Come Find Yourself (+ Bonus Tracks) [Extra tracks, Import]

Fun Lovin' Criminals | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 5, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000007V0W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Fun Lovin' Criminal

2. King Of New York

3. Passive/Aggressive

4. We Have All The Time In The World

5. The Grave And The Constant

6. Bear Hug

7. Scooby Snacks

8. Come Find Yourself

9. Smoke 'Em

10. Crime & Punishment

11. Bombin' The L

12. Methadonia

13. I Can't Get With That

14. I Can't Get With That (Smoove)

15. Coney Island Girl

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Huey finds himself on the other side of the atlantic, July 15, 2004

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O. Buxton "Olly Buxton" (Highgate, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come Find Yourself (Audio CD)

The Fun Lovin' Criminals seem to have appealed a lot more to people over here on the far side of the pond than they did back Stateside, perhaps because it appeals to the British idea of what Cool America is like, rather than what Cool America is actually like: what sounded to well-educated British ears like really new, cutting edge, gritty authentic American music, I guess back at home probably came over not so much as authentic as bit middle class, a bit clever, a bit too "wiseass" to be the real thing. There's a limit to what you can get away with sampling - the horn riff in The King of New York is ripped off from a Richard Strauss tone poem, for crying out loud. Boys from the hood don't know about that stuff. Or at any rate shouldn't.

Nevertheless, this record stands the test of time - it lays down a tremendously appealing groove from the its very first resonator jangle, and the combination of that and the New York jazz sensibility (this from someone who knows and cares little for jazz, by the way), the smartarse sampling (*I* like it, even if the cognoscenti don't), Huey's laconic and irrepressibly funning rapping and big, BIG guitars does me quite nicely.

Carry on, chaps.

Olly Buxton

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Criminal Geniuses, August 7, 2000

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"jahsh_concurz" (Newark, NJ & CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Come Find Yourself (Audio CD)

The Fun Lovin' Criminals made something that I guarantee you haven't quite heard before. FLC is my favorite band after G. Love & Special Sauce (who have a lighter style of music compared to these hombres. Actually the basic aspect of alternative rap is the same, but you can't compare the two bands, they are so different and original). If you go back to '96 you may recall some hit singles "Scooby Snacks" & "Fun Lovin' Criminal", two hip-hopish songs that crossed into the alternative rock mainstream at the time. Thats when I bought The Fun Lovin' Criminals' album and realized that those songs, although they're great, are just the tip of the iceberg. FLC is made up of 3 New Yorkers and you can tell how the NYC life is injected into their song stlyes of hip-hop beats and lyrics with a touch of dark bluesy rock. The best way I can describe this music when you hear it is... it makes you wanna kick-back and chill. The songs are amazing, try The Criminals out, you won't be dissapointed... you might even be hooked. Ciao, Peace & One Love.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS BAND COULD TAKE OVER THE WORLD!, December 9, 1999

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slimshady (Columbia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Come Find Yourself (Audio CD)

I recently picked up a copy of come find yourself on an impulse (i'd only ever heard "scooby snacks" before), and if you're reading this review let me tell you now to go buy this. Huey's got the smoothest voice in music today, and the vibe between these guys is incredible. A mix of hip hop, rock, blues, jazz.....man their just incredible. I love they way they swing that wise-guy new yorker vibe in their music. Huey is definitely a great talent with both his guitar skills and his lyrics as well. My recommondation for the perfect listen: Lounge out on the couch with "goodfellas" on mute, dim the lights, light a spliff and enjoy. FIVE STARS and then some!