Tracks
- Ramblin' Rose
- Kick Out the Jams
- Come Together
- Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)
- Borderline
- Motor City Is Burning
- I Want You Right Now
- Starship
Kick Out the Jams is a wild album. The songs are loud and full of raw energy, the band is crude and obnoxious, and that's how it seems it's meant to be.
The music is completely anti-psychedelic although it still retains early rock and roll roots. This album certainly interprets the rebelliousness of rock and roll in a more serious and frightening way.
It's hard to say whether the MC5 are innovators of a new kind of music—they are on this 1001 Albums list of course. The Sonics and The Black Monks are mild compared to the MC5. However, the MC5 certainly are a portent of things to come.
I do like this album. It has a lot of energy and heart and soul, but there isn't much to it. Whereas all the psychedelic music might or might not be associated with college kids, this music is not. It is without a doubt music for the working class or the high school dropout.
The songs lack variety and there's only one speed—loud, fast and distorted. The more distinct songs are: Kick Out the Jams, Rock Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa), Motor City Is Burning and Starship.
★★★★★★★★☆☆
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