EP-LP
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Every band should to do one of these....
This is a healthy collection of the first four E.P.s. I have a friend who's got all of these on 7" (incl. 2 copies of "Evolution"). I was gonna copy them onto CD but then I discovered this compilation and bought it. The only minor complaint I have is that I always believed there was enough space on one CD to include "Rats" but it's still nice.
Every band should definitively do a compilation of bits and bobs like this.

Anything Goes- by me
I have heard The day the country died and have to say, its better then EP-LP but this is still good!!! One thing the day the country died is missing is whos gonna fight in the third world war which is my favorite Subhumans Song EVER! Unfortunitely it is stuck on this CD with songs that aren't as good as it. I would say BUY THIS CD but only if you already have the day the country died. Its a much better CD though I still really like htis one.

NICE COMPILATION OF EARLY EP'S
The best material this band ever recorded are their first 4 ep's.And they're all here,beatifully remastered (the sound is excellent).Clocking in at a decent 42 minutes+,this is a skull-splitting record,with the guitar so loud and brilliant few people will be able to enjoy this as it was meant to be listened to,that is at full blast !!! As a bonus,only one of the ska-ish songs that will soften future album releases is present here,and it ain't bad !!.Sweetly priced release if all of the above aren't enough reasons. ... Read more

Asin: B000000LXY
Sales Rank: 50115
Subjects:  1. Pop    2. Punk    3. Rock   

The Specials
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The beat that got a generation dancing and brought ska back into the public eye. Produced by Elvis Costello, then still a boy wonder himself, the album built on the sound of the Specials' first two singles, and gave the world its first extended look at Two Tone. Inspired writing and arranging (much of it down to founder Jerry Dammers) with Terry Hall as the laconic front man made for a perfect combination, the riddim of ska and the speed of punk. As a testament to its power, two decades haven't lessened its impact. --Chris Nickson ... Read more

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Brilliant
This album was phenomenal. Definitely influenced many people not just musically, but in perspectives on races. Massive Attack, Tricky and many more all owe a debt of gratitude to these lads. I bought this in 1979 at Korvettes in Paramus, the same day I bought Pretenders 1st, and Wreckless Eric/Whole Wide World. A triple play, but out of the three (which I still play to this day 5.6.05) The Specials is closest to my heart. Blank Expression a perfect winter time twilight song, You're Wondering Now fantastic closer. I could go on. I wish Terry and Jerry and the lads would be friends again but then, time has passed and we must move on. But a landmark album nonetheless. Out of all the 2 Tone bands, The Specials rule ok.

Still the Heavyweight Champions of the Ska Revival
The Specials are still the heavyweight champions of both waves ofska revivals (in the UK and later in the USA). I saw the Specials just before this album wasreleased in 1979 at a Rock Against Racism concert in London's Hyde Park. I was warned by my two British hosts that the Specials would "blow my mind."... but nothing could have prepared me for the inspired anarchy of this young racially mixed Brits playing music that sounded like reggae on steroids.The two manic singers Terry Hall and Neville Staples bounced around the stage and banged their heads together in time to the music. The entire band had buzz cut hairdos and dressed like thrift shop refugees complete with Sinatra type fedoras, skinny ties and ill fitting suits. By the end of the show the entire stage was filled with frantically pogoing audience members and the Specials played on, as if the audience and the band were the same thing. Everything I learned about ska music started with that Specials concert in 1979.

The reason why the Specials were so...errr...special was that they were first rate musicians who not dilletantes when it came to knowledge of the early Jamaican ska and rocksteady music. Jerry Dammers was raised on the music of Prince Buster, the Skatalites,Desmond Dekker, Byron Lee and the stable of ska musicians that were part of Duke Reid's venerable British label, Trojan Records. In the UK, Trojan Records had a steady stream of bestselling ska records in the UK in the mid-Sixties. Even the godfather of punk, John Lydon, who was notorious for ridiculing any kind of popular music once professed that reggae and ska were the only music he cared about. Meanwhile,in the USA, our only knowledge of ska was 1965's infectious hit by Millie Small, "My Boy Lollipop." In the Sixties, there was little room on Americanradio playlists for obscure Jamaican musicians playing gimmicky West Indian pop. If anyone raised the profile of ska music in America, it was the Specials.

The songs of this album represent a fusion the anarchy of punk with the frenetic riddims of ska. It is a snapshot of a near-perfect moment in music. Elvis Costello's "ragged but right" production style resembled that of his own producer, Nick Lowe who earned the nickname "Basher" for his rough-hewn sound. "Doesn't Make It Alright" is the Special's anti-racism anthem that was a response to the National Front's campaign to bash forgien nationals from the West Indies and Pakistan who were new immigrants to London during that period. Terry Hall as the prosecuter and Neville Staples as "Judge Dread" engage in a hilarious satire of a kangaroo court in the song "Stupid Marriage." The ribald humor of "Stupid Marriage" was actually a Jamican ska reworking of Shorty Long's late Sixties R&B hit "Here Comes the Judge." "Blank Expression" was a cry against apathy and ignorance. The covers of ska classics like "A Message To Rudy" and Prince Buster's classic "Too Hot"showcase the muscular playing of the band. The cover of the Maytal's classic "Monkey Man" fires a hilarious shot from the hip at the Thatcher enthusiasts in the pompous chambers of the House of Lords, comparing the Britian's nobility to inbred baboons. The addition of trombonist Rico Rodriquez, who was a transplanted Jamaican with an involvment in the ska's early Sixties roots lent the Specials an authenticity that few of their peers could claim. Drummer John Bradbury and bassist Horace Gentleman punched up the ska sound with a heavy drum n' bass sound that appealed to the younger generation accustomed to the hard charging punk rock sound.

By the mid-Eighties the ska music revival had ebbed all too early in the UK. I always felt that the 2 Tone Records bands like thedubwise Beat (aka the English Beat), the hyper-manic Madness and the ultra-cool stylists, the Selector were among the best things about the post-punk movement. There was a second wave revival of ska music in the United States in the Nineties, but none of the stateside ska bands posessed the talent, imagination or authenticity of their UK counterparts. The Specials were the flagship of the ska revival and their magnificent but short lived career brought the joy of ska music to a lot of people who otherwise would have never heard it. I don't deejay much these days, but in the early Eighties no party or dance was complete until the floor was filled with estatic dancers slamming to the riddims of "Concrete Jungle."Those were the days, my friend.

