WESLEY WILLIS
Rush Hour
virus251 (2000)
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Rush Hour is the third album of
Wesley's released by Alternative Tentacles. Most of you no doubt
recall Volume's 1 & 2 in our "greatest hits" series released in
1996 and 1999 respectively.
Wesley recorded Rush Hour in 1993, and like the majority of his
recordings, was never released. We already have used 5 tracks from
the album in our "greatest hits" series. Jello realized that there
were so many "greatest hits" candidates on Rush Hour, why not
release the whole thing.
Since being diagnosed schizophrenic in 1989 Wesley Willis has
recorded around 100 albums. Writing, performing, and recording serve as therapy
helping Wes quiet the voices in his head.
Before he was a man about town in his native Chicago and could get
into shows and write about bands, Wesley relied mainly on his own
fertile imagination.
Wesley Willis has been compared to Franz Kafka, Brian Wilson, Jad
Fair, and Wild Man Fischer among others. And, not unlike other great
songwriters, his songs have been described as: disturbing,
hilarious, unique, raw, intoxicating, and honest. 2 of his albums
were released on American Recordings.
Rush Hour is surely one of his most eclectic albums: Wes uses
alternating tempos; spooky intros; fake live sounds; and, as always,
plenty of lyrical originality. This is Wesley at his most
consistently abstract and stunningly original.
(Note: to make it fit on one LP, we're omitting 5 songs: the same
songs that are also on Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and 2.)
Rock Over London...Rock on Chicago...Alternative Tentacles Records -
Giving Art a Bad Name Since 1979
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"Jesus Christ" (3:46)
 MP3 (3.5 MB)
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| 2. |
"2 x 4" (2:33)
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"Electra 225" (3:07)
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"Electric Eel" (2:14)
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"STP Conked Out My Engine" (2:48)
MP3 (2.6 MB)
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"He Goes To Prison" (2:24)
MP3 (2.2 MB)
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| 7. |
"Good News Is Rock 'N' Roll" (2:04)
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"The Wesley Willis Fiasco" (2:55)
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"The Boomerang" (2:14)
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"Outburst" (2:43)
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"Chronic Schizophrenia" (3:07)
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"King Fish" (1:50)
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"I Am A Rock I Am A Roll" (2:56)
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"Creep Show" (2:14)
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"Vampire Bat" (2:39)
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"Lake Of Fire" (2:31)
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"Fuck With Me And Find Out" (4:39)
MP3 (4.3 MB)
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"The Termites Ate My House Up" (3:11)
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"I Whipped Batman's Ass" (3:27)
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"Shit & Fuck" (3:42)
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"The Vultures Ate My Dead Ass Up" (2:04)
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"King Of Fire" (3:02)
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