Blood & Mood

Bad Livers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 22, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B00004C4QZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,462 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get Ready for This One!, March 25, 2000

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Nicholas R. Duke "pickinnick" (Charlottesville, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood & Mood (Audio CD)

The Livers have really taken their funky sound to a great new level...do not buy CD this if you're looking to kick back and relax with edgy, old-timey, tuba-thomping BL stuff from the past. Danny and Co. are taking their music to a wild new level here! I was confused at first, but not for long: I opened-up to the possibilities quickly and have come to love this CD. "Fist Magnet"? "Legend of Sawdust Booger"? "Death Trip"? ...OH YES! Danny & co have incorporated hip-hop drums, keyboards, computers and punky/funky beats into this new CD -- thank you Sugar Hill (write them for more detailed liner notes) for going with the flow! Go see the Bad Livers LIVE if you can (check out their website = BadLivers.Com = for tour dates); Danny and Mark came through Charlottesville last fall and we'll never be the same!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars They just keeping evolving!, April 22, 2000

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Rob Damm - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood & Mood (Audio CD)

Being a Bad Livers fan is a strange thing. Every one of their records sound markedly dfferent from the last. There is the fascination with melding a kind of country with a kind of funk that binds all the records to some degree, but whenever you buy a new BL record, all bets are really off. You never know what you're going to get.

Well, "blood and mood" really treds a strange path... everything from hip-hop to hillbilly to ambient finds its way into the mix here. It's exciting to see a band making music like this... its shows they either have a great respect for their fans and believe that the fans will enjoy a challenge, or they have complete disregard for us. Either way, it's refreshing to hear a band consitently churn out high-quality, ecclectic records while "commercial" bands continually try to make record after record that sound the same. I don't like every bit of this CD... infact, I really only listen to about 60% of it regularly... so why the high rating? (a) they have balls, and I'll respect them for that. Even if I don't like everything, it's smart, well done and original. (b) there are at least 3 songs (esp. "love songs suck") that rival just about any song I've ever heard as far as pure pop craftsmanship goes.

Another wierd, knotty, and ultimately wonderful... I mean that literally... wonder-full record.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Untraditonal Traditonal Sounds, September 20, 2001

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"gopherus" (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood & Mood (Audio CD)

The Bad Livers' Blood &Mood isn't a background album. By background album I mean one of those records you put on and wash dishes too. Blood & Mood is a complex record that demands the listener's complete attention. "What the deal is is you're going to have to get over there and figure out what that's all about", the repeated loop that starts the album, could be applied to this release. Barnes and Rubin team up again with Lloyd Maines to produce this musical journey. The Bad Livers follow the same path they have been on - they create more untraditional music with traditional instruments. What the Livers have done is taken a touch of country ("The Legend of Sawdust Boogers"), a touch of folk ("Itty Bitty Town), and a touch of rock ("One More Night in a Hotel") added some banjo and tuba and then layered the songs with loops, samples and sequenced drums. The result is a sometimes harsh, sometimes sweet, dizzying display of musicianship. Each song challenges the listener to enter into it world and try to figure out how life there operates. If you are a music fan of any type, you should enjoy this album. If you are looking for something to play while you wash dishes, move on.