The Disco Before the Breakdown

Against Me! | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 18, 2002)
• Original Release Date: November 18, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: No Idea Records
• ASIN: B00007L678
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,878 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Against Me! Is Not All Or Nothing, February 19, 2005

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Smitty the Blasphemer (Witticism, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Disco Before the Breakdown (Audio CD)

I love Against Me! to death. Reinventing Axl Rose is within my top three favorite albums of all time. They aren't "good because they're different"; they're different because they're good. They put so much heart into so many of their songs, and don't filter it out by running it through machines in a recording studio two dozen times. I don't understand pop culture's obsession with pretending to be perfect. Against Me! has no misconceptions about themselves, and seem perfectly happy to be who they are.

This being said, Disco Before the Breakdown does little for me. I simply don't feel the passion in these three tracks the way that I do in so many of their other songs. Many people obviously do, and I respect that. However, in my book there will always be a few songs that epitomize everything that Against Me! means to me. None of the songs on this album come close. I'm a bit disappointed, but I suppose I'll survive.

-StB

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars *tear*, July 27, 2005

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muffy tinker (richest town in the U.S) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Disco Before the Breakdown (Audio CD)

so maybe against me! isn't the most musically talented band out there. they don't have the best voices, they aren't always on key and every now and then there guitars are a bit off. but they are raw, pure, and punk. maybe they don't fit the technical "punk" definition, but they have the energy, attitude and spirit of what punk is all about. there is no other band like them. they are in a genre all in their own. this cd, moreso than their others, will make you see all the heart and raw emotion that goes into their music. Just listen to "tonight we're gonna give 35%." that sh*t gives me goosebumps just listening to it and how personal it is. trust me, you will feel a connection with against me! that is far more impacting than a put-together band with a perfect, cookie-cutter sound.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome, June 20, 2004

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Fat Brad (West Melbourne, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Disco Before the Breakdown (Audio CD)

this was my first against me! album (but not the first time I've listened to them). this single has three balladish tracks, done punk style. personally my favorite is tonight we're going to give it 35%.

buy it on vinyl. its only 5 bucks or so.