Fat Music 6: Uncontrollable Fatulence

Various Artists - Alternative - Punk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fat Wreck Chords
• ASIN: B000075A29
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,866 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Presenting: The Dancing Machine (Il Robot Con la Testa Di Scimmia) - Lawrence Arms

2. Back to the Motor League - Propagandhi

3. Leavin' - Mad Caddies

4. File Under "Adult Urban Contemporary" - Dillinger Four

5. Never Stops - Lagwagon

6. Your Worst Mistake - Strung Out

7. Generation Lost - Rise Against

8. Friends of the Enemy - No Use For A Name

9. Blue Times Two - Avail

10. Sign in a Window - Swingin' Utters

11. Faction - Less Than Jake

12. Cocksucker - Frenzal Rhomb

13. Federation - Anti-Flag

14. Mattersville - NOFX

15. Built to Last - Sick Of It All

16. I Hate You - Wizo

17. Yesterday's Headlines - Good Riddance

18. Nothing Compares 2 U - Me First And The Gimme Gimmes

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hey, it's a comp, give it a shot......., December 2, 2002

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Sam Brown (Olympia, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fat Music 6: Uncontrollable Fatulence (Audio CD)

Since this is a comp, each band and song warrants its own little snippet of a review....

1) The Lawrence Arms - I really like this track. I can't get enough of it at only 1 minute and 20 seconds. It reminds me of their great material from the Chinkees and Shady View Terrace splits. Hope their next album has more like this one.

2) Propagandhi - From their most recent album, more of a rock'n'roll track than a punk track. Not the greatest song they've ever made, but a good one to rock out to.

3) Mad Caddies - Thankfully, they chose to include their talented horn section more on this song. Still, I can't really get into this song as much as I've liked their past material. It's got a Flogging Molly/Dropkick Murphys vibe going, which indicates to me more of a turn toward this style, which they executed well on "Duck and Cover."

4) Dillinger Four - This ... is genius. Period. Not even one of the better songs from "Situationist Comedy." Still completely and utterly amazing.

5) Lagwagon - A well-developed and thorough song. This is more skate-punk than their recent poppier offerings. I'm getting excited already for their new album.

6) Strung Out - This song took a while to grow on me, but I really enjoy it. There's a guitar riff that I can't get enough of. Songs like this make me buy Strung Out albums even though they've dropped the punk edge of "Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues."

7) Rise Against - The other track from a Chicago band delivers as much as the Lawrence Arms. The verses sound a lot like System of a Down, but the singer brings forth great passion. This song alone is worth the cost of the CD.

8) No Use for a Name - Well, there's a great bass riff to start out. That's about all the positive things I can say. The song just falls into the same poppy ... NUFAN's been giving us. C'mon guys, break up if you can't offer us anything better than this, I mean it.

9) Avail - The intro is a bit hard-edged, but the rest of the song is really good melodic hardcore. It's beginning to persuade me to check out their new album ("Black and Red" is a great song too).

10) Swingin' Utters - I've never really been able to completely get into these guys. Their song on "Live Fat, Die Young" was really good, but this one's unimpressive.

11) Less Than Jake - One of my favorite bands, this song from their worst album. Has a few high points, and the lyrics are nice and uplifting.

12) Frenzal Rhomb - This band has always been one of my guilty pleasures. This song is a great bubblegum pop song with dirty lyrics. It has a great guitar riff. Man, I wish these guys could make an entire solid album.

13) Anti-Flag - Another track from these guys that sounds the same as all the others. As much as I like and respect them as musicians, it seems like they've stopped caring. This sounds exactly like some other comp track that I don't remember the name of because it sounds exactly like some other comp track ... you get the picture. At least #2 Chris sings; he's got a great voice.

14) NOFX - This isn't as rockin as we're used to, but the lyrics are really funny. "At the end of our cul-de-sac, Davey Havok's house is painted black." Lots of in-jokes, a la "San Francisco Fat," but this is just plain fun to listen to. A keeper for sure.

15) Sick of it All - These guys aren't really my bag, but they have a great live sound, very powerful. This song isn't enough to convince me to like this band more, but a solid track nonetheless.

16) Wizo - English? Why are they singing in English? Not a great song either, too quirky for its own good. I used to love these guys, but ... now I don't know.

17) Good Riddance - One of the better tracks from their latest. A good song from a good band.

18) Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - I can't really criticize them for a poorly written song, since it's a cover, but this is really, really boring. My attention span is too short to wait for this clunker to develop. The intro is just plain painful.

So, the conclusion? An all-around solid comp, some high points (see Lawrence Arms, Rise Against) and some lows. I was rather disappointed that Dillinger Four, Propagandhi, and Good Riddance, three of my favorite bands, period (there, now you have some perspective for my perspectives) didn't have new songs here. Pick it up and judge for yourself, I just don't have a life so I write detailed reviews of comps.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome new songs, all 18 are great!, November 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Fat Music 6: Uncontrollable Fatulence (Audio CD)

The Fat Music comps seem to be getting better and better! I think there's 11 unreleased songs on this one, but there's not a bad song on this whole CD. The stand outs come from Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, NOFX, The Lawrence Arms, Anti-Flag, and the Swingin' Utters. But seriously, they're ALL hits! To get this much new good music for such little money makes me feel warm inside. Get it!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uncontrollable Flatulence, awesome name, awesome CD, January 27, 2003

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"mssarahlu" (Kent, Connecticut United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fat Music 6: Uncontrollable Fatulence (Audio CD)

This album is definelty a stellar compilation done by Fat Music, though I'm not familiar with Fat Music. With bands such as Less Than Jake, Nofx, Anti-Flag, and Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies, this album is priceless. My personal favorites are Generation Lost, Friends of the Enemy, Your Worst Mistake, and Faction.