Cult Rockers: Rebels

Various Artists - Rock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beloved Records
• ASIN: B000006OX2
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #883,808 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

2. Dirty Boulevard - Lou Reed

3. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding - Elvis Costello

4. Spasticus Autisticus - Ian Dury

5. Johnny Mathis' Feet - American Music Club

6. William It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths

7. Can't Seem To Make You Mine - Alex Chilton

8. Ghost Rider - Suicide

9. Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child - Mojo Nixon

10. Alex Chilton - The Replacements

11. The Passenger - Iggy Pop

12. Two-Headed Dog - Roky Erickson

13. Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds

14. Alcohol - Butthole Surfers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Eclectic mix, but worth it, February 23, 2004

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"hewovy" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cult Rockers: Rebels (Audio CD)

OK, I have a bone to pick with whoever came up with the title to this album: it's somewhat misleading and a bit confusing, as I'm not sure how many of these artists have achieved cult status. Nevertheless, it's a good, eclectic mix of alternative; perfect for a road trip. The high points include the American Music Club's "Johnny Mathis' Feet," Ian Dury's "Spasticus Autistius," the Butthole Surfers' "Alcohol" and the always irreverant Mojo Nixon with "Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with my Two-Headed Love Child." Elvis Costello, the Smiths, the Replacements and Iggy Pop also contribute good, if a bit commercial, works. If you like 80's/90's alternative, this is a good album to have in your collection.

3.0 out of 5 stars Mainstream Alternative, June 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Cult Rockers: Rebels (Audio CD)

There's no doubt that this is an unusually eclectic mix of artists, skipping blithely across some three decades of alternative music. Outside of the fact that it's all a rather generic sampling of alternative oldies-but-goodies artists, there really isn't much of a cohesion or theme to the album. Do the Talking Heads really qualify as cult rockers, given the top-10 successes of some of their later releases? Aren't the Smiths a little more mainstream than rebellious? And how exactly did a `60s garage band like the Seeds end up here? There's really nothing wrong with this album; a rather good introduction to "college radio" music of the mostly-`80s for the uninitiated. For those in the know, there's probably not much here they haven't heard quite a few times before.