I don�t know who this Jesse Malin character is, but he seems to have a lot of famous friends – Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Bruce Springsteen and Ryan Adams are just some of the rock royalty to have collaborated with Jesse on his new album �Glitter in the Gutter�. So it�s incredibly saddening to say that the whole album sounds like Bryan Adams trying to be credible. From the faux-sincere lyrics, Americana-tinged ballads and monotonic vocals, Jesse Malin comes across as trying too hard to make an epic-sounding mainstream album. This record just sounds so tepid and harmless, there needs to be some raw emotion shown instead of overproduced nothingness. It�s a shame, because he obviously has some brilliant influences, but simply fails to convert these into an astounding album.
