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Honkey Kong (Boots Electric album)

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Artist
  
Jesse Hughes

Genre
  
Rock

Release date
  
19 September 2011

Label
  
Dangerbird Records

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Honkey Kong is a 2011 solo album by Eagles of Death Metal front man Jesse Hughes, under the pseudonym Boots Electric on Dangerbird Records. The album was released on September 2011, with the band playing their first live show one month prior. "Oh Girl", "Complexity" and "I Love You All the Thyme" were later reworked and released on Eagles of Death Metal's 2015 album Zipper Down (with the latter renamed "I Love You All the Time").

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Complexity"
  2. "I Love You All the Thyme"
  3. "Boots Electric Theme" (backing vocals by Brody Dalle)
  4. "Dreams Tonight"
  5. "No Ffun"
  6. "Oh....Girl!"
  7. "Speed Demon"
  8. "You'll Be Sorry"
  9. "Trippy Blob"
  10. "Swallowed By the Night"

Personnel

  • Boots Electric - vocals, guitars, bass, synths, keyboards, production, engineering, art and layout
  • Money Mark - organ, piano, backing vocals, guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, key bass, circus organ, Wurlitzer piano, vocals, drums, production, engineering
  • Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. - synthesizers
  • Tony Hoffer - synths, programming, keyboards, production, mixing, engineering
  • Liela Moss - vocals
  • Brian LeBarton - magical synth, synthesizer, keyboards
  • Norm Block - drums
  • Brody Dalle-Homme - vocals (on "Boots Electric Theme" )
  • Joey Castillo - drums
  • Joshua Homme - guitar
  • Troy Van Leeuwen - guitars
  • Claude Coleman, Jr. - guitars, drums
  • Chris Reynolds - drum programming, drums, co-produced, engineered, steered, speared and made weird
  • Lizette Cardenaz - guitar, bass, piano
  • Omar Omarito - vocals
  • Juliette Lewis - vocals (on "Boots Electric Theme")
  • Howard Jones - vocals
  • Jessy Greene - fiddle

    • Reviews

    mxdwn.com gave Honkey Kong a generally favorable review, saying "Despite what Hughes and fellow Eagles of Death Metal member have gone through in the past, the guy still manages to push fresh, exciting, music that sounds simply…effortless. When you’re pushing 40, maybe all you need is a 4/4 beat and a couple fun, life-assuring chords.". rocksound.tv had a mostly positive review, saying, "A blend of electronic beats, keyboard-heavy dance grooves and hip-shaking pop underpinned by distorted guitar lines, this is funky and enjoyable stuff. ‘Speed Demon’ sees his rock ‘n’ roll roots in full blossom, though things take a turn for the worse when he tries his hand at electro-baladry on ‘No Fun’."

    Songs

    1Complexity2:57
    2I Love You All the Thyme3:40
    3Boots Electric Theme3:39

    References

    Honkey Kong (Boots Electric album) Wikipedia
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