Go Go Harlem Baby

Go Go Harlem Baby is an album by the American punkabilly band Flat Duo Jets.[2][3] It was released via Sky in 1991.[4][5]

Go Go Harlem Baby
Studio album by
Flat Duo Jets
Released1991
RecordedEasley McCain Recording
GenrePunkabilly[1]
LabelSky
ProducerJim Dickinson

The album was reissued by Third Man Records in 2011.[6]

Production

Recorded at Easley McCain Recording, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson.[7][8] The majority of Go Go Harlem Baby was recorded in three days.[9] "You Belong to Me" is a cover of the Duprees' song; "Apple Blossom Time" is a cover of the standard made popular by the Andrews Sisters.[10][11]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[13]
Orlando Sentinel[14]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]

Trouser Press wrote that "the ultra-live sound of the speedballs renders some of them generic, although [Dexter] Romweber continues to excel on the slower cuts, offering an atmospheric reading of the instrumental classic 'Harlem Nocturne'."[10] Spin called Romweber "the Crispin Glover of rock'n'roll singers," writing that he emotes "with a creepy edge that Jerry Lee Lewis himself would be hard-pressed to match."[15]

The Orlando Sentinel thought that "for a rock 'n' roll animal, Romweber has an amazingly pretty voice."[14] The Washington Post opined that "wild-eyed, gravel-voiced singer/songwriter/guitarist Dexter Romweber remains an original, his genius and his preposterousness inextricably linked."[16]

AllMusic wrote that the band's "deliciously dirty and rough brand of rockabilly is unrivaled, and this disc is perhaps their finest."[12]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Flat Duo Jets Anthem" 
2."The Dainty Song" 
3."Go Go Harlem Baby" 
4."You Belong to Me" 
5."Frog Went a Courtin'" 
6."No Greater Love" 
7."I Don't Know" 
8."Harlem Nocturne" 
9."Wild Trip" 
10."Rock House" 
11."Stalkin'" 
12."Don't Blame Me" 
13."Love Has Its Joke Sometimes" 
14."TV Mama" 
15."Apple Blossom Time" 
16."Ask Me How I Live" 

Personnel
  • Dexter Romweber - guitar, vocals
  • Chris "Crow" Smith - drums

References
  1. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 249.
  2. Unterberger, Richie; Hicks, Samb (August 25, 1999). "Music USA: The Rough Guide". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  3. "Flat Duo Jets: Bow To Primitive Rock". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Calendar. 28 May 1992. p. 7.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 491.
  5. "Flat Duo Jets | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. "Blues Genes: 15 of Jack White's Biggest Influences". Rolling Stone. May 29, 2014.
  7. "Dexter Romweber: Beyond the Flat Duo Jets". Perfect Sound Forever.
  8. Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). "Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996". Voyageur Press – via Google Books.
  9. Popson, Tom (10 May 1991). "`Psyched-up' rockabilly from the Flat Duo Jets". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. M.
  10. "Flat Duo Jets". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  11. Hyden, Steven (May 17, 2016). "Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life". Little, Brown – via Google Books.
  12. "Go Go Harlem Baby - Flat Duo Jets | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  13. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 432.
  14. Gettelman, Parry (17 May 1991). "FLAT DUO JETS". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 30.
  15. Menconi, David (May 1991). "Spins". Spin. 7 (2): 74.
  16. Jenkins, Mark (19 Apr 1991). "Don't Judge Bands By Their Label Size". The Washington Post. p. N18.
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