Fancy

Idiot Flesh | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 4, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vaccination Records
• ASIN: B000001BBY
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #525,395 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dead Like Us

2. Idiot Song

3. Teen Devil Worshipper

4. Chicken Little

5. Twitch

6. Dr. Wning

7. Motherfucker

8. Bach Is Dead

9. Diggity Cow and the Dandy Mr. Clyde

10. The Straw

11. Cheesus [Dance Mix]

12. People in Your Neighborhood

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Romping musical mayhem, March 21, 2003

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LJT "LT" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fancy (Audio CD)

Idiot Flesh's second recorded cd. And oh my god does it shake the walls. A lot darker than their previous cd, Nothing Show. Kicking off with 'Dead Like Us,' once you learn the lyrics you too will joyously sing along with the raucous crows in the background. many of the songs stretch out well beyond the 5 minute mark. Rather than being a tedious listen each such track takes you on a wildly magnificent, extravagent ride. The music is layered with so many instruments that only repeated listens will do the album its full justice. If for no other reason this album should be bought for track ten 'The Straw,' an epic masterpiece taking words from the T.S. Eliot poem "The hollow Men" for lyrics. Unique, brilliant, one-of-a-kind, there will never be another band like Idiot Flesh. For those wanting to complete their collection of Idiot Flesh recordings also purchase Funny Rubber Hand and Rawk Party for the songs Monkey and Let the Dog Sing.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Masterfully Stomach-Turning Forehead Blessing Music, September 22, 2001

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Aaron Henson (Monmouth, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fancy (Audio CD)

Let it be known, that Idiot FLesh was indeed a band like no other. I eagerly look foward to the online release of THE SLEEPYTIME GORILLAS MUSEUM (Nils Frykdahl's and Dan Rathbun's new band) CD. This collection of musical malladies is called by many reviewers as a more chaotic form of the Idiot Flesh recipe, and it without a doubt will be nothing short of masterful.
Idiot Flesh's sound blends odd musical ends that most would find during the writing process tedious and overwhelming. Their odd off-beat take on rock mixed with cabaret musical styles, home made musical instruments (King of Basses, Percussion Guitar, etc), 20+ dancers, flamer breathers, freaks and idiots dancing like insane "chickens" on stage, makes for an almost holy musical experience. It's a tragedy and a crime that this band is broken up, but according to Vaccination Records, they will be reforming in the near future to release their third official album, so LOOK FOR IT! ....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Influential and noteworthy 1st edition schizo-rock, July 12, 2006

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IRate - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fancy (Audio CD)

A complete annihilation of normalcy, this spazzrock classic is needed in anyones record collection who ever appreciated the Mr Bungle approach of letting compositions write themselves from deep inside the fractured patchwork of cross-ideas in one's head. Basically this album is entirely all over the map, driving way past their alt-metal foundation. Throughout any given track the pace and tone change dramatically in an instant, perhaps the band exploits those mechanics a little too entirely, which absolutely makes for some alienating audio adventures, but the overall triumph of sheer jaded will and brutal uncompromising talent overshadow this album's overambitious reach.