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Best Of Babes in Toyland

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Since I never got the chance to see Babes in Toyland live, this set was worth it just for the DVD. It includes early performances as well as later ones. It's neat to see how the band evolved and really grew up. The formatting is strange though and it only plays in my computer, but I love Babes so much that it doesn't bother me. Highly Recommended, you won't be disappointed!

*CD Highlights:
Babes: Dust Cake Boy, Vomit Heart, Spit to See the Sun Shine,
Right Now, Handsome & Gretel, Bruise Violet, He's My
Thing, Istigkeit, Sweet '69, Ariel, Oh Yeah, SFW,Mater
Dolorosa
-Quiet Room- early version with the band Kat had with Courtney Love (Sugar Baby Doll)
-Icecream and Cigarettes- Italian Whorenuns
-Unglued- Kat and Stuart Spasm
Katastrophy Wife: Git Go, Rosacea, Gone Away, Busiest Shopping
Day of the Year, Money Shot, Sweetheart,
Liberty Belle, Blue Valient

*DVD Highlights:
-Making of Spanking Machine, Painkillers, and Nemisisters
Videos:
1. He's My Thing
2. Ripe
3. Bruise Violet (great video with all the Courtney Love look-alikes)
4. Won't Tell
5. Sweet '69
6. Liberty Belle

Also has footage of Kat with the Venarays, more live performances and the Swine video with Stuart Spasm on vocals and Kat on guitar.
**Also comes with a lengthy color booklet with lots of pictures

The definitive collection!! 2 CDs and a DVD with short films, videos, bonus footage and a photo gallery! Plus, you get a beautiful, glossy booklet with lyrics, well-written articles and some great photos! Don't miss this!! A must-have!!

Babes In Toyland are one of my favorite bands from the early '90s grunge scene, and I'm glad they finally decided to put this compilation out. It's well worth it for the DVD which includes concerts, pictures, interviews, and their music videos (which I have never seen before, since I was too little back then). The cd spans Kat Bjelland's entire career, taking snippets from Spanking Machine, To Mother, Fontanelle, Painkillers, and Nemesisters. The second half of the CD includes an old 1985 lyrical version of 'Quiet Room' from one of Kat's bands with Courtney Love. There is also a song from another one of her old bands, The Italian Wh*re Nuns (note: the sound quality is horrible). After that, it goes onto songs from Kat's new band, Katastrophy Wife. I must say, I was a bit disappointed with Katastrophy Wife. It sounds somewhat generic, and Kat has lost some of her originality that made Babes In Toyland unique. This is not to say the songs are bad, not at all. They have grown on me. It's just that her lyrics seem a bit corny at times (i.e. Money Shot) which is rare for Kat, because her lyrics were always superb. Other than that, I am glad that she refuses to sell out (unlike some people.. *cough* Courtney *cough*). Kat Bjelland has done more for women in rock than most people realize. This compilation is a must-have for die-hard fans or casual fans like me.

i have been a fan of BiT for years and its great to finally have a collection of tunes on a single disc, but what made this collection a must for me was the dvd addition since video-wise i have only the main videos and the performance from 1991 the year punk broke. its great to see these girls again, i havent had a chance to view the whole thing but i am very happy to have it, i really wish i could still find a copy of "not bad for a girl" a documentry featuring BiT, L7 and the lunachicks etc, but then i would truely be spoiled. Kat you are my god, and babes you are missed, and to all the fans i say HELLO! and buy this!!! chad(z)

love it... cant say enough good things about it. this isa brilliant compilation of babes and cotastrophy wife. she is amazing, so are the rest of the band members. love it.

This product was exactly as advertised. i recommend wholly. A++++. It is all good for me. (more words to appease Amazon.com, though nothing more to say).

the cd is amazing , this women\girls doesnt give a krap what you think ,i love that,real people,not phony\sell outs, but in my opinion no thier best songs ,the dvd is totally defective only works in my lap top , not my dvd player , totally skips constently ,i want a new replacment , at your expience amazon.com , not mine,do you understand the words that are coming out of my fingers

this is the first babes in toyland cd i got.i listened to this and the first song i heard was dust cake boy,screams at me til' i'm deaf.great cd,katastrophy wife is a good improvement for kat but i miss lori. :(