Blood Red River 1982-1984

Scientists | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 16, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry
• ASIN: B00005O7SZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #542,809 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Set It on Fire

2. Blood Red River

3. Revhead

4. Burnout

5. The Spin

6. When Fate Deals Its Mortal Blow

7. Swampland

8. This Is My Happy Hour

9. We Had Love

10. Clear Spot

11. Nitro

12. Solid Gold Hell

13. Murderess in a Purple Dress

14. Backwards Man

15. Demolition Derby

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Birthday Party weren't the only abrasive aussies., October 3, 2004

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lelly! (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Red River 1982-1984 (Audio CD)

The Scientists are much too often over-looked, they are an incredible post-punk band.
They are swampy, they are dirty and abrasive.
It's simply fantastic.
If you are a fan of The Birthday Party and The Cramps, you'll probably love The Scientists.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Australian for Punk, March 7, 2006

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directions "neuralbuddhist" (Space Time Foam) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Red River 1982-1984 (Audio CD)

This sounds like a bar band who has had way too much to drink and wants to sing odes to all their influences, Suicide, the Cramps, Raw Power era Stooges, even Elvis (by way of Suicide). Lyrics like "This is my happy hour. If you want to be sad go somewhere else" seperates this from the dirge like post punk of the early Birthday Party but takes it above the over-rated Radio Birdman. Foetus are a hell of a lot scarier. Still, I'll take the Scientists over the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion any day. Just don't forget your fake i.d. when you go to the bar.