The Breeders - Last Splash
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Free Music Review: Great Alternative Rock
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the best CD by The Breeders in my humble opinion, and it probably was their most commercially successful. I bought it because of the song "Cannonball"~ Kim Deal and Co. really hit it with that tune! The driving, often loopy,ethereal bass lines by Kim are riveting. I appreciate every track on this CD, which is rare for me, but I remain absolutely mesmerized by early 90's alternative rock~ and the fact that Kurt Cobain supported this band doesn't hurt! Fun, driving, interesting music~ highly recommended by this fan, and for anyone who appreciates indie rock, and The Pixies.Free Music Review: Not very listenable today
Hit: 2 Stars
Back in the day, this was very popular. Not many people are driving around with this in their cd player today. It sounds dated.
However, "Cannonball" is a classic. This band just happened to stumble on a genuine, "Louie, Louie" type of song.
"No Aloha" is interesting (sounds very Pixie ish), "Divine Hammer" is decent and "Driving on 9" is a cool, trucker vibe of a song.
The rest of this is pretty unlistenable.
Free Music Review: Power Pop Masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
While driving through Utah this summer, my girlfriend's little sister insisted we start this CD on track 13, but since the CD player repeats we still hear all the songs... I think she just wanted to hear "Driving on 9" twice, as it's a brilliant finish to the CD... but the thing is, the ebb and flow of this CD is absolutely brilliant! If you let it roll on repeat and start in the middle or end, it just doesn't seem to have a beginning or an end. Instead, it has a kind of ying-yang flow that pulls you into an endlessly beautiful, powerful vision of the world. You have to really play it a few times to get it, but not too many times.
Another great trademark of a masterpiece is that it never seems to get old or dated. I really believe that if it were released today it would still get plenty of airplay. Whatever you may have heard about this CD, well, it's all talk until you really start playing it. A masterpiece speaks for itself, and that's exactly what this is: A Rock'n'Roll Power Pop Masterpiece.
Free Music Review: Reminds me of "Speaking In Tongues"...for some reason.
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a great album. But for some reason, it has always reminded me of the 1983 Talking Heads album "Speaking In Tongues" and I have no clue why. The sound is completely different, but, I don't know, I think maybe the status of both of the albums are alike. "SIT" had a huge rock hit on it with "Burning Down the House" and of course "Cannonball" is the song everyone knows from this album. But there are many other great songs on here. Namely: Drivin' on 9', Invisible Man, Saints, Flipside, Divine Hammer, etc. Definitely worth getting.Free Music Review: An Acquired Taste
Hit: 5 Stars
When I first listened to this CD I hated it. Save for maybe a couple of songs, the rest I found boring. I listened to it for a while, and it still didn't grow on me. I put it away and then a few months later I took it out again. This time I fell in love. I can't explain why. 'Last Splash' is definately an album you must acquire a taste for. It's an album you won't love at first but instead find irritating, and that's what makes it challenging and a good album. The Breeder's (whom I have heard were ripped off by bands such as Veruca Salt) blow their copiers out of the water. They have a sound all their own, and they use great techniques and little sound effects you won't notice the first time. The lyrics are rather vague, and that's what makes them great because they are open to interpretation by anyone. 'No Aloha' gives me chills just listening to the middle of the song where the drums kick in. Everything about 'Last Splash' is weird, weird, weird, and that's what makes it such a compelling and unique album.