THE best Specials album
This is definitely the best Specials CD. I don't own any other ones, but i have listened to all the songs on "More Specials", "Guilty til Proven Innocent" ,"Blue Plate Specials", "In the Stuido"... quite a bit, and i'd still have to say there is nothing like this CD.
My favorites are probably "Do the Dog", "Dawning of a new Era" ,and "Messege to you Rudy" just beacuse theyre fun songs. I also realy like " Doesn't make it Alright" for its lyrics.
This CD is excellent! ... Read more

Asin: B000003JAH
Subjects:  1. England    2. New Wave    3. Pop    4. Rock    5. Ska    6. Ska Revival   

American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine
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Looking for Punk?
The Donnas surprises with their second album. The album full of great punk rock songs. The songs are short and fast ones like punk should be. The sound quality is very good. The vocalist Donna A. sings excellently. This female band is probably the best punk band in the world since Blondie. But like Blondie, The Donnas haven't started to make songs which are near pop music. No - The Donnas have 6 albums full of great punk rock music. The lyrics are very good - ambitious and angry...and the most important - rebellious. The songs like "Checkin' It Out", "Looking for Blood", "Rock 'n' Roll Machine", "Outta My Mind"...are truly punk classics. This album has also a great feature - the more you listen to it the more you like it. However, this album isn't even near their best...there's "Spend the Night" and "Get Skintight" which both are that kind of albums you can't easily be tired of. "Wanna Get Some Stuff", "Shake in the Action", "You Make Me Hot", "Rock 'n' Roll Machine"...make me think of Black Flag. The sounds are quite as near them...only they are now much better...but that's only a progress. I guess rock 'n'roll never dies...although punk rock isn't right now that "in-thing"...but who cares? I just wanna have some good rock music - I don't care so much about the outer world...they can play their lousy disco pop songs...as far as I don't hear them. The Donnas is right now the best punk band in the world...even the best punk band I know ever!
Stars: Checkin' It Out, Looking for Blood, You Make Me Hot, Rock 'n' Roll Machine

cool
Production-wise, this is one of The Donnas better albums.The songs are good - but the only ones I usualy listen to are Rock'N'Roll Machine, You Make Me Hot, Checkin' It Out, Gimee My Radio, Outa My Head, and I Want Some Stuff.
Song-wise, I'd say Get Skintight is better than this album.

Great rock C.D.
If you want to buy your first Donnas C.D. you can skip the self-titled and buy this.I first bought Spend the Night and sort of went backwards.I just bought this CD and it was great.I have listened to their other onces a million times and needed something new.There are 10 tracks on here and I love them all!This is a great rock 'n' roll album.I love the old Donnas days when their CDs sounded more raw-ish than now if you know what I mean.
Rock n Roll Machine is a good opener.This is like, ateenager's anthem right here.I also really like 'Checkin it Out' because it has a cool guitar solo.The guitar and bass on Speed Demon is really rad and makes it one of my favorite songs.And I also love Shake in the Action too.Donna R. aka Allison is a great guitarist and most bands have to have a great guitarist if I am going to listen to them.Also Donna C. is a pretty good drummer but she plays pretty basic beats on the album and still does today.It gets boring. Sorry, I have to say it.This is still a good cd nonetheless. I reccomend it to rock fans of every age. ... Read more

Asin: B00004W52H
Sales Rank: 29669
Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Hard Rock    3. Pop    4. Punk-Pop    5. Rock   

Teenager of the Year
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Freedom Rock
There aren't enough stars in the universe to pay this album its dues. I won't get into any Frank Black or Pixies lore, 'cause anyone checking out this album knows it, so let's cut right to exploring "Teenager of the Year" (which sould've been subtitled "Album of the Decade.")
"Whatever Happened to Pong," "Thalassocracy," "Abstract Plain," "Calistan," and "The Vanishing Spies" start off the album.These five songs put most rock albums to dirty, dirty shame. I mean, honestly.It's pitiful.
Then there's the next 16 songs, none of which are weak on any comparitive standard, and most of which are actually brilliant songs, in my opinion.
Freedom Rock is my fav right now. But that's the thing about Frank Black and his album- all the songs become implanted in your head. Some songs that didn't quite gel with you for whatever reason on first listen, suddenly make sense, and you're left wondering why there aren't more people writing songs the way Frank Black writes them.
Obviously most people just don't rock as hard, honestly, and naturally as Frank Black does.
This really is an album of importance.You might read reviews that say certain tracks are weak, and that might even seem true when you first hear them. But keep listening.
For some reason I've lost this album three times now.I've lost it three times, and i've bought it three times.It's the kind of album where when it's gone, you feel its loss. You're collection seems sub-standard and boring. You feel lame.
And once you lose it, you come to terms with it as a karma-type thing, and realize the inherrent good in the bitter loss: Someone else is listening to it, and getting their rocks off more than they have a right to. And of course, according to the more-or-less "laws" of karma, someone will steal it from them, and so on and so on. The album begs to be listened to, you see? It realizes it's importance, maybe just like Frank Black does, but that "isn't boastin', it's truthin'," as the great Danko Jones would say.
It's a good thing, this "Teenager of the Year." Too good, really.Like an aspiring drummer listening to Neil Peart, "Teenager" is awe-inspiring, but also kind of makes you wanna "lay down the sticks" as it were, and kick back and enjoy the true practictioners of the art.
Frightening, violent, sexy, romantic, funny, witty, dark, and hypnotic, "Teenager" is a gift to all those who appreciate true gifts.

Most underrated album of all time
Yes. You might think i'm crazy but its true. Teenager of the Year is the most underrated album of all time. For a million reasons. I write this review 11 years after I bought this album because i just went back to revisit it and immediately got upset that so few people bought this. Buy this album! (then go buy The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society).

Patchy genius
Like all Frank Black albums, this one is a mixture of delights and disappointments. But like everything else he's done, it's worth the price of admission for the good moments - especially if you can pick it up for a few bucks on Amazon. The first four tracks lay out Frank's stylistic palette beautifully: careering-out-of-control thrash (Whatever Happened To Pong); smart punk (Thallassocracy); catchy falsetto pop (Abstract Plain); and gorgeous mini-epic balladry (Calistan). From there on, though, it's a very mixed bag. For every masterpiece there are four or five total duds - some half-baked, some overblown, and some that start out nicely but then sputter to a close, as though Frank thought he had a good idea for a song, but then lost interest and couldn't be bothered finishing it properly (Fazer Eyes; Space Is Gonna Do Me Good). As always, the playing is faultless, and Frank does rhythm guitar with his usual lethal precision. But at 22 tracks it's all a bit indulgent. ... Read more

Asin: B000002HF0
Sales Rank: 26319
Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Indie Rock    3. Pop    4. Rock   

Before The Quarrel
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For Collectors Only
The Cro-Mags were at the forefront of the New York crossover hardcore scene in the mid-1980's, second only to Agnostic Front. Their extremely powerful, angry sound inspired the current generation of Headbanger's Ball-type music, from hardcore standards like Hatebreed, to pop-thrashers Pantera, to death metal.

