Now I Got Worry

Studio album by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Released

October 15, 1996

Genre

Punk blues, alternative rock, low-fi

Length

45:15

Mute

Jon Spencer, Jim Waters

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion chronology

A Ass Pocket of Whiskey
(1996)

Now I Got Worry
(1996)

ACME
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(8.5/10)^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]

Now I Got Worry is a 1996 studio album by the American punk blues band The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. The album opens up with Spencer screaming. "Fuck Shit Up" is a cover of a Dub Narcotic song.^[4] The man depicted on the cover is Jon Spencer. "Wail" became a brief hit for the band and its music video was directed by "Weird Al" Yankovic.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Skunk"	Spencer/Explosion	2:39
2.	"Identify"	Spencer/Explosion	3:08
3.	"Wail"	Spencer/Explosion	3:09
4.	"Fuck Shit Up"	Dub Narcotic	3:08
5.	"2Kindsa Love"	Spencer/Explosion	3:02
6.	"Love All of Me"	Spencer/Explosion	1:58
7.	"Chicken Dog" (featuring Rufus Thomas)	Explosion/Thomas	3:01
8.	"Rocketship"	Spencer/Explosion	3:14
9.	"Dynamite Lover"	Spencer/Explosion	2:58
10.	"Hot Shot"	Spencer/Explosion	2:09
11.	"Can't Stop"	Explosion/Mark Ramos Nishita	2:53
12.	"Firefly Child"	Spencer/Explosion	3:24
13.	"Eyeballin"	Spencer/Explosion	3:17
14.	"R.L. Got Soul"	Spencer/Explosion	4:05
15.	"Get Over Here"	Spencer/Explosion	2:09
16.	"Sticky"	Spencer/Explosion	2:54

Personnel

Judah Bauer - guitar, voice
Russell Simins - drums
Jon Spencer - voice, guitar

Guests

Mark Ramos Nishita - clavinet on "Chicken Dog", piano on "Can't Stop", organ on "Firefly Child"
Rufus Thomas - voice on "Chicken Dog"
Justin Berry - sax on "Firefly Child"
Thermos Malling - bang on "2Kindsa Love" and "Sticky"

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Pitchfork Media review
↑ Rolling Stone review
↑ "Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The - Now I Got Worry at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
↑ ""Weird Al" Yankovic: Video Facts". Weirdal.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

External links

Now I Got Worry at Discogs (list of releases)

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Jon Spencer
Judah Bauer
Russell Simins

Studio albums

A Reverse Willie Horton
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Crypt Style
Extra Width
Orange
A Ass Pocket of Whiskey
Now I Got Worry
ACME
Plastic Fang
Damage
Meat + Bone
Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015

Live albums

Controversial Negro

EPs

The Sound of the Future is Here Today!
Experimental Remixes
Techno Animal Remixes
Snack Cracker

Singles

"Shirt Jac"
"Son of Sam"
"Afro"
"Train #3"
"Bellbottoms"
"Flavor"
"Get With It"
"2Kindsa Love"
"Cool Vee/Fish Sauce"
"Wail"
"Rocketship"
"Talk About the Blues"
"Magical Colors"
"Calvin"
"New Year (Destroyer)"
"Heavy"
"Lap Dance"
"She Said"
"Sweet 'n' Sour"
"Ghetto Mom"
"Shakin' Rock 'n' Roll Tonight"
"Mars, Arizona"
"Burn It Off"
"Hot Gossip"
"Crunchy"

Compilations

Outtakes	Mo' Width ACME-Plus xtra-acme usa

Collections	Jukebox Explosion Dirty Shirt Rock 'n' Roll Year One

Other contributions

Scream 2
I Love Guitar Wolf...Very Much
Static Disaster: The UK In the Red Records Sampler
Silver Monk Time: A Tribute to the Monks

Pussy Galore
Boss Hog
Dub Narcotic Sound System
Butter 08
Sideways Soul
The Black Godfather
Spencer Dickinson
Heavy Trash
Men Without Pants

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