Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes are a Jersey Shore musical group led by Southside Johnny. They have been recording albums since 1976 and are closely associated with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
In the early eighties, someone got the bright idea of teaming up Nile Rodgers as producer for Southside Johnny. On the surface, the idea may have made sense, given that Rodgers was one of the hottest producers at the time, which included working his magic with David Bowie on “Let's Dance”. In retrospect it was clearly a complete mis-match of producer and performer, as this is easily the worst thing in Southside's catalog. The strength of SSJ and the Asbury Jukes is that they are a horn based rock band steeped in edgy and soulful rhythm and blues. This album takes all those core essentials and removes them, and instead tries to turn the Jukes into something akin to a techno dance and smooth R & B band. (In theory there are horns on this album, but except for a few sax solos, they seem completely absent.) The songs, most of which were written by Billy Rush, have a core theme of explicate sexuality, and don't fit Southside lyrically or musically. The Southside and the Jukes fan, but except for the mildly catchy title track, and a somewhat interesting cover of the Rascals "You Can't Eat Out Your Heart Anymore", this album is kind of waste. "Trash It Up" however is a great example of something that may have sounded good in theory, but in actuality a little less.
In the early eighties, someone got the bright idea of teaming up Nile Rodgers as producer for Southside Johnny. On the surface, the idea may have made sense, given that Rodgers was one of the hottest producers at the time, which included working his magic with David Bowie on “Let's Dance”. In retrospect it was clearly a complete mis-match of producer and performer, as this is easily the worst thing in Southside's catalog. The strength of SSJ and the Asbury Jukes is that they are a horn based rock band steeped in edgy and soulful rhythm and blues. This album takes all those core essentials and removes them, and instead tries to turn the Jukes into something akin to a techno dance and smooth R & B band. (In theory there are horns on this album, but except for a few sax solos, they seem completely absent.) The songs, most of which were written by Billy Rush, have a core theme of explicate sexuality, and don't fit Southside lyrically or musically. The Southside and the Jukes fan, but except for the mildly catchy title track, and a somewhat interesting cover of the Rascals "You Can't Eat Out Your Heart Anymore", this album is kind of waste. "Trash It Up" however is a great example of something that may have sounded good in theory, but in actuality a little less.
Track listing
01. "Trash It Up" (Billy Rush) - 4:38
02. "Can't Stop Thinking Of You" (Billy Rush) - 4:17
03. "Get Your Body On The Job" (Billy Rush) - 6:32
04. "My Baby's Touch" (Billy Rush) - 4:25
05. "The Beast Within" (Billy Rush) - 4:42
06. "Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" (Billy Rush, Laurie Burton, Pam Sawyer) - 3:04
07. "Slow Burn" (Billy Rush) - 3:41
08. "Ms. Park Avenue" (Billy Rush) - 3:11
09. "Bedtime" (Billy Rush, John Lyon) - 4:12
10. "Trash It Up" (Special Mix) (Billy Rush) - 5:01
Credits
Art Direction – Karen Katz
Backing Vocals – David Spinner, Papo Calozo, Steve Simms
Bass – Gene Boccia
Coordinator [Production] – Richard Monier
Drum Programming – James Bralower
Drums – Steve Becker
Engineer – Jason Corsaro
Engineer [Assistant] – Barry Bonjiovi
Guitar – Billy Rush
Guitar [Additional] – Nile Rodgers
Keyboards – Kevin Kavanaugh, Rusty Cloud
Management – David Sonenberg
Mastered By – RL
Percussion – Ernie "Boom" Carter
Photography By – Gary Heery
Producer – Nile Rodgers
Producer [Associate] – Billy Rush
Saxophone – Frank Elmo
Trombone [Bone] – Bobby Ferrel
Trumpet – Al Torrente, Mark Pender
Vocals – Southside Johnny
Companies etc
Distributed By – Atco Records
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mirage Records Inc.
Copyright (c) – Mirage Records Inc.
Published By – Dangerous Music
Published By – Doppler Shift Music
Published By – Web IV Music
Notes
Distributed by Atco Records, Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation
Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock
Length: 43:51
Label: Mirage Records, Inc.
© 1983
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