Radio song (Jet) (LP 2856)

Jet  Get Born (CD, EMI Records, 2003) ****  

Genre: Aussie rock 

Places I remember: The Warehouse (Cambridge)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Look What You've Done

Gear costume: Are You Gonna Be My Girl

Active compensatory factors: This is the debut album from these Aussie rockers (they would make another two albums before disbanding in 2012 - they are apparently reuniting for the 4th studio album as we speak). 

It was also their most commercially successful album, thanks to those two singles highlighted above.

I first saw/heard Look What You've Done on video and loved the Beatles/ Wings/ Badfinger vibes. Then Are You Gonna Be My Girl was a big success on rock radio.

The album shows them off well - full of brash youthful strutting confidence. They sound at times like an Aussie Slade, at others like a cross between T. Rex and AC/DC (Cold Hard Bitch). Absolutely fine with that!

Where do they all belong? The CD comes with a bonus 5 song DVD of a gig in London.

Don't wanna hold hands and talk about our little plans alright! (Jet) #486

Jet Cold Hard Bitch/ Everlovin' Man/ Ain't That A Lotta Love/ You Don't Look The Same (demo)/ Cold Hard Bitch (live)  (Capitol, 2004)

Generally, the Aussies do hard rock well: Cold Chisel; AC/DC; Midnight Oil; Stevie Wright; Wolfmother; Skyhooks; Silverchair all have long established places in my collection. 

Jet aren't at that level but for a while they were genuine contenders based on their first album Get Born.

Actually, it was the McCartney/Wings style ballad Look What You've Done that got my initial interest but that turned out to be an aberration.

Cold Hard Bitch is in the classic rock style of standout track Are You Gonna Be My Girl? and the rest of that debut album. Which is to say - it's pretty full frontal grunty guitar riff rawk and I like it! If you can ignore the lyrics you're fine.

Hidden gems: It's a ratty rag bag of sloppy live, amateurish demo and sub par unreleased tracks on the B side. 

If forced to pick a stand out track I'd go for the Deep Purpleisms of Everlovin' Man, even down to the title!