This is the original recording of what became the Cro-Mags' quintessential debut album, "Age of Quarrel." Those new to the band should start with Age. Though remixed, the production of "Before the Quarrel" is rough as compared with the follow-up--especially the vocals. Age... does much more justice to John Joseph's loathsome and dynamic voice. Before... is closer to what the band sounded like live. There are two bonus tracks not found on Age... "Everybodys Gonna Die" is a faster track similar to "Survival of the Streets," and "Dub" is an unneeded instrumental that sounds like a studio warm-up (there's no collaboration here--just drums and bass doing their own thing).

One thing is really irritating about this release. I mean no disrespect to the man, but this seems like another Harley Flannigan ego trip--from the packaging to the remix, it has Harley all over it. The album art is a collage of early band photos--almost all of Harley. The band roster lists Harley as Bass and Vocals before John "Bloodclot" Joseph. Interesting considering the only vocals Harley may be responsible for are the chorus chants which are clearly not him alone. The bass track is the most prominent in the remix--he is a good bassist, but it seems unnecessarily loud on several tracks. This reminds me of Danzig's bastardization of Misfits classics when he remixed several 80's standards deleting Jerry Only's original bass tracks and laying down his own 90's rerecordings for the "Collection" album.

how a legend begins...
This band was, at that time, great. 'Before the quarrel', even if not as amazing as 'the age of quarrel', their first official album, represents what hardcore or simply rock'n roll should ever be : rebellion without a pause!

Thanks for clarifying
I bought the original tape and like many other fans in NYC was not happy with the mixing on the record. I am so pleased that this is now on CD.
I went to school with a couple of the band-members and it was explained to me that this was NOT a demo and was supposed to be their first album but either they didn't have the money to press the album, or the recording levels were not right for the record. Either way its the best of their stuff. and in my opinion the best to come out of NY/HC. Better executed than Agnostic Front's Victim in Pain with a more scope intellectually (I know its a bad word in Hardcore but f*ck its 20 years later man) Its not just songs just about "the street." or reactionary political statements in favor of or against the long-gone Reagan Administration (I love "World Peace")
I'd like to point out that Macky who was the drummer on these recordings but not pictured on the CD cover was also the best and most talented HC drummer to play at CBs and in the NY scene. ... Read more

Asin: B00003TL7S
Sales Rank: 140183
Subjects:  1. American Underground    2. Heavy Metal    3. Pop    4. Punk Metal    5. Rock    6. Rock/Pop    7. Thrash   

Pack Is Back
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street punk at its best
the best street punk album ever. if you like casualties, you will adore this band

YOU SHOULD OWN THIS!!!!!!!!!
SAW 'EM LIVE, SOCIALIZED WITH THEM, MY FRIEND BOUGHT THE CD, WE LISTEN TO IT EVERY TIME WE PARTY. FIST PUMPING, OI CHANTINGENJOYMENT!!!!! THEY ROCK.

Oxymoron makes others look weak
I agree totally with the dude that reviewed it before me.Oxymoron is the best punk to come along in a long time.I highly recommend this record to anybody who loves punk and hates preppies. ... Read more

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Sales Rank: 275026
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The Power Cosmic
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Best of The Best
Don't disrespect Bal Sagoth.. this and Battle Magic are their two best albums, and are unlike anything any other band that I've heard has ever done. Musically they are very tight, the rhythm guitars and drumming in particular are very impressive, and the horn sounding keys set a mood unlike any other. The Professor Xavier vocals may take some time to get used to, but I think they are cool.. very unique.

Cosmic Futuristic Battle Metal
If you're into Cosmic Futuristic Battle Metal then this album is for you!The inside booklet has a pic of the band with the singer wielding a lightsaber which basically sums up this album.The music is excellent, and very orchestral with blast beats galore.However the vocals recieve a 10/10 for cheese factor.The singer narrates most of the time and sounds like Nostradamus prophecizing about galactic warriors.The good vocals are when he screams black metal style.However, my main complaint with the album is the horrible lyrics.They have different characters and warriors who are supposed to be saying lines like it's a comic book.If this album was instrumental, it would rule.Get a life Bal-Sagoth

slightly corny, but not bad at all
yes, this album is a bit corny. if that turns you off completely, stop here. if you think you might be able to live with it, then to you i submit this simple review. this album is a collection of songs often well connected that tell some sort of story about conflicts between gods and the like. the music itself has a baroque-ish feel to it. there are many synthesized parts that support strong melodic lines and weave in and out of the main focus. the music here is competently written, comprehensible and ambitious. they do fall short at times of their intended goal, but such tracks as 'callisto rising' and the 'empyreal lexicon' prove their competence; one might almost consider them somewhat "prog-ish" in approach here. the technical proficiency is not spectacular anywhere, nor is the singing (james earl jones style narration and some black metal screeches) but rather it is clear, clean and professional. a fine album overall. ... Read more

Asin: B00002DDVO
Sales Rank: 114521
Subjects:  1. Death Metal/Black Metal    2. Heavy Metal    3. Pop    4. Rock   

Ghastly Funeral Theatre
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Very original Japanese BM
GFT is the first Sigh album I bought. Mirai and company play some of the most original, strange BM I've heard in a long time. You can hear piano, jazz, and some weird vocals. If you give it a couple of istens, in time you will enjoy it more and more. This is probably their heaviest release to date.Did you know that the legendary "Euronymous" of Mayhem released their debut album "Scorn Defeat" onDSP? If you are an open minded metal head, get GFT today.

