Golden Shower of Hits is the third studio album by American hardcore punk band Circle Jerks, released July 21, 1983, by the labels Allegiance and LAX Records. It was the band's last album to feature the band's original bassist Roger Rogerson and their only release to feature drummer John Ingram, who briefly replaced Lucky Lehrer. After the album, the band's music took a different direction on their next studio album, Wonderful (1985).
The title track, "Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45)", also released as a single, was a riff on the popular "Stars on 45" medley from 1981. It featured a medley of six cover versions ("Along Comes Mary", "Close to You", "Afternoon Delight", "Having My Baby", "Love Will Keep Us Together" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E") strung together to create a storyline of two people who fall in love, have an unplanned pregnancy, rush into marriage, and end up divorced.
Critical reception for Golden Shower of Hits has been mostly positive. Greg Prato of AllMusic claimed that "everything you love about legendary Californian punkers the Circle Jerks is gloriously displayed on Golden Shower of Hits." He added that "obnoxious humor (Keith Morris' vocals, the album cover), disjointed guitars courtesy of Greg Hetson, and sloppy yet excited rhythm work (bassist Roger Rogerson and drummer John Ingram) all add up to perhaps the ultimate punk rock party", and called Golden Shower of Hits an "ultimate introduction to this one-of-a-kind band".[3]
Golden Shower of Hits received another positive review from Jeff Bale of Maximum Rock 'n' Roll, who claimed that the album "ranks somewhere between their great debut and its so-so follow-up, Wild in the Streets". About the album's music, Bale stated that "the songs range from vintage Jerks - short, tuneful blasts like 'In Your Eyes' and 'Coup d'Etat' - to boring mid-tempo rockish numbers (like 'When the Shit Hits the Fan' and 'Rats of Reality') that seem to be aimed at a crossover hard rock/HM audience".[4]
In popular cultureedit
The songs "Coup d'État" and "When the Shit Hits the Fan" were featured on the soundtrack to the 1984 Alex Cox film Repo Man. "When the Shit Hits the Fan" was re-recorded for the soundtrack, with Earl Liberty and Chuck Biscuits replacing Rogerson and Lehrer.
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Golden Shower of Hits is the third studio album by American hardcore punk band Circle Jerks released July 21 1983 by the labels Allegiance and LAX Records It was the band s last album to feature the band s original bassist Roger Rogerson and their only release to feature drummer John Ingram who briefly replaced Lucky Lehrer After the album the band s music took a different direction on their next studio album Wonderful 1985 Golden Shower of HitsStudio album by Circle JerksReleasedJuly 21 1983 1983 07 21 RecordedDecember 1982 March 1983StudioSunset Sound Hollywood Capitol Hollywood GenreHardcore punkLength27 34LabelAllegiance LAX RecordsProducerJerry GoldsteinCircle Jerks chronologyWild in the Streets 1982 Golden Shower of Hits 1983 Wonderful 1985 Singles from Golden Shower of Hits Golden Shower of Hits Jerks on 45 Released June 1983 Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 In popular culture 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 5 1 Production 6 ReferencesBackground editThe album was produced by LAX s owner Jerry Goldstein who had signed the band to his Far Out Management company 1 2 Goldstein was known for his work as a former member of the Strangeloves co writer of the 1963 hit My Boyfriend s Back producer songwriter for War and former manager of Sly and the Family Stone The title track Golden Shower of Hits Jerks on 45 also released as a single was a riff on the popular Stars on 45 medley from 1981 It featured a medley of six cover versions Along Comes Mary Close to You Afternoon Delight Having My Baby Love Will Keep Us Together and D I V O R C E strung together to create a storyline of two people who fall in love have an unplanned pregnancy rush into marriage and end up divorced Reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Critical reception for Golden Shower of Hits has been mostly positive Greg Prato of AllMusic claimed that everything you love about legendary Californian punkers the Circle Jerks is gloriously displayed on Golden Shower of Hits He added that obnoxious humor Keith Morris vocals the album cover disjointed guitars courtesy of Greg Hetson and sloppy yet excited rhythm work bassist Roger Rogerson and drummer John Ingram all add up to perhaps the ultimate punk rock party and called Golden Shower of Hits an ultimate introduction to this one of a kind band 3 Golden Shower of Hits received another positive review from Jeff Bale of Maximum Rock n Roll who claimed that the album ranks somewhere between their great debut and its so so follow up Wild in the Streets About the album s music Bale stated that the songs range from vintage Jerks short tuneful blasts like In Your Eyes and Coup d Etat to boring mid tempo rockish numbers like When the Shit Hits the Fan and Rats of Reality that seem to be aimed at a crossover hard rock HM audience 4 In popular culture editThe songs Coup d Etat and When the Shit Hits the Fan were featured on the soundtrack to the 1984 Alex Cox film Repo Man When the Shit Hits the Fan was re recorded for the soundtrack with Earl Liberty and Chuck Biscuits replacing Rogerson and Lehrer Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Length1 In Your Eyes Keith Morris Greg Hetson Roger Rogerson John Ingram0 412 Parade of the Horribles Lehrer Hetson1 303 Under the Gun Morris Hetson2 564 When the Shit Hits the Fan Morris Hetson2 345 Bad Words Morris Rogerson1 436 Red Blanket Room Morris Hetson Rogerson Ingram1 327 High Price on Our Heads Rogerson2 528 Coup d Etat Morris Hetson1 599 Product of My Environment Morris Rogerson1 4610 Rats of Reality Hetson Rogerson3 1911 Junk Mail Morris Rogerson1 2012 Golden Shower of Hits Jerks on 45 Along Comes Mary Close to You Afternoon Delight Having My Baby Love Will Keep Us Together D I V O R C E Tandyn AlmerBurt Bacharach Hal DavidBill DanoffPaul AnkaNeil Sedaka Howard GreenfieldBobby Braddock Curly Putman5 12Total length 27 34Personnel editKeith Morris lead vocals Greg Hetson guitar Roger Rogerson bass John Ingram drums Production edit Jerry Goldstein production Steve Barncard Bobby Lewis John Fishback engineering Scott Hasson assistant engineer Bill Inglot Ken Perry mastering Glen E Friedman photography Mike Dowd designReferences edit The Prodigal Rogerson The Tragic Hilarious and Possibly Apocryphal Story by J Hunter Bennett My Damage The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor by Keith Morris Jim Ruland pg 133 a b AllMusic review Bale Jeff December 1983 Golden Shower of Hits review Maximum Rock n Roll Archived from the original on March 4 2016 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint unfit URL link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Golden Shower of Hits amp oldid 1160746577, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
