Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life

Alice Donut | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alternative Tentacles
• ASIN: B000000F7F
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #394,846 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Donut's Best, March 21, 2002

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Richard Thomas (washington, dc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life (Audio CD)

Alice Donut was one of the core bands of Alternative Tentacles back in the late '80s and early '90s. Their first album catches them at their rawest, but also their most fun.

Musically, Donut's style has much in common with the psychedlic punk style of the...Surfers, but I regard Donut as being the more straight-up fun-to-listen-to of the two. The Surfers are great, but in a different way. Alice Donut's work is better informed by a sense of humor and a lively attitude than the Surfers, who usually come off as being much darker and more serious. However, this does not mean that Alice Donut does not pack some weight - in keeping with many Alternative Tentacles bands, Alice Donut follows in the footsteps of the Dead Kennedies with thier lyrics - heavy sarcasm, but always socially and politically relevant. Buy this album, sit back, dig the lyrics and enjoy the wild, slapdash music!

This album has a bit of a darker cast than "Donut Comes Alive" or "Mule" (these three albums feature Donut's original line-up), but still carries the wild energy one should expect from this band. It is their first "real" album, since Donut Comes Alive was technically a "live" album. Be sure to check out tracks 1,2,4,5,7 and 8.

"Lisa's Father" is a CD bonus track. Originally appearing on a Alternative Tentacles marketing compliation album, it was NOT on the original "Bucketfulls" LP. One will notice that it diverges from the style of the album markedly, since it is basically Ted Houghton doing a spoken word bit. It is still really fun to listen to, and is in fact one of my favorite bits by Alice Donut.

5.0 out of 5 stars Donut's 2nd Best, October 29, 2008

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Hans Visser "Dired" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life (Audio CD)

Not quite the masterpiece that Donut Comes Alive is, this is nonetheless a great album. Even the ridiculous "Lisa's Father" is somehow a repeat listen - 15 minutes indeed.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Album, Terrible Title, March 30, 2006

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R. Clements "RC" (Lake Oswego, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life (Audio CD)

It's a great album, and the only reason I don't give it 5 stars is the horrifying grammatical error in the title (look again) that I'm sure the band regrets constantly. The sound quality is not that wonderful, but there are some truly memorable tunes on it just the same. By all means, get this thing if you don't have it, but buy their self-titled debut album first. That, and check the alternative tentacles website before shelling out more than twelve bucks for this cd.