70's Hits From the Pit
By (həd) p.e.
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Track listing
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- 1 Pretty Vacant
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- 2 I Wanna Be Sedated
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- 3 I Fought the Law
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- 4 Heart of Gold
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- 5 Uncontrollable Urge
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- 6 Margaritaville
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- 7 A Horse With No Name
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- 8 Fire and Rain
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- 9 American Pie
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- 10 Breakdown
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- 11 The Joker
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- 12 Mama Told Me
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- 13 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
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1 Review
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1
Pretty Vacant
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2
I Wanna Be Sedated
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3
I Fought the Law
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4
Heart of Gold
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5
Uncontrollable Urge
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6
Margaritaville
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7
A Horse With No Name
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8
Fire and Rain
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9
American Pie
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10
Breakdown
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11
The Joker
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12
Mama Told Me
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13
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
This is (həd) p.e.'s first full cover album, however, they dipped their toes in covers in the early 2000's with Jimi Hendrix's Crosstown Traffic and Black Sabbath's Sabbra Cadabra. You can think anything about the result but at least they made both songs in their own way. 70's Hits From the Pit seems to not follow those foot steps. I have to admit that I'm not very familiar with 70's music so I might only recognize the biggest hits but it sounds like they didn't change much genre-wise.
The album is kinda divided into two parts. The first half is more punky rock and it's quite alright. It's listenable. The second half of the album leans more into reggea and that is not as alright, unfortunately. In their defense, I'm not a fan of reggea in general but here the songs get a bit samey after a while and it starts to drag.
The instrumentation is ok, the band's performace too. I especially like some of the bass guitar parts here and there. What cannot be ignored, unfortunately, are Jahred's vocals. The last time I actually enjoyed his vocal lines and melodies was probably around Evolution, if not even further in their discography. His performace on this album is seriously weak. It's baffling that his version of I Fought the Law was put on there. It sounds horrible. Somewhere close to the end of the album (I don't dare to listen to it again) there some "oohs" and/or "aaahs" that were sang by young people in the original I presume, but here Jahred sounds completely off and old. I know people age but they should also consider not singing something they are not capable of.
As I said earlier, I don't recognize many of the songs and that's probably better. I didn't know A Horse With No Name by the title so when I realized what it was, I was shocked how they managed to butcher it. There are other songs that I know but I don't see the point going into the details.
To be honest, this whole album feels rather pointless. It doesn't work. The covers are not even interesting. If Jahred wasn't singing, I wouldn't even think this was performed by (həd) p.e.. At this point it's basically just Jahred's solo project and it's not really worth anyone's time.
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Catalog
22 Oct 2023
20 Jul 2023
22 Jun 2023
12 Jun 2023
9 Jun 2023
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1
Pretty Vacant
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2
I Wanna Be Sedated
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3
I Fought the Law
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4
Heart of Gold
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5
Uncontrollable Urge
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6
Margaritaville
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7
A Horse With No Name
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8
Fire and Rain
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9
American Pie
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10
Breakdown
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11
The Joker
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12
Mama Told Me
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13
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
17 Apr 2023
3 Apr 2023
24 Mar 2023
20 Mar 2023
9 Mar 2023
9 Mar 2023
9 Mar 2023
5 Mar 2023
2 Mar 2023
1 Mar 2023