Fake Can Be Just As Good

Blonde Redhead

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 1997)
• Original Release Date: March 11, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Touch & Go Records
• ASIN: B0000019LV
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #39,790 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars here's where I started, November 6, 2005

By	Stargrazer "the lost mixtape of my life" (deep in the heart of Michigan) - See all my reviews

Funny, a lot of people are warning new listeners away from this album...but this is where I started -- and I would describe myself as a serious fan (of all their work). Starting someone out on "Certain Damaged Lemons" may be a surefire way of producing another convert, but they'd be a little misled about where the band's sound is coming from if they were compelled to dig into the back catalog.

"Fake" is a cusp where the band began moving towards the textural brilliance of later recordings. Yet it's still possessed of the scintillating no-wave-ish guitar that characterized their initial recordings.

Maybe I love it for partially nostalgic reasons, but even when I revisit it in search of faults it rocks my socks off!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It made me a fan, December 8, 2001

By	Aage Nielsen (Boise, Idaho United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A few years ago, before I knew that BR had released earlier albums that sounded a lot like Sonic Youth, (which is not a bad thing) I saw that BR was coming to Boise. Fake had just come out, so I bought the CD a couple days before the concert. I became an instant fan and their concert was as good as the album. While I like all of their albums, this one is so unique that I really have nothing to compare it to. It is easily one of my favorite indie rock albums.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best album by blonde redhead, May 19, 2000

By	cody stewart (Lake Charles, Louisiana) - See all my reviews

Although "In an expression..." probably got better reviews, I feel this is the best Blonde Redhead album. I own every album they have released so far and this is the most beautiful and complex of their albums. Every track on here is beautiful. I would say "futurism vs. passeism" is my favorite on this album. "futurism vs. passeism pt. 2" can be found on "in an expression...". I had the wonderful pleasure of seeing this band live in houston just recently.i have even a better love and respect for "kazuality" and "water" after seeing them perform these tracks live. check this album out and there self titled release for the best sampling of blonde redhead.