you owe it to yourself to both get this album, and see them live. .


This is an album for those about to rock
And you know what it's unique cos Danko Jones doesn't copy these great bands but just plays the music they really love . This CD is a PERFECT mix of Motor Head , AC/DC with a huge doze of blues and humor. Perfectly and simply composed with dirty sound the entire album makes you move and laugh. Must have CD,I swear.


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