Liquidizer (album)

Liquidizer is the debut album by British rock band Jesus Jones.[6][7] It was released in 1989 on SBK Records. "Info Freako", "Never Enough" and "Bring It on Down" were released as singles. Although "Move Mountains" was never released as a single, it received regular airplay on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ, making the KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown for that year.[8]

Liquidizer
Studio album by
Jesus Jones
Released2 October 1989
RecordedJune 1989
GenreAlternative dance, alternative rock, techno
Length39:29 (UK)
46:42 (US)
LabelFood, SBK, RT Industries (current)
ProducerCraig Leon[1]
Jesus Jones chronology
Liquidizer
(1989)		 Doubt
(1991)
Singles from Liquidizer
  1. "Info Freako"
    Released: February 1989
  2. "Never Enough"
    Released: July 1989
  3. "Bring It on Down"
    Released: September 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

The album peaked at #32 in the UK album chart.[9]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the band’s superior melodic intent to stylistic soulmates Pop Will Eat Itself resulted in a jacked-up blend that worked for both the ears and the feet."[1] The Chicago Tribune wrote that Jesus Jones incorporate "some of the most sophisticated and subtle samples to appear on record."[10] The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "a hodgepodge of stale ingredients in a bland, if colorful, casing."[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Edwards, except where noted.

  1. "Move Mountains" – 3:20
  2. "Never Enough" – 2:41
  3. "The Real World" – 3:03
  4. "All the Answers" – 3:48
  5. "What's Going On" – 3:04
  6. "Song 13" – 4:05
  7. "Info Freako" – 2:51
  8. "Bring It on Down" – 2:31
  9. "Too Much to Learn" – 3:02
  10. "What Would You Know?" – 3:55
  11. "One for the Money" – 2:56
  12. "Someone to Blame" – 4:07
Bonus tracks
  1. "Broken Bones"* – 3:06
  2. "I Don't Want That Kind of Love"** (Kevin Bayliss) – 4:10

* Added for the original 1989 US CD Release
** Added for the original 1989 US/JPN CD Release

Personnel
Jesus Jones
  • Jesus H. Jones (Mike Edwards) - vocals, guitar
  • Jerry De Borg - guitar
  • Al Jaworski - bass
  • Simon "Gen" Mathews - drums, samples
  • Barry D - samples

"This is the first Jesus Jones Album and is a diary of the band conception to...This! Liquidizer was made under the influence of: Turntable Orchestra, The Byrds, Napalm Death, The Shamen, Neneh Cherry, Star Trek, Public Enemy, Mel and Kim, Sonic Youth, Bomb The Bass, Rapeman, Todd Terry, Cookie Crew, Prince, Allen Konigsberg, S'Express, World Domination Enterprises, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimi Hendrix, The Jungle Brothers, Them Mysterious Bulgarian Voices, Head Of David, For A Few Dollars More, A Guy Called Gerald, Malcolm Young, Leigh "Scratch" Fenlon, Dinosaur Jnr, Sweet T, Joe Smooth, Black Sabbath, De La Soul, Faith No More, Erik B + Rakim, Apocalypse Now, The The, Big Black, The Evil Dead and the news and views of 1988 / 1989."

Notes
  1. "Jesus Jones". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. "Liquidizer - Jesus Jones | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 621.
  4. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 601.
  5. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 367.
  6. "Jesus Jones | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. "You've Gotta Walk and Don't Look Back". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 26 February 1990 – via Google Books.
  8. "KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 Countdown List". radiohitlist.com.
  9. Buckley, Peter (26 October 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  10. Heim, Chris. "A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE IS A MUSICAL THING FOR JESUS JONES". chicagotribune.com.
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