Electric Bird Digest

Young Fresh Fellows | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 27, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Frontier Records
• ASIN: B00000DTZG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,275 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Telephone Tree

2. Sittin' on a Pitchfork

3. Looking Around

4. Hillbilly Drummer Girl

5. Whirlpool

6. Once in a While

7. The Teen Thing

8. Thirsty

9. Fear Bitterness and Hatred

10. Hard to Mention

11. Tomorrow's Gone (And So Are You)

12. Evening

13. There's a Love

14. Swiftly But Gently

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums of the 90s, November 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Electric Bird Digest (Audio CD)

For long-time Fellows fans, this was sort of a departure. Heavier and harder than anything they released before it, it may not appeal to the "old school" Fellows fans. Kurt Bloch's raging guitar squeals are not exactly "The Men Who Loved Music." But this album is a gem. Packed with grunge and melodies, this is the Fellows' best album next to "This One's For the Ladies." It's unsung next to other 1991 releases, such as "Nevermind." But this is that OTHER side of the Seattle scene. Not a weak song on it. A+

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Different But Still Great, August 29, 2006

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R. Tucker (Everett, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electric Bird Digest (Audio CD)

I don't agree that this was YFF's stab at grunge. The guitar sound from Kurt Bloch is,logically, the Fastback's sound. And, I think I heard when it was released, the album also reflects Scott M.'s struggle with personal problems - thus an overall harder sound.
Very different from other YFF albums, but still brillant.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Fellows turn to a noisier, less catchy sound, May 26, 2001

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Nathan M DeHoff (Absurd City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electric Bird Digest (Audio CD)

This is the noisiest, "grungiest" album by the Fellows, as can be evidenced by playing the disc and hearing the loud, discordant first track, "The Telephone Tree." Indeed, many of the songs have this sort of feel to them. That's not to say that the normally eclectic Fellows have limited themselves to one style for this album, however. "Sittin' On A Pitchfork," the second and best track, is as "poppy" as much of the band's early work (with hints of a few other styles working their way in). "The Teen Thing," one of the few Fellows songs written by drummer Tad Hutchinson, is an amusing and light-hearted (and very short) send-up of sixties-type songs, with nonsensical lyrics that just sound appropriate together. While this record is not as immediately catchy as most of the group's work, there is still plenty to like. I would agree with the reviewers who said that this is not the best introduction to the Fellows, but it is still an excellent record.