The Distillers [Vinyl]

Distillers | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (June 6, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hellcat Records
• ASIN: B00004SG5Q
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,895 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Oh Serena

2. Idoless

3. The World Comes Tumblin'

4. L.A. Girl

5. Distilla Truant

6. Ask the Angels

7. Old Scratch

8. Girlfixer

9. Open Sky

10. Red Carpet and Rebellion

11. Colossus U.S.A.

12. Blackheart

13. Gypsy Rose Lee

14. The Blackest Years

Editorial Reviews

The startlingly self-a_s.red self-titled debut LP from the Distillers is brash, stabbingly poetic and masterfully reckless....see site for more info.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Punk Rock, September 11, 2004

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Vi (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Distillers (Audio CD)

This is what punk rock should be. Plain and simple. This record is passion driven, and an excellent example that punk is not yet dead. Brody is a smart girl who knows what she's doing and she knows what she's writing about. I've never heard a punk rock album this good from a man. I don't know where the comparisons to Courtney Love's voice comes from. Honestly their style of singing is completely different. Brody's voice is gravelly, gutteral and vicious. The anger and fuel that this record holds is amazing. Stand outs from the album include:

* Oh Serena - Makes you want to turn up the player in your bedroom and jump about. This song has some great power chords and excellent vocals.

* Idoless - An utterly explosive song. A punk rock anthem. The chorus where she screams "IDOLESS" over backing vocals of "Syndication" is fantastic. Once again, great song writing.

* World Comes Tumblin' - Arguably the catchiest song. GREAT lyrics, explosive, and packed with messages, this song is definitely a gem.

* Open Sky - "Open skies, open ether, all rise up inside" This is song is one of my favourites. The lyrics are smart, the chorus is explosive and there's a bass guitar solo by Kim Fuelleman that blew me away. She's an amazing bassist.

* Red Carpet and Rebellion - This song is so emotion driven it made me cry. It just squashes you. Listen to the chorus and you'll know what I mean.

* Colossus U.S.A - Amazing. Pure and simple.

* Gypsy Rose Lee - The first love song that actually made me want to cry...although this song is a far cry from the others due to its lyrics, its still explosive, fast and heavy. The lyrics are absoloutely priceless.

I would reccomend this record to punk fans throughout. This is REAL punk as pure as you get it. This would make blink-182 wet their pants and it would definitely make Pink cry. This one's a debut gem. Even if it costs you more than $20 its worth the money.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I wanna be like Brody when I grow up..., April 2, 2005

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Eleanor "Slamdancing Rude Girl" (Bangor, ME) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Distillers (Audio CD)

So some of today's punk rock purist say the Distilers are for posers, but they can sod off. This album is fabulous. Hard, fast, and totally passionate. The Distillers makes your blood pump faster, and adrenaline surge throught your veins. The songs have that beautiful simplicity and edge that is almost completely unique to the late seventies punk scene. Brody does proud to the old and all but forgotten tradition of great female-fronted punk acts like The Slits, The X Ray Spex, and The Plasmatics.

My personal favorite tracks off this album are "The World Comes Temblin'," "L.A. Girl," and "Open Sky," but there's a lot of great tunes here. Pop it in, pump it up, and slamdance-round your living room!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Distillers s/t, May 28, 2003

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"bittersliverfish" (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Distillers (Audio CD)

First off, in case you haven't noticed, it's nearly impossible to read anything about the Distillers or Brody Armstrong for that matter, without hearing about Rancid. Frankly, comparisons like that undermine them immensely.

What you'll get on here is a lot of hard-hitting pure punk rock, but that doesn't mean the music's stupid. Even if you're not a fan of the genre, I'm amazed at how little credibility the band's gotten from the general public. The brash vocals and the pounding bass just make up a deal of intensity that, yes, is usually reserved for first releases. However, this album is less raw than their sophomore release, and less structured as well. The Distillers take influences and sounds from all over the spectrum to make an intelligent, memerable record.

Lyrically, they're unique as well. Brody wails about the problems of the world, but also does an awesome Patti Smith cover ("Ask the Angels"), and screams about problems closer to home for the rest of us. Condescending punk rock? Hardly.