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Liquidizer by Jesus Jones
Liquidizer is an album by Jesus Jones, released in 1989. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 19 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Move Mountains”, on 8 lists with a best position of #76.
Liquidizer, the debut from Jesus Jones, came out in 1989 and plays like a kid with a new toy who won't put it down. The toy was a sampler, which Mike Edwards got hold of in 1988 after the band decamped to London, and it turned his songs into a jittery collage of techno pulse, power-pop hooks and hip-hop cut-and-paste. Jerry De Borg's guitar and Iain Baker's keyboards filled out the sound.
Sessions with their first producer went nowhere, so Craig Leon took over in the middle of 1989 and gave the record its brash, bright sheen, though the band later grumbled about the mix. "Info Freako" was the first single, a breathless blast of noise and attitude, with "Never Enough" close behind, and "Move Mountains" has proved the sturdiest of the lot on rock radio. Critics mostly dug it, singling out the songs and the samples, and the band's next stop was Doubt.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Liquidizer on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move Mountains | 8 | #76 | – | 1990–2005 | |
| 2 | Never Enough | 7 | #802 | – | 1999–2005 | |
| 3 | Info Freako | 4 | #32 | – | 1989–1991 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.