Track Listing

1. This Cat's on a Hot Tin Roof
2. Dirty Boogie
3. This Old House
4. Let's Live It Up
5. Sleepwalk
6. Jump Jive an' Wail
7. You're the Boss
8. Rock This Town
9. Since I Don't Have You
10. Switchblade 327
11. Nosey Joe
12. Hollywood Nocturne
13. As Long as I'm Singin'

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4123 in Music
• Released on: 1998-06-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.com
Brian Setzer has spent much of his career revving up already hot retro styles to a booming pitch. While this generally worked in his early years with the rockabilly Stray Cats, it largely fails with his swing orchestra. Louis Prima--whose "Jump Jive an' Wail" is faithfully remade here--wasn't exactly the king of subtlety himself, but even he might have covered his ears at the blare produced by the combination of Setzer's (admittedly sharp) guitar playing and a too-bright horn section. A couple of The Dirty Boogie's cuts are cute ("You're the Boss," an Elvis Presley/Ann-Margret duet, is recast for Setzer and No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani), but fans of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy might think twice. --Rickey Wright

Entertainment Weekly
...Setzer puts a Louis Prima-style horn section behind a wailing electric guitar.

Customer Reviews

Still Rockin' The Town
I've been a fan of Brian Setzer since his days with the stray cats, and I'm still a fan. This Cd is definitely a rocker and a swinger, his style stayed pretty much the same, I'll define it as orchestrated rockabilly. There's some good rockabilly stuff here like "This Cat's On A Hot Tin Roof", "The Dirty Boogie", "This Old House", his own remake of "Rock This Town", and "Switchblade 327". The boogie and jump tunes are just as great, he does an excellent job with Louis Prima's "Jump Jive An' Wail", a really great duet with Gwen Stefani from the group No Doubt called "You're The Boss", and his own treatment to the Lieber & Stoller tune "Nosey Joe", a nice twangy feel to the Skyliners hit "Since I Don't Have You", a credible version of Bobby Darin's "As Long As I'm Singin'", and a cool rendition of the instrumental hit "Sleepwalk". If you like rockabilly and some jump boogie give this disc a listen to.

Highly recommended!
This fantastic CD is the work of Brian Setzer. Until recently, Brian was most known for his work with the rockabilly band, the Stray Cats. However, Brian's first instrument was the euphonium, and he always dreamed of forming his own big band. Well, Brian had his chance, and who hasn't heard his smash-hit, Jump, Jive, An' Wail? This CD is a collection of thirteen of the Brian Setzer Band's best works, all harkening back to the age of Swing! Heck, there's even a Swing version of Rock This Town!

This is a great CD, one that will please anyone who likes that old and new Swing sound. I highly recommend it to you!

Swing This Town
This is the best record of The Brian Setzer Orchestra! Jump Blues and Swing of course. Great! Cover "Jump, Jive, An' Wail" of Louis Prima is great, "You're the Boss" of Elvis/Ann Margret (Viva Las Vegas movie) is better than original (Gwen Stefani sings great), "As Long as I'm Singing" is an old Bobby Darin song, "This Cat's on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Dirty Boogie", "Let's Live It Up" and "Hollywood Nocturne" and "Switchblade 327" are his originals, while "Sleepwalk" (orig. Santo & Johnny), "Rock This Town" (orig. Stray Cats), "Since I Don't Have You" (orig. The Skyliners), "Nosey Joe" (orig. Bull Moose Jackson) are very good covers too.
Some excellent musicians are featured here (Tony Garnier - stand-up bass, Mark Winchester (ex. Planet Rockers) - stand-up bass and Eddie Nichols (Royal Crown Revue)-backing vocals). Brian Setzer is winning again!