SIGH!
Well, I totally disagree w/ the reviewer before me saying if you like CoF, you will like Sigh! No way! Sigh is totally TOTALLY diff than CoF, and definitely better. This mCD consists of 6 songs (including intro/outro) The musik on here is not very easy to describe, so this will be hard to review, sure it's grim black metal, but it's more than that.. The intro starts off w/ the sound of funeral winds, and some truly weird keys, next is the most catchiest song on the disc, and also has some very weird horn sounds here and there, the vocals are grim and are usually pretty fast, the next song starts off w/ an acoustic and has Miria doing low rasped vocals along w/ some truly eerie chanting in the background it all sounds very relaxing for about 2 mins, but not for long next all hell breaks lose, it suddenly erupts into a horror movie w/ a sound i can't even describe,then the guitars kick in w/ some harsh/heavy riffs.. this is amazing!! The other songs is somewhat like this, using the horns, and eerie keys/synths.. The playing is usally kept on mid-pace, as well as the drums, but the vocals always seem to be pretty speedy.. Killer vocals!! The lyrics deal w/ the japanese occult and unholy powers. Well, I dunno if i described this very well or not, like i said, it's difficult.. it has to be heard to be believed! No ONE should be w/ out this mCD.. it's truly amazing, grim black metal! Next I will review their Hail horror Hail!

Japanese Black Metal at its very best!
Sigh, a Japanese Black Metal band formed in Tokyo in '89 released this truly amazing Black Metal release in Feb. '97. Its theme is focused on Japanese occultism. More specifically, the traditions of "Dakini" and "Izuna". The intentions of which are seeking "Nighthead" (occult knowledge). This album truly lives up to the Cacaphonous label prestige. With labelmates like Bal Sagoth, Cradle Of Filth, Gehenna and Bloodstorm...it takes alot of to stand out. This band does just that. If you like the above mentioned bands. I definately recommend buying this album. ... Read more

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Sales Rank: 266554

Through Silver in Blood
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soundtrack to the worlds end..before or after?
i can't tell if this sounds like the world being destroyed or what it would sound like after it was already destroyed.either way, i believe i have finally found the sound i've been searching for.

Wow... close to perfect.
Neurosis, Through Silver in Blood (Relapse, 1996)

Relapse continues to show it's the best label in America dedicated to releasing metal, consistently producing top-notch discs by bands that push the envelope. Neurosis has been one of those bands for a lot of years now.

Through Silver in Blood, the band's fifth full-length disc, combines straight-ahead metal, vocals that tread lightly into hardcore territory, epic structuring (four songs either approach or exceed ten minutes, none of them with Eric Clapton-ish extended bits that have nothing to do with the song's overall structure), and actual dynamics. Yes, there are soft bits!

The lyrics are a bit, well, twee ("Our destiny awaits/Survival of our wrath/The frigid apparition/Waits silently transcendent..." from "Purify," for example), but that's not terribly unsurprising on an album so top-heavy with mystical topics. But then, Steve von Till's shattered-glass-filled throat is going to make most of them unintelligible to you until you've listened to the disc enough that the music has you utterly captivated.

One of the better metal albums in my collection. Almost on a par with Elhaz' The Black Flame. **** ½

CLASSIC
This is the first Neurosis album I ever listened to.This is the album that started my addiction to one of the greatest bands of all time.If you've never heard them before, buy it.If you're looking for another addition to your Neurosis catalog, buy it.Just buy it.Trust me. ... Read more

Asin: B00000112Q
Sales Rank: 24389
Subjects:  1. Alternative Metal    2. Heavy Metal    3. Pop    4. Rock   

Fight Club (Original Soundtrack)
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The Dust Brothers are best known as the production duo that everyone from the Beastie Boys to Beck and White Zombie have turned to for help behind the mixing board (and to great results). With the soundtrack to Fight Club (the movie based on the Chuck Palahniuk novel), we finally get a glimpse of one of the duo's original creations. Filled with dark techno and sparse industrial passages, it's a bleak though interesting listen. Sinister funk gives way to medieval chants on "Homework," but the bulk of this disc is all about samples and synths. Don't expect to find the quirks of Paul's Boutique or Odelay here, but in terms of good movie mood music, the Dust Brothers have done it again. --Jason Verlinde ... Read more

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5 star music and film, looses a star for oversights...
AWESOME. The Dust Bro's do a wonderful job adding to the layers of dementia, dark humor, sensuality and catharsis in the film. Those guys sampled everything. I even heard a smidgen of music from the game "Starcraft," one of the creepy Zerg background themes: it echoes during the scene where Norton not-so-subtly threatens his boss with disgruntled attention...

now tehn, everyone points out the Pixies omission; "Where is My Mind," from their second album, Surfer Rosa. It closes the film brilliantly when the buildings are collapsing... Great tune, excellently used, ends the movie perfectly! BUT. No one seems to recall the use of Tom Waits' "Goin' Out West," fom the scene where Tyler, jack and Co. are walking through the bar (steady-cam?), down to the basement. Great song, from his '92 album, Bone Machine. Both songs would have been nice for the mix, as would some of the great dialogue. This is, afterall, a film that positively overflows with classic quips and one-liners. And the one-liners are more like Zen koans than one-liners! Looses a star cuz it could have been better, more comphrehensive...

That said, this is a great collection of ominous beats and weirdo-freaked out, instrumental funk. Great Cd to work out to. Even though, as the man says, "Self improvement is masturbation..." Yeah, but that's easy to say when you're Brad Pitt, and you've got Brad Pitt's abs...

Is good
I had been dying to get this cd, because I am a big fan of the movie. When I listened to it, I was discouraged. I listened to it again(at this moment), and now I am enjoying it more, warming up to it more and more.
My favorite track is "This is your life", and "Stealing Fat"
If you don't like it at first, give it a second spin.
I went to it, and was displeased, but let it come to you, and when it does, you will be pleased.

Five stars, of course
Fight Club would not have been as great if not for this music. In the context of the movie, this music is so perfect it's beyond words. And on its own, if listened to for it's own sake, that is, to appreciate it just as music, it is superb. But movie soundtracks always come short if you're looking for something catchy, or in this case, since it's techno, for it to have a dance quality. This isn't that kind of techno. You can listen to techno (certain kinds) the way you would listen to classical music, just enjoying and appreciating the composition and the atmosphere it gives off. If you do that you will realize, as I did, that techno music is analogous to abstract art. What I mean by that is that it isn't confined by old standards. Electronic music isn't confined by a set of instruments (cello, violin, contrabass, etc.). With techno one can achive unimaginable sounds. Synthesizers give an unprecidented freedom of expression. A composer is free to literally SHAPE an SCULPT any kind of sound he might want. This is wild. Not only that but he can also sample a sound, any sound, and do unimagenable things to it to create a mood and a tone that the world has never heard, Just look at Aphex Twin. It's like other-worldly music. This is literally MUSICAL SCULPTURE. It's very exciting stuff (if you can appreciate it). And what the Dust Brothers did is no exception.

