The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is the debut album by the New York City

New York City

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-based eponymous band. Few copies of the album were produced; however, some songs are featured on the album Crypt Style

Crypt Style

Crypt Style is the second official album by the group The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and was first released in 1992 on CD in Japan on the "1+2" label. It was later released with an abbreviated track listing on CD in Germany, and as an LP in the US, both in 1993 under the Crypt label. The album...

, released one year after. Additionally, some songs are featured on the album A Reverse Willie Horton, released one year earlier, and considered either a bootleg or the group's true first album, as it contains all studio tracks. All three albums are culled from separate 1991 recording sessions with Kramer

Mark Kramer

Mark Kramer , known professionally as Kramer, is a musician, composer, record producer and founder of the New York City record label Shimmy-Disc...

 and Steve Albini

Steve Albini

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Track listing

1. Write a Song
2. I.E.V.
3. Exploder
4. Rachel
5. Chicken Walk
6. White Tail
7. '78 Style
8. Changed
9. What to Do
10. Eye to Eye
11. Eliza Jane
12. History of Sex
13. Comeback
14. Support-A-Man
15. Maynard Ave.
16. Feeling of Love
17. The Vacuum of Loneliness
18. Intro A
19. Biological
20. Water Main