Gear Blues

Gear Blues is an album by the band Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, released in 1998. It was released in the United States in 2000.

Critical reception
NME wrote: "Armed with an arsenal of hooks, chiselled cheekbones and oodles of self belief, Thee Machine Gun Elephant are credible heirs to the garageland throne, and, if that wasn’t enough, a paragon of internationalism." LA Weekly thought that "vocalist Yusuke Chiba is a hoarsely authoritative presence, and bassist Koji Ueno and drummer Kazuyuki Kuhara have eliminated the Who-derived busyness of their early approach in favor of seamless, no-nonsense propulsion." Rolling Stone concluded that "the attention to visceral detail is what distinguishes Gear Blues from mere Nuggets and Brit-punk slavishness."

AllMusic wrote that "the album ends with a bittersweet, melancholy, space punk groove on 'Danny Go'."

Track listing

 * 1) "West Cabaret Drive" – 5:26
 * 2) "Smokin' Billy" – 3:26
 * 3) "Satanic Boom Boom Head" – 2:50
 * 4) "Dog Way" – 3:15
 * 5) "Free Devil Jam" – 2:42
 * 6) "Killer Beach" – 5:10
 * 7) "Brian Down" – 4:45
 * 8) "Hotel Bronco" – 1:43
 * 9) "Give The Gallon" – 5:15
 * 10) "G.W.D." – 3:52
 * 11) "Ash" – 3:34
 * 12) "Soul Wrap" – 4:14
 * 13) "Boiled Oil" – 4:10
 * 14) "Danny Go" – 4:54
 * 15) "Jenny" - 3:22

European Release
The European release does not contain 'Jenny' but has an extra bonus disk with 'Get Up Lucy' and 'Cisco'