To trully apreciate this music keep in mind that these composers are innovators, constantly pushing the boundries of what can and can't be done with a sound and a pitch. ... Read more

Asin: B000031WC5
Subjects:  1. Pop    2. Soundtrack    3. Soundtracks & Film Scores   

American Pie
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Doesn't get much better then the Anti-Heroes!
Anti-Heroes have been my last baston for solid punk music for a few years now. The rest are eather dead or broke up years ago. Since they're a local Atlanta band catching one of their shows on the weekend was a common ritual.
My best decription has always been, imagine Sam Kinison fronting a Oi! band. Mark has a voice that could tear through sheet metal. Thats a good thing btw. And i'll side with some of the less ignorant reviews here, they are NOT nazis and they are NOT racists. I've met black fans at their shows and they didn't catch any grief from anyone.
That said, American Pie is a must have for anyone that is frustrated with the overabundence of pop-punk that is in the mainstream nowdays. And even those of you that can't live without your pop-punk, step up and check out a solid band that has a message without a pushy agenda.

All Amercian non racist Oi! at it's best!
The Anti-Heroes are one of the greatest Oi! bands of all time and "Amercian Pie" is the best Anti-Heroes yet. The politically charged lyrics in songs like "Heros and Zeroes" and "Murder one" make this music rise above most of the crap put out by the mainstream today. I think its sad when people like Ox say that the the Anti-heroes are racist when they do not bother to understand the meaning of the song in the first place, Please do us all favor and stick to the libral, politically correct bands like "NOFX" and "Sum 41" and leave the Oi! to us.
If you dig "Anti-Heroes" I recomend "Drop Kick Murphys" and "The Brusers"

My favorite Anti Heros album....
This isn't Maria Cabel by the way - it's her husband Cabel.Anyway,I've got all the AH stuff and they're one of my favorite bands.American Pie is my personal favorite AH album.More politically oriented than their previous efforts this one has several songs that qualify as anthems in my opinion.The Anti Heros are what the Dropkick Murphys can only dream of being - a real American punk band.FYI - they are in no way whatsoever racist.Forget the Dropkick Murphys - this is the real deal.Also pick up "Underneath The Undergound". Cabel ... Read more

Asin: B000000EV8
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Pop    3. Rock   

Alive in Athens
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Just amazing, absolutly amazing...
First off let me say that Matthew Barlow absolutly kicked the sh*t out of the early Iced Earth material that Randy Shawver sang on, key song being "Stormrider". With that said and out of the way, I truely believe that this album is an absolute essential for any true metal fan.
Possibly one of the few live CD's where the live versions are better than the studio versions. And I think the one song that proves it right from the get-go is "Burning Times". There is far more energy on the live version than on the studio recording off "Something Wicked". All in all I can't go telling you what is good and what sucks, but I put a 10/10 on this CD just f*cking amazing. Do yourself a favor and buy it now.
P.S.- I also own the 3 disc version, a little more expensive but it reall is worth it.

Athens is Alive!!!
Here we have it. We have here, one of the most awesome live albums in metal history. Rock in Rio can't even hold a candle to Alive in Athens, in my opinion. Almost everything about this album is completely mind-blowing. Most of the time, I'd rather listen to a studio version of a song rather than a live version, but not with Alive in Athens.

With Alive in Athens, Iced Earth takes the studio to the audience and multiplies the awesomeness on all kinds of levels. This is the true poster boy of all live albums. There are no mistakes, no breaks, or anything stupid. All there is room for is the pure power of heavy metal. I know Jon Schaffer traditionally doesn't use BC Rich guitars, but he used one well on Alive in Athens.

The guitars have a very heavy crunch sound, as if you're being beaten into the ground with a sledgehammer. The solos stand out more than on the studio albums, even though some parts couldn't be harmonized it's still just as good. The thing I would have changed would have been to take out "Last Laugh" as well as "The Path I Choose," and replace them with something like "Burnt Offerings" and "Consequences," maybe. Dante's Inferno on Alive in Athens easily beats the Burnt Offerings studio version. The sound is so sweet, crushing, heavy, and melodic.

I was glad to hear Barlow do the Night of the Stormrider material, because I wasn't a fan of Greely's vocals at all. Matt totally nails the NOTS material with ease, which brings a smile to my face each time I listen to it. When I first bought the album it was in my CD player for over a few months. Yes, it's that good! This album completely pulverizes any live Iron Maiden or Judas Priest album with ease. This album is worth every penny and should be owned by all heavy metal fans.

The only thing from Iced Earth you'll ever Need
This is probably the only thing from Iced Earth you'll ever need. The sound quality is almost studio perfection, very crisp and clear sounding, right up there with Slayer's Decade of Aggression or Exodus's Another Lesson in Violence or Metallica's S&M. Listening to this album makes me wish I was there, hearing the crowd chanting "Iced Earth, Iced Earth" just makes me want to chant along with them as they wait for the next bone crushing song. The highlights of this album for me are Burning Times, Pure Evil, Dante's Inferno, Stormrider, Dark Saga, and Iced Earth, all of these songs seem to have the energy that was needed in their studio albums, even the speed up version of Burning Times is very cool, the attitude of the song performance is quite overwhelming. This is again a very powerful album and a great introduction to Iced Earth, I will provide you with the tracklisting of the third disc of the set that I got so you can see that the three disc set is much better, and well worth the money.

Disc 3:
1. Stand Alone
2. Cast in Stone
3. Desert Rain
4. Brainwashed
5. Desciples of the Lie
6. When the Night Falls
7. Diary
8. Blessed are You
9. Violate ... Read more

Asin: B00000JKFY
Sales Rank: 104781
Subjects:  1. Heavy Metal    2. Pop    3. Power Metal    4. Progressive Metal    5. Rock   

Vs.
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This is one of the greatest statements of the early days of American punk rock. Boston-based Mission of Burma created an intense, somewhat claustrophobic sound that was based neither on speed nor brevity. They bash and flail on their instruments, and the music is dense (including early tape manipulations), but the songs are intelligent and captivating. "Secrets" unfolds into directed chaos with an anthemic feel; "Trem Two" also has a great sense of dynamics. Several band members contribute songs, which also keeps the album engaging. Released in 1982 but still fresh. --Robert Gordon ... Read more

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I Bought It Way Back When
I don't know where I first heard Mission of Burma, but it was pretty early on in their existence, because I had all their records AS records. They were a favorite right away, and ranked up with The Fall, Flipper and Wire's album "Pink Flag" as the favorite music of my late teen and early 20's years.

