Track Listing

1. Gone So Quick Tomorrow
2. Here's Lookin' At You
3. Caught Up In You
4. Anytime She Wants It
5. Is He In Your Heart Tonight
6. Weekends
7. Alice
8. Wet Cement
9. So Much You Can Do
10. Eleventeen
11. Loosen It Up
12. Goodbye Everybody
13. California Girls

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #215063 in Music
• Released on: 2001-08-14
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Louis XIV Fans Think Twice
Unlike most other reviewers, I don't dislike this record, but I can't say that it does that much for me. I am a huge fan of Louis XIV, and after seeing that pretty much everybody else gave Black Licorice a 5-star rating, I thought it would be a can't-miss.

I love the cocky glam-rock sound of Louis XIV - their music reminds me of T-Rex, Bowie, and the like, and it leaves you feeling dirty in a good way. Convoy's Black Licorice has very little of that. It feels much more traditional and subdued, and the country-fried element reminds me of a more mainstream Wilco or even the Eagles (seriously!). To me, this sounds less like a precursor to The Best Little Secrets Are Kept than a record Louis XIV would make when they were aging and felt silly trying to pull off the blatant sex-rock vibe of TBLSAK.

It's worth noting that most of the other reviews come from around 2001-02. If you remember that time-period, you'll recall that bands like the White Stripes, Strokes, Jet, and others hadn't yet become household names and brought back the popularity of a full-on rock record. In that environment, I can imagine this sounding a little more fresh, but now it seems rather ordinary.

To sum up my thoughts, it's not a bad album, but I would not assume that you'll like it just because you dig Louis XIV.

Pretty Damn Good Album
I found the album of this short lived band because 3/4 of them make up my new favorite band, Louis XIV. (So amazing. They're the saviors of rock and roll.) This is a really amazing album. I love Caught Up In You and Eleventeen which are great songs and my two favorite tracks on the album. Convoy put out something really original, which is no surprise considering the ever-brilliant Jason Hill is behind the project. The only reason this gets 4 stars instead of 5 is because I'm not crazy about Wet Cement and So Much You Can Do, which I find a little bit on the saccharine side.

R U in His Arms Tonight?
This San Diego band's reworking of their first Pineapple Sessions release that contains many of the same songs re-recorded with added punch is an excellent freshman set. The opener "Gone So Quick Tomorrow" is a wonderful waterfall of guitar crunch with great sass & swagger in Jason Hill's vocals, "Here today, but you're gone so quick tomorrow, you roll up the pain & you drink up all your sorrow, I don't know if I'm the only one to believe, the only one in this great big world to see." "Here's Looking at You" is another great track with Hill's vocal attitude and Convoy's offbeat harmonies, "Ain't it the truth how I always seem to catch you looking at me." The closer "California Girls" (not the Beach Boys' tune) is a delightful slower tune with a Lou Reed attitude. All of the songs on "Black Licorice" are strong including the lovely "Is He In Your Heart Tonight" with its wistful melody, "Is he in your head right now? Do you think of him out of spite? Are you in his arms tonight? Is he holding you right now? Was it love at first sight?" This is an excellent disc not to be missed. Wow!