Choochtown

Hamell on Trial | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 28, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 17, 2000
• ASIN: B00004S5C7
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #436,180 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Go Fuck Yourself

2. When Bobby Comes Down

3. Hamell's Ramble

4. I'm Gonna Watch You Sleep

5. Uncle Morris

6. Disconnected

7. Nancy's Got a New Boyfriend

8. Coochtown

9. Shout Outs

10. The Lottery

11. The Long Drive

12. Judy

13. Joe Brush

14. The Mall

15. Bill Hicks (Ascension)

16. Bill Hicks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Terrorist folk punk arrives, May 3, 2000

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Jason Wilson (Orlando, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Choochtown (Audio CD)

With all the urban grit of Lou Reed and a healthy dose of informed viciousness, Hammell on Trial's third record arrives none to soon. His acoustic work is still violent and the band that he plays with on some numbers raises a beautiful garage band mayhem. Whip smart and full of losers, addicts, swamp monsters & shopping malls, and Bill Hicks-- this a beat poet for a more viscerally angry generation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album, July 3, 2001

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thedevilscoachman (Vienna, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Choochtown (Audio CD)

I first heard about Hamell on Trial when I picked up "Uncut" magazine, with a disk that contained the song "Choochtown" on it. It was a great song - melodic yet raw, with smart, funny lyrics delivered by Chooch, a street-smart player, and, best of all, it rocked with garage band intensity. So I picked up the album "Choochtown". With maybe one exception, every song on here is great, too. Not quite a "concept album" but more than just a bunch of unconnected songs, "Choochtown" tells the stories of a bunch of petty crooks, drug dealers and other misfits, many of whose stories overlap. Hamell uses this format to tell the story of what happened at one Toddle House diner at 3 am from three different narrators who were each there and who each know each other, but who each saw what was happening from a different angle. Not quite your usual fare - and even better, it rocks. In sum, Choochtown is an ambitious, smart album with great lyrics and a great sound that, to me, is equal parts Lou Reed, acoustic Springsteen and 60's garage. Highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Built, Bald, Bold and Beautiful, May 5, 2001

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Tarquin O'Malley (NY, NY,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Choochtown (Audio CD)

considering this alb cost less than 5oo dollars to make, this is an amazing achievement For further proof, check out UNCUT's 5 star Album of the Month review also. I really only came here to appraise all you Hamell fans of his latest, upcoming release "Ed's Not Dead....Hamell Comes Alive" (SuchAPunch Records), which was recorded on tour last spring while out on tour with Ani DiFranco. It's his best yet, for obvious reasons.