The End Of Meaning [Explicit Lyrics]

Consolidated | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 1, 2001)
• Original Release Date: February 1, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Consolidated Artists
• ASIN: B00005B79K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,582 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Years of activism finally take their toll, May 28, 2006

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Kirston L. Otis "Sir Tonk" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The End Of Meaning (Audio CD)

This album, and their final piece of work Free Music Or Stockpiled Death, follow the same instrumental approach and leave much of the heavy politics behind. To the casual listener it would seem like Consolidated have lost their edge, but there is something to the last two albums that isn't immediately obvious. There is a pain in the music that is conveying the frustration of over a decade of trying to change the world while raising a family at the same time. This is an album of blues for the members of Earth First!, ALF, PETA, Greenpeace, ELF, Planned Parenthood, and hundreds of other low-level groups throughout the world. Theirs is a constant struggle and the fruits of their labor pale in comparison to the corporations they're waging wars with.

Grab a pair of headphones and a comfortable chair then really sit down and take in the sounds of this album and their final work, which is still available from a few sites. There is a power in these songs that they could never have conveyed with their earlier albums over a fifteen years ago.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Crusading Rap Guys don't rap anymore....they rock, April 17, 2003

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T.A. "washingmachinemouth" (South Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The End Of Meaning (Audio CD)

When I first put this CD in the deck, I thought the manufacturer slipped the wrong band's recording in the jacket. Pistel & Sherburne picked up guitars and invited a REAL drummer to the studio, and the majority of the tracks are actual SONGS, much like their 1998 release "Dropped"--these three guys jam through the whole CD, a la the Beastie Boys' "Check Your Head" and Public Enemy's "Muse Sick In Our Message." Some tracks feature guitars with a drum machine, while others feature real drums with samples over top of them. There are diversion tracks in between each song, but gone is the footage of ranting fans complaining about rock music, facism, society, beef, the cost of the show, etc.....the Crusading Rap Guys discuss all of that in the songs. Half of the songs are instrumental, with overlaid samples of women discussing the usual Consolidated topics. The range of sound and influence on this CD is so wide, (rock, metal, funk/groove, blues, urban, dance, all of which include LOUD distorted guitar...truly ALTERNATIVE) you'll be bombarded with tracks that sound remniscent of The Allman Brothers, Helmet, Meat Beat Manifesto (swirly songs like you'd hear on disc 2 of "Subliminal Sandwich"), and Therapy?....no lie. A few of the tracks sound so improvisational, they are almost hard to listen to, but have no fear....I'd say 70% of this CD is terrific.......the only part of the Consolidated sound/aura/style from the early 90's that you'll find on "The End of Meaning" are the lyrics. This is a great CD to put on while you're surfing the net, making a road trip, doing housework, etc. You won't hear any of these tunes at the clubs, and it's not their best, yet this may be Consolidated's most complete, grown-up output yet. Check out "Just for the Sake of Fashion," "You Go Dude," "Fall of the Culture Industry," "Speech and Harm," "Shame, Shame, Shame" and "Guys and Boys Who Kill"......so get this one (buy it used if possible) and add it to your collection of ODD albums...

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars what are you doing guys?????, June 20, 2003

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glynenergy "glynenergy" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The End Of Meaning (Audio CD)

Tikkun and Dropped are two, in my opinion, of the greatest albums I possess. Full of strong songs, played well, with fantastic lyrics that mean something. The earlier albums, well I can take them or leave them; there are some good tracks.

But on Tikkun and Dropped these guys were in full tilt at the top of their game.

And then I bought this. The previous reviewer states that 50% are songs (not true!) and that there are real instruments. Big deal. The album is dreadful. Sound bites from radio, or whatever, divide each track have little meaning or relevance.

The tracks themselves are lazy, often tuneless, jams. And sound if they were recorded in someones basement. These surely were not written, just recorded as they were made up and jammed out.

Guys, Im angry and disappointed. To buy your album in the UK, I had to go to Amazon US and pay not only shipment, but customs duty. And after the wait for a new album, this was delivered. Please please can we have some songs next time!