The East Bay Sessions [Explicit Lyrics]

Smash Mouth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 8, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Red Clay Recordings
• ASIN: B00001XDSV
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,183 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Burn Cycle

2. Strung

3. Come on, Come On

4. To Be Continued

5. Solitude

6. Sorry

7. Trip

8. Pet Names

9. Every Word Means No

10. Nervous in the Alley

11. Beer Goggles

12. If You Don't

13. Push

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early versions of Smashmouth classics!, April 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The East Bay Sessions (Audio CD)

The guy reviewing this that said re-used? Wrong. These were recorded BEFORE FYM. :) Smashmouth deserves much better reviews on their early studio work, and the 're-using' on FYM (not on this one!), was just rerecorded for better studio-quality sound on a widely-released album. This cd is dated after FYM because it's stuff that wasn't really gonna be released, but they thought fans would like to hear early versions of their FYM favorites. It's really disappointing to see that a few people didn't get it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars East Bay Sessions, April 12, 2000

By 

Greg (Simsbury, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The East Bay Sessions (Audio CD)

This CD rocks...literally! Smash Mouth is awesome, so what if they used songs from before? They are different versions and work out great. Come On Come On is the best song on this CD!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Look At a Great Band's Roots, April 28, 2005

By 

A. Loewer (Washington, DC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The East Bay Sessions (Audio CD)

This little known album releases many early recordings of some of the songs that would eventually make it on Fush Yu Mang, and a bunch that didn't. If you're a fan of Fush Yu Mang, you'll like this album. This is a much more raw and unrefined Smash Mouth - they're a real punk band, not the bubble gum pop they're producing these days. I saw them in concert right after Astro Lounge hit shelves, and honestly I wish they had played like they sound on this record... its an album of energetic, catchy punkish songs. And about all of the other reviews here condemning "Sorry", its actually quite a poigniant social commentary... if you can get past the fact they use the word "penis". And if you can't, you shouldn't be buying a parental advisory album.

If you can't get enough of Fush Yu Mang, buy this album, but be aware, you'll hear some familiar songs in their earlier stages. Personally, I can't stand the new post Astro Lounge Smash Mouth, so this is a great last taste of the band that was.