A Boiling Vat Of Adhesive Xmas

Substance W | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Worst Kitchen Records
• ASIN: B001J676ME
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #575,939 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars We do love you., December 15, 2009

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Boiling Vat Of Adhesive Xmas (Audio CD)

This is one of the strangest Christmas albums I've ever heard. It features nine weird, extremely short versions of "O Xmas Tree" and longer but equally bizarre versions of other Christmas songs. This music is very hard to describe, because it is in several different styles. It's not for everyone, but if you want to hear some unique Christmas music, give it a listen.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT GREAT XMAS CD! IT'S A HOLIDAY CLASSIC!, January 15, 2009

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Stephen Cunningham "werewolf23" - See all my reviews
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The work involved with this is spectacular. It definitely won't make your head feel full of slush. Grab an eggnog, a plate of cookies, and be transported... As other reviews here state, it's not your grandma's christmas record. No, it goes way way beyond that. This is the xmas record you've always heard in your head. The one that takes all the christmas songs you've ever heard, mixes them up, shuffles them around, and turns them loose like a gentle whirlwind and gets you smiling. Laughing. Wondering why there aren't more records out there, just in general, like this one. It's just the best. Real people, playing real music, with real heart and soul and mirth involved. If you know of anyone who is into anything just a bit out of the ordinary, or off of the beaten path, then get a copy of this for them. To stuff their stocking with or not. There's so much going on in this cd, you could put this on at a 4th of July party and people would be into it. It's just that good.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best X-mas (album) Ever!!, November 9, 2008

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Mr. Monkeypants (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Boiling Vat Of Adhesive Xmas (Audio CD)

Holy flippin' cow! This is great! All kinds of unique and (mostly) modern reworkings of classic Christmas songs. Really cool instrumentation, orchestrating, composing, etc. Around Christmas I can usually enjoy a few Christmas tunes, mainly for sentimental reasons, but I'd never otherwise listen to them. ...Until now! Regardless of the origins of these songs and their original intentions, these are ear grabbing and brain zapping recordings that I'd listen to (and will listen to) throughout the year. If you like experimental music, electronic stuff on the slightly freaky side, arrangments made complex with layers and layers of instrumentation, as well as some done very simply and minimally, some punk rock attitude here and these, some catchy pop hooks, some freaky-out-there melodies, and about everything else under the stars, you'll wet yourself when you hear this. A Residents-esque "A Stranger Manger", a Walter/Wendy Carlos ("Clockwork" era) "Switched on Bethlehem", a Tom Waits-ish "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", a punked-up "We're a Couple of Misfits", "Christmas Time is Here" that sounds almost like Portishead, and all kinds of wild and listenable versions of "O X-mas Tree". I've listened to it three times in a row so far, and rather than starting to tire of it, I keep getting more and more into it! I can't recommend this enough!