Album · Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
ACME by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
ACME is an album by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, released in 1998. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Talk About The Blues”, on 1 list with a best position of #273.
Acme, the sixth studio album from New York trio the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, came out on Matador on October 20, 1998, and it's punk blues with the dials all turned to overload. Jon Spencer hollers, yelps and hustles like a revival-tent preacher who wandered into a noise gig, Judah Bauer's guitar slashes and stomps, and Russell Simins' drums hit like a car door slammed in anger.
The band always drew on everything from rockabilly and soul to garage, noise rock and hip-hop, and here it all gets thrown in the blender. "Talk About the Blues" is practically a mission statement in the title alone. The sessions had a second life the following year, when a companion album of B-sides and remixes from Acme came out in two versions, Xtra-Acme USA and Acme Plus.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from ACME on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk About The Blues | 1 | #273 | – | 2006 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.