Now I Got Worry

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It was originally released via Matador Records on October 15, 1996.

Now I Got Worry begins with a tortured scream (on the opening declaration of ostracization Skunk) and ends face down in the dub sewage of Sticky, with hardcore blitzkriegs (Identify) and profane Dub Narcotic covers (Fuck Shit Up) in between.

Now I Got Worry sees the trio adapting to the bluesmans brand of hypnotic, in-the-pocket electric blues, but filtering it through the cut-and-paste funk aesthetic favored by contemporaries like Beck, the Beastie Boys, and Cibo Matto. The fifth Blues Explosion album captures their taut, blazing, live sound and their eccentric studio approach with a better balance than anything else in their catalog; if you want to get slapped upside the head while you boogie all night long, this is the album for you Allmusic

Confrontation has always been part of the message, and Worry packs plenty of it, though less than might have been perceived upon its initial release, when the yardstick by which it was measured was a record immediately hailed as a masterpiece. Kind of like following Fargo with The Big Lebowski given the long shadow of Orange, it is no wonder that it took a moment for Worry to find its way into the canon, no matter that it is a massive achievement in its own right. These days it rates as many fans favorite Blues Explosion record, putting into sharp relief the two sides of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion the immediacy of their show, the fireball-throwing soul revue that helped make them the most feared band on the scene and Spencer the meticulous artist who pays attention to every detail in crafting astonishingly complex and (though it is not always immediately apparent) very personal records.