The Get Up Kids Album: “Eudora”

Well, I see everybody saying a lot of bad things about this record. Their covers are just beautiful...especially when they transform eletronic based musics like New Order's Regret and Cure's Close to me...the way they just made with guitars...its awesome...and what I like the most in this record, and probably in the band...is the way they express feelings so well...in Forgive and Forget...Shorty...Central Standard Time....Im a Loner Dottie a Rebel...it's all good....and even the slowest ones like Newfound Mass and The Breathing Method can keep u up...it surely worth every penny u spent on it...and if u dont have it...what r u waiting for?

I must say, in writing this review I am unwaveringly biased, in my own humble opinion everything this band touches turns to gold. And, as a fan it is really nice to have the b-sides, compilation tracks, import only tracks, and covers brought together, so as to avoid extensive searching.

This album houses some of TGUK's brightest moments. There is an insanely distinct variation of moods and melodies on this album and some of the stand out tracks, and my personal favorites are: Up on the roof, (Cure's cover) Close to Me, Sufrogate City, Alec Eiffel, Impossible Outcomes, Shorty, and On with the Show.

Impossible Outcomes is one of my favorite songs of all time, it transcends so many different qualities i yearn for in music and does so flawflessy and effortlessly. The vocals seem to float above the melodies yet have a seemless integration that makes me shout this chorus whenever and wherever the track graces my ears. I would spend 15 dollars just for this song, and with that purchase you get 16 other rockin joints for free....so, leave now and don't return until you own this album....

and wow. i'm graduating this year. that's got to tell you something. ever since I have heard then on the Lazer Local Music show... Yeah. Back when they were local to NE Kansas. Wow.

Anyhow, I have all of the Get Up Kids. I even have some of their 7" records. Even though I've never listened to them. I don't have a record player.

But, this CD was awesome. It was nice to hear all those songs which I could never hear before. Like I said, The Get Up Kids have been my favorite band since the eighth grade. And this CD was a great compilation of all the years. Hopefully, they'll get big and make a whole bunch more CD's and I can live in harmony for the rest of my days, yay.

The song from the split with Coalesce is on this disk. This collection shows just how good the kids were before James Dewees brought that terrible keyboard into the mix. Although I am a huge fan of the Reggie & The Full Effect, I think the Get Up Kids were in their prime, and at their best with the first two records. I like this release a lot, simply because they included 'The Breathing Method' and the first version of 'Shorty'. As elitist as it sounds, this brand of music was at it's best in the mid '90's. At this day and age, most of the people listening to them now, were about 9 to 10 years old at the first point of release. The GUK deserve every bit of success and listenership they get though, it's just the music isn't nearly as good as it was in the beginning...

I had never heard of this band until christmas. I got it from my friend and he said that i would like them a lot. HE WAS RIGHT! I love this band so much. Words can not express the amount of emotion put in these songs. SO Buy IT!!