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Eagles Of Death Metal
Death By Sexy

Ok, pure fun. Another shameful entry which won’t make any critical lists of albums of the year, but one I just enjoyed loads. This album is intrinsically linked to a very sunny week in Greece I had in July, because for some reason that week I listened to nothing else. This is classic rock-schlock, with ample doses of chauvinism and four-four timed verse-chorus-verses. Under all of the posturing, though, is an album full of great songs. ‘Cherry Cola’ has woeful lyrics but a cracking guitar sound, and ‘Chase The Devil’ rockets along like the devil is chasing them rather than the other way around. The bonus cover of Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted To Love’ is an unexpected treat, too. Finally, ‘Eagles Goth’ is a superb scuzz closer, prescribing (as does the album title itself), “death by sexy.” Good way to go, I say.