{"id":28142,"date":"2026-03-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28142"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:25:40","slug":"jim-jones-all-stars-cat-fight-silver-arrow-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28142","title":{"rendered":"Jim Jones All Stars – \u2018Cat Fight\u2019 (Silver Arrow Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just occasionally, it\u2019s difficult to review an album because all you really need to say is \u201cbuy this NOW!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On these occasions, it\u2019s due to the reputation and quality of said artist\u2019s back catalogue. Such is the case with Jim Jones, in all his many incarnations, from Thee Hypnotics (and even The Swamps), to Black Moses, to the mighty Revue, to The Righteous Mind, and now The All Stars. He does not mess around. He understands the groove in the hips of rock n roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, so does Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes. He\u2019s back in the producer\u2019s chair, and it\u2019s clear that they understand each other, going back to \u2018The Very Crystal Speed Machine\u2019. While there is variety here, this is very much a \u2018groove\u2019 spread across an album. It begs to be heard live, and you WILL dance, brothers and sisters. From \u2018Make It Rain\u2019, and its plea of \u201cwash my sins like you mean it\u201d onwards, the rhythm section and horns are upfront. The guitars are also predominantly rhythm, but it all fits together to support the overall sound. Primal, but seductive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent single \u2018Exiled\u2019 is more Sly Stone than the Stones. My kind of dance music. \u2018Born To Ride\u2019 brings a perfectly placed sax solo, and \u2018I\u2019m On Fire\u2019 will have you joining the \u201cdo, do, do\u201d refrain as you shuffle across your lounge. You should already be familiar with \u2018Goin\u2019 Higher\u2019, released last year, perhaps the most reminiscent of the Revue. \u2018Bekolah\u2019 briefly slows the tempo, probably the biggest surprise on the album, while the 2 minute title track is essentially an instrumental with the style of a 60s film soundtrack. I\u2019m picturing James Coburn at his peak. It\u2019s hard to avoid the word \u2018righteous\u2019, so there you go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnlock the door, free your mind\u2026\u201d says \u2018Drink Me\u2019 to an intro that reminds me of The Sweeney, before setting off on a different trip, Alice. There are other groovers, but the best is perhaps left till last; \u2018Let You Go\u2019 is a potential single to these ears, and a fine way to end the album.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could go on. Or, you could order this NOW!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: Martin Chamarette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just occasionally, it\u2019s difficult to review an album because all you really need to say is \u201cbuy this NOW!\u201d On these occasions, it\u2019s due to the reputation and quality of said artist\u2019s back catalogue. Such is the case with Jim Jones, in all his many incarnations, from Thee Hypnotics (and even The Swamps), to Black […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[7324,1800],"class_list":["post-28142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-jim-jones-allstars","tag-martin-chamarette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28144,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28142\/revisions\/28144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}