Turn Ons (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) (MP3 Download)
The HotRats is a side-project by one-half (or I guess a little more) of the excellent and underrated band Supergrass. This album is a series of covers similar to Bowie’s Pin Ups album. The covers are not ironic by any stretch. You can tell these guys love the originals. In a world that accepts Hall & Oates cover albums with a smile, this type of cover album is a refreshing one. Now don’t get me wrong. I do like Hall & Oates. I’m just grumpy and I don’t like kids these days liking Hall & Oates. You know the type, lanky Brooklyn ironic blah blah. Shit was on the radio when their parents were conceiving them. Maybe not even. Their parents were probably listening to En Vogue.
I love every single one of their renditions EXCEPT for Queen Bitch. They basically do it verbatim with a little more fuzz and feedback. That’s ok. It is really hard to top the master. I wish they would have also done Virginia Plain instead of Love is a Drug by Roxy. Their version of The Lovecats by The Cure and Big Sky by The Kinks are by far my favorites on the album. Go get it. It’s great.
