Get a Life

Stiff Little Fingers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Taang Records
• ASIN: B000000EUE
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #432,687 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS Get A Life (US 18-track CD album includes three unplugged songs [Silver Lining Listen and Wasted Life] and two live tracks [Smithers Jones and Alternative Ulster] picture sleeve TAANG100)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Digits are still Rigid, March 2, 2001

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Thomas A. Corpino (Hartsdale, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get a Life (Audio CD)

This is the 2nd release by SLF in their latest incarnation (Burns-Foxton-Taylor) after the pretty flat "Flags and Emblems". And, boy, does this disc come right at you. The engineering and production values downright glisten-this is probably the very best they have ever sounded on a studio recording. Just listen to the steel-stringed neo-Celtic ballad "Harp" and you'll know where I'm coming from. Oh...yeah-this sucker rocks. Now, with ex-Jam member Bruce Foxton much more comfortable handling the bass chores, he and founding father Jake Burns rip through a couple of very Jam influenced cuts ("When the Stars Fall from the Sky", "The Road to Kingdom Come") and Jake blisters a lead on "Can't Believe in You" that would make Paul Weller stare in disbelief. Hell, as a bonus, you even get a live version of them covering a Jam obscurity ("Smithers-Jones"). A very good collection of songs-from the supercharged ("Baby Blue", "No Laughing Matter", "What if I Want More") to the acoustic (yes... UNplugged) versions of three oldies-but-VERY-goodies ("Listen", "Silver Lining", and "Wasted Life"). To old school punkers, this is defintely no "Nobody's Heroes", but, if you are a fan of this great Irish rock band this CD will not disappoint. Jake Burns' songwriting prowess, vocal stylings, and guitar work continue to mature gracefully with age. Peace...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of their best, March 10, 2002

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"skak1" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get a Life (Audio CD)

SLF have now been going for many years. Many therefore assume that they have nothing new to offer. The assumption that this is a bunch of ageing has-beens would appear re-enforced by the fact that playing alongside SLF founder Jake Burns are former Jam bassist Bruce Foxton and former Tom Robinson drummer Dolphin Taylor. Is this just a bunch a former punks who can't find a real job? Most definitely not. This is a career high and rates with their very best albums: Inflammable Material, Go for It, Hope Street. The songs are very varied ranging from the grunge influenced to melodical ballads like 'I want You'. The song 'Get a Life' includes one of their best gaelic-rock guitar rifts. Fans brought up on Inflammable Material will find it hard to accept but this actually contains some of their very best political songs: Harp, Baby Blue and When the Stars Fall from the Sky (although the chorus is very disappointing on that one). If you liked the early stuff but are open-minded enough to accept both change and the ageing process then you'll love this. Unfortunately the album has the worst sleeve of all time.