BIG CHIEF "Platinum Jive" 2x LP Orig '94 Alternative Rock Capitol SEALED WoW

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Artist: Big Chief ?

Album: Platinum Jive

Label: Capitol Records

Catalog #: C1 7243 8 27302 1 7

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Picture Disc, Gatefold Sleeve

Original US 1994 1st Stereo Pressing

Genre: Rock

Style: Alternative Rock

Condition: Still Sealed Mint condition. Original factory shrink wrap completely intact. Not a cut-out or a recent reissue. This is the real deal!

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Lion's Mouth 3:49

A2 Takeover Baby 2:29

A3 John's Scared 4:25

A4 M.d. 20/20

Mixed By – Andy Kravitz

1:53

A5 Map Of Your Failure 3:15

A6 Bona Fide

Mixed By – Joe The Butcher*

Vocals – Schoolly D.*

3:19

A7 Armed Love 5:07

B1 Philly Nocturne 0:32

B2 Locked Out 3:32

B3 All Downhill From Here 3:32

B4 The Liquor Talkin' 3:13

B5 Sick To My Pants 1:19

B6 Your Days Are Numbered 4:15

B7 Clown Pimp 0:53

B8 Simply Barry 3:13

B9 Lot Lizard

? © 1994 Capitol Records, Inc.

© Dancey 94

Vinyl made in the UK. Printed in U.S.A.

Recorded at White Room Studios, Detroit, MI. and at Studio 4, Philadelphia, PA.

All songs are copyright (c)1994 Suckerpunch Music/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) except

A6 (c)1994 Schooly-Dee Music, A To The K Publishing Inc. and Suckerpunch Music (BMI/ASCAP)

A4, B5 and B8 (c)1994 A To The K Publishing Inc. and Suckerpunch Music (BMI/ASCAP)

Album is presented as a mock 'Greatest Hits' collection with fake liner notes:

Track A1: 1. From the album "Bright Future Behind You" (1999)

Track A2: 2. From the album "Titty Twist Whitey" (1969)

Track A3: 3. From the album "Midwest Rules" (1977)

Track A4: 4. From the Mike Danner solo album, "White Like Mike" (1984)

Track A5: 5. From the album "We Gotta Impeach Nixon" (1973)

Track A6: 6. From the album "Groove Factory" (1995)

Track A7: 7. From the album "Fool's Gold" (1972)

Track B1: 8. From the album "Inhale To The Chief" (1974)

Track B2: 9. From the album "Boredom A.D." (1970)

Track B3: 10. From the album "How The West Was Lost" (1969)

Track B4: 11. From the Phil D. solo album "A Fly's Dick From Freedom" (1975)

Track B5: 12. From the album "Disco Pete's Clam" (1996)

Track B6: 13. From the album "Nine Parts Laziness, One Part Luck" (1971)

Track B7: 14. From the Matt O'Brien solo album "Clowns, Pimps, And Prawns" (1979)

Track B8: 15. From the Barry Henssler solo album "The Sexual Intellectual" (1983)

Track B9: 16. From the album "Power Hour" (1984)

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AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman

Celebrating 30 years of existence -- of which five had yet to pass at the time of its release -- Platinum Jive mines for golden nuggets from critical picks and pans like 1969's Titty Twist Whitey, 1973's We Gotta Impeach Nixon, and the yet-to-be-released Disco Pete's Clam. It also selects tracks from the members' vanity projects, most notably lead singer Barry Henssler's straight-to-midline 1983 solo outing. (No doubt many urban youths apprehensively uttered its tacky rhyming title when asking for it at their local record mart). It's remarkable that the band could piece together a 30-year retrospective that plays quite fluidly from one track to the next -- although not quite as well as Mack Avenue Skullgame, which suspiciously lacks representation here. But seriously, Platinum Jive is only packaged as a greatest-hits compilation, which is quite a dicey/ballsy move for a band's major label debut. It's something of a step backward musically, because the band seems to resort back to its heavy rock roots, not further developing the funk and soul elements of Skullgame. It's not without its good moments, being more hit than miss and sufficiently enjoyable. If an actual Big Chief best-of sees the light of day, "Lion's Mouth" deserves a spot; surprisingly, it actually won the band some limited exposure on MTV. "Takeover Baby," a good timey '70s wah-wah stomp, is nearly identical to Primal Scream's "Rocks," released the same year. "All Downhill From Here" also breaks free from the general riff rock, being bluesier than usual and incorporating some snappy female background vocals on the chorus. A number of brief wild card instrumentals keep the flow going, including the Mo' Wax-like "M.D. 20/20," which features some nifty ambient funk guitar from Mark Dancey."

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