Blaine Cartwright - guitars, vocals and his wife, the brilliantly named Ruyter Suys – guitars have, alongside long time drummer Jeremy Thompson and newest member of the revolving door of female bassists Bonnie Buitrago released a Greatest Hits album of sorts. I say, "of sorts," because Nashville's AC/DC-inflected scuzzy metal is resolutely un-commercial and none of these tunes were even remotely technically hits. That said, hopefully somewhere there's a parallel universe where The Pussy are huge.
They have many, many great riffs, a cheeky way with words ("The South`s Too Fat To Rise Again") and best of all, great songs such as the really rather quaint "Before The Drugs Wear Off" which I'm sure somebody like Kacey Musgraves could make into an actual hit. It's a moot point as to whether Nashville Pussy have made their best material for SPV, I suspect not, there's nothing here as earth shatteringly brilliant as "I'm Going To Hitchhike Down To Cincinnati And Kick The Shit Outta Your Drunk Daddy" but if you like the prospect of a rude Skynyrd then here's the album for you! The live disc captures the band in Nottingham UK in 2009 and does include their very best material such as "Struttin' Cock" and the insanely wonderful "Go Motherfucker Go" so this compilation works well as an introduction to a fine, much underrated band.
Track Listing:
CD 1 - Best of
1. Come On Come On
2. Rub It To Death
3. I'm So High (with Danko Jones)
4. Going Down Swinging
5. Before The Drugs Wear Off
6. Hate And Whisky
7. The South`s Too Fat To Rise Again
8. Pussy Time
9. Til The Meat Falls Off The Bone
10. Pillbilly
11. Why Why Why
12. Up The Dosage
13. Lazy Jesus (with Lemmy)
14. Ain't Your Business
15. Good Night For A Heart Attack
16. Stone Cold Down
CD 2 - Bonus &Live in Nottingham
1. One Way Down
2. Nutbush City Limits (with Ron Heathman)
3. Struttin' Cock
4. Late Great USA
5. Go Motherfucker Go
6. You're Goin' Down
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