Sass Jordan - Rats
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Artist: Sass JordanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-03-01
Music Label: Mca
Soundtracks:
- Damaged
- Slave
- Pissin' Down
- High Road Easy
- Sun's Gonna Rise
- Head
- Ugly
- I'm Not
- Honey
- Wish
- Breakin'
- Give
Free Music Notes for Rats
Free Music Review: Ain't No Way Around It
Hit: 5 Stars
"Ain't no way around it/ lately I've had enough.." and so begins one of my all time favorite albums - from those opening booming scratch laden voiced lines, Rats by Sass Jordan just keeps pumping out hard rocking tunes of love and betrayal -
"Damaged" is the opening cut and as the song progresses our girl is so damaged, lies become a habit and she doesn't even want to get it on; before we cut to the equally powerful "Slave" ("you've forgotten what it is to be well/ you're a slave").. then onto "Pissin' Down" a bitchy ballady ballsy number about heroin addiction and the first single "High Road Easy" (take a better man than you babe to rectify the damage to my soul) and the one hit our girl ever really had with the acousticlly driven and fairly optimistic "Sun's Gonna Rise."
The music and force doesn't stop long enough to give you a break - incorporating George Clinton into the bluesy rocker "Ugly" (you're the ugliest thing I ever saw/ and I think I love you), into "Head" and beyond until it comes to its bittersweetly quiet ending with "Breakin'".
I first discovered Sass from her second album Racine (the one proceeding this) which was southern rock and roll with her raspy voice coming off like a Black Crowe's clone - in fact there's some urban legend about her being sued for ripping them off, but all the upbeat and powerful messages on Racine (an equally good album) are replaced by the bitterness and punch of Rats. Once my pals all heard Sass's commentary on all of her songs, they too came over to the Jordan loving side and Rats remains one of their all time favorite albums. After all her voice is beyond powerful, and her lyrics are universal and pointedly clear - I've always thought if they did a Janis Joplin biopic they should have Sass in it - though she doesn't look anything like her voice, perhaps they could cast an actress and use Sass' voice - she is much more convincing as Janis than Melissa Etheridge.
Unfortunetly Sass doesn't record too often and when she does it isn't anything as equally powerful as Rats or Racine - she can be seen on the Canadian version of American Idol as the Paula Abdul part but her music has never been as intense as this set, which I've just decided is going back into my car stereo for another few tours.
Rats Poster
Sass Jordan's third album continues in the vein begun on Racine; this is roots rock with teeth. "High Road Easy" received considerable radio airplay, and the other rockers on the album are similar-catchy with an edge, showcasing Jordan's gut-deep voice. As on Racine, the up-tempo stuff works the best: "Damaged", "High Road Easy", "Ugly" (featuring a guest appearance from George Clinton), "Honey", and "Wish". Of the slower songs, "I'm Not" and "Give" are excellent, though "Breakin'" is an acquired taste. Jordan's got way more attitude and a much stronger voice than most singer-songwriters, and both are shown to their best advantage on Rats. -- Genevieve WilliamsClassic Rock Music CDs
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