Early Years [EP]

Tiger Army | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Hellcat Records
• ASIN: B00006JSCM
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,541 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #94 in Music > Alternative Rock > American Alternative > Psychobilly

Track Listings

1. Temptation

2. Jungle Cat

3. Twenty Flight Rock

4. American Nightmare [#]

5. F. T. W. [Demo Version 1996][#]

6. Nocturnal [Demo Version 1997][#]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what the title says: Tiger Army's, October 14, 2002

By 

Justin Kennedy (Abingdon, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Early Years (Audio CD)

This short (barely over 12 minutes long) six-song EP is a nice collection of previously unreleased and hard-to-find Tiger Army tracks. It starts off with the songs from their first EP, released in January of 1997 on Chapter Eleven Records. "Temptation" is a solid rocker with nice vocal hooks and melodies. This is possibly the best track on the disc. The second track "Jungle Cat" is a good one as well, with a faster tempo and some nice slap-bass work. "Twenty Flight Rock" is a Eddie Cochran cover song that is also on TA's first full-length. This is a different version, and possibly a better one. While these tracks display TA's immaturity as a band, they are perhaps the most authentic of any TA's songs ever relesed. If you like the band's first album, you will dig these songs.

The final three tracks are "American Nightmare", "F.T.W.", and "Noctural". "American Nightmare" is, of course, the classic Misfits song, and it is probably the weakest of any of the tracks present. The Misfits did it better....this version isn't so great. Moving on, "F.T.W." is a demo version of the song from TA's second album; if you're like me and prefer early TA over their later material, you will like this version better than the one on "Tiger Army II". You can actually hear the slap-bass and the recording is much more raw. The final track, "Nocturnal", is a demo version of TA's unofficial anthem. The version here demostrates the band's sloppiness and immaturity and I love it! No polished-up retakes or dub-overs.

The general feel of this EP is fast and quick, displaying some rough and primative psychobilly tunes that are miles ahead of TA's newest material. Like I said before, if you're into TA's first LP chances are you will like this EP. If not, you're probably gonna hate it.

A note on the packaging: The packaging is phenonemal with a nice gatefold paper sleeve, much like a vinyl relese. It also includes 3 early photos of Tiger Army (Nick 13, Adam Carson, and Joel Day) posing "around town". Again, totally unprofessional but great authentic photos. There is also an insert with an explanation of why this disc was released. There should be no need for an explanation...maybe we need one for "Power of Moonlight" though?? There are also lyrics for "Temptation" and "Jungle Cat". Oh yeah, the colours are great....when you get this, you'll know what I mean. BUY THIS DISC NOW!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars American Psychobilly, October 16, 2005

By 

Jessica - See all my reviews

This review is from: Early Years (Audio CD)

Great early stuff. A fun six song ep sampler from a band that has become the foundation for modern American psychobilly.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early years of Tiger Army., July 19, 2005

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Martin 13 (Slovenia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Early Years (Audio CD)

This record is issued just because Nick 13 understands fans. To complete fans collection is this EP priority.
So here you will hear what the band recorded before their first album. Demos of Nocturnal and Twenty Flight Rock, F.T.W. was slightly different and three other tracks that they didn't released before (Temptation, Jungle Cat, and a cover of The Misfits' rockabilly American Nightmare).