Customer Reviews

California Poppy

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well i hate to inform folks but the album amazon is selling is a shortened album. they are offering an 11 track album when really its a 13 track album.
the track listing goes as follows:
1. Intro
2. For Tonight
3. Lion's Pride
4. Rock Me Slow
5. Love Don't
6. Somewhere (Further than the Valley)
7. Desire
8. Right Now
9. Leave 'em for Dead
10. Interlude
11. Voodoo Hex
12. That's the Sound
13. Born Again Virgin


and that is straight from the opmden (www.opmden.com) which is their site. just thought i would let people know of the alternate yet correct album to purchase. they are also selling their opmden EP which has the song eternity on it. it is a good album though, more towards the peaceful serene melodic sound. a repeat of previous albums would have been redundant. it is important to mix it up with new albums so the sound doesnt become repetitive. if you liked the stuff in menace to sobriety then listen to that for those kind of sounds. good album.

opm. great band but not this cd. its not there usuall rap rock punk. its slow rock cheesy lyrcs. buy their other cds.way way better
sorry opm

I liked this album when it came out, but it has gotten even better with time. Its relaxing, mellow, and fun. I love that OPM didn't just spin another album of the same old stuff, they continue to experiment and push themselves foward.

I would buy it again.

OPM polishes its sound. Best band on the Suburban Noize Records label.

California Poppy is beautiful!

California Poppy is another fine album by OPM. I really like the more organic style, which showcases all of the band members musically. The only negatives about it is that it`s too heavy with the smooth laidback songs and lacks the really catchy songs like Rollin`, Heaven Is A Skatepark, and Perfect Day. I love the laidback mellow songs as much as any OPM fans, but California Poppy would`ve been better if it had more uptempo songs like Lion`s Pride and Born Again Virgin. Still regardless California Poppy is a very good album. If you`re into more funky, laidback music to chill to, then this album is for you.

Nice work. Songs like "Leave'em For Dead", "Somewhere" or "Rock me slow" are wonderful. Hear OPM and you feel better. I think one of the best album on suburbannoize!

First off, I made a major screw up today by buying this CD 'blind'. Normally I won't take a chance on a new CD unless it is by a band I already know to be good, and sometimes even then I won't purchase until I check them out at Amazon or on LimeWire, etc. Secondly, although OPM appears to have been around for awhile I can only assume their earlier releases were better? Being a big KMK fan I noticed they were on the same label and decided to give em a try. BIG MISTAKE. These guys try to look all hard on the back cover sitting around a table littered with drugs and guns but turns out their music is about as hard as 2nd grade math. Is this a 311 or Sublime tribute band? Total crap! It has no funk, punk or edge which most other SubNoize bands bring to the table. It's not even good stoner rock. A collection of worthless wanna-be raggae ballads. Might make a good frisbee though.

Looking back on my years as an OPM fan, dating back to the release date of Menace to Sobriety...it is painful to have to sit and suffer through California Poppy and then convince myself that this is actually an OPM album. The style is so noticeably forced that it almost makes you tense rather than the "soothing" sound it obviously looks to achieve. Another huge downfall of this album is that it lacks any of the punky, funky and upbeat sounds that were so necessital and well-placed on earlier OPM endeavors; and also made them so memorable. I remember thinking that OPM signing with Suburban Noize Records was a promising leap forward in their career, but now I realize that it has pushed them down a road toward stoneristic stylings rather than the mutli-genre collectives that made their earlier albums so easy to replay. Save your money for the next OPM album down the road, because this one is simply not worth it, and is almost better forgotten than ever put in your cd player.