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Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Pid
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Pid
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000005KBQ

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Jeffrey S. Dible

If you like the retro British Invasion sound of 12-string guitars, you'll love this

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2017

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I still have my vinyl LPs of this album and of some other great Flamin' Groovies albums from the era, including "Shake Some Action" and "Flamin' Groovies now. I have always had a soft spot for the "subset" of British Invasion sound that relied on those jangly Rickenbacker guitars. For me, the two high points on this record are the Groovies' cover of Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and the cover of the Byrds' "5D," which I have come to prefer over the original.

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ernest moore

Great Transaction

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2021

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Album in NM condition...cover too. Great transaction arrived quickly.

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Morten Vindberg

Solid Third Sire Album

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2016

"Jumping in the Night" from 1979 was the last of three albums that the Flaming Groovies released on Sire Records in the 1970s. Unlike the first two, which were produced by Dave Edmunds "Jumping in the Night" was produced by group member Cyril Jordan in collaboration with Roger Bechirian. However, there is no apparent difference in the sound, and Edmunds' spirit shines throughout the album.

The first Sire album, "Shake Some Action", was characterized by fine original songwriting mixed with some solid cover version and with Edmunds’ fine feeling for pure clear sound, and the album has become a power-pop classic. The sequel "Now" suffered a bit from more uneven songwriting, but it was still a fine album in the same vein of its predecessor. The same thing can be said about this album. Fine sound and somewhat uneven original songwriting but otherwise a solid album that easily measures up to "Now."

Group members Cyril Jordan and Chris Wilson are, like on the previous two albums, behind the original songs. As a songwriting team they are distinguished with catchy tunes that bear clear signs of inspiration from The Beatles and The Byrds. Six songs the duo contributed to this album, and with fine songs like "Yes I Am", "Tell Me Again" and "First Plane Home" they present themselves from their strongest side. The other three are song solid enough, but less significant.

Among the cover songs the two Byrds songs "5D" and "Lady Friend" are really good. Especially the latter is by the group given an interpretation that actually makes it more immediately catchy than The Byrds themselves.

Also the Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" and Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie" are given fine treatments.

Too bad that the group more or less disappeared from the limelight after this album and that it would take eight years before the next album "One Night Stand" was released in 1987.

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George Griggs

Wanted: More original material

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2006

My favorite songs on this recording were written by Cyril Jordan and Chris Wilson. Terrific catchy songs; varied tempos; cool production;

an excellant listen. I would LOVE to hear an entire recording of complete originals by this songwriting team. But why did the band choose the covers that they did? "Werewolves of London", "Please Please Me"? (and more covers)! Hey, I think these are great songs, but the Flamin' Groovies add nothing new to the tunes. In fact they are inferior compared to the original artists who recorded these songs.

What could have been an amazing original recording was never attained because of the cover material. However the 6 or 7 original Jordan/Wilson songs make this CD a worthwhile listen.

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Anthony Clark

Flamin Groovies

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2007

Jumpin in the Night isn't the best of the Groovies' three albums for Sire, but it's still got its moments. The originals - especially First Plane Home, Yes I Am and Next One Crying - stand out, but the covers of Boys and Werewolves of London really don't belong.

Both Shake Some Action and Now are better albums - the first for the songs, the second for its production - but Jumpin in the Night is far from being a failure. If it had been loaded with a couple more originals and a couple less pointless cover versions then it would have been great. As it is, it's simply pretty good.

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Edwin Cambricke

Only moderately groovy

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2005

This is the third-and, I fear, the weakest-of the Groovies' three Sire albums. If SHAKE SOME ACTION is an "A" (and it is), and NOW! a "B+," JUMPIN' is a "B-."

Yeah, the Byrds covers ("It Won't Be Wrong," "5D," "Ladyfriend") are pretty cool, and "Down Down Down," "Yes I Am," and the title track are strong originals. But the Dylan and Zevon covers are, let's face it, kinda wack, and the rest is filler. Groovies freaks will have to have this, of course, but this ain't the place to discover a Groovies kinda love.

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JOHN SPOKUS

My Introduction To The Groovies

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2002

I remember reading a review of this in Hit Parader back in '79 when it was first released;it was not a totally positive review,attacking them for doing one too many covers (but that's part of what they do and they pick great stuff),however the concept of the group was enticing enough for me to want to seek them out.Although this isn't their finest record and I'm more into the Roy Loney era than the Chris White/Cyril Jordan stuff,Jumpin' In The Night is a true rock n' roll album that I have a special fondness for. The originals are great,especially the title cut,and "First Plane Home", as well as "Next One Cryin'",all Groovies at their best.The only mistake is a lame version of "Werewolves Of London" ,also pretty out of character for them to record what was then a recent song.

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Morten Vindberg

Great Refreshing Rock/Power-pop

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2023

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There is something very refreshing about listening to The Flamin' Groovies, when they play their simple melodic rock/power-pop, with very strong roots in the 1960s and bands like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Byrds.

The group has in Cyril Jordan and Chris Wilson a couple of very capable songwriters, but they have never been too fine not to give cover versions of some of their inspirators’ songs.

This also applies to "Jumping in the Night", where there has been room for three Byrds tracks, "It Won't Be Wrong", "5D" and "Lady Friend". "Please, Please Me" is taken from The Beatles, while "Abolutely Sweet Marie" and "Werewolves of London" are borrowed from Bob Dylan and Warren Zevon respectively. The group are usually very true to the originals, but like to give the songs a new, unpretentious energy.

Six tracks are Jordan/Wilson originals; and they are all really nice with lots of ringing guitar and catchy melodies. Favorites are "Tell Me Again", "First Plane Home" and "Yes, I Am".

The three Byrds cover versions are very strong; not least David Crosby's "Lady Friend". The group's almost punk version of "Abolutely Sweet Marie" is also really nice. The weakest number is another cover version, namely Trevor Burton's "Down Down Down".

"Jumping in the Night" was the last of three albums the group released on Sire Records in the 1970’s; unfortunately, because in the following years there was some distance between their albums, and they to some extend slipped into oblivion. Their latest album release, "Fantastic Plastic" was released in 2017; and although the voices may sound a bit worn, the energy and power pop approach is intact.

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