In Defense of Animals

Various Artists - Rock

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1993)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Restless Records
• ASIN: B000003BJX
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #240,700 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Porch - Pearl Jam

2. Arms of Love - Michael Stipe

3. Too Many Puppies - Primus

4. Ode to Groovy - Skinny Puppy

5. Crystal Blue Persuasion - Concrete Blonde

6. Velvet Dong - Sister Psychic

7. Untold Stories

8. For Love - Lush

9. Praxis - Consolidated

10. Beef - Boogie Down Productions

11. Shelter [Live] - Sarah McLachlan

12. Hyperreal Selector - The Shamen

13. Language of Violence - The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

14. You Borrowed [Live] - Helmet

15. Clean - Grotus

16. Desert Star - Material

17. Hey, Hey High Class Butcher - Julian Cope

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Skinny Puppy at their best!, October 22, 2005

By	Robert Roselle "robrocketanski" (Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have not had opportunity to listen to this CD in detail but I bought it only for the Skinny Puppy track because it is great. I felt obligated to counter the only existing review. The track, "Ode to Groovy" is slow but has all the emotion and impact of any Skinny Puppy I have heard.

3 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I need a burger...with bacon., April 5, 2005

By	Z. Simon "HarlotBug3" (Poway, California United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Hot dog! Looks like I get to be the first to state the obvious:

Chances are, if you bought, or are thinking of buying this compilation, it's to get one of the *exclusive* tracks. Personally, I paid the few bucks for Skinny Puppy, and figured some primus, and meat beat manifesto (not mentioned in the song lineup) would be a nice bonus.

And if you pay more than a couple bucks for which ever song you might be collecting
...you have my sympathy.

I love Skinny Puppy to death, enough even to almost feel bad for being a materialist, omnivore, etcetera, but `ode to groovy' is pure castration, Industrial Gods with filed down teeth, watered down blood, and elevator speakers. I don't know if they made this to be more `cohesive' or had it lying about as a warning against whatever chemical incident caused such a tragedy. They can make a `soft song' any time they wish, and ohGr has done so, and well, but listening to...that...I've never wanted to hammer a calf skull and vote republican so much in my life.

I find reparation only in the anticipation of the horror, the HORROR I'll see in the faces of my fellow puppy people when I make them listen to it.
(The clip...yeah, the whole song's like that.)

In any case: Pearl Jam sounds like Pearl Jam, Stipe like Stipe, the hippies (rock or folk) like hippies, and the rappers, yes rappers, remind us that 9 times out of 10 you can't use something `cool' to sell something meaningful. There are a few dance-ish tracks that I didn't instantly skip over, but sure as heck didn't return to.

Chances are your spare change would be better spent as a donation to Green Peace.