Reverend Horton Heat - Reverend Horton Heat '1993/2007

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       With fellow Texas maniac Gibby Haynes on production, Heat and his trusty
sidemen go at it again on The Full Custom Gospel Sounds and do so with all the
style and sass one could want. Kicking off with "Wiggle Stick," a perfectly
lubricious number that ended up scoring the band some airplay with Beavis and
Butthead, the good Reverend serves notice that his services are once again the
type of affairs where the Blood and the Body aren't necessarily spiritual. Full
Custom is arguably more frenetic and metal-leaning than before -- not that Heat
has turned into Robert Plant or anything like that, but the likes of "Livin' on
the Edge (Of Houston)" would sound perfect smack dab in the middle of a
Motörhead set. When it comes to matters lyrical, meanwhile, Heat is still the
clever, leering bastard he's been before, and why not? The absolute killer on
that front is "Bales of Cocaine," arguably the only English-language equivalent
to narcotraficante corridas worthy of the comparison. Then there's the classic
rockabilly strut and swing of "Beer: 30," where everything's boiled down to the
doesn't-need-more triad of "Party! Get naked! Buy us more beer!" Aside from the
"speed up then slow down the tape" goofiness on the concluding "Gin and Tonic
Blues," Haynes doesn't really change the band's overall sound or anything, but
he sure does help it sound great. Meanwhile, what the band comes up with in
terms of variation is often a treat. For instance, who expected a drop-dead
perfect borrowing from the Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz" making the brilliantly angry
"400 Bucks" sound even better? Otherwise Heat keeps playing like crazy -- quiet
when he needs to be and explosive when the time is right -- with Wallace and
Bentley going after things with the same perfect feel.

1.01 - Reverend Horton Heat - Wiggle Stick (3:00)
1.02 - Reverend Horton Heat - 400 Bucks [Explicit] (3:10)
1.03 - Reverend Horton Heat - The Devil's Chasing Me (5:22)
1.04 - Reverend Horton Heat - Livin' On The Edge (Of Houston) (2:53)
1.05 - Reverend Horton Heat - You Can't Get Away From Me (2:27)
1.06 - Reverend Horton Heat - Beer: 30 (3:00)
1.07 - Reverend Horton Heat - Big Little Baby (2:32)
1.08 - Reverend Horton Heat - Lonesome Train Whistle (3:23)
1.09 - Reverend Horton Heat - Bales Of Cocaine (2:12)
1.10 - Reverend Horton Heat - Loaded Gun (4:18)
1.11 - Reverend Horton Heat - Nurture My Pig (4:00)
1.12 - Reverend Horton Heat - Gin And Tonic Blues (3:40) 

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