Destination 2000

Love As Laughter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 21, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B00000K2DK
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,354 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stay Out of Jail

2. Aftermath

3. Margaritas

4. On the Run

5. Destination 2000

6. Stakes Avenue

7. Statuette

8. Freedom Dop

9. Demon Contacts

10. Body Double

11. Body Double

12. Track 12

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Reminds me a great deal of Television, March 7, 2007

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loce_the_wizard "loce_the_wizard" (Lilburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Destination 2000 (Audio CD)

It's not easy to categorize what I think are the influences on "Destination 2000," but on the best tracks here the band reminds me a great deal of Television (and that is a good thing) with some touches of Ten Years After and lots of indie bands thrown in.

Sometimes Love as Laughter seems to be playing against convention just for the sake of seeing what sort of sounds it can crank out, but mostly the band delivers through sheer energy and innovation.

I hope to hear more from this outfit.

4.0 out of 5 stars influenced from the big bill broonzy, April 15, 2005

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Brian Robinson "idiot savant" (orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Destination 2000 (Audio CD)

'Rockin' pneumonia' like chuck berry said.

Love As Laughter's (LAL) most popular record has a way of making you forget underproduction. Great songs, all of which have a cheap-production tinny sound, that roll you straight through without a break. No hear attacks to be had, but blown minds are on the way. Catchy and poppy (on some tracks) have you humming tunes all day, while grungy and distorted have you rocking out at the time. definitely worth the try for Modest Mouse fans, for anyone trying to find influences for today's New York garage-rock scene, and anyone...anyone at all who is interested in owning a must-have album to stretch your musical vocabulary one stretch further.

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4.0 out of 5 stars There and then some, January 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Destination 2000 (Audio CD)

With the third LAL release, Sam Jayne finally taps into the energy reserve accumulated during the band's previous testosterone-deficient outings and the discombobulated musings of his earlier rock-oriented outfit, Lync. Destination 2000's first four tracks deserve Robin Williams-billing on the "Give Guitars a Chance This Millennium" mixtape, especially the scorching "Stay Out of Jail" and parkway-mower anthem "Margaritas."