Product Description

Like his brutal film THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, Rob Zombie's 2006album, EDUCATED HORSES, strips down his macabre aesthetic, largely ditching the overt kitsch and busy, techno-tinged arrangements in favor of a heavy, 1970s-inspired stoner aesthetic. Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper's influence on Zombie have never been more apparent than on these 11riff-laden tracks, including the propulsive "Foxy Foxy", the scathing "Let It All Bleed Out", and the haunting title track to his aforementioned splatter movie, which he wrote, directed, and produced. Although some fans may miss Zombie's wackier, cartoonish style, HORSES marks the emergence of a more mature and formidable performer.

Track Listing

1. Sawdust In The Blood
2. American Witch
3. Foxy, Foxy
4. Seventeen Years Locust
5. The Scorpion Sleeps
6. 100 Ways
7. Let It All Bleed Out
8. Death Of It All
9. Ride
10. The Devil's Rejects
11. Lords Of Salem

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45338 in Music
• Released on: 2006-03-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds
• Running time: 38 minutes

Customer Reviews

Pretty damned good
It's a pretty damned good album. The hard and heavy are well represented with "American Witch", premiered the other week on Jay Leno's show, the awesome "17 Year Locust" and the White Zombie-esque "Let It All Bleed". "Ride" is also pretty heavy, but nothing like previous Zombie. In fact, this is Rob's most adventurous record to date, musically. Lyrically it's pretty similar stuff to before. The riffs and melodies here are something else. Lots of sinister clean melodies and bass rhythms, and even some piano and strings, give totally different feels to songs without the need for crushing riffs. Of course, when those riffs do come in, the impact is even greater.

"The Devil's Rejects", obviously about Rob's movie of the same name, is the natural partner to "House of 1,000 Corpses", the title song from his first movie. Another creepy, southern-country-infused slow-burner with plenty of steel guitars and piano.

The only song I'm not so keen on is "The Scorpion Sleeps", which is clearly Rob getting his Ramones fix. "Sawdust In The Blood" and "100 Ways" are instrumental pieces, the kind of which we're pretty used to on Zombie records by now.

As with all Zombie records it's still too short (only 38 minutes), but musically it's a remarkable piece of work.

Simply, a great album from an underrated rock veteran.
This is a great album! If you're into the La Sexorcisto-era White Zombie and not quite as fond of Rob's previous solo efforts, then I strongly advise you check this out. It's a very diverse album; quite light on the synths and samples but has very strong melodies and would be good for any fan of the stoner rock genre.

Sadly, many White Zombie fans will disregard this album as being more of the Dragula type stuff which can come off as a bit too processed. Far from it. This is good ol' fashioned gritty southern fried metal Zombie style.

BUY IT NOW!!!!
With so much good music from Rob over the years as well as his awesome gore fest films, i have to say i was a little bit apprehensive about this new album. HOW WRONG I WAS, not only is this album full of fresh ideas and sounds with 'Foxy, Foxy' it still keeps with the hardcore metal and classic Rob style with tracks like 'American Witch' and 'Let It All Bleed Out' (which i have to say is my favorite of the album) there's something on here for everyone from the old school White Zombie fans to the new age fans that are just discovering the legend that is Rob Zombie. This is a must have record for anyone who loves Rob's music as much as i do and you would be a fool not to own such a brilliant album.