Apparently around for the last eight years, Caesars have remained a hidden Swedish secret until now. Caesars Palace in their native country, but Caesars here due to the Las Vegas casino's right to the name, this band revives The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who, The Zombies, The Byrds, Badfinger and The Bay City Rollers all mixed into a great alternative pop confection. While "Jerk It Out", a song from an earlier album, is strategically placed to capitalize on its recent inclusion in an I-pod commercial, the rest of the album is just as strong.

In fact, this is the first band in a long while that I have heard that captures a free-for-all fun sound much like Smash Mouth did with "Walking On The Sun" back in 1997. The lyrics here are filled with great traditional themes of alienation, isolation, desperation and desolation. The album opens with a great one-two punch with "Spirit" and "It's Not The Fall That Hurts", both of which could be hits. "Jerk It Out" is a great get up and dance track while the title track is a melodic ode of losers hoping for a second chance. "Your Time Is Near" captures an almost Mamas and Papas "California Dreaming" vibe, and the cd ends with more potential hits with "Winter Song", "We Got To Leave", "Soulchaser" and "Good And Gone". The band utilizes unusual instruments such as the farfisa, philicorda and yttling piano reminiscent of Del Shannon's hit "Runaway".

All of this adds up to a near perfect cd that sets itself apart almost entirely from the rest of today's music. As of my review, I see only ten other reviews here which is disheartening, but perhaps this band will still catch on in America. Check them out!

Caesar's Palace, The Caesars, The Twelve Caesars - they're all the same group. They go by different names depending on location - Twelve Caesars in most of Scandinavia, The Caesars in North America, and Caesar's Palace in Sweden, most of europe, and the rest of the world.

They currently have five albums:

39 Minutes of Bliss (as The Caesars)

Paper Tigers (as The Caesars)

Youth Is Wasted On The Young (as The Twelve Caesars)

Cherry Kicks (as Caesar's Palace)

Love For The Streets (as Caesar's Palace)

I hope this helps clarify some things.

I give EVERY SINGLE ALBUM five out of five stars - great vocals, great leads, great base, great melodies, great everything. If you like rock, don't pass this up.

This album is for anyone who fell in love with "Jerk It Out" on the iPod commercial. With a poppy, 60's retro, garage sound, reminiscent of the early Beatles, The Caesars deliver a surprisingly fresh collection of tunes. This is exactly the dichotomy that makes The Caesars a welcome addition to that sub-genre of alt rock that seems to be coming around again. Very melodic and very rockin'. A fun disc.

I had never heard of the Caesars before until the fairly recent IPod commerical that was blast all over the US. Their music really seems to be inspired by the 1960's and similar to the Rolling Stones Era. However, this band could really work an audience into dancing their tail off. Give it a try!

Hello everyone. You might be familiar with the caesars if you've seen the ipod shuffle commercial thats been playing on tv nonstop. That song is jerk it out, and it is a fun little tune that has a lot of energy and is really catchy. If you like that song, you'll love their full length cd. I bought 39 minutes of bliss a couple months ago, and i really liked that cd, but paper tigers is much much better. This is probably the most fun cd i've bought all year. If you like rock at all, you'll like the caesars. Every song is catchy and makes you want to get up and sing along. I give this cd 5 stars because every song is good. I bought it for only like 10 bucks too, so its a great deal. The Caesars rock!!