Barfly

Buck O Nine, Buck O Nine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Taang Records
• ASIN: B000000EUM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,949 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Callin' in Sick

2. On a Mission

3. Pass the Dutchie

4. Teenagers From Mars

5. Water in My Head

6. Wrong em Boyo

7. Away

8. Full Metal Bree

9. Jumor

10. Still Remains

11. Sound System

12. Barfly

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A-WORK-OF-ART, January 14, 2004

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Paul Browne (England.....the hills.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barfly (Audio CD)

I'm guessing the guys who wrote these real bad reviews [on here] are bent up bitter groupies, because this album - let me tell YOU..Is as good as it gets [in terms of ska punk]. It goes up to 11 and is only one behind Rancid's 'And Out Come The Wolves'....

My personal fave track would be 'wrong em boyo', or even 'calling in sick'...in fact every track is solid, tight and accurately produced for a band of this ilk.

The whole vibe is still happy-go-lucky and satirical, yet it's so punchy...miles more ummphh than the any millenium mtv punk band today...

Look, if don't get this album and you will never know why this genre was carved in the first place....

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars extremely mediocre ska, March 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Barfly (Audio CD)

No wonder Spin Magazine wants ska to die out once and for all. It's because bands like Buck-O-Nine manage to milk the trend by being competent enough to craft a few hooks, but still totally lacking in passion, originality, or musical skill. Not to mention that for an album with 12 tracks, there are WAY too many covers here, some of which are painful. Don't cover The Clash and The Misfits unless you can handle it. And God, how depressing it is to hear them mangle Operation Ivy, who understood exactly what these guys don't get: just because your punk has ska flavor doesn't mean it should lose its righteous fury and become watered-down cutesy music.

Oddly enough their cover of Pass the Dutchie is actually ridiculously catchy, hence the 2 stars. Otherwise, this is a dud, although still preferable to the utter garbage that passes for popular music nowadays. But if you want to hear ska-punk that truly blows this out of the water, check out the Suicide Machines, who are far more worthy heirs to Op Ivy than these mediocre average joes.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Water In My Head saves it, October 25, 2002

By 

Eric Anderson "Arsenic Drone" (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barfly (Audio CD)

Hey, I'm biased... Water In My Head is my favorite ska song of all time. Otherwise I'd give this CD 1 or 2 stars. I can (and have) put that song on repeat, on headphones, for 2 hours straight and come out loving it just as much. It takes a few listens to hear all the different melodies and how well they work together. I especially like the bass line. Anyway, the rest of the songs are OK, not really horrible, but not particularly worth listening to. If you want several good songs, Libido blows this CD away.