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Published on February 28th 2006
Ah, reissues, the latest trend to hit the scene, milking fans for all they're worth by holding out on extras until a later, undisclosed date, or packaging them with a re-release of the full-length in order to retail the price as high as possible. Such a red-eyed capitalistic approach for independent labels, who I suppose aren't necessarily partaking in the ethos of independent labels (not that J Records is independent in the actual business sense, but this rant needs placement somewhere). I see reissues only worth the price if the extras are worth buying alone at that price, or if a remixing/remastering/both job was drastically in need.
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that is some nice wood! score is for the wood! "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too" is awesome. The double-disc is definitely worth it. The two cds complement each other very well. a reissue that is worth the money. bravo, say anything. Max answers all his fans questions. Check out the interview: http://www.mtvu.com/music/backstage_pass/ "Anyway, my main gripe with Say Anything's much un-needed reissue is that it's only been a year since this trendy garbage was released and it's so obviously a ploy to steal more money from the fans. Reissues should be reserved for albums that, ahem, NEED to be reissued, ie: Not a major label band who crapped out a record a year ago. Say anything is going to be featured on mtvU’s the Backstage Pass. Right now mtvU is taking questions from fans to ask the band during the interview. They are taking questions until 3/14. Here’s the link: http://www.mtvu.com/music/backstage_pass/questions.jhtml Great album start to finish. I think it needed to be rereleased seeing as I couldn't find it anywhere. my roommate had a band called say anything right before max started releasing stuff. he therefore hates this band without listening and finding out their version is better than his was. Truly amazing album. If you don't appreciate this album you need to develop Bi-Polar disease. I searched for the original forever and couldn't find it. Chain stores, 'mom n' pop' record stores, and no one had it. I hope I find it now though. my roommate had a band called say anything right before max started releasing stuff. he therefore hates this band without listening and finding out their version is better than his was. i got this a few weeks ago and thought the songs on th ep are on average stronger than the material on the full length itself I am kind of glad to see the re-issue.. well for one, living in Canada... I have never seen this record available in stores. By stores I mean 'chain stores' and not your regular mom-and-pop shabang. ANYHOW... I got into this record way too late and it's honestly brilliant from start to finish.. Seeing them sign to J will hopefully let them expand their horizons and actually make something out of this mess of a music industry. The songs are catchy and seamless and I hope they blow up to the point where Doghouse will feel horrible for letting go of the next big thing..... again. (... and no i'm not talking about all-american rejects) Dude. NO album should be reissued until Aus Rotten's "The system works...for them" gets put back on vinyl. The only version of that classic album still in print is the cassette version from spain. The band > The movie I agree. I can't think of the name of this band without thinking of that lame ass movie. but this album is still good though. ughhhh this is another band that i hate the name - well in this case the name/album. just say it: say anything is a real boy noo This album is amazing. Didn't really need a reissue, but at least the reissue happened because they signed to a major and the major did it, rather than it being released by the same label that released the old one. I downloaded the new bonus tracks from iTunes. If you liked the original album, you'll like those songs. Score's for people that hate on iTunes, for whatever reason. did anyone else who heard the album thought it was too long? Am I the only one who missed out on Say Anything the first time around? Any Reissue automatically deserves a 1. i think you are just jealous its not yours... i could go for a four wheel vibe/924 forestville st reissue the only thing that bugs me is that they discouraged people from downloading the vs. AIDS demos because they were supposed to be for chairty. but it's their music and they can do as they please with it. Dear Darkstarm, this album is a reissue do to a label change. i didn't read that in the article because i didnt read the article because i hate this site and everyone who reads it's guts because you're all pathetic losers. the reissue has been out for months in Canada, or atleast the cities I've been to which was a kool find then although I had heard the bonus crap already, good discs though, different than most other shit out there in approach to making music Still into this album. I can't find my old copy though... In all seriousness, is this going to have the DRM shit that's popping up on all of this giant conglomerate label's CDs? I haven't heard it yet, but how do the original 13 songs sound remastered? Just as good, worse, better, or is there really no difference? I never bought the album, (though I have listened to it in its entirety on many accounts) but am strongly considering picking this one up. as if one release wasn't bad enough. I was under the impression that the new lumberjack takeover of Mordam was putting lots of records in limbo and lots of labels were jumping ship. Dear Will, Oh fuck! I've been waiting YEARS for this reissue of an unaguably CLASSIC punk record! I love "Wow I Can Get Sexual Too." I wish they would have just recorded a new album, since they apparently have 7 completed songs. They just needed a few more to make this re-release unnecessary. only 7 new songs? that's dumb, but i'll still buy it. this album is an anomaly in my record collection. I don't listen to much else like it at all, but let me quote D4 and say: I really liked ...Is A Real Boy, but ...Was A Real Boy didn't really catch on with me. When I heard this band at first I thought "this shit is so weird and random, I can't get into it." Then I listened a few more times, and a few more. Now, when I take it out of my car cd player and put something, anything, else in, it just doesn't quite fill the void. meh, i'm comfortable with the original release if all the "bonus track" songs aren't that great. |
