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BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB "beat the devil's tattoo" cd,2010.

Corey pulled this one out of the hat a while ago,just got round to it now,well a couple of times over the last two days...
trio from Frisco,however the drummer is from the UK apparently...
this is the bands fifth studio release...
not sure how to describe it?...
sort of a cross between Oasis ealry material mixed with semi-psychadelia of say Beatles "rain" type sound and also some of Harrison's indian sounds at times...
reasonably sounding set of tracks, but i have not heard any other releases by this trio so i have nothing to compare it to in terms of whether it is good or bad by the group's standards, but it seems ok by me!
i guess the only problem with it is that there is little variation in the sound of the songs, that aside, not a bad album but dont think i would buy another one just on the strength of this release.
the album failed to chart here in Australia but did reach #58 in both UK and US, not even sure if any singles were released as if they did they did not chart in the forementioned countries.
allmusic rate this a healthy 4/5 or 2.4 on our rating system,seems to be a bit over valued to me but im not "the man"!!!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM:

worst track: mama taught me better
best track: the toll

tracks:

1. beat the devil's tattoo ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYkhNWIdra0 video
2. conscience killer **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY4Cor3mTuA audio
3. bad blood **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8mYRKI2qb4 live
4. war machine *
5. sweet feeling **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnJXorgceVU audio
6. evol *
7. mama taught me better *
8. river styx **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PPByiclxx8 audio
9. the toll ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tHUur9iR3o audio
10. aya **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huM9gtVQsf8 audio
11. shadow's keeper *
12. long way down ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApCRyLTjooo audio
13. half-state *

3s=3
2s=5
1s=5

rating: 1.7