| REEL
BIG FISH - FAME, FORTUNE & FORNICATION |
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Rock Ridge Music
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| Growing
up loving these guys i'm always keen to hear their new
material despite for the most part being disappointed
with everything since 'Why Do They Rock So Hard', the
last album wasn't bad, but this one is just shocking.
The band can still entertain live with their solid show,
they just can't seem to get it right in the studio these
days, maybe it's time they tried new things with the sound
rather than doing the same thing over and over again. |
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WHO?
Reel Big Fish are one of the few prominent 90's ska bands who have
not gone into hiding under a rock, constantly touring the world
on the back of a handful of 90's anthems. The band's last handful
of albums have failed to revive any of their 90's success, however
a few fans were won back on their last album 'Monkeys For Nothin'
And The Chimps For Free', after a busy year touring that, they now
release this 10 song covers album.
WHAT?
10 covers is what you get on this album, you are going to have to
be a pretty damn committed Reel Big Fish fan to find this album
listenable more than once. It's cheap and cheesy really, the style
the songs are pumped out in, is as predictable as they come and
this may have been classed as "fun" ten years ago, but
now it's just overdone and in long need of a few years rest before
anyone should even think of digging it back up., but what is a band
like RBF to do? They can still tour the world and pack out venues
playing old favourite's, in recent times they've had one good and
a few very average albums, so they have to keep pumping something
out, so covers it is, and hardly enticing ones at that. How many
times do we need to hear a punk or ska rendition of 'Nothin' But
A Good Time' and 'Brown Eyed Girl'? They've been done to death.
Let's hope Tom Petty doesn't get his ears around the horrible version
of 'I Won't Back Down' offered here, it sounds like a band jamming
it out for the first time, no justice is done to a great song. There
unfortunately isn't even one track that stands out where you can
say "ok, this one is great", nothing creeps up beyond
average on this album.
WHY?
Pick this one up if you are a really dedicated RBF fan and can stomach
a sound that needs a long rest underground. Maybe you'll enjoy it
more than me.
WHEN?
The album is available from January 26th, 2009
WHERE?
Pick up a copy for $16.95 from
www.cdwow.com.au. Price includes
postage.
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1. Nothin' But a Good Time (Poison)
2. Mama We're All Crazy Now (Slade)
3. Veronica Sawyer (Edna's Goldfish)
4. Authority Song (John Mellencamp)
5. Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
6. The Long Run (The Eagles)
7. I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty)
8. Keep a Cool Head (Desmond Dekker)
9. Monkey Man (Toots and the Maytals)
10. Talk Dirty to Me (Poison)
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| Unfortunately
this release lacks any highlights
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