As the Eternal Cowboy [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Against Me!

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 4, 2003)
• Original Release Date: November 4, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Fat Wreck Chords
• ASIN: B0000DGR9R
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,033 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars screaming does not equal emotion, June 4, 2004

By	Freedom35 "whiteywhitman" (Nervous in Suburbia) - See all my reviews

Don't believe the negative reviews about this CD. Just because a singer actually sings doesn't mean that the songs are any less emotional. Granted, the songs on this CD are more palpable than their previous efforts but that doesn't make the band any less "punk" or the songs any less brilliant. Against Me! is still way better than most of the schlock that's out there in the "punk" scene or any other scene for that matter.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars T.S.R!, November 20, 2003

By A Customer

anyone who thinks that this album isnt amazing is just in denial of the fact that bands can and do get better in time. the eternal cowboy is great. support a band who deserves it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Punk with passion, June 16, 2005

By	Destroy Boy (www.ohboydestroy.com) - See all my reviews

Against Me! is an interesting band to say the least. While not perfectly punk in terms of their sound they might just be the punkest band out there right now. They play short, fast, jangly songs with impassioned, politically motivated vocals and an energy that is almost careening out of control. For a bad comparison you could take the jangle pop guitar sound of early period REM throw it in a blender with equal parts bluegrass, The Clash, and Billy Bragg and press the button. That level of passion and energy is hard not to get behind and I find myself totally sucked into it. Another element adding to overall feel is the excellent production on this album. Their previous efforts have been a little too muddy to really showcase the subtleness of the feverishly strummed chords but here they really soar.

While there's certainly a ton of energy behind a lot of these songs, they do pull off a few acoustic ballads which is what long time fans would of course expect. These tend to have a little bit more of a country feel, not really muscially, but lyrically as they tend to center around lost love. But where country ballads tend to get sappy, these songs drip with all the jadedness and cynicism you'd expect from a proper mad-at-the-world punk rocker.

As The Enternal Cowboy is the watershed album for Against Me! Their potent energy is finally presented in all its glory and they deliver another great, if short, album unlike anything else out there. If you're looking for something to expand your musical horizons but with all the burning passion of your favorite punk bands then you can't go wrong with this disc.

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