SWEET ACTION, SIMPLY SWEET ACTION

I think it's a toss-up to say this album "starts off weak" or "only gets better from the first track", though I'm sure I'll grow to like these two songs. In any case, the opener and single is I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News) and the second track, I Got A Feelin (Just Nineteen), are pretty good, but they don't have the boogey or hot as hell heat as every other song. This album kicks ass.

Death By Sexy is Eagles Of Death Metal's second album though they've recorded for Desert Sessions past. Josh Homme plays drums and Jesse The Devil Hug(h)e(s) sings and plays guitar; JHo handles production. They run the gamut of rock & roll sound. You can hear early-era Rolling Stones, Blues Explosion, and even some sadhu's stoner sitar progression deep in the Indian forest. EoDM make dance rock music that is guaranteed to get you out of your seat and on the floor to do it however you want.

Things begin to really rock with Cherry Cola and hit a high that sustains the entire album with Solid Gold. Even spoken poetry with words like this make you dance: "Yes, we'll come & we'll make a scene/We are the stars of your sexy dream/We'll come dancin & we'll make you sweat/We're really rollin.../We're Solid Gold" (Solid Gold).

Other key tracks are: The Ballad of Queen Bee & Baby Duck (it's a story of JHo and Brody Dalle), Chase The Devil and Keep Your Head Up. Really, though, all the songs make a sweet album.

There are quite a few guest appearances (mainly for backing vocals): Jack Black, all of the current QOTSA members, Dave Catching, Brody Dalle and others. These are the type of guest appearances that only add to the song instead of take away selfishly. A writer recently wrote (about a Desert Sessions 9/10 song) that you could barely hear the guest's vocal mixed in with all the music and other voices. That's ridiculous. The guest is there at the time the song is written and/or recorded and that's what matters. There's way too many hack writers out there.

Anyways, it all boils down to that you should all go out and buy this album.