The Dead 60s

The Dead 60s | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 31, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000CDSS2W
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,119 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The 1960s may be dead for this Liverpool quartet, but the 1980s are alive and well. The opening track sets the scene: For the first few seconds, you'd swear it was Gang of Four--by way of Franz Ferdinand--with that angular, yet bouncy guitar attack, but then the vocals come in. Could it be Joe Strummer, Joe Jackson...Ted Leo? No matter, "Riot Radio" is a great post-post-punk track any way you look at it (that's Matt McManamon on the mic, by the way). Up there with, yes, "Take Me Out," "Apply Some Pressure" (Maximo Park), and "I Predict a Riot" (Kaiser Chiefs). On the rest of their debut, the Dead 60s distinguish themselves from the current UK guitar-rock crop with shorter songs and more ska, dub, and "Rock the Casbah"-style dance beats, which means they would fit just as comfortably on a bill with Bloc Party as The Rapture. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description

The Dead 60's know that ska never died. In fact, these lads are about to usurp the reggae-meets-ska-meets-punk-funk throne that the late great Joe Strummer left behind. the first single from thier debut album 'The Dead 60's' is 'Riot Radio'. Epic. 2005.

Customer Reviews

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105 of 111 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware - Copy Protected CD, July 14, 2005

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Geoffrey Mack "CD Shop-a-holic" (San Rafael, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I guess they figure I'm some sort of criminal for wanting to listen to the CD on my computer because they placed some lame copy protection on this disk. I've wasted the last half hour of my life trying to play it on iTunes and I can't. That's where I listen to my music. If I can't play it in the player of my choice it is useless to me.

I don't know why these record companies don't get it; I bought the music, let me consume it. So, guess what guys, I've learned my lesson: Never buy a CD from Epic again.

I'm returning it today. And I am so angry I might just scream.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not good enough for iTunes?, August 7, 2005

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Hobie "Hobie" (Arizona USA) - See all my reviews

Good tunes, but not being allowed to put them onto iTunes? Sorry guys, but you're staying out of my collection.
A solid 4.0 stars for the music, but you only get 2.0 because your label talked you into releasing a copy-protected CD. (I'm trusting this rookie mistake wasn't ALL your idea!)

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Contains SONY DRM Sofware --- Do not buy, November 4, 2005

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David T - See all my reviews

This CD contains compromising a DRM rootkit which can greatly affect the Windows operating system. Do not buy.