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| 1 Jukebox Babe |  |
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| 2 Fireball | |
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| 3 Kung Foo Cowboy | |
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| 4 Love Cry | |
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| 6 Ice Drummer | |
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| 7 Bye Bye Bayou | |
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| 8 Lonely | |
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Alan Vega used his first solo album to distance himself from the music made by his pioneering synth-punk duo Suicide. Where Suicide deliberately used cheap, loud synthesizers to generate a cold, crude sound, Vega hired a guitarist and made, for all intents and purposes, a ockabilly album. "Lonely" is Vega's homage to "Heartbreak Hotel," and it's as full of yelps and pleading as the original, as Vega does his best Elvis impression. The gorgeous "Ice Drummer" may be Vega's best solo track, a beautiful shiny pop gem. Only "Bye Bye Bayou," a misguided attempt to fuse '50s ock and Vega's extended performance art pieces, falls flat. Still, golden pop moments like "Ice Drummer" are good reminders of why Vega, for all his eccentricities, remains a musician worth caring about.
Was listening to the first Alan Vega album (recorded soon after Suicide's breakup), thinking how great it is, drawing blanks on other great solo albums by musicians after leaving the band that made them famous. Thought of Johnny Thunders, David Johansen, John Lennon, otherwise not much. And of those mentioned here, Thunders' So Alone is the only one that I think compares to Vega's solo debut, a...
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