Now I Got Worry

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/now-i-got-worry-mw0000080936|title=Now I Got Worry – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion|publisher=AllMusic|first=Mark|last=Deming|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = 5/5{{cite magazine|title=Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Now I Got Worry|magazine=Alternative Press|issue=101|date=December 1996|page=80}}

| rev3 = Chicago Tribune

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-10-18/entertainment/9610250375_1_blues-explosion-jon-spencer-rufus-thomas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201052208/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-10-18/entertainment/9610250375_1_blues-explosion-jon-spencer-rufus-thomas|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2017|title=Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Now I Got Worry (Matador)|work=Chicago Tribune|first=Mo|last=Ryan|date=October 18, 1996|accessdate=November 18, 2017}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = C+{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/10/18/now-i-got-worry/|title=Now I Got Worry|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=David|last=Browne|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|date=October 18, 1996|accessdate=April 14, 2020}}

| rev5 = Mojo

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=The big bang|magazine=Mojo|issue=206|first=Stevie|last=Chick|date=January 2011|page=112}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 5/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000711reviews.html|title=The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry|magazine=NME|first=Paul|last=Moody|date=September 29, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817201505/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000711reviews.html|archive-date=August 17, 2000|accessdate=April 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = The Philadelphia Inquirer

| rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news|title=The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Now I Got Worry (Matador)|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|first=Sara|last=Sherr|date=October 20, 1996}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 8.5/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14235-now-i-got-worry-controversial-negro/|title=The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Now I Got Worry / Controversial Negro|work=Pitchfork|first=Stuart|last=Berman|date=May 21, 2010|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/103967/review/5945919/nowigotworry|title=Now I Got Worry : Blues Explosion|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Matt|last=Diehl|date=October 3, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621201754/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/103967/review/5945919/nowigotworry|archive-date=June 21, 2008|accessdate=November 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10score = 7/10{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dgSxMMIfuU8C&pg=PA121|title=Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Now I Got Worry|magazine=Spin|volume=12|issue=8|first=Peter|last=Margasak|date=November 1996|accessdate=November 3, 2017|pages=121–22}}

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Mark Deming of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Now I Got Worry may not be JSBX's best album, but it does capture their taut, blazing, live sound and their eccentric studio approach with a better balance than anything else in their catalog; if you want to get slapped upside the head while you boogie all night long, this is the album for you."

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.{{cite book|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|title-link=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|editor-last=Dimery|editor-first=Robert|publisher=Universe Publishing|year=2010|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = Skunk

| writer1 = Spencer, Explosion

| length1 = 2:39

| title2 = Identify

| writer2 = Spencer, Explosion

| length2 = 1:08

| title3 = Wail

| writer3 = Spencer, Explosion

| length3 = 3:09

| title4 = Fuck Shit Up

| writer4 = Dub Narcotic

| length4 = 3:08

| title5 = 2Kindsa Love

| writer5 = Spencer, Explosion

| length5 = 3:02

| title6 = Love All of Me

| writer6 = Spencer, Explosion

| length6 = 1:58

| title7 = Chicken Dog

| writer7 = Explosion, Thomas

| length7 = 3:01

| title8 = Rocketship

| writer8 = Spencer, Explosion

| length8 = 3:14

| title9 = Dynamite Lover

| writer9 = Spencer, Explosion

| length9 = 2:58

| title10 = Hot Shot

| writer10 = Spencer, Explosion

| length10 = 2:09

| title11 = Can't Stop

| writer11 = Explosion, Mark Ramos Nishita

| length11 = 2:53

| title12 = Firefly Child

| writer12 = Spencer, Explosion

| length12 = 3:24

| title13 = Eyeballin

| writer13 = Spencer, Explosion

| length13 = 3:17

| title14 = R.L. Got Soul

| writer14 = Spencer, Explosion

| length14 = 4:05

| title15 = Get Over Here

| writer15 = Spencer, Explosion

| length15 = 2:09

| title16 = Sticky

| writer16 = Spencer, Explosion

| length16 = 2:54

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{{Track listing

| headline = 2010 reissue edition bonus tracks

| title17 = Cool Vee

| length17 = 4:10

| title18 = Fish Sauce

| length18 = 3:28

| title19 = Yellow Eyes

| length19 = 3:57

| title20 = Turn Up Greene

| length20 = 2:52

| title21 = Buscemi

| length21 = 1:42

| title22 = Get with It

| length22 = 1:34

| title23 = Let's Smerf

| length23 = 2:12

| title24 = Down Low

| length24 = 2:02

| title25 = Chocolate Joe

| length25 = 2:32

| title26 = Judah Love Theme

| length26 = 1:26

| title27 = Dig My Shit

| length27 = 1:38

| title28 = Roosevelt Hotel Blues

| length28 = 3:23

| title29 = Radio Ad - Announcer #1

| length29 = 1:09

| title30 = Radio Ad - Ernie Eddie

| length30 = 0:31

| title31 = Radio Ad - Announcer #2

| length31 = 0:50

| title32 = Radio Ad - Street Sez-Me

| length32 = 0:40

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

Blues Explosion

• Judah Bauer – guitar, vocals
• Russell Simins – drums
• Jon Spencer – vocals, guitar

Guests

• Mark Ramos Nishita – clavinet (on "Chicken Dog"), piano (on "Can't Stop"), organ (on "Firefly Child")
• Rufus Thomas – vocals (on "Chicken Dog")
• Justin Berry – saxophone (on "Firefly Child")
• Thermos Malling – bang (on "2Kindsa Love" and "Sticky")

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