The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Money Mark – Melody Maker: Albums of The Year 1998 (PRESS, UK)

19 December 1998

Melody Maker

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Melody Maker; Albums of the Year 1998 article features Money Mark – Push The Button (#17) and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Acme (#43). Scroll down for Acme and Push The Button text. TOP FIFTY ALBUMS: 01. Catatonia – International Velvet 02. Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty 03. Mercury Rev – Deserter Songs 04. Pulp – This Is Harcore 05. Air – Moon Safari 06. Beck – Mutations 07. Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap 08. Ash – Nu-Clear Sounds 09. Fun Lovin’ Criminals – 100% Columbian 10. Sparklehorse – Good Morning Spider 11. Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby 12. Morcheeba – Big Calm 13. Gomez – Bring It On 14. Massive Attack – Mezzanine 15. Embrace – The Good Will Out 16. Lo Fidelity Allstars – How To Operate With A Blown Mind 17. Money Mark – Push The Button 18. Asian Dub Foundation – Rafi’s Revenge 19. Jurassic 5 – s/t 20. Propellerheads – DECKSANDDRUMSANDROCKANDROLL 21. Idlewild – Hope Is Important 22. R.E.M. – Up 23. Mansun – Six 24. Placebo – Without You I’m Nothing 25. UNKLE – Psyence Fiction 26. Boo Radleys – Kingsize 27. Divine Comedy – Fin De Siecle 28. Kenickie – Get In! 29. Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 30. Garbage – Version 2.0 31. Bluetones – Return To The Last Chance Saloon 32. Lauren Hill – The Miseducation Of… 33. Cardigans – Gran Turismo 34. PJ Harvey – Is This Desire? 35. Theaudience – s/t 36. Elliott Smith – XO 37. Black Box Recorder – England Made Me 38. The Dandy Warhols – Come Down 39. Rialto – s/t 40. Scott 4 – Recorded In State LP 41. Royal Trux – Accelerator 42. Space – Tin Planet 43. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Acme44. Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore 45. Girls Against Boys – FreakOnIca 46. Fugazi – End Hits 47. Eels – Electro Shock Blues 48. Wheat – Medeiros 49. Freestylers – We Rock Hard 50. Kent – ISOLA
ARTICLE TEXT:
“17, Push The Button, Money Mark (Mo’Wax). All of the hop, with out being self-conciously hip. Money mark is madcap keyboard repairman turned madcap creator of wonderously casual, deliciously unrestrained pop and vital Beastie Boys collaborator. “Push The Button” is funky, groovy and joyous, his Old Skool report reads: “Couldn’t do much better.” ” “43, ACME – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Mute). In which New York’s coolest export finally unearthed the real blues that he always aspired to. Snake-hipped and curled of lip, “Acme” brought a genre up to date by lavishing it with garage roughness and some touching melodies. Raw like sirloin and equally as juicy. Welcome them back…”