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| FishboneGive A Monkey A Brain And He'll Swear He's The Center Of The Universe1993 Columbia
Review by: Jon_the_Skafather See others by this writer Fishbone's homepage (link) Only registered users can post comments Published on February 8th 2005
I must say the reason why this album is my favorite is the same reason why many might not like it: it's very polarized. The funk songs are just funk and not mixed with ska and punk and rock. The rock songs are just rock. The polarization of the album almost serves as a manifestation of the problems in the band at the time (shortly after the album was released, original members and key songwriters guitarist Kendall Jones and keyboardist/vocalist Chris Dowd left the band).
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One of my all time favorite albums. An absolute masterpiece from start to finish. Unyeilding Conditioning has got to be one of the best songs ever written. start with truth and soul and work your way up. There is no "bad" album. Pick any of them up and I guarentee you'll be blown away. I'm ska fan, but I lack knowledge of many key bands in the genre. What is the best fishbone album to start with? or the best fishbone album in general? What does Mos Def say... "Don't mean to diss, but I can't rock to Limp Bizkit/When I get down alone/It's to Bad Brains or Fishbone"? if you have never seen this band live you have never been to a real show. period. i've been working in promoting for about 5 years and hundreds of shows later, the best show i have ever seen is still fishbone in 97. just fucking unreal. One of the BEST titles for an album... FUCKIN' EVER! Drunk Skitzo is the only garbage song on here. Fishbone will always be light years ahead of anything else reviewed on here. This review sure could use a bit more meat, Jon. Seeing this band at lollapalooza '93 was the single moment that got me out of the alterna-grunge phase! Definitely not their best album but bad Fishbone is still a lot better than most. Great album...nowhere near their best tho. Despite its overplay-age, "Party at Ground Zero" is a jam and a 1/2. One of the greatest ska bands of all time. great band, great album. sick live show. great band. big ups for the fishbone review. fuck you you fuckin hippies. he'll swear he what? |