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Get Born
Jet
Retail Price (not our price): $18.98
Release Date: 2003-10-07
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Sometimes having good, original ideas is the worst thing you can do in rock music. To paraphrase Jim Dickinson on the Beastie Boys, rock and roll is theft, and it's not so much about whether or not one steals but why, how much and how well (i.e. from whom). Riff-heavy in all the right ways, this is a very well-produced retro-rock record with handclaps, catchy choruses, and plenty of attitude. They freely cop from AC/DC, the Stones, the Verve, Oasis, Humble Pie, Aerosmith, Black Crowes, and Mooney Suzuki, and they do it very well. The only problems with the album lie in the words, and in the softer material. Most of the lyrics are so banal ("Now you don't need money with a face like that, do ya") they were seemingly written by some newfangled songwriting program set to "1973." And half the album consists of ballads that are just pretty good: the Oasis-y "Look What You've Done," the Pink Floyd -esque "Timothy" and the Small Faces-ish "Move On.". But it's the mid-to-uptempo stompers that this group excels at. --Mike McGonigal

2) Album Description
Debut album from Melbourne Australian quartet, produced by Dave Sardy (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marilyn Manson). Elektra. 2003.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) Decent, but Not Great   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
Nothing too inventive here, but Jet revisit some earlier and much missed rock n' roll styles. Some say they're an AC/DC clone, but as a big Acca Dacca fan, I just don't see it. Just because they play some rock n' roll, doesn't make them an AC/DC clone.There's some good stuff here, and some mediocre stuff as well. I like the harder rock material ("Are You Gonna Be My Girl" & "Cold Hard Bitch" for example), but it's a bit too soft, overall, for my palate. There seems to be a bit of a rock revival with bands like Jet and Wolfmother (seriously, what's in the Aussie water?), but they don't quite live up to the standards set by the classics of the genre.Fairly enjoyable, nevertheless.

2) A Retro Sound Thats Contemporary....   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
A lot of people are comparing this band to the Beatles. I enjoy this band, and I really can't stand the Beatles. So that says something. After seeing one of their videos a few years back, I finally decided to get the LP. The songs have a style that is highly influenced by Rock music from the late 60s and early 70s- yet it doesn't feel like its stuck in time. There are also elements of Folk and Alternative Country. The songs work for today. They aren't trying to hard to capture a sound from an Era. Rather the band brings that Era to today's sound. Some songs lack strong lyric- but that was the style of many of the upbeat Rock numbers of that style. But the strongest song lyrics wise are "Look What You've Done, "Move On"- which is reminiscent of (Alt Country bands like Wilco), "Timothy" , and "Radio Song". There are also plenty of high energy fun songs like "Roll Over DJ", "Get What You Need", and "Are Gonna Be My Girl". The album is well done and sensibility for modern listeners. So I don't think its stuck in the past at all. Its merging the past and the present in a very creative way.

3) Jet - Get Born   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
I bought Get born because I knew that I liked the 4 singles that I had heard on the radio. It turns out, those were the only 4 songs I liked on the cd. It wasn't that the other songs were bad or boring, I just wasn't into them like I was the singles.

4) Jet - Great Retro Rock   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I remember the first time I heard the first single from this album "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", on the radio. It was about as basic as rock could get, but there was something about it that made me sit up and take notice. A few weeks later I saw the band perform on Saturday Night Live and again I was impressed. Yes, they were mining the same 70's style rock territory that many before them had done, but there was just something about these guys that appealed to me. I picked up the album and pretty much liked every song on it. Jet doesn't really do anything original. A direct line to their music can be traced from older bands like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Faces, Golden Earring, Oasis and maybe even a little Pink Floyd in spots. Instrumentally they are pretty basic too, with decent enough guitar and rhythm section. But.....there is something about these guys that gives their material instant listenability. Along with "Be My Girl" the album produced a couple of other huge radio hits the ballad "Look What You've Done" and the rocker "Cold Hard Bitch". Both are great little tracks that were perfect radio music. The rest of the album is all strong as well. I really like every track. It will interesting to see how long these guys stick around on the charts. I can see them possibly coming and going fairly quickly, but for this album at least, they have put out a winner. This is one of my favorite discs to crank up in my car. Great retro stuff.

5) Get Born...   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Good Rock/Rock&Roll group! The song, of course - "Are you gonna be my girl" 4 stars!