Spencer Gets It Lit

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
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".

Rob Hughes of Classic Rock claimed that the album "feels like the work of a man who's rediscovered his mojo". Andrew Perry of Mojo found the album "hugely entertaining". 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". 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".

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".

Personnel

 * Jon Spencer – lyrics, lead vocals, guitar, producer, mixing
 * Sam Coomes – vocals, synth
 * M. Sord – drums
 * Bob Bert – percussion
 * Bill Skibbe – producer, mixing
 * Brian Fox – assistant producer
 * Dave Gardner – mastering
 * Katie Skelly – artwork
 * Michael Lavine – photography
 * Bob Coscarelli – photography