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| 4.0 excellent | TheManMachine | May 19th 18 |
After spending a bulk of the 90s provincially prospering, youngsters Reel Big Fish reel em in for sudden large-scale recognition in the midst of ska's surge -- a situation they seemed reluctant towards but were indeed worthy of and ready for. So ready for in fact that only 4 outta 14 selections here were new, the rest a consistent hodgepodge culled from their prior triad of independently dropped albums. The polished bar-slime hymen-busters they are, there's some cringe when he talks women or whips out his snake; and even if you're somehow a fanatic for this stuff it's gonna grate towards the end. But I do dig that there's one about a drunk daddy's blood-red home and sketchball characters and the sordidness in general. Plus, right: they're all absolutely versed and have jazz chops, big whistle-worthy horn-lines for dayz, punky yet hardly a guitar in sight. Apparently all first takes, too -- and they say swing ain't their thing.
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| 3.0 good | Masochist | July 15th 08 |
This is the album most people have heard from the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. It isn't an actual studio album; instead, it is a compilation of most (if not all) of their songs that conform to their "Swing Revival" side, as opposed to the Ska band that they really are. There are a few classics on here, such as the well-known "Zoot Suit Riot" and "Ding Dong Daddy...;" there are also a few hidden gems, like "Master and Slave" and "Drunk Daddy." All in all, while it may not be TRUE swing, it's a great listen every now and then, and serves as a reminder to why Swing dominated the music scene for a decade.
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| 4.0 excellent | Rufus | June 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | October 4th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shimana | December 19th 12 |
| 3.0 good | mcdaid | October 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | spudnik | September 18th 08 |
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