Lack of Communication

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This article is about the Von Bondies album. For the song by Ratt, see Lack of Communication (song).
Lack of Communication
Lack of Communication cover
Studio album by The Von Bondies
Released 2001
Recorded March 2001
Genre Garage rock, punk blues
Length 43:31
Label Sympathy for the Record Industry
Producer Jack White/Jim Diamond
Professional reviews
The Von Bondies chronology
Lack of Communication
(2001)		 Raw and Rare
(2003)

Lack of Communication is the first album by garage rock band The Von Bondies, released in 2001 by Sympathy for the Record Industry, and released in the UK by Sweet Nothing Records. Much darker than subsequent directions undertaken by the band, the album was also produced by Jack White of The White Stripes as is evident in the lo-fidelity production quality.

In addition to conventional Detroit garage rock, the album also displayed other influences, such as the jazzy showtune-esque song "No Sugar Mama." The tracks "Shallow Grave" and "Nite Train" both display surf rock passages, amidst their heavy pummeling and lyrical morbidity. "Cass and Henry" is a sparse, almost spoken word narrative of a nocturnal encounter with a tall stranger. "In the Act" and "Sound of Terror" contain droning slide guitar and considerably slow tempos. On the last track, after a silence following the song Rock 'n' Roll Nurse, there's a hidden bonus track: a cover of Sam Cooke's Bring It On Home to Me, with Marcie Bolen on lead vocals.[1]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Lack of Communication" – 3:33
  2. "It Came From Japan" – 2:11
  3. "Shallow Grave" – 3:11
  4. "Going Down" – 1:54
  5. "Cass and Henry" – 5:36
  6. "Nite Train" – 3:29
  7. "No Sugar Mama" – 1:56
  8. "Cryin'" – 2:06
  9. "In the Act" – 3:03
  10. "Please Please Man" – 2:04
  11. "Sound of Terror" – 3:28
  12. "Rock 'n' Roll Nurse" / "Bring It On Home to Me" – 10:53
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