Track Listing 1. Carry Home 2. Like Calling up Thunder 3. Brother and Sister 4. Run Through the Jungle 5. Devil in the Woods, A 6. Texas Serenade 7. Watermelon Man 8. Bad Indian 9. John Hardy 10. Fire of Love 11. Sleeping in Blood City 12. Mother of Earth
| Details | | Producer: | Chris Stein | | Distributor: | Lumberjack-Mordam Music G | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes The Gun Club: Ward Dotson (vocals, guitar, slide guitar); Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals, guitar); Rob Ritter (bass guitar); Terry Graham (drums). Additional personnel: Debbie Harry (background vocals). Recording information: 06/1982. While the Gun Club's debut, FIRE OF LOVE, was a masterpiece of untamed punk blues, follow-up album MIAMI, produced by Blondie's Chris Stein, achieves a fuller sound and a more varied stylistic palette without sacrificing any of its predecessor's intensity. The revved-up blues of yore are still here ("Devil in the Woods," "Fire of Love"), but wild-child singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce and company also tackle everything from Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Run Through the Jungle" (in a surprisingly faithful version) to the atmospheric, somewhat Doors-y "Watermelon Man" (not the Herbie Hancock tune), mixing rock, blues, country, and folk with post-punk energy and Pierce's trademark sense of near-manic urgency. MIAMI doesn't top FIRE OF LOVE, but it runs a close second.
Editorial Reviews 4 stars out of 5 - Jeffrey Lee Pierce never sounded more possessed... Uncut
4 stars out of 5 - [P]arts of MIAMI are ferocious. Mojo
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