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In Our Gun | 
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| Artist: Gomez
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 29189
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 724381195024
EAN: 0724381195024
ASIN: B00005V90R
Release Date: March 26, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Shot Shot | | • | Rex Kramer | | • | Detroit Swing 66 | | • | In Our Gun | | • | Even Song | | • | Ruff Stuff | | • | Sound of Sounds | | • | Army Dub | | • | Miles End | | • | Ping One Down | | • | 1000 Times | | • | Drench | | • | Ballad of Nice and Easy |
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Since their Mercury Prize-winning 1998 debut, Bring It On, this self-produced five-piece have created their own rules. The third album proper from one of the most inventive British bands around, In Our Gun is brilliantly on target and off kilter. What's miraculous about their follow-up to Liquid Skin is that it manages to advance on the manic diversity of its predecessors. Gomez are a unique band--they have three distinctive vocalists in Ben Ottewell, Ian Ball, and Tom Gray, and an ever-fizzling chemistry where every member is made to count. The resulting emotional and musical palette is vast, encompassing epic grandeur and lucid intimacy, tenderness and anger. A quick check of their armory reveals Beefheart-ian blues, a beautifully cantankerous horn section, mariachi melodies, euphoric harmony vocals, blasting hip-hop beats, slide guitar that sounds like it's come up the Mersey via the Mississippi--and that's just for starters. --Gavin Martin
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 Great album... October 7, 2008
Every time I play this album I ask myself why I don't play it more often. It has a nice balance of tracks that really rock and others that let you chill a bit. I think it is one of Gomez's strongest albums.
Solid Gomez album July 10, 2008
I really like Gomez. The howl that is so viseral and the blend of classic southern rock with a modern Radiohead touch playing and production make them one I my favorite rock bands. More roots than the Mother Hips, who I love as well, they are in the vein of Pearl Jam and great West-Coast groups. That said, this album is a good example of them at their best I think. I first got Liquad Skin and was left not really that happy. It was more Alice in Chains than I wanted and knew Gomez to be. So when I put this one, I said was like, "Ah that is what I wanted." Then I put the other on a week or so later and was no longer jonesin' for more and enjoyed them both.
 Gomez Is Great! June 2, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Since their debut a few years ago, Gomez have continually stretched themselves to make music that is both challenging and effective. These guys certainly know their way around a recording studio, using it as a means of filtering and expanding their ideas beyond what might be considered `conventional'. While they lack the `star quality' that causes others to be labeled visionaries, In Our Gun leaves little doubt that they are remarkably creative. For me, it took more than one listen to recognize the depth of this album's appeal, but the best stuff usually does require extra attention.
In Our Gun sounds like a marriage between Magic Slim and Radiohead. It's as if the blues played a game of `Telephone' with the 21st century, and it got morphed into something strange and new. The album features stunning combinations of harmonies, treated guitar, warped brass, electronica, percussion, and God knows what else, all mixed to serve the band's purpose, and all of it crystal clear and fluid - except when it's deliberately distorted. The album is extremely moody in tone, alternately reflective and boisterous. At times, it sounds as if an aural battle is taking place between analog and digital, ending in a bloody draw. Somehow, the melody always survives.
Unfortunately, the booklet doesn't contain lyrics, but the words are audible and intriguing throughout. "Shot Shot" is all honking octaves and raw nerves. "Detroit Swing 66" is a funky, syncopated breakdown with as many layers as a Vidalia onion. "In Our Gun" is a slow burn, feigning patience until it explodes in your face, while "Even Song" contains an ingenious balance of acoustic and electronic invention. "Miles End" is almost conventional in structure when compared to the balance of the album, so it also one of the easiest tracks to appreciate. In Our Gun is a dense, clever album that might put you off at first, but pay attention, give it a chance, and you'll find yourself immersed in these tracks. Personally, I can't seem to get it out of my disk changer.ATom Ryan
We're jamming April 20, 2004
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Every review I read about Gomez goes like this: "Hey, they won the Mercury Prize...." I also know that John Lee Hooker confessed that he liked the music of Bring It On. But who cares in the end? (...) What have you done for me lately? I am lonely! Plus the fact that Gomez was just this obscure band to us in America that sounded as if they were from New Mexico but were not. I mean these guys wrote "Tijuana Lady" right? I saw them play with the glam-outfit Placebo once in a dim hotel in Times Square and Gomez appeared like roadies in comparison. There was nothing exciting about them. They looked like unhappy students who were embarrassed by being on stage. From the American perspective we were wondering why those critics ever liked Gomez and Gay Dad. The same people in Britain who built Gomez up in 1998, said they were crap by the time of their second album, Liquid Skin. It seemed as whatever the boys did wasn't going to be accepted as well. Gomez then put out a double CD of b-sides that wasn't bad at all. After four years in the thick of things Gomez seemed like a band that will not quit. With their three lead singers and progressive rock style and a tendency for studio trickery, it was difficult to put a name on this monster. You could just sit back and enjoy: if you don't like one song, you're bound to like something coming up. So we come to In Our Gun with little expectations. "Shot Shot" goes from an acoustic folk guitar to odd English funk. Everything is in the right place, for real. Songs like "Ruff Stuff" and "Detroit Swing 66," are about coming off drugs and crashing. Looking desperate and looking for help. Gomez has a sense of creating narratives and creating personal emotions. The song "Rex Kramer" is apparently a song about a character in the movie "Airplane." This first part of the album introduces their eerie arrangements and superb musicianship. Gomez are as weird, energetic, and funky as ever. Then in the ballad "In Our Gun" things slow down in a very melodic and political moment. Once things get quiet even this song breaks out in a bass guitar riff that gets the feet moving. "The Sound of Sounds" is probably the best track on the album that shows how nice Gomez can be to the ear. It shows one example how they are getting better as songwriters. This album is not without invention. It never lets up at 50 minutes long which seems like a perfect length for a CD nowadays. Gomez possesses much freedom and optimism. They may not be the most exciting band to look at. No one is going to be blinded by the frontman. We don't have to see the video or see the dance moves to get Gomez. We just have to let them operate on their own level and be in anticipation of a punch. In Our Gun may be the one that they are remembered for. (...)
music u wont necessary love, but u definately wont hate February 21, 2004
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Im gonna keep this short and simple, Gomez are a british band whos music is so unlike anyone elses. The best way to describe it is a sort of chillout music. Every gomez track is excellent and impossible to hate, they have catchy tunes and intriguing lyrics. A particularly good time to listen to Gomez is just after a party when everyone is chilling out, or u can listen to them wenever u like cuz they will sound incredible all the time. If u dont believe me then listen to the previews on this website and ENJOY!!!!!!
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