Hits and Exit Wounds by Alabama 3 (Vinyl, 2008)

One Little Indian

5016958996017

8050170109

Alabama 3

Vinyl

2008

Hits and Exit Wounds

LP

Electronic

Orchard (Distributor)

USA

Perhaps best known in America for providing the soundtrack to the opening credits of THE SOPRANOS, Alabama 3 have been churning out their strange hybrid of canned Americana mashed with contemporary dance for over a decade. HITS AND EXIT WOUNDS is their first retrospective, and it succeeds in providing a concise and inclusive collection of their output, as well as being a fitting introduction to the band. Brits masquerading as simple Southern folk is nothing new, but the tenuous marriage of style they exploit in different ways in their songs is novel. Ultimately, most of the tracks avoid kitsch in either their inventive production or the odd inclusion of leftist and/or Situationist rhetoric.

Q (Magazine) (p.154) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ryly titled, satirical affairs such as 'Sad Eyed Lady Of The Low Life,' are imbued with a narcotic potency." Record Collector (magazine) (p.82) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The group's socially responsible side matures throughout: alongside the acid house grooves and real love for gospel and blues there remains a constant rooting for the underdog."

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