All that stuff still holds up (for me at least) all these years later. Mission of Burma was a strange case because back then (and even now) I was the only person I knew who had ever heard of them, and it's still a mystery to me where I latched on to this group. This was (I believe) their only full scale in the studio album, signals, calls and marches being more of an EP and their other album of the time (Horrible Truth, etc.) being a live record. I never saw them live or anything, but I had these records back then, listened to them constanlty and have them now as CD's. If your taste runs to this type of music, or even what in the last decade has come to be called "alternative", try out Mission of Burma and find out what Alternative Music was like when you couldn't hear it on any commercial radio station, and you had to go down into some basement record store on Prince St. in Manhattan in order to buy the VINYL records.

This is an essential for any music collection
Mission of Burma is without a doubt one of the most exciting, intense, cerebral, inticing, and genius groups to ever live. This disc is proof of that. Songs like "Trem Two" and "Weatherbox" show off the groups' more avant-garde leanings, whereas gems like "Mica" and "That's How I Escaped my Certain Fate" are pure, unpretentious art punk. The range of musical diversity in this one album is absolutely mind-blowing. "Vs." was originally released in 1982 and it sounds as if it could have been recorded today. A truly remarkable feat in independent music by 1982's or 2004's standards. My advice: buy this album and study it. Listen to it many, many, many times for not only the songs, but the song structures, as they are the most exciting part of any Burma song. I truly believe that no one has been able to top Burma yet, and no one ever will be able to for that matter. And it is an absolute miracle that they reunited and are playing live once again. It almost makes me believe that there is a god if such a talented band could join forces again after a 22-year hiatus. So listen, learn, and rock out as hard as you possibly can because life is too short to listen to watered-down "punk rock" like Blink 182 or NOFX. If you want the real deal, the real gritty in-your-face intelligent kind of stuff, then you have come to the right place.

Classic album
This album is not as accesible as "Signal, Calls and Marches" EP.So give it a few listens.If you do, the genius of MOB will reveal itself.One of the most original bands of the '80s. ... Read more

Asin: B0000009Q5
Subjects:  1. American Punk    2. Pop    3. Post-Punk    4. Punk    5. Punk/New Wave    6. Rock   

Zen Arcade
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Even when this Minneapolis trio dabbled in familiar sounds, such as the strummed folk of "Never Talking to You Again" or the Bo Diddley-style R&B of "Hare Krsna," what came out on this swirling 1984 double album was clenched, emotional, and intense. Over 23 short songs that helped define the still-thriving punk subgenre known as hardcore, leaders Grant Hart and Bob Mould screamed their alienation in the fastest language they could possibly produce. Though Mould is the more personal songwriter, lashing out at liars and (presumably) lovers, both Hüsker heads come up with psycho-depression choruses like "What's going on inside my head?" --Steve Knopper ... Read more

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A bit of the past and a bit of the future...
Hüsker Dü were one of the loudest and most thrashy acts of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Then they decided to move away from pure hard metal thrashy rock into hard rock and pop. This didn't exactly thrill some fans (Bob Mould got booed more than once when he stepped out on stage with an acoustic guitar), but the decision led to this album which arguably remains the band's masterpiece.

First released as a double album in 1984, the music ranges from very heavy thrash rock to delicate piano numbers and almost everything in between. The all acoustic number "Never Talking To You Again" sits between the hard rocking songs "Broken Home, Broken Heart" and the incredible "Chartered Trips". "Monday Will Never be the Same" and "One Step at a Time" contain simple and mellow piano/synth music. "Indecision Time", "I'll Never Forget You", "Beyond the Threshold", and "Pride" all thrash cathartically hard with abrasively screamed lyrics. It sounds like the Hüsker Dü of the past. The creepy "The Tooth Fairy And the Princess" approaches psychedelia with its backward tracks and whispered vocals. Not to mention the sleigh bell-laden "Hare Krishna". "Newest Industry" and "Turn on The News" sound like the Hüsker Dü to come. "Zen Arcade" definitely represented a transition for the band.

On top of all that, it's a concept album (which helps explain why critics like it so much). Supposedly the story revolves around a boy who has left home and finds out that the real world sort of stinks. The album does have a somewhat happy ending, though, despite the less than happy lyrics. "Reoccurring Dreams" signifies that the boy's troubles were all just a dream. So we're rewarded with an amazing 14-minute jam session. Good deal.

The sound of the album sounds a little muddled compared to the band's later releases. At the time, Hüsker Dü recorded on a small label called SST (they were so small they had trouble printing enough copies). They therefore didn't have access to top of the line recording technology. Nonetheless, the sound doesn't detract from the album's energy. It may even add to the tension and edge. It definitely distinguishes it from the band's later releases on Warner Brothers.

Hüsker Dü still get cited as one of the most influential post-punk bands. The Pixies acknowledge their influence. Not only that, their evolution from punk thrash to heavy pop rock opened up the scene at the time to more possibilities. It wasn't too long before alternative and grunge caught on. Some of this can be traced back to Hüsker Dü's explorations. And "Zen Arcade" stands as an exemplar of that adventurousness. Don't forget this one.

Husker Du's best
I've never heard a band go for it in the studio like Husker Du did for Zen Arcade.The playing is for the most part a sonic roar from beginning to end.Listen to I Will Never Forget You and you'll know what I'm talking about.Bob's voice cracks and breaks up he's screaming so loud.You'll just clench your fists and scream along.This is Husker Du at their most passionate and hardcore.Yet as always, there is melody and structure in the maelstrom.Check out the sad Pink Turns To Blue, it's rocking and beautiful and emotionally honest.That heartfelt honesty was the hallmark of '80s hardcore punk.Unlike most of the pop junk made nowadays,Zen Arcade makes you feel.

There are few overdubs, you could almost make the case that this is Husker live in the studio.The album was recorded and mixed in 40 hours, astonishing for a double album.Nowadays you might have the drum tracks for one song done in 40 hours let alone 23 songs recorded and mixed!There's some filler, the last track is basically a 14 minute long jam and one of the shorter songs is the same jam played backwards and edited.Interspersed through the album are a few short piano interludes.Oh well, almost nobody in underground punk rock made double albums then or now, so if they had to pad it a little its not really a problem.The very high quality of the rest of the album makes up for any padding or sonic experiments.One of the best albums of the '80s in any genre.It deserves to be called a masterpiece.

