Bizarro [Import]

The Wedding Present | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B00005NOSV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,837 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #44 in Music > Imports > Broadway & Vocalists
  • #100 in Music > Imports > Pop

Editorial Reviews

Out of print for many years, Manifesto re-issued this 1990 classic in 1996 in its 'American' version, with the four extra tracks from the 'Brassneck' single. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic album, August 25, 2005

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Justin Johnson (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bizarro (Audio CD)

I bought this album months ago on cassette in amoeba records on a whim one weekday afternoon and I was blown away. the trouble with a lot of recordings from the eighties is that otherwise fantastic albums can be bogged down with cheesy, dated production quality. however, this album (production included) sounds just as fresh and vibrant today as it did when it first came out almost twenty years ago. the songs are excellent. two chords never sounded this good. some of the songs go on forever using the same basic chord structure. yet, somehow, it never gets dull. i have the feeling that if this band were to come out today instead of twenty years ago, they would be instatly popular with today's music scene. this is very original, timeless music.the wedding present were definitely one of the best bands to come outta england in the late eighties.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of the 10 best albums...ever!, March 13, 2001

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Matt Ehrhorn "human being" (KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bizarro (Audio CD)

If you're already a Wedding Present fan, then you don't need me to tell you that David Gedge & co. write some of the catchiest and most powerful guitar-driven Brit-pop of any band in the past 20 years. It's hard to choose a favorite, but I can't kid myself--it has to be Bizarro. I can't say enough about this cd. The two best words to describe it: FAST and FURIOUS. The fantastic song, "Brassneck", is quite possibly the best opening track on any cd I own, and it sets you up for the relentless onslaught that follows. Every song rocks--including the epic, "Kennedy", which is seriously one of the best songs ever written. Like most of the other songs on here, it just keeps building and building, the guitars picking up speed and power until you have to stop and say to yourself, "This is one of the best songs ever written!" And there's the equally-powerful "What Have I Said Now?, "Granadaland", the Pavement cover, "Box Elder, MO", and the list keeps going. To recap: in two words, FAST and FURIOUS. In one word, EPIC. Buy it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still amazing after all these years, October 8, 2008

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krango (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bizarro (Audio CD)

Wow. I listened to this for the first time in years, and I was floored by not only the sheer speed & energy, but the ahead-of-its-time use of distortion, song structures, and rhythmic sound. So many bands today owe these lads a debt of gratitude, whether they know it or not. Listen to the opening rhythm guitar of "Crushed" ...It's hard to imagine any human alive can strum a guitar that fast.... and then they keep it going! "Brassneck", of course, is a favorite, but this is one of those rare entire albums that's so good, it's almost like a greatest hits!