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Rocket from the Crypt
Released 2001

Return Of The Liar
02:00
978 plays

Dead Seeds
03:39
900 plays

Spitting
02:05
880 plays

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- 1
- Straight American Slave
- 01:56
- 1,240 plays

- 2
- Carne Voodoo
- 01:52
- 1,283 plays

- 3
- White Belt
- 02:42
- 1,094 plays

- 4
- Out Of Control
- 01:55
- 1,136 plays

- 5
- Return Of The Liar
- 02:00
- 978 plays

- 6
- Heart Of A Rat
- 02:57
- 1,039 plays

- 7
- Venom Venom
- 03:18
- 1,261 plays

- 8
- Savoir Faire
- 01:54
- 1,968 plays

- 9
- S.O.S.
- 03:09
- 1,149 plays

- 10
- Dead Seeds
- 03:39
- 900 plays

- 11
- This Bad Check Is Gonna Stick
- 02:25
- 837 plays

- 12
- Spitting
- 02:05
- 880 plays

- 13
- Ghost Shark
- 05:33
- 846 plays

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album review

Rebounding from both a messy extrication from Interscope and the departure of founding drummer Atom, Rocket recruited San Diego scene vet Mario Rubalcaba to fill in and whipped out the fierce and fine Group Sounds. Superchunk's Jon Wurster actually plays the skins on most of the tracks, as Rubalcaba (redubbed in Rocket-style Ruby Mars) only officially joined towards the end of recording, but either way the band sounds fully up to necessary events. "Straight American Slave" says that much at the start -- it's Rocket as all have come to know and love them, garage/punk/R&B grooves tightly wound as hell, horns ripping joyfully through the mix, call and response choruses, and Reis as always the at-once slick and raging frontman. From there it's barely a breath taken before launching into "Carne Voodoo," and the instant party atmosphere that Rocket know how to nail just so runs rampant. Having participated in a slew of fine solo efforts and projects all throughout 2000 like the Hot Snakes and the Sultans, hearing Reis take full charge with Rocket again seems like coming home to something especially great. Hints of other influences and approaches certainly crop up on the slightly calmer "S.O.S." and most notably with the marvelous closing track "Ghost Shark." A big woozy slow number with a bit of emotional bite, it makes for a perfect ending, with legendary producer Jim Dickinson adding piano. Those who want more of what Rocket does so well can't be disappointed, though. Sure to be future classics include "White Belt," which never seems to stop building up, the utterly anthemic "Heart of a Rat," and the no-less-so "This Bad Check Is Gonna Stick" -- with bells, even! Ten years since Rocket's first full-length, the sextet still sounds like they're on a live wire with an endless power source, as inspiring here as ever before. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide