Keep Your Cool

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Keep Your Cool
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)
StudioGlide On Fade Studios, New Jersey
Genre
Length33:14
Label
Producer Brant Bjork & Dave Raphael
Brant Bjork chronology
Brant Bjork & the Operators
(2002)
Keep Your Cool
(2003)
Local Angel
(2004)
Alternative cover
KeepYourCool Reissue.jpg
Heavy Psych Sounds reissue

Keep Your Cool is the third solo album by desert rocker Brant Bjork. It was released on October 31, 2003, through Duna Records. The album features a musical style influenced by soul, funk and blues. The album was remastered and reissued in 2019 through Heavy Psych Sounds Records. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Sputnikmusic mentioned in their review that the songs consist of "mid-paced, often blues/funk influenced riffs leading them, accompanied with Bjork's relaxed, swagger-filled vocals." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brant Bjork

No.TitleLength
1."Hey, Monkey Boy"2:07
2."Johnny Called"4:03
3."Rock-n-Rol'é"4:25
4."I Miss My Chick"4:08
5."Keep Your Cool"2:47
6."Gonna Make the Scene"5:00
7."Searchin'..."3:56
8."My Soul"6:48
Total length:33:14

Personnel

Notes

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References

  1. "Heavy Psych Sounds Records to reissue BRANT BJORK's cornerstone album "Keep Your Cool" on April 12th". Purple Sage PR (in French). January 23, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  2. "Brant Bjork Keep Your Cool". Heavy Psych Sounds. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  3. Prato, Greg. Keep Your Cool at AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  4. 1 2 ChaoticVortex (January 26, 2017). "Brant Bjork – Keep Your Cool". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved July 3, 2023.