Advantage

The Advantage | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 5 Rue Christine
• ASIN: B0001LYFA4
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,463 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Megaman 2-Flashman

2. Double Dragon 2-Stage 2

3. Goonies 2

4. Bubble Bobble

5. Bubble Bobble-Shark Skeleton

6. Wizards and Warriors-Intro

7. Bomberman 2

8. Bionic Commando-P.O.W. Camp

9. Super Mario Bros. 2-Underworld

10. Super Mario Bros. 2-Overworld

11. Contra-Snowfields

12. Zelda-Fortress

13. Batman 2

14. Megaman 3-Dr. Wiley Stage

15. Double Dragon 2 (Story, And Boss Music)

16. Castlevania 3-Epitaph

17. Ninja Gaiden-Mine Shaft

18. Mario 3-Underworld

19. Blastermaster-Stage 2

20. Ghosts 'N' Goblins-Intro

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgic novelty, August 15, 2004

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A. Liebling (Long Island City, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advantage (Audio CD)

This band has a noble goal - to rerecord every Nintendo song, or at least the nostalgic cool ones. I doubt they'll do versions of, like, Barbie's Horse Riding Bass Fishing Shopathon. I don't know if that's a real game, but you know what I mean. Anyway, they tackle 26 Nintendo covers, some of which you know by heart, the rest faintly familiar: tunes from Megaman, Double Dragon 2, Bubble Bobble, Wizards and Warriors, Super Mario Bros. 2 & 3, Contra, Legend of Zelda, Castlevania 3, Ghosts n' Goblins, and many more. The theme from Goonies 2 was especially cool to hear - I played that game for like two years straight and it's dear to my heart. While the project itself is cheeky in a Moog Cookbook sort of way, the band does a good job in rendering the tunes cool using a live band, but remaining surprisingly loyal.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Agreed, production limits otherwise amazing music, April 18, 2004

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"vis_h" (Bay area, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Advantage (Audio CD)

It's the only reason I can't give the CD four stars, and a real shame since, as another reviewer has mentioned, the mp3's they've hosted on their website (www.theadvantageband.com) are of much better sound quality. Rather than crisp and upbeat, the production on their debut album is unquestionably more muffled and bogged down. The drums especially, which before were clean and solid have inexplicably degraded into an almost unintelligible blur. ALMOST being the key word, as upon close listening, genious clearly shines through. The guitars are as ever crisp, clean and amazing.

It's hard to listen to this music and not be completely dumbfounded by the crafstmanship put forth by these guys. Really, really quality stuff. I'd definitely recommend also grabbing the mp3's off of the aformentioned site, as two of the better selections, Megaman 2: Bubbleman stage, and Ducktales, are missing from the album itself.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars stupid, April 11, 2004

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Bernard A. Fox (california, california) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advantage (Audio CD)

the most talented guitar player ive ever seen in my life plays drums on this record. everything the advantage does is so technical and so good. i was lucky enough to see them play live in my home town and it was one of the best shows ive ever seen. i always thought spencer had to play guitar because of the level of skill needed for this music, turns out that they just have two unbelievable guitar players, an equally great bassist and a drummer that is a god damn genius. i dont even think you need to like music to like this record.