Big Bang

King Kong (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 30, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B0000640O4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,656 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Trippy, August 24, 2008

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K. Thrasher (GA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Bang (Audio CD)

I have always loved King Kong, and this album doesn't disappoint.
The style is different from his other albums, but it is definitely the same Ethan Buckler. The reason that it's different is that he uses way more electronic sounds than usual.
It tells a story about the the human race making contact with beings from planet Kong.
Very trippy, interesting, and entertaining.
It all comes together with the last track, "life", and it all has a deeper meaning.

It's a very fun and original album, so buy it.

4.0 out of 5 stars most interesting and entertaining album this year, May 6, 2002

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Zach Brockhouse (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Bang (Audio CD)

This new album is really great. With tongue firmly in cheek, they tell the story of an astronaut receiving signals from the planet Kong. Having heard earlier albums, I was familiar with the style of storytelling they use in their songs; Infectious rhythms topped off with hilarious lyrics and catchy melodies. All that is here, but they have taken it up a level. It's as if King Kong has gone back in time and coupled with the Talking Heads album Remain In Light. Both albums let the music do as much talking as the words. The Big Bang is cinemagraphic in scope. I can't say enough about this album. Definitely the most interesting and entertaining thing I've heard so far this year.

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4.0 out of 5 stars More Spacy than Racy, May 2, 2002

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"ezrock" (Regina SK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Bang (Audio CD)

Call it the flip side to King Kong's 1995 concept album, BIG BANG, where unibrowed genius Ethan Buckler told the story of a man, a yak, and the ice age that tore them apart.
Produced by ex-Royal Trux man Neil Hagerty, BIG BANG is a post(as opposed to pre)-historic venture beyond the stars.
Especially on their last two albs, ME HUNGRY and 97's KINGDOM OF KONG, Buckler's always been sort of a foul-mouthed second grade life sciences teacher, plainly explaining simple physical processes with the F-word tossed in here and there.
Here, King Kong becomes even more of a nerdy jam band than ever before. The tunes are stretched out for hours (well upwards of 8 minutes most of the time), and there's less of the blunt humour that I used to really like.
There's also a pretty liberal use of electronics, and y'know, if the right people here this, it could be freakin' huge!
I prefered the stone age smut of ME HUNGRY, but the BIG BANG ain't no small potatoes.