94124

Zip Code Rapists | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 1995)
• Label: Amarillo
• ASIN: B00008EO5U
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,673 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST ALBUM OF THE 90s!, May 13, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: 94124 (Audio CD)

Some albums are far more than the sum of their parts, far more than the actual music... They just smell right, like warm sourdough does. The Zip Code Rapists were a fine group of men, two men (and occasionally their talented San Francisco friends wink wink) who played funky tunes. They were secure enough in their masculinity to cover the Doors' "Riders On the Storm" and Bacharach's "The Look of Love," despite their foppish appearance. And perhaps the greatest cover in all of music history is their cover of "Most of the Time." I'll say that until I die. I mean it.
Truly, Z.C.R. were two-trick ponies. They could also write original hits like "Zip Code Gentlemen" and "Henderson," the latter being a meditation on nuclear testing and its relation to soil erosion in Nevada. Every time I hear that song I break down and cry...
Maybe you'll only understand if you hear it too. Do you really hear it? Have you ever heard anything before? Hear for the first time. Bring this medley of shoe-gazing, alternative, garage rock, intelligent dance music styles into your home today and cry with me.

5.0 out of 5 stars Their Second-Finest Moment, May 3, 2010

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N. Gerarde "my_name_is_mawamba" (Largo, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 94124 (Audio CD)

Their finest moment being their 10-song "7-inch LP" (that's what I call it, anyway) 'The Man Can't Bust Our Music'. That record seriously needs to be reissued on CD. But this is pretty darn good, too. Mangled covers of cheesy pop songs, warped, tasteless originals, a little live mayhem - standard ZCR fare. Their concert "cover" of 'Riders On The Storm' is one of their greatest moments; I'm surprised someone from the audience didn't get up onstage and physically assault them. Then again, maybe someone did. Very amusing. Can of corn, jeez.

This is that Neil Hamburger guy's band, BTW. The vocalist, Gregg Turkington - that's Neil Hamburger. He's getting pretty popular as of late, but if you want to hear more of his nutty brand of humor, before he got famous and all, well here you go. There are dozens of yuks to be found on this album. EP, whatever.

But try to find the 'TMCBOM' 7"; that is the pinnacle of Zip Code Rapistness. Their cover of '#9 Dream' would make any John Lennon acolyte cry tears of rage.