The Queers Album: “A Day Late And A Dollar Short”

THIS CD CONTAINS MOST OF THE EARLY,AND HARD TO FIND SINGLES FROM THE VERY EARLY 80'S. DEFINITELY DESERVES 5 STARS.

This was the Queers with Wimpy Rutherford. Edgy. Fun.

This is the kind of CD you want to listed to when you are pissed off with your job. MacArthur's Park has to be my fave song just because it talks about leaving the cake out in the rain. I just love it..what can I say?

It never gets dull. This CD is great value for the money and will have you rocking and laughing at the same time. Must have for the ipod and the CD just so you can see the cheesy 80's attire on the cover :)

I didn't like this at first, but it began to grow on me after awhile. At first it annoyed me because of the typical Ramones song structure (chorus, verse, repeat chorus ad nauseam) but as I gave it more listens I realized that the Queers were a tad more experimental in their own lowbrow-humor, volatile hardcore way in this early output by them. "We'd Have a Riot Doing Heroin," and "Love Me" are my two favorites...though the cover of MacArthur's Park is kinda neat, though a bit of novelty. I also thought the live broadcast at the end was rather redundant. The live broadcasts have roughly the same sound quality as the rest of the album and the songs are the same so it seems rather useless. Aside from that, this is okay, though I'd recommend the Queers later work for a better idea of the rest of the Queers' output.

If you saw the Queers in 1998 and, based on their performance, want to buy one of their albums, I'd recommend getting their new one instead. This is their older (and better, in my opinion) sound when they were less pop-punk. These songs have the fast-and-simpleness of Ramones songs paired with the aggression typical of great bands like Black Flag. My fave song is "Too Many Twinkies".

THis album is pretty good but they've had better albums. Still if you're a fan of the Queers I strongly urge you to buy this cd. If you're a new fan just get one of there newer albums like Punk Rock confidential it's great.