The Vandals Album: “The Quickening”

I haven't seen lyrics like these since Gilbert & Sullivan. They're funny, but not shock value funny; they're witty funny. The humor isn't forced like in other bands; here it's so natural. And they're not on the usual topics of modern music; rather, these guys write about social institutions, human nature, religion, and more.

The Vandals themselves have said their older stuff sucks and recommend their more recent albums. Don't believe it! Before their records became syrupy radio friendly pop and they became more interested in selling merchandise than making great punk rock, they were putting out albums like this.

this is a great cd and is much better than agent orange([silly] songs about spies)

If you have heard "Live Fast Diahreah" and "Hitler Bad, Vandals Good", but never "The Quickening", be prepared to not like it as much, AT FIRST. But then you begin to get "Its A Fact" stuck in your head on the way to school; and at your cousins wedding you begin humming the melody of "Marry Me"; and every time you see a Muslim, you can't help but shout out "Allah", and lets not forget other hits like "Canine Youthenasia" and "Taste Like Chicken". And next time that bimbo in class talks to you, you'll just remember "But Then She Spoke".

This is a great album. Sure it's a really hard, punk album with intelligent lyrics, but sometimes it just makes you laugh. I havent heard much of the Vandals' other stuff, but what I have heard isn't as cool as this album. Yes, they do make fun of Agent Orange, but at least they did it in a really good song.