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Get a Taste

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If you're like me, then you have such a wide range of music tastes that you spend half the time in the car changing CD's and avoiding accidents and the other half burning compilation CD's at home to get the just right mix of awesome music on one CD. Well no more, my friend. I just picked this CD up yesterday on the recommendation of one song and let me tell you, this disc has it all. It is the end-all be-all of great summer music of 2K1. It seems sometimes that Sprung Monkey is as schizophrenic as I am in music tastes, because with one song ("Party Like a Rock Star") they have a great Sugar Ray/Sublime feel, while on others ("Unexpected") they get an Offspring groove going perfectly. And how could you miss the other spectacular songs on here like "What's That You Say" (a superb punk ballad) or "Whatcha Gonna Do" (with it's melodic tripped out guitars). I have already got my tickets to see them (luckily) in Milwaukee this next week and I can't wait!

If you love the music stylings of Tony Hawk's ProSkater soundtracks, this disc will make you wanna grab your board, your bladez, your parachute, your hangglider or at least a beer and hang with your buds. A great CD!!!!

I thought for a while about whether to give this CD a 2 or a 3. I gave it a 3 because it is a fairly decent CD, it's just totally different to what I was expecting and hoping for. If you like catchy, melodic alternative songs then go ahead any buy it. But if you, like me, loved 'Mr Funny Face' and think you'll be getting more of the same, then you might also be disappointed. The best thing about'Mr Funny Face' was its complete originality and its technical complexity- those drums! wow! But that's all gone on 'Get a Taste'- and every song has one of those catchy hooking choruses, and after about 9 songs this gets a bit wearing. There are a few good tracks worth mentioning- 'Friends' reminds me a bit of 'Mr Funny Face', 'Whatcha Gonna Do' is a track with good old Sprung Monkey dark undercurrents and 'American Made' has a lot of the old energy. Apart from that not many of the others stick out. What happened, Sprung? You've gone too mainstream!!!

I'm not usually a sprung Monkey fan but when I heard What's That You Say and Party Like A Rockstar I figured what the heck and a got a few of their MP3s. I bought this album as an impulse when I saw it in a store because it was only 9 bucks. It was well worth it, this is now one of my favorite Cds, it's been in the #1 spot in my 5 disc CD player for weeks, a rare thing for me. I don't have to skip a track, all are awesome. This is the perfect summer album. So stop watsing your time reading this review and go buy it! Go, shoo!

After seeing these guys live, I was scared that the CD would not capture their abilities correctly. It does, the CD is unbelievable. You can listen through the whole thing, and love each song(very rare nowadays). The best songs are Beautiful, Unexpected, Party Like A Rock Star, and American Made to add some flavor. Buy this CD, you won't regret it!!

What a great record. Mr Funny Face and to a lesser extent Swirl were great, but this new album from Sprung Monkey is definitely their best to date. There's not a dud track on it with the exception of Coconut - no idea why this is on it. Songs like Lucy, Beautiful, Unexpected and Get A Taste should be all over the airwaves in the next few months, and rightfully so. If there's one CD you must buy this year, this is it.

If you liked that one, you better get this one. It is smoother, they focus on their strengths here. I can't get this one out of rotation in my car. If you enjoyed 'Get em Outta Here', 'Super Breakdown', 'Naked' and 'He Aloha Mele' from Funnyface, as well as that title track, then you must buy this cd immediately.
Nuff said.

This album came out way back when, but I recently dug it out my cd box and remebered how sweet it was. Nearly every song on here is catchy as hell. "What's that you say" is probably one of the better songs I've ever heard and the whole CD stands out. It's too bad bands like this don't get mainstream attention as they are better than 90% of the bands polluting the airwaves today.

It's a fun cd that has some nice riffs and catchy hooks and you won't be dissapointed.

I love almost everything I've heard from sprung monkey, this album is no different. It's not as serious as some of their other music, but it has a really nice upbeat feel to almost all the songs, and their cover of coconut is awesome and funny at the same time. I really wish I could find more bands as good as these guys that are willing to re-invent themselves and experiment with other genres. "Get a Taste" is the kind of album you want for those clear summer days at the beach when the waves are 3 to 5' and clean, and everything seems to be perfect. It's a feel good album and definitely worth your purchase.

this is a great album. It is very easy to listen to and you just get used to it and cant stop. The lyrics are amazing especially on beautiful and american made. This album is amazing. i also recommend Mr. Funny Face by sprung monkey.

Im very impressed with this CD. You find more melodic and sing-a-long songs than the previosly albums (swirl and Mr. Funny Face). I think they're explode this year in the US. Excellent album!! Buy It now!!!