black n white - The New Album From john jones
It's available HERE - the long awaited album 'black n white' from john jones. You can pay $11.99 at iTunes in a month but why wait to pay more for less?
Get 'black n white' today by joining the john jones FanClub (the Indigo Circle level for a limited time offer of $9.99, reg $19.99). In addition to 'black n white', Indigo FanClub members get JJ's previous solo album 'One Moment In Time' and several other extras (art-vid, lyrics, artbook, live recordings, four bonus tracks, private blog posts, etc.). Indigo memberships for this special 'black n white' pre-launch celebration are only $9.99 (that's more than 2 albums for the price of one...).
Oh, and the first 50 folks to join get their name in print on the first pressing of JJ's 'black n white' physical CD. Cool eh?
You can get 'black n white' HERE.
Nov. 6, 2009 at 9:17 a.m. (#)
This album has a solid introduction. The first three tracks are total knockouts, Dear Please has a wonderful semi-classical sound with a great pop sensibility and an absolutely wonderful key change in the middle. Never has a good, hard chorus with dynamics that you simply don't hear in today's music. It's like Zeppelin with a cleaner sound. Get a Dog is a good, fun jam track.
I like how the 'reggae'-ish cover of 21st Century Schizoid Man includes that high bass note for every bar of the intro. The middle section is great, and I love how it returns for the repeat at the end. The guitar chords have a nice sick sound. The singing is anguished. It's a perfect cover of this classic, and the video is a perfect compliment to it. I'm a big King Crimson fan, and I'm very pleased with what I heard.
Towards the end of the album there's definitely a return to the John Jones style of the previous album, although it's less poppy and more mournful. I think it works well, you can really feel the depth of emotion, especially in 'Kathleen'.
I give the album 4/5 stars. Keep up the amazing work, John.
Aug. 13, 2009 at 7 p.m. (#)
Great album! And I love the four extra tracks in addition to One Moment In Time.
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Aug. 12, 2009 at 8:25 p.m. (#)
Another important thing to point out. Fan club members can get much higher quality versions than iTunes or nearly any other Digital store offers.
All the way up to, and including full CD Quality (Lossless compression) FLAC files.
It's a great album to, the best I've heard all year.