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Amulet - Amulet (1979)

Track listing:
  1. Just Like A Woman 4:16
  2. Sea Of Fear 4:56
  3. Do You Live Again 4:50
  4. Kings & Queens 4:16
  5. Person To Person 4:02
  6. Funk 'n' Punk 4:22
  7. Gemini 4:14
  8. Life Is Living 3:29
  9. New Day 4:44

Notes

Reissue of the only album from this four piece band from Indiana. First released in 1979, it's a set of original hard rock material mostly recorded live in the studio. It's a remarkably tight effort that is an essential piece for all collectors of US acid psyche and heavy rock. It's an extremely rare collector record that was recorded in 1979 and released on the band's own label! Punchy hard rock with screaming lead guitars all over the place!

Long-haired guitar rawk from the obscure Midwestern band known as Amulet, circa 1980. Reissued for your hessian pleasure by Monster Records, alongside the likes of Ultra, Full Moon, and Truth And Janey (all of whom we've previously listed). Amulet started off in '78 as a cover band doing stuff by ZZ Top, Van Halen, Hendrix, UFO and suchlike. Though a popular local concert draw, they still barely managed to save enough dough to record and self-release this album in 1980. No money for overdubs, so it's got that live feel, appropriate for their party hardy high power hard rock format. How much you're gonna like this kinda depends how you feel about lines like: "She was seventeen / young love machine" (from "Just Like A Woman"). Good times badass boogie rock wank fer shure. Actually, they had a heavier, more serious side too, with religious/philosophical themes ("Do You Live Again", "Life Is Living"). But don't look for a lot of sophistication and deep thoughts -- this mostly about groovy stuff like the unintentionally funny "Funk 'n' Punk" or "Radar Love" re-write "Person To Person". Fun and authentic.