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The Rev.
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■The new album from
Reverend Horton Heat is
clever, catchy and contains
some of his best work
Spend a Night in the Box
The Reverend Horton Heat. Arbert Records
★★★★☆
By Giovanni Salimena
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Reverend Horton Heat’s
“Spend a Night in the Box”
shows a lot of growth for the Rev
erend. The songs on this album
show a significant improvement
since his last album, “Space
Heater” — it sounds as if he has
stepped away from the effects
that he’s used on past albums and
gone with a clean chrome tone
turned up to give it that rusty
growl.
What’s great about the Rev
erend’s style is that he could rock
a blues joint with the track
“Spend a Night in the Box,” a
country-western bar with “The
Bedroom Again” or even a punk
\%!t seems on this al
bum the Reverend has
taken a new approach to
“preaching” his ideas to
the listener,
concert with “The Millionaire.”
It seems on this album the Rev
erend has taken a new approach
to “preaching” his ideas to the
listener.
He’s balanced out the sound of
his band, and made his lyrics
more apparent. “Sleeper Coach
Driver,” for example, has the
classic feel of the old rockabilly
tune “Hot Rod Lincoln” by Char
lie Ryan. The opening riff on
“Hand It To Me” is real catchy --
it was in my head for days.
The Reverend has always been
clever with lyrics and has always
kept us laughing — and on this
album I feel he’s opening new
doors.
Instead of screaming out the
lyrics or pumping up the volume,
the Reverend has chosen to settle
down and make his lyrics more
prominent.
The group works well together:
his gritty guitar sound is there,
Jimbo Wallace is sounding better
then ever on bass, and drummer
Scott Churilla is doing more than
just keeping the beat — he’s real
ly putting his blood and guts into
it. This is one of the Reverend’s
best albums to date. Keep it up,
Reverend!