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Jay Reatard
Blood Visions
Release Date: 2006 10 10
Label: In The Red

On his first solo album, Jay Reatard...well, judging by the album cover, "grows up" clearly isn't right. Nor is "makes a more mature musical statement" quite on the nose. How about "sucks less"? The Reatards were always a good idea improperly executed: their lo-fi take on the goofball teenage humor of the Queers or the Mr. T Experience had its moments, but they were often in need of an editor and some slightly better-quality recording equipment. Blood Visions is considerably more listenable in terms of fidelity: R. Stevie Moore's '70s and '80s albums would be a reasonable home-recording touchstone. Musically, it's also a big step up, as well as a step into the past. Blood Visions has the antic, jumpy quality of many now-obscure new wave records of the early '80s, from the era when artists like Wazmo Nariz and Skafish thought a funny name and a yelpy, David Byrne-derived singing voice, along with a cheap synth and some narrow sunglasses, were the path to success. By keeping the oddball affectations down to a minimum while keeping up the neurotic post-punk momentum, Reatard burns through 15 aggressively quirky but mostly entertaining songs in just under half an hour. More energy, better sounding, tighter focus, better songs...maybe this IS a more mature musical statement! Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Blood Visions		1:31
2	Greed, Money, Useless Children		0:54
3	It's So Easy		1:09
4	My Shadow		3:18
5	My Family		1:43
6	Death Is Forming		2:05
7	Oh It's Such a Shame		2:28
8	Not a Substitute		1:05
9	Nightmares		2:12
10	I See You Standing There		1:38
11	We Who Wait		2:00
12	Fading All Away		1:28
13	Turning Blue		2:40
14	Puppet Man		1:43
15	Waiting for Something		3:15