Customer Reviews

Frat Rock!

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This collection is great! All the best frat rock party hits are included, and they all sound better than when they first came out. The liner notes provide fascinating stories, excellent photos, and great information about all the songs and groups. You even get a bonus disc with a hilarious cover. --Peter A.

I was hesitant to buy this until I saw it was produced by Rhino records. I wasn't sure what was going on with the 'secret' 4th disc, but I thought I'd take a chance since Rhino never steered me wrong before. Not sorry at all. There are 3 discs in separate jewel cases and 1 in a cardboard sleeve, all inside a jewel case sized cardboard box. That is why it is so cheap. Excellent value though, I don't have any room for more of those clunky box set container's anyway.

There are a ton of songs on here I have always liked, so I got them all in one shot. A lot of great songs I've never heard before either. A great purchase, I am more than happy. Throw them on your stereo for a party, doesn't get any better. Everyone of all ages will be happy you did.

FRAT ROCK! (BOX SET)-VARIOUS ARTISTS: How much Frat Rock is too much? Well, can you ever REALLY have too much Old Milwaukee around your pad? The obvious answer, to even the most party-damaged among us, is a resounding "NO!!!" Rhino Records, the last word in good time retro-compiling labels, simply took their triumphant trio of ANIMAL HOUSE-inspired FRAT ROCK discs and put them in a box...a big, bad blender chpock-full o' garage rock, greasyy RNB, and blue eyed soul for maximum road trip endurance. From the gastronomic goodies BREAD AND BUTTER, HOT PASTRAMI, and PEANUT BUTTER, to the down-the-hatch delights of TEQUILA, CHUG-A-LUG, and BOTTLE OF WINE, nearly all yer basic toga party essentials are splattered here someplace. There's also some deliciously obscure outings by the likes of Thee Midniters and Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys to complement rebel rousin' classics from Mitch Ryder, the Kinks, and Ritchie Valens. You even get two versions of ultimate Frat Rock contender SHOUT, so who cares if the stuff by Del Shannon and Bill Deal and the Rhondels sounds tame ("Is it supposed to be this soft?") by comparison? By the time you get to 'em, you'll be too "BLUTO-faced" to care anyhoo!

RATING: FOUR FAILING GRADES