Calling All Cars on the Vegas Strip
| Calling All Cars on the Vegas Strip | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–1997 | |||
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| Length | 45:06 | |||
| Label | Crack Rock (1998) Capricorn (2000) | |||
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Calling All Cars on the Vegas Strip is the debut studio album by the American band Jucifer.[2][3] It was released in 1998 through the independent label Crack Rock Records and then in 2000 after have signed to Capricorn Records label.[4] The album contains a mixture of metal, punk, hardcore, doom, sludge, alternative elements and scratch disk sound effects between track to track. This style wasn't explored by many bands in the late 1990s,[1] and was part of their sound during the 2000s, until the release of Throned in Blood in 2010.
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
Steve Huey for AllMusic said that the album overall "draws on the grungy noise of early alternative metal...and the loud, trashy sometimes industrial-tinged scuzz rock that preceded it."[1] Craig Regala for Lollipop Magazine called the album an "interesting combination of sludgy and grungy riffs smut backed by real straight-up, small-kit drumming and a focus on rough-cut songs."[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jucifer.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Code Escovedo" | 3:23 |
| 2. | "Long Live the King" | 2:16 |
| 3. | "Superman" | 3:03 |
| 4. | "Malibu" | 3:40 |
| 5. | "To the Plate" | 1:44 |
| 6. | "44: Dying in White" | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Nickel to Roll" | 3:04 |
| 8. | "Glamourspuss" | 2:05 |
| 9. | "A More Luminous Skin" | 3:01 |
| 10. | "Hero Worship" | 2:16 |
| 11. | "Rain and Pink Chiffon" | 4:49 |
| 12. | "Model Year Blowout" | 4:14 |
| 13. | "The Movement of Swallows" | 5:29 |
| 14. | "Japanese and Lovely" | 2:33 |
Personnel
- Amber Valentine – guitar, Vocals, organ, vibraphone
- Edgar Livengood – drums, horns, violin, vocals
References
- ^ a b c d Huey, Steve. "Jucifer - Calling All Cars on the Vegas Strip". AllMusic.
- ^ Makin, Robert (20 January 2000). "Jucifer, 'Calling All Cars on the Vegas Strip'". Courier News. p. E10.
- ^ Fox, Darrin (March 2000). "Jucifer". Guitar Player. Vol. 34, no. 3. pp. 47–48.
- ^ Perez, Omar (6 February 2003). "Sugar and sludge". Orlando Weekly.
- ^ Regala, Craig (1 April 2000). "Jucifer - Calling all Cars on the Vegas Strip Review". Lollipop Magazine.