''Dirty Sweet'' is the debut four-track extended play by Australian

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band Jet, released in November 2002 on Rubber Records. It was re-recorded and re-issued on 6 May 2003 by

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. All tracks on the EP are also on the band's debut album, ''

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'', which followed on 14 September. Two tracks, originally on the EP, were later issued as singles from ''Get Born'', "

Rollover DJ "Rollover DJ" is the second single (third in the United States) released from Australian rock band Jet's debut album, ''Get Born'' (2003). It was released on 3 November 2003 and was promoted with two different music videos. The song reached the ...

" (November) and "

Cold Hard Bitch "Cold Hard Bitch" is a song by Australian rock band Jet, released as the fourth single (second in the United States) from their 2003 debut album, '' Get Born''. The song was written by band members Chris Cester, Nic Cester, and Cameron Munce ...

" (March 2004).

Background

''Dirty Sweet'' is the debut extended play by Australian rock band Jet, which first appeared in November 2002 on Rubber Records. The line-up of Jet were

Chris Cester Christopher James Cester (born 16 September 1981) is an Australian musician, songwriter, producer and founding mainstay drummer and backing vocalist of rock band Jet. As a member of Jet, Cester has won awards as a songwriter from the Australas ...

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and

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; his brother,

Nic Cester Nicholas John Cester (born 6 July 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for being the frontman and lead singer in rock band Jet alongside his younger brother Chris.MacKenzieSpencer et al., (2007Cester, Nicken ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

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and

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; Cameron Muncey on

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

and backing vocals; and Mark Wilson on

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, keyboards,

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, and backing vocals. Two tracks, "Take It or Leave It" and "

" were recorded in July 2002 with Lindsay Gravina, and two more tracks, "Move On" and "

", in the following month with

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. In January 2003, the EP was re-recorded prior to Jet supporting

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at gigs in Sydney and Melbourne in February, on the Australian leg of their

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. ''Dirty Sweet'' was re-released on 6 May 2003 by

Reception

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's MacKenzie Wilson reviewed ''Dirty Sweet'' and noted influences from

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and

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for the "impressive debut", where the group "keeps it real with raw energy; there's nothing kitschy about it". However, ''

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''s Sam Bloch described their "watered-down blues-wannabe riff monsters ... the sound of a bunch of poseurs having a play at ROCK because they saw it on TV once". '' Drowned in Sound''s Ross Bennett found that they "might not jump out and grab you; it might not make you sweat, but if you own a Stones record, and an AC/DC album, then it will do you no harm to slot this EP in between the two. There is enough musicianship, melody and spirit on this record to make you want to hear more".

Track listing

Personnel

;Jet members *

–

* Cameron Muncey –

, backing vocals * Mark Wilson –

;Additional musicians * Andre Warhurst –

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(track 3) ;Production work * Engineer – Lindsay Gravina (tracks 1, 2), Craig Harnath (tracks 3, 4) * Producer – Lindsay Gravina (tracks 1, 2), Craig Harnath (tracks 3, 4) * Studio – Birdland (tracks 1, 2), Hothouse (tracks 3, 4) ;Art work * Photography – Brad Jones, Melanie Fergin * Cover art – Jet, Traffic Design Studios

Charts

References

{{Jet 2002 debut EPs Jet (band) albums Elektra Records EPs