Circa

Mary's Danish | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Morgan Creek
• ASIN: B0000042MH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,607 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Yellow Creep Around

2. Julie's Blanket (Pigsheadsnakeface)

3. Beat Me Up

4. Louisiana

5. Mr. Floosack

6. Hoof

7. Tracy in the Bathroom Killing Thrills

8. Abalone Blues

9. 7 Deadly Sins

10. Bombshell

11. Foxey Lady

12. Down

13. These Are All the Shapes Nevada Could Have Been

14. Venus Loves Leonard

15. Hellflower

16. Axl Rose Is Love

17. Cover Your Face

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD...Bad contract (too say the least!), April 25, 1999

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Don P. "Don P." (Riverside, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Circa (Audio CD)

I saw Mary's Danish open for the Red Hot Chili Peppers twice in 1989, and was blown away by them. I subsequently bought their CD "There Goes the Wondertruck", which was as energetic and fun as their shows. In September of 1991 I purchased Nirvana's "Nevermind" and Mary's Danish "Circa". Too this day in 1999 "Circa" is the album I listen to most often. Mary's Danish should have been one of the great bands of the 90's. Alas, they were shafted royally by Morgan Creek Records, and to make a long story short they were forced to break up to escape their contract. There is a compelling article in one of the March or April issues of L.A. Weekly about how the industry treats acts poorly, and Mary's Danish was the feature of the story. I am angered that us fans were denied the joy of listening to this band because of Byzantine record label politics. The only thing that keeps me from purchasing their final album, "American Standard", is that none of the band will see one penny of royalties. People should know what happened to Mary's Danish. They didn't flame out. Rather, they were snuffed out.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An 'alternative' band worth the label, May 26, 1999

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[e-mail] (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Circa (Audio CD)

You don't hear albums like this one every day. On _Circa_, Mary's Danish shows both that they know their roots and that they're unafraid to reach in new directions. Many songs start off one way, then change direction radically, either gradually or all at once. Despite this, the numbers hang together as whole compositions, and none of them lose the listener in self-indulgent noodling (though the musicians do prove they possess at least as much technical ability as your average 'progressive rock' band). Some of the songs are a great deal of fun, such as their drastically rearranged cover of Hendrix's "Foxey Lady" (which bursts into a note-for-note rendition of the bridge from Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused" before bringing it all back home). On the other hand, many songs are quite sad and bitter, and it's on these numbers that the group's two female vocalists truly show their mettle. "Hoof" is, quite simply, one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, and has brought tears to my eyes on several occasions, as has "Beat Me Up". In short, this is a very good album, and if not for the presence of a few songs that are a bit too derivative of mainstream 'alternative'-labeled music, I would give it five stars. But "Hoof" is worth the price of the CD all by itself.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lost classic, August 9, 2001

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Sir Grand Citizen (Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Circa (Audio CD)

One of my all-time favourite albums. Should have been huge. Catchy as hell, musically ambitious, sweet sweet vocals..... I can't believe this band didn't take-over the world. WORTH HUNTING DOWN AT ANY COST.