Masterpiece
Although all of Husker Du's albums are awesome in their own right, this one has always been singled out as their masterpiece, and with good reason.It was a double album (unheard of in the hardcore underground of the early 1980's), it was recorded in 45 hours, consisting of all first takes (except for 2 songs), and the last thing, oh yeah, it kicks ass!This is a loose concept album about a punk kid's journey through the world and the pain and paranoia he notices in it.However, the music is where it's at, and here it is amazing.The opening blast of Something I Learned Today is savage and followed by Broken Home, Broken Heart (a song that is more applicable today than ever).And they keep coming...What's Going On, Pink Turns to Blue, Never Talking to You Again, Indecision Time, Masochism World, etc.Also there are a few cool incidental instrumentals, and to cap it off, a BRUTAL 14-minute instrumental to close the album, Reoccuring Dreams.From the bleak album cover to the songs on this album, Husker Du deliver one of the best albums of all time.Never mind all the talk that it's overrated because it was the first of its kind...this album plain-out rocks and delivers with every listen! ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. American Punk    3. American Underground    4. College Rock    5. Hardcore Punk    6. Pop    7. Punk    8. Rock    9. United States of America   

Yank Crime [Bonus Tracks]
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They released this?Damn, you are in for a good treat.
I have this album and love every minute of it's noisy goodness.I don't know the extra songs on this CD sound like but if they sound anything like the original album, I call it perfection.

Many, many, MANY bands today spend a lot of money in a studio to basically recreate this low-fi sound.The fools do not realize that all the money and computer equipment in the world won't make you sound as good as Drive Like Jehu.You need talent to make that happen.

A classic
When I first heard this cd the first thing that popped into my head was, "Wow these guys sound like At The Drive In".They do sound like At the Drive In, but just saying they were one of At the Drive In's chief influences would not be doing them justice.They have a raw sludgey sound that is complemented by odd noises and intresting riffs.The vocals range from singing to screaming and share the toughness the music has.This band has influenced a whole range of other bands including but not limited to: At the Drive In, Thursday, Boy Sets Fire, Black Cross, Sparta, Mars Volta, and Rocket From the Crypt

Amazing sound, raw, edgy and deconstructivistic
An amazing album. Even after all these years, it still pounds and cuts like nothing else. A complex sound dthough, with very strange rythm changes. The guitars are prominent, and sound very sharp, edgy, high pithced. The vocals are desperate, at the edge of breaking.

Most of all, buy this album if you're into guitar noise and rock that sounds improvised, but is well structured, very sharp and loud, melodic but seems on the edge of deconstruction. ... Read more

Asin: B00006NSGI
Sales Rank: 44311
Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Indie Rock    3. Pop    4. Rock    5. Rock/Pop   

Bivouac
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I didn't get it
Jawbreaker is an awesome band and i like every other record they've made but i just didn't get this album their are some great songs on here like "chesterfield king", "sheild your eyes","tour song", "sleep" and " like a secret". the rest of the songs are just weird and just not as good to me. maybe it's just me or maybe i should listen to this a lot more. i would probably get this last

Flat out the best ever
i was there for this. jawbreaker got myself and my punk friends through our teen years. "bivouac" is flat out one of the best albums of all-time for any genre. the sincerity just drips out of the speakers. jawbreaker weren't just a band, they were an underground cultural movement. if you had the chance to see them live, you were witness to something powerful, something magical. this album is "emo" i suppose, but at it's heart it is punk rock, it is life growled out in spades by the throaty call of blake schwarzenbach. these songs are so sincere and so powerful, each one flows beautifully into the next, creating a sonic tapestry of an emotional nerve left open and raw for the world to see. every song is a gem. i would argue "chesterfield king" is the best love song ever recorded. i've listened to this off and on for the last 13 years and it hold up almost better in 2004 than it did in 1991. if you missed the jawbreaker revoulution the first time around, do yourself a favor and buy this.

Bivouac!
This is a great cd from start to finish and has to be my favourite album by the band along with Dear you!. The album kicks off with one of Jawbreakers first ever songs they recorded previously which is shield your eyes and is a great opener. My fav tracks are sleep, parabola and Bivouac with chesterfield king been another ok track. Well just buy it if you've got the cash you wont be dissapointed unless your an apathy ridden sea clam... hate to pass judgment though.... ... Read more

Asin: B000001BEP
Sales Rank: 96608
Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Grunge    3. Indie Rock    4. Pop    5. Punk-Pop    6. Rock    7. Rock/Pop   

Violent by Design
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Laced with intricate voice-samples and top-notch production, Jedi Mind Tricks use a different kind of force to deliver a record that hip-hop heads can't stop themselves from feeling. From the gritty string-laden "Retaliation" to the creepy piano and bass on "Contra," this one is strictly for the streets and the underground beneath. The pianos and guitar on cuts such as "I Against I" provide a mellow contrast to the record's mainly up-tempo pace. But throughout, the stars of the show are the vocal samples, which have origins in everything from vintage television and film to professional wrestling. The theme is total and complete lyrical warfare. Every rhyme is filled with exploding similes and metaphors that are more than complemented by beats that will never see mainstream radio. But the message isn't about drugs and thugs. Instead the themes are of revolution, survival, and overcoming obstacles in the face of an evil society. --Kenji Jasper ... Read more

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Incredible
This CD is incredible, every joint on here is amazing.The beats are mesmorizing and the lyrics are brutal!The sampling from TV and stuff is awesome too.On Visions of Ghandi they sample this album! Thats is just sick, sampling your own music.Every song on there is awesome but 6,12,18 are my fav, i never skip and songs though.This is by far the best hip-hop I have heard.

Jedi Mind Baby
if you dont like this cd you dont know hip hop eminem, snoop and dre cant produce beats or rap for peanuts. If they ever listen to this cd i hope they realise how bad they are compared to this awesome hip hop. Jedi mind tricks are the best and the cd is DEFINATLEY worth buying.

THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF REAL HIP HOP
If you like rap because of ill beats and ingenious lyrikz then u MUST buy this album and the Psycho Social. They are CLASSIKZ and are on the real-rap-pillar with WU's 36 Chambers. If you don't like this album you should consider switching your music preference to country. AN ESSENTIAL IN A TRUE HIP HOP FAN'S CD COLLECTION.

