Embrace

Embrace (US) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dischord
• ASIN: B000000JNR
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,714 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Give Me Back

2. Dance Of Days

3. Building

4. Past

5. Spoke

6. Do Not Consider Yourself Free

7. No More Pain

8. I Wish I

9. Said Gun

10. Can't Forgive

11. Money

12. If I Never Thought About It

13. End Of A Year

14. Last Song

Editorial Reviews

This 12" LP was re-mastered in March 2009 and comes with a free MP3 download....see site for more info.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Post MT, February 1, 2005

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D. K. Malone (earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Embrace (Audio CD)

It isn't often that a band's existence can be explained so simply and clearly, but Embrace is one such case:

One of the several reasons behind Minor Threat's demise was that Ian McKaye was sickened by the hardcore scene he'd helped to create. By 1983 it had become insufferably conformist. Even worse, it had also grown to be intensely violent. Even though in many ways the motivation was positive, the release of energy at hardcore shows often resulted in kids getting physically hurt. Ian felt extremely guilty and saddened over it. When bemoaning this to HR of the Bad Brains, HR told him, "You started it." This is why Ian did Embrace. It was his attempt to undo the damage he perceived himself being responsible for. While Embrace didn't last long and crumbled an entire year before they released this album, Ian carried on his same sense of purpose in Fugazi in 1987, and he continues to this day.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The first ever emo record?, November 15, 2001

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Ed Perry (HB, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Embrace (Audio CD)

For those of you who don't know, this CD is the first full-length release put out by Ian MacKaye after Minor Threat broke up, and if you were into punk in those days, it was definitely put under a microscope by those in the scene at the time. Most Minor Threat fans already had heard "Salad Days", so there was already a hint that the times were changing, but judging by the initial reviews of the Embrace record, not everyone was ready for it. Let me just say that Ian's voice is completely different when he sings rather than yells. A lot of people don't care for the "emo" Ian. Personally, I loved Minor Threat, I can't stand Fugazi except for one or two songs, but I like this record a lot. I was lucky enough to catch an Embrace show in DC, and they were really good. It's been a long time since this record came out, but I put it on last night, and it was still really good. As a previous poster pointed out, it does kind of lose the intensity a little bit near the end of side two, but there are some solid tracks, especially on side one, like "Dance of Days", "Building", and "Past". If you don't mind Ian's voice in Fugazi, you will most likely love it on this record. Those looking for something closer to Minor Threat will probably be disappointed, though. But keep an open mind, try the song samples here on Amazon, and you just might end up picking this up. Recommended.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MONEY, March 13, 2004

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John (Placentia, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Embrace (Audio CD)

Money

I can truly say
I don't give a f*ck about your money
Becasue it means so much to you
And all of your money
Why deos it mean so much to you?
You cite the land of greed
I'm taking about a world of need.
Money has nothing to do with the value of life!
But thats just common sense.

You call me up and talk about money
I don't want to hear any more
About money
Look at what people do
Trying to get their money
To buy the fantasy
Based on the book of the movies
Fortified cares, modified principles
Convience is the name of the game
Self-indulgence is the rule
There are no winners, we all lose
Thanks for nothing
You put yourself up for sale
You're all SOLD OUT!

Absolutely BRILLIANT, and thats just one song by Ian. This cd is one of the most heartfelt and pure genious albums I have come across. What I get from this song is a whole lot. Many of you can get your own perceptions from his lyrics. But this makes so much sense in a world soooo corupt, that emphasizes more what they look like and drive then being a good wholesome human being. Whatever you get out of this song is GOOD and should make you think. Thats what good lyrics make you do, right? Stand up for what you beleive in and don't let the corporate world push you around like a rag doll. Make a difference. Remember when you leave this life, you leave it as you came in, with nothing. So don't envy the wealthly and rich, there lives are sometimes worst than yours. Money distorts the truth.

You need this record today.