Ultraglide In Black, by The Dirtbombs

Ultraglide In Black

by The Dirtbombs

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chriscrashfm It's just a classic, what else do you want me to say. An album that rocks you in a diverse amount of ways. Favorite track: If You Can Want.

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1.	Chains of Love 02:21	buy track
2.	If You Can Want 02:57	buy track
3.	Underdog 03:35	buy track
4.	Your Love Belongs Under a Rock 02:20	buy track
5.	I'll Wait 03:00	buy track
6.	Livin' for the City 03:07	buy track
7.	The Thing 02:02	buy track
8.	Kung Fu 05:42	buy track
9.	Ode to a Black Man 03:38	buy track
10.	Got to Give It Up 04:03	buy track
11.	Livin' for the Weekend 03:29	buy track
12.	I'm Qualified to Satisfy You 03:53	buy track
13.	Do You See My Love 04:20	buy track

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Mick Collins and his merry band of Dirtbombs (which, this time around, features Bantam Rooster's Tom Potter and Detroit studio wiz Jim Diamond) bring the soul on their sophomore album Ultraglide In Black, named after Ultraglide in Blue, a cool late-nite flick from your youth. All the influences that helped shaped his sonic psyche are in the forefront here - Sly & the Family Stone, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, the Miracles and host of others too obscure to mention all have their presence felt. If the Temptations owned fuzz pedals and read too many comic books they might've sounded something like this. There are a lot of young bands claiming to be creating "soul" music and "testifying" (we won't name names) but this here is the authentic item - accept no substitutes.

"The Dirtbombs' combination of squealing feedback-driven guitar, dual drumming and walloping bass presence rivals that of the Velvet Underground. Imagine the Velvets, Gories and Oblivians battling to the death inside a tuna fish can, their raw and ultra crude instrumentation blazing away with hell-bent fury. Led by Mick Collins (who spent time fronting the Gories and the rockabilly grunge outfit Blacktop), the Dirtbombs' distinctive Motown howl and wicked axe slingin' escapades shred like one of Dolemite's rapid-fire, X-rated monologues.… Collins executes some snarling, self-professed "cyclone" guitar riffs underneath the stomping, mummified mayhem. These Detroit cavemen have found their place in a fuzz-drenched, garage band sound reminiscent of Question Mark and the Mysterians fused with the sonic annihilation of the Stooges." -Tucson Weekly

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released May 29, 2005

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