Screeching Weasel Album: “Teen Punks in Heat”
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Screeching Weasel: Ben Weasel (vocals); Phillip Aaron Preasley (guitar, background vocals); Jughead (guitar); Mass Giorgini (bass, background vocals); Lumley (drums).
<p>Additional personnel: Jimmy Spectacular (keyboards).
<p>Recorded at ACME, Chicago, Illinois and Sonic Iquana, Lafayette, Indiana from May 1-5, 2000.
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Album Information :
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Teen Punks in Heat |
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UPC:763361925725
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Format:CD
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Type:Performer
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Genre:Hardcore/Punk
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Artist:Screeching Weasel
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Producer:Ben Weasel; Mass Giorgini
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Label:Lookout
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Distributed:RED Distribution
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Release Date:2000/09/12
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Original Release Year:2000
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Discs:1
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Mono / Stereo:Stereo
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Studio / Live:Studio
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Customer review - January 03, 2001
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
- 3 thumbs up.
If you like screeching weasel a hell of a whole lot you will love this record. Very high quality and songs just keep getting better. Special guest phillip from teen idols plays lead guitar, don't be an idiot, buy this record. Customer review - September 23, 2000
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
- Same Old, Same Old
This is very good, but, like Television City Dream, it is loud and fast without much in the way of catchy melodies or emotional urgency. Ben shows signs of progress in albums like Bark Like a Dog or Emo, only to again do warmed over versions of the music of his youth. The last great punk album by this band is How To Make Enemies: since then, Ben Weasel has shown that he is able to write great pop songs, but negative reactions from the dumb punk rockers he claimes to despise ensure that he returns over and over to this tired, weak and formulatic mindless psuedopunk. - Save the worst for last?
By all means, this is not a bad album, only their weakest of all. I've always thought of SW as being incapable of releasing a bad album. But they most definitely have seemed to died down in catchiness. Not only are the tunes simple and straight-forward, but they seem to have reveled a darker side of their traditional emotion, with songs such as I'll Stop The Rain and You're Sorry Now. Some have awkward chord progressions or melodies, such as Erection, or mediocre melodies such as Cat-Like and Pauline. The Edge of the World is among the best. Still, there was no need to end with an additional full-length album, and I believe Thank You Very Little would have been an excellent farewell album. This was still decent though. - it won't let me change my star rating. 4 stars.
I reviewed this album a while ago and painted it in bad light. It's a very good album. The first two songs "bottom of the 9th" and "gotta Girlfriend" are some of the best Weasel songs put down on paper. I think it's the best one since "Anthems" I highly recommend.
If you don't know who Screeching Weasel is check out, "My brian hurts and "anthems for a new tomorrow"
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
- Worst Screeching Weasel Yet, Ben Should BE ASHAMED
Oh man, my favorite punk band (besides the Ramones) has disappointed me yet again. Thanks Mr. Foster.
Man, this album is not really not worth buying if you consider yourself a hardcore Weasel fan. It's just a shell of their previous albums.
Everything after HOW TO MAKE ENEMIES, in my opinion, has just gotten worse and worse.
But even though they broke up [yes, again (it's been like 4 or 5 times now)]. Their website says that they are working on a new album. Hopefully it will be better than this one.
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