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Spencer Gets It Lit
Photo of Spencer sat in a gilded throne with cartoon flames and the band's and album's names drawn over.
Studio album by
Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers
ReleasedApril 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)
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Jon Spencer chronology
Spencer Sings the Hits
(2018) 		Spencer Gets It Lit
(2022)

Spencer Gets It Lit is a studio album by Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers. It was released on April 1, 2022, via Bronzerat/Shove Records. Production was handled by Bill Skibbe and Jon Spencer at Key Club Recording Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan on July – August 2021.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Classic Rock[3]
Mojo[4]
Uncut8/10[5]
Under The Radar[6]

Spencer Gets It Lit was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on five reviews, which indicates "generally positive reviews".[1]

Rob Hughes of Classic Rock claimed that the album "feels like the work of a man who's rediscovered his mojo".[3] Andrew Perry of Mojo found the album "hugely entertaining".[4] Erin Osmon of Uncut stated that the album "is the strongest recorded offering from the rocker since the Blues Explosion's 2012 album, Meat + Bone".[5] Mark Deming of AllMusic wrote: "keep your expectations properly adjusted and Spencer Gets It Lit will be an effective soundtrack to all manner of wild good times".[2]

In a mixed review, Anthony Mark Happel of Under the Radar wrote: "it's as if all of these songs are the equivalent of a nutty tossed-off filler track that might close side one of an album as a joke. None of the songs are developed beyond the point of cartoonish posturing and none have much to recommend them musically".[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Jon Spencer

No.TitleLength
1."Junk Man"2:21
2."Get It Right Now"2:24
3."Death Ray"3:54
4."The Worst Facts"3:08
5."Primary Baby"2:23
6."Worm Town"3:34
7."Bruise"2:26
8."Layabout Trap"2:50
9."Push Comes to Shove"1:58
10."My Hit Parade"2:26
11."Rotting Money"2:44
12."Strike 3"2:14
13."Get Up & Do It"2:25
14."Germ Vs. Jerk"2:55
15."The Devil's Ice Age"3:02
Japanese version bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
16."Wilderness" (Live)2:24
17."Fake" (Live)2:45
18."Time 2 Be Bad" (Live)3:36
19."Tough Times in Plastic Land" (Live)3:13
20."New Breed" (Live)1:44
21."Hornet" (Live)2:53
22."Can't Polish a Turd" (Live)3:17

Personnel

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Release history

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Release dates and formats for Spencer Gets It Lit
Region Date Edition(s) Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States March 31, 2022 Standard CD
Canada April 1, 2022
Europe
United States
Europe April 29, 2022 LP
United States
Europe Limited edition
United States
Japan May 10, 2022 CD
United States August 2022 Standard LP
  • In the Red
  • Shove
Europe 2022 Limited edition
  • Bronzerat
  • Shove

References

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  1. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Spencer Gets It Lit – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers, Jon Spencer – Spencer Gets It Lit Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Hughes, Rob (April 1, 2022). "Still stoking rock'n'roll's golden fire, Jon Spencer has rediscovered his mojo". Classic Rock. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Perry, Andrew (June 2022). "Filter". MOJO. p. 91. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Osmon, Erin (May 2022). "New Albums". Uncut. p. 37. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Happel, Anthony Mark (May 16, 2022). "Get It Lit". Under The Radar. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
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