Get Born

Get Born
Studio album by Jet
Released	September 14, 2003
Recorded	Sunset Sound Studios, 2003
Genre	Garage rock, hard rock, pop rock[1]
Length	49:00
Label	Elektra
Producer	Dave Sardy
Professional reviews
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Jet chronology
Dirty Sweet EP (2003) Get Born (2003) Rare Tracks (2004)

Get Born is the 2003 debut album by Australian rock band Jet which, as of November 2006, has sold 3.5 million copies throughout the world.[1]

Making of the album

Jet entered the Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles with Dave Sardy to produce their debut album Get Born. Sardy had previously produced records for Marilyn Manson and the Dandy Warhols. The band left the recording studios halfway through recording the album to fly back to support the Rolling Stones on their 2003 Australian tour.

"Are You Gonna Be My Girl?", from this album, was voted number one in the 2003 Triple J Hottest 100. Get Born also has a song, "Timothy," dedicated to guitarist Cameron Muncey's brother, who died when he was a baby (the song has also been remixed for Timbaland's 2009 album Shock Value II). The track "Radio Song" was written about when they were an unsigned band in Melbourne seeking attention, and "Rollover DJ" was written about the difficulty they encountered when trying to play gigs because of the takeover of dance music.

The title of the album, "Get Born" comes from a line in Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues".

Reception

The album was praised and criticised for being derivative of many classic rock artists such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and AC/DC. [2]

However, in an Allmusic review of "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", the song was praised for its immediate appeal despite its resemblance to "Lust for Life", saying "Whether 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl?' (sic) is creatively bankrupt, or just an extreme example of how all music is influenced by what came before it, is up for debate... Either way, the song is impossible to ignore." [3] The beat was found to be common in '60s Motown artists, including "I'm Ready For Love" by Martha And The Vandellas ^[2] and "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes.^[3]

Chris Cester debunked the media debacle in a Jared story interview for Uptown Magazine Online, clarifying it was taken from Motown, complaining that Indie critics knew Iggy Pop and Lust for Life, better than You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes^[4],

stating: "It's funny because I asked him point blank about that. He said I was crazy. He said that when he and David Bowie were writing Lust for Life, they were ripping off Motown's beat. It's funny that he said that to me because we also thought we were ripping off Motown more than Lust for Life. To be honest with you that kind of annoyed me a lot, because I always thought it was really lazy. People just go well Lust for Life is more well-known so that's what they go for, but if you listen to a song like You Can't Hurry Love (The Supremes) I think you'll find its closer to Are You Gonna Be My Girl than Lust for Life ever was. And that's what Iggy said as well." ^[5]

Track listing

B-Sides

1. "Hold On" - featured on the soundtrack for the movie Spider-Man 2
2. "Hey Kids" - B-side to "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"; also featured on the soundtrack to the movie Elektra and later as a bonus track on their 2006 album Shine On.
3. "You Were Right" - B-side to "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
4. "Everlovin Man" - B-side to "Cold Hard Bitch"
5. "Aint That A Lotta Love" - B-side to "Cold Hard Bitch"
6. "You Don't Look The Same" - B-side to "Cold Hard Bitch"
7. "Bruises" - B-side to "Look What You've Done"
8. "Cigarettes And Cola" - B-side to "Look What You've Done"
9. "Backdoor Santa" - B-side to "Rollover DJ"
10. "Sgt. Major" - B-side to "Rollover DJ", Bonus track in limited editions of Get Born
11. "That's All Right Mama" - Featured on bonus disc in limited editions of Get Born

Note: Live versions of "Cold Hard Bitch", "Move On", "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", "Get Me Outta Here" and "Last Chance" are featured on a bonus DVD or CD on limited editions of Get Born

Personnel

• Nic Cester - Lead Vocals, Guitars
• Chris Cester - Drum Set, Tambourine, Backing Vocals
• Cameron Muncey - Guitars, Backing Vocals
• Mark Wilson - Bass Guitar, Piano (on "Look What You've Done"), Harmonica (on "Move On")

Additional Musicians

• Billy Preston - Keyboards
• Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Keyboards
• Andre Warhurst - Slide guitar on "Move On"
• Dave Sardy - Tambourine, Slide guitar on "Lazy Gun", Additional guitar on "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?"

Producer: Dave Sardy

Charting positions

Get Born debuted at #3 and peaked at #1 on Australia's ARIAnet Albums Chart as of May 2004 (so far being certified 8X Platinum), #17 on the UK Albums Chart (#14 after a re-entry in June 2004), and has peaked at #26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart (so far being certified Platinum).

"Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" also peaked at #20 and certified gold on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart, #23 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2003 (#16 after a re-release in May 2004), and #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

The second single, "Rollover DJ", was released in Australia and the UK, and peaked at #31 and #34 respectively.

The third single released in Australia and the UK was "Look What You've Done", peaking at #14 and #28 respectively. It was also released as the third single in the U.S. in January 2005, and reached #37 as of March 2005.

In the U.S., "Cold Hard Bitch" has been released as the second single reaching number one on the Billboard Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts and number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 as of May 2004. In Australia, it was released as the fourth single in July 2004, and has reached #33 in August 2004, and in the UK, it reached #34 in September 2004.

A fifth single also charted in the UK, this being "Get Me Outta Here", reaching #37 in December 2004.

The week ending on 11/09/2006 on the ARIA Charts, Get Born re-entered at a position of #46. This is probably due to the fact that Jet have released their new single off their forthcoming second album.

Album

Singles

External links

References

1. ^ http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hcfqxqraldfe
2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxAWuZGOuTs
3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS_rXpt1JpI
4. ^ http://www.uptownmag.com/2009-10-15/page4696.aspx
5. ^ http://www.uptownmag.com/2009-10-15/page4696.aspx