''Black Milk'' is the third album by Australian blues rock band
Beasts of Bourbon
Beasts of Bourbon were an Australian blues rock band formed in August 1983, with James Baker on drums (ex-Hoodoo Gurus, The Scientists), Spencer P. Jones on guitar (The Johnnys), Tex Perkins on vocals (Dum Dums), Kim Salmon on guitar and Boris ...
which was recorded in 1990 and originally released on the
Red Eye label.
Details
Salmon said, "We recorded ''Black Milk'' with all these crazy dynamics and there's too many ideas on it really. I love it! The Beasts Of Bourbon really believed could do anything. I was willing to use that idea to get my songs on, like "Cool Fire" would never dare be presented to
the Scientists
The Scientists is a post-punk band from Perth, Western Australia, led by Kim Salmon, initially known as the Exterminators and then the Invaders. The band had two primary incarnations: the Perth-based punk band of the late 1970s and the Sydney/ ...
– it's an old 40s sounding song. We've tried to be like
Dr. John
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music encompassed New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B.
Active as a session musician from ...
, every song on the album is different."
Reception
In the review on
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
, Skip Jansen states "Third album from the Australian garage punk and pub rock super-group is a fine album of lurching blues-driven rock, though it pales by comparison to the two previous albums".
Track listing
All songs by Spencer Jones and Tex Perkins except where noted
# "Black Milk" – 5:55
# "Finger Lickin'" – 2:09
# "Cool Fire" (Kim Salmon) – 4:13
# "Bad Revisited" – 3:58
# "Hope You Find Your Way to Heaven" (Salmon) – 2:40
# "Words from a Woman to Her Man" (Salmon) – 2:48
# "I'm So Happy I Could Cry" (Salmon) – 4:18
# "You Let Me Down" (Jones) – 4:33
# "Let's Get Funky" (
Hound Dog Taylor
Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (April 12, 1915 – December 17, 1975) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer.
Life and career
Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1915, though some sources say 1917. He first played the piano and ...
) – 3:35
# "A Fate Much Worse Than Life" – 3:09
# "El Beasto" (Salmon, Perkins) – 1:33
# "Blue Stranger" (Salmon, Perkins) – 4:12
# "I've Let You Down Again" (Salmon, Perkins) – 2:33
# "Blanc Garcon" – 4:12
# "Execution Day" (Jones) – 4:46
# "Rest in Peace" (Perkins) – 3:12
Personnel
;Beasts of Bourbon
*
Tex Perkins
Gregory Stephen Perkins (born 28 December 1964), better known by his stage name Tex Perkins, is an Australian singer-songwriter who fronted the Australian rock band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James B ...
– vocals, guitar
*
Spencer Jones – guitar, vocal, banjo-mandolin
*
Kim Salmon
Kim Leith Salmon (born 24 January 1957) is an Australian rock musician and songwriter from Perth. He has worked in various groups including The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, Kim Salmon and the Business, and Darli ...
– guitar, fish, vocals
*Boris Sudjovic – bass
*
James Baker
James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney, diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House Chief of Staff and 67th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President ...
– drums, percussion
with:
*
Louis Tillett
Louis Rohan Tillett (13 March 1959 – 6 August 2023) was an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, keyboardist and saxophonist. Tillett was the front man in Australian bands The Wet Taxis, Paris Green and The Aspersion Caste. He also worked ...
– piano
*Peter Casanela – piano accordion
*Dr. Bronstontine Karlarka, Hellen Rose – vocals
Production
*Phil Punch – engineer
*Phil Punch and The Beasts – producer
Charts
References
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Beasts of Bourbon albums
1990 albums
Red Eye Records (label) albums