Go Go Harlem Baby
Studio album by
Flat Duo Jets
Released1991
RecordedEasley McCain Recording
GenrePunkabilly[1]
LabelSky
ProducerJim Dickinson

Go Go Harlem Baby is an album by the American punkabilly band Flat Duo Jets.[2][3] It was released via Sky in 1991.[4][5]

The album was reissued by Third Man Records in 2011.[6]

Production

Recorded at Easley McCain Recording, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson.[7][8] The majority of Go Go Harlem Baby was recorded in three days.[9] "You Belong to Me" is a cover of the Duprees' song; "Apple Blossom Time" is a cover of the standard made popular by the Andrews Sisters.[10][11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[13]
Orlando Sentinel[14]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]

Trouser Press wrote that "the ultra-live sound of the speedballs renders some of them generic, although [Dexter] Romweber continues to excel on the slower cuts, offering an atmospheric reading of the instrumental classic 'Harlem Nocturne'."[10] Spin called Romweber "the Crispin Glover of rock'n'roll singers," writing that he emotes "with a creepy edge that Jerry Lee Lewis himself would be hard-pressed to match."[15]

The Orlando Sentinel thought that "for a rock 'n' roll animal, Romweber has an amazingly pretty voice."[14] The Washington Post opined that "wild-eyed, gravel-voiced singer/songwriter/guitarist Dexter Romweber remains an original, his genius and his preposterousness inextricably linked."[16]

AllMusic wrote that the band's "deliciously dirty and rough brand of rockabilly is unrivaled, and this disc is perhaps their finest."[12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Flat Duo Jets Anthem" 
2."The Dainty Song" 
3."Go Go Harlem Baby" 
4."You Belong to Me" 
5."Frog Went a Courtin'" 
6."No Greater Love" 
7."I Don't Know" 
8."Harlem Nocturne" 
9."Wild Trip" 
10."Rock House" 
11."Stalkin'" 
12."Don't Blame Me" 
13."Love Has Its Joke Sometimes" 
14."TV Mama" 
15."Apple Blossom Time" 
16."Ask Me How I Live" 

Personnel

  • Dexter Romweber - guitar, vocals
  • Chris "Crow" Smith - drums

References

  1. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 249.
  2. ↑ Unterberger, Richie; Hicks, Samb (August 25, 1999). "Music USA: The Rough Guide". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Flat Duo Jets: Bow To Primitive Rock". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Calendar. 28 May 1992. p. 7.
  4. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 491.
  5. ↑ "Flat Duo Jets | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "Blues Genes: 15 of Jack White's Biggest Influences". Rolling Stone. May 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dexter Romweber: Beyond the Flat Duo Jets". Perfect Sound Forever.
  8. ↑ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). "Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996". Voyageur Press – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Popson, Tom (10 May 1991). "`Psyched-up' rockabilly from the Flat Duo Jets". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. M.
  10. 1 2 "Flat Duo Jets". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  11. ↑ Hyden, Steven (May 17, 2016). "Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life". Little, Brown – via Google Books.
  12. 1 2 "Go Go Harlem Baby - Flat Duo Jets | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  13. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 432.
  14. 1 2 Gettelman, Parry (17 May 1991). "FLAT DUO JETS". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 30.
  15. ↑ Menconi, David (May 1991). "Spins". Spin. 7 (2): 74.
  16. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (19 Apr 1991). "Don't Judge Bands By Their Label Size". The Washington Post. p. N18.
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