Though the album was viewed as a flop early on by most fans, and lacked the commercial success of their previous release, it would later be considered highly important due to the album's absolute projection of MC5's core sound and earliest influences. Reviewing Back in the USA for Rolling Stone in 1970, Greil Marcus admired the album's "attempt to define themes and problems and an offering of political, social, and emotional solutions", but found that "the music, the sound, and in the end the care with which these themes have been shaped drags it down, save for two or three fine numbers that deserve to be played on every jukebox in the land". ![]() #MC5 AMERICAN RUSE PROFESSIONAL#Release and reception Professional ratings Review scores The last song on the album, which is the title track, is a cover of Chuck Berry's 1959 single " Back in the U.S.A." "The American Ruse" attacks what the Detroit quintet saw as the hypocritical idea of freedom espoused by the US government, and "The Human Being Lawnmower" expresses opposition to the US involvement in the Vietnam War. The opening track is a cover of the classic hit " Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard. Becoming close with Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler was his chance and led Landau to the politically radical MC5, who had just been picked up by Atlantic after being dropped from Elektra Records in 1969 – the Kinney National Company (later known as Time Warner), parent of Atlantic, acquired Elektra in the same year of this album's release both labels are now part of the Warner Music Group (now a separate company from TW), through the Atlantic Records Group. Landau, who originally wrote for Rolling Stone magazine, was looking to get more involved in actual music production. This was due in part to producer Jon Landau's distaste for the rough psychedelic rock movement, and his adoration for the straightforward rock and roll of the 1950s. The central focus of the album is the band's movement away from the raw, thrashy sound pioneered and captured on their first release, the live album Kick Out the Jams (1969).
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