Wesley Willis- Rush Hour

Label: Alternative Tentacles

Originally released 2000

Rush Hour is the third album of Wesley's released by Alternative Tentacles. Most of you no doubt recall Volume's 1 & 2 in our Greatest Hits series released in 1996 and 1999 respectively. Wesley recorded Rush Hour in 1993, and like the majority of his recordings, was never released. We already have used 5 tracks from the album in our "greatest hits" series. Jello realized that there were so many "greatest hits" candidates on Rush Hour, why not release the whole thing. Since being diagnosed schizophrenic in 1989 Wesley Willis has recorded around 100 albums. Writing, performing, and recording serve as therapy helping Wes quiet the voices in his head. Before he was a man about town in his native Chicago and could get into shows and write about bands, Wesley relied mainly on his own fertile imagination. Wesley Willis has been compared to Franz Kafka, Brian Wilson, Jad Fair, and Wild Man Fischer among others. And, not unlike other great songwriters, his songs have been described as: disturbing, hilarious, unique, raw, intoxicating, and honest. 2 of his albums were released on American Recordings. Rush Hour is surely one of his most eclectic albums: Wes uses alternating tempos; spooky intros; fake live sounds; and, as always, plenty of lyrical originality. This is Wesley at his most consistently abstract and stunningly original. (Note: to make it fit on one LP, we're omitting 5 songs: the same songs that are also on Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and 2.) Rock Over London...Rock on Chicago...Alternative Tentacles Records - Giving Art a Bad Name Since 1979

Track Listing:

1. Jesus Christ   
   
2. 2 X 4    
   
3. Electra 225    
   
4. Electric Eel    
   
5. STP Conked Out My Engine    
   
6. He Goes To Prison    
   
7. Good News Is Rock N Roll    
   
8. The Wesley Willis Fiasco    
   
9. The Boomerang    
   
10. Outburst    
    
11. Chronic Schizophrenia    
    
12. King Fish    
    
13. I Am A Rock I Am A Roll    
    
14. Creep Show    
    
15. Vampire Bat    
    
16. Lake Of Fire    
    
17. Fuck With Me And Find Out    
    
18. The Termites Ate My House Up    
    
19. I Whipped Batman's Ass    
    
20. Shit & Fuck    
    
21. The Vultures Ate My Dead Ass Up   
    
22. King Of Fire