Gear Blues is an album by the band Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, released in 1998. It was released in the United States in 2000.
Critical reception NME wrote: "Armed with an arsenal of hooks, chiselled cheekbones and oodles of self belief, Thee Machine Gun Elephant are credible heirs to the garageland throne, and, if that wasn’t enough, a paragon of internationalism." LA Weekly thought that "vocalist Yusuke Chiba is a hoarsely authoritative presence, and bassist Koji Ueno and drummer Kazuyuki Kuhara have eliminated the Who-derived busyness of their early approach in favor of seamless, no-nonsense propulsion." Rolling Stone concluded that "the attention to visceral detail is what distinguishes Gear Blues from mere Nuggets and Brit-punk slavishness."
AllMusic wrote that "the album ends with a bittersweet, melancholy, space punk groove on 'Danny Go'."
Track listing "West Cabaret Drive" – 5:26 "Smokin' Billy" – 3:26 "Satanic Boom Boom Head" – 2:50 "Dog Way" – 3:15 "Free Devil Jam" – 2:42 "Killer Beach" – 5:10 "Brian Down" – 4:45 "Hotel Bronco" – 1:43 "Give the Gallon" – 5:15 "G.W.D." – 3:52 "Ash" – 3:34 "Soul Wrap" – 4:14 "Boiled Oil" – 4:10 "Danny Go" – 4:54 "Jenny" – 3:22
The European release does not contain "Jenny" but has an extra bonus disc with the tracks "Get Up Lucy" and "Cisco".
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