Glitter In The Gutter

Performer: Jesse Malin
Artist: Bruce Springsteen; Jakob Dylan; Ryan Adams
Engineer: Paul Orofino; Matt Azzarto; Chris Fasulo; Eddie Wohl; Rob Caggiano; Paul Orofino; Matt Azzarto; Chris Fasulo
Producer: Diane Gentile; Eddie Wohl; Rob Caggiano; Diane Gentile; Eddie Wohl; Rob Caggiano
Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance

Notes: This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Jesse Malin (vocals, guitar); Jesse Malin (guitars); Ryan Adams (guitar, guitars, piano, organ, keyboards, background vocals); Rob Caggiano (guitar, guitars, programming); Justin Lomery (guitar, guitars); Paul David Hager (guitar, percussion); Lizzy Lee Vincent (guitar); Helen Yee (violin, cello); Steven Berson (cello); Rob Clores (piano); Sam Yaffa, Chris Chaney (bass instrument); Danny Sage (background vocals); Jakob Dylan (vocals, background vocals); Bruce Springsteen (vocals); Chris Shiflett, Josh Homme, Jamie Arentzen (guitar); Chris Jenkins (viola); Chris George (cello); Christine Smith (piano, keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Eddie Wohl (keyboards); Paul Garisto (drums, percussion); Johnny T. (percussion); Danny De La Matyre (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Jesse Malin; Rob Caggiano; Dror Mohr; Paul David Hager. Liner Note Author: Jesse Malin. Recording information: Defiant Recording Studios, New York, NY; Dror Nohr, New York, NY; East Coast Recording, Oyster Bay, NY; Electric Lady Recording Studio, New York, NY; Electric Lady, New York, NY; Michael Tudor Defiant Recording Studios, New York, NY; Millbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, NY; Monster Island Studios, New York, NY; Think Tank Recording Studio, Hoboken, NJ; Think Tank Studios, Hoboken, NJ; Velvet Buddha Studios, Burbank, CA. Editor: Chris Fasulo. Photographers: Hanna Toresson; Paul Storey. Over a decade into his square-peg catalog, Malin finally made the record he always intended to make. GLITTER IN THE GUTTER succeeds at every turn because it sounds like--of all things--a New Jersey record. GLITTER IN THE GUTTER features the catchy, emotional dramatics that every Garden Stater from the Boss--who makes a fine duet partner with Malin on "Broken Radio"--to Bon Jovi has made his stock in trade. "Prisoners of Paradise" is a Springsteenian paean to "building it up and tearing it down" and "doing it all my life" that explodes into a soaring chorus, while "NY Nights" finds the narrator "on the run from heaven's hand me downs." The record's few and minor missteps are when Malin juxtaposes his own talents with those of legendary songwriters such as Paul Westerberg--represented by an unnecessary cover of "Bastards of Young"--and Lucinda Williams--here referenced with the innocuous but clunky "Lucinda." Ultimately, though, GLITTER IN THE GUTTER is a tour de force for a songwriter with equal parts grit and glam, placing him somewhere between the Boss and Bon Jovi on the Jersey greatness meter. No small feat that.

Rolling Stone (p.81) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "There are memorable, megatuneful adrenaline shots like 'Prisoners of Paradise'..." Entertainment Weekly (p.60) - "This is an old-fashioned roots-rock CD, with big choruses, blasts of heavy guitar, and lyrics about beautiful girls and beautiful losers." -- Grade: B+ Q (p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e's even secured voice-of-the-working-man Bruce Springsteen to provide vocals on the mournful 'Broken Radio'....Malin's capable of hitting an authentic nerve." Uncut (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Malin's at his best when unaffected, allowing the roaring 'Prisoners Of Paradise' and weary 'Aftermath' to provide salvation of sorts." Alternative Press (p.190) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] fine-tuned assortment of melodic, punk-tinged, mid-paced numbers....His best release ever." No Depression (p.79) - "American rock may be fractured, but its images are as iconic as ever, and Malin knows just how to serve them up."

After stints in the 1980s and `90s with hardcore bands and the glam-punk revival act D Generation, Jesse Malin found his true calling in the 2000s with a series of genre-bending solo efforts that found an urban toughness in roots-rock. Garnering critical accolades and the high-profile endorsements of both Ryan Adams and Lucinda Williams, the native New Yorker fused the catchy grit of Tom Petty, the vulnerability of Neil Young, and the street romanticism of Bruce Springsteen in one undeniably accomplished body of work.

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