P.S. You must not download Jedi, every, EVERY song on both of those CDs is ill. Don't dis Jedi like dat. (I download musik and I dont think this about any other artists) ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Pop    2. Rap & Hip-Hop    3. Turntablism    4. Underground Rap   

Maybe I'll Catch Fire
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Probably my favorite Alkaline Trio album
This is, as I have already stated, probably my favorite Alkaline Trio album. Why? Well, I'll tell you why, you lazy can of sardines!
1. The album sounds more mature and organized than releases such as "Goddamnit!" (Not to say that Goddamnit isn't a good album)
2. The lyrics are superb, even for Alkaline Trio. I can't think of one song that doesn't make me say "Whoa. So true." And nod my head thusly.
3. The calmer and sadder beats (such as "Radio") work really well, especially with the vocal stylings and the (as previously mentioned) superb lyrics. In my opinion, depressing lyrics work better with depressing music, as opposed to faster, louder music.

I guess I thought I had more than 3 reasons before I began writing this, but these are three damn good reasons to buy, or at least steal, this CD. I would reccomend it to more seasoned Alkaline Trio fans, but newcomers will probably appreciate it as well.

My personal favorite
First off, let me say I love everything Dan Andriano has ever touched. Slapstick is my favorite ska band ever (except, maybe, Suburban legends), Tuesday defined emo for me for a long time, and his split with Mike Felumlee wasn't too shabby either. That said, pairing Dan with brilliant frontman and lyrical genius Matt Skiba makes for a constantly amazing group. I love the band's newer material (the whole Good Mourning album is fantastic, and I loved From Here to Infirmary), my favorite Trio song ever is "Warbrain" from Rock Against Bush Volume 1. But as far as albums go, I can't say it gets much better than this. "Keep 'Em Coming" is straight-up brilliant, "Madame Me" is the highlight of the CD, the title cut is amazing, and "F--k You Aurora" is phenomenal. And, of course, everyone loves "Radio," though I think Hot Water Music's version has more teeth to it than this one. Goddamnit has come great songs too ("Cop," "Nose Over Tail," "San Francisco," "Cringe") as does the self-titled ("Goodbye Forever," "Snake Oil Tanker," "Cooking Wine," "Bleeder"), but this is the most cohesive album the band has released to date. For pop fans, pick this one up second (after Good Mourning), for punk/emo fans, go straight to this one. Follow immediately in either case with Goddamnit.

worst of all
This is the worst album made by my favorite band.Its monotone, annoying and depressing.Its not depressing in a good way either and its more annoying than anything else.Track 1,4 and 10 are my favorites, Radio is the best one.I heard Hot Water Music's version of Radio before Alkaline Trios version and I like it more, so this version was kind of a let down.Almost every song on this cd made me wanna press the skip button.Skip this cd, buy it after you get all the other Alkaline Trio albums.I recommend buying them in this order: From Here to Imfirmary, God Damnit, Good Mourning.My favorite is God Damnit, I really cant think of an album from any band that I like more. ... Read more

Asin: B00003ZAHD
Sales Rank: 3500
Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Emo    3. Pop    4. Punk Revival    5. Punk-Pop    6. Rock    7. Rock/Pop   

Manic Compression
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GREAT START!!!!!, booring ending.
quicksand seemed to be very enthusiastic when they started to record this album because "backward" "delusional" and "divorce" are just amazing tracks, specially "delusional" but after the 3rd track quicksand batteries go dooooown album is so booring, uninspired, tracks sound pretty much the same, is tedious and actually after almost 5 years i own this album i cant even recall a single track after the song number three, maybe they should have include this awesome three tracks into "slip" wich is a complete incredible album i love and after that call it a day, they did it anyway as we all know after this second effort but "Manic compresion" was almost a waste of time and i say "almost" because of this three opening songs 1 star per song
HM

10 years!!!!!!
I thought I'd right a review now being 10 years after this CD was released (WOW has it been that long!?) Quicksand influenced MANY bands and pretty much started the whole emo-core scene in the early-mid 90s. It's nice to listen again to this CD and here that it still sounds as fresh today as it did back then.

Yawn
After a while, this didn't hold my interest at all. Nothing fresh or exciting. Just move along.... ... Read more

Asin: B000001ECZ
Sales Rank: 83514
Subjects:  1. Alternative Metal    2. Alternative Pop/Rock    3. Heavy Metal    4. Pop    5. Post-Hardcore    6. Rock   

Hex Enduction Hour
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Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip....
The Fall are one of those bands that have never been imitated, no matter how many comparisons other bands garner to The Fall are made. Really, Pavement ripping off The Fall? Please! That's about as annoying as saying that early Spoon ripped off the Pixies. In fact, The Fall are like the Pixies in that everybody's been influenced by them, but nobody's ever copied them. Why? Because only The Fall can be The Fall, and Hex Enduction Hour is ample proof. Never before or since on record has such tightly controlled chaos been produced. The guitars and percussion are all over the place, but they never threaten to fall apart. The whole record is one loud racket of dissonance and strange danceability with Mark E. Smith ranting about whatever has his pants in a bundle. It's an arctyple post-punk record, one that delivers everything anyone ever wanted out of the genre. Really, can you argue against "Just Step S'ways," "The Classical," "Jawbone And The Air-Rifle," and "Fortress/Deer Park"? What about the irony of "Hip Priest" where Smith rants against what will probably become most of The Fall's fanbase? Oh, you need this, and it makes a perfect starting point in The Fall's off-putting discography.

An Affront to Good Taste
This is quite possibly The Fall's best album. It is not for the faint of heart. The Fall's m.o. is summed up in a line from one of their early singles: "Repetition, repetition, repetition." The Fall eschew melodies in favor of crude riffs played ad nauseam. Mark E. Smith doesn't sing; he declaims. If you like punk rock, this album is a must-have for its energy, intelligence, and abrasiveness. One astounding song follows another. Smith struggles to be heard above the din of the band, which, incidentally, is in top form. "Deer Park" and "And This Day" are among the band's most bracingly obnoxious songs ever. "Winter" sounds downright lyrical in comparison. Every song here is a gem. Scabrous, contrarian, intransigent, and unmistakable, The Fall sound like a force of nature here. Anyone who delights in noisy rebellion will love this album.

and today on the vitamin B...
One of my favorite Fall records.This one is highly focused throughout, and the chemistry between the instruments is uncanny and highly effective, especially on songs like Hip Priest and Fortress/Deer Park.No one but the Fall could make sense out of songs like that.

Highly recommended! ... Read more

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Sales Rank: 145511
Subjects:  1. British Punk    2. Pop    3. Post-Punk    4. Rock