Ape Sounds

Nigo, Nigo Featuring Tycoon Tosh | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 19, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mo' Wax
• ASIN: B00004UFTK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #478,795 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ape Sounds Opening

2. Kung Fu Fightin'

3. A Simple Song

4. Monster

5. Too Much

6. Freediving

7. The Very Urgent Dub

8. March Of The General

9. Jet Set

10. Too Much (Reprise)

11. Bape Heads Trax

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Bathing Ape really has no clothes, September 23, 2000

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"tristanfrank" (iowa city, iowa USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ape Sounds (Audio CD)

This is the debut album by Nigo, the Japanese hip-hop producer who brought us UNKLE's "Ape Shall Never Kill Ape".He holds the title of "the Bathing Ape" and is responsible for the super-trendy Bathing Ape clothing designs. These are mostly t-shirts with the face of Cornelious or Dr. Zaius packaged in faux-graffiti style spray-pain can containers. the Bathing Ape fashions fly off the shelfs in specialty stores around the world. These shirts and the cans they come in are designed with input by legendary graffiti artists like Futura 2000 and Stash. Ape Sounds is packaged in a fold-out mini-LP case with familiar bathing ape art by Nigo and Futura 2000.

This album sounds like it was made by a musician who wants you to notice his outfit. Most of the songs here are low quality rock and roll with lame lyrics sung in either bad english or with endless repetition. "A Simple Song" has Money Mark singing the title over and over. Other tracks have Kan Takagi or Ben Lee on vocals with the same results. The standout track is "March of the General" which has James Lavelle(UNKLE) and the Scratch Perverts creating mayhem over some awesome hip-hop beats and plenty of Planet of the Apes samples.

This album's strong points are its great packaging and "March of the General". However, the lack of another good song makes it a two-star album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cool over Content, November 9, 2000

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Sainty (The North, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ape Sounds (Audio CD)

The first review has hit the nail on the head. By using the same style, imagery and packaging, this looks like the next installment in the UNKLE project. Unfortunately for Shadow/Lavelle fans only 'March of the General' stands out (and it stands out a mile with a great use of Planet of the Apes samples). This is by no means a poor album - I would describe it as 'interesting'. It has added something to my record collection, but i need a few more listens to figure out what.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, diverse, and completely worthy., February 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Ape Sounds (Audio CD)

I might be biased since I received this for a gift, but I found this CD pretty damn cool. Unusual Ben Lee track and Julia Ferreira who I hadn't heard before. It's definitely a CD for people who like to be kept guessing "what's next?"

I'm not sure I'd pay full price for it, but worth a listen. Creative packaging [hey, I'm a designer].