Give It Back

Brian Jonestown Massacre | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 1997)
• Original Release Date: October 7, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bomp Records
• ASIN: B000003JGQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,046 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Super-Sonic

2. This Is Why You Love Me

3. Satellite

4. Malela

5. Salaam

6. Whoever You Are

7. Sue

8. (You Better Love Me) Before I Am Gone

9. Not If You Were The Last Dandy On Earth

10. #1 Hit Jam

11. Servo

12. The Devil May Care (Mom & Dad Don't)

13. Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request (Enrique's Dream)

Editorial Reviews

This brilliant sixth album brings together all the elements you've loved in their past work, from the drone-guitar intensity of 'Methdrone' to the country psychedelia of 'Metal Illness'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a mad, mad world..., December 11, 1998

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This review is from: Give It Back (Audio CD)

...and let's be thankful that the Brian Jonestown Massacre is around to provide the soundtrack. As of their latest full-length (Strung Out In Heaven), BJM is yet to repeat themselves stylistically, and Give It Back! stands out as the band's paen to all things good about mid-late 60s-inspired music. From the toe-tapping pop splendor of "This Is Why You Love Me" to the foot-stomping psychedelia of "Satellite" to the smarmy boogie of "Not If You Were The Last Dandy on Earth," Give It Back! doesn't disappoint.

Anyone looking for a polished, radio-friendly, "modern rock" product should look elsewhere, while anybody sick and tired of the glossy veneer of today's records should look no further. While not exactly "retro," the album is decidedly lo-fi. A must-have for any fan of the BJM, and a very high recommendation for anyone into a mixture of "drone," psychedelia and brit-pop, past and/or present.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This Is Why I Love Them, August 29, 2006

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Jay Murphy "Jay Thing" (Landover Hills, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews
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For drug-drenched, psychedelic modern alternative rock, you just can't beat the BJM. Well, almost. Their pals, the Dandy Warhols come pretty close. I think this is one of the BJM's strongest efforts. "Sue" is my favorite track from this album. It's Anton's homage to the Velvet Underground's "Heroin". Yes, it's a long one but not a minute is wasted. Some of the BJM's albums tend to be hit and miss affairs so it's a good idea to listen to the samples provided by Amazon.com. but this one is quite consistent.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my favorite BJM, June 15, 2005

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Michael Goglia "MPG" (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This one has 'Whoever You Are', 'The Devil May Care (Mom and Dad Don't)', '#1 Hit Jam' and 'Last Dandy On Earth', which are all featured prominently in the movie Dig!

I especially love 'Whoever You Are' for it's Beatle-tinged ("let me take you down"), psychedelic gvoove. It never ceases to amaze me.

If you're like me and was "turned on" to The BJM by Dig!, you will have to have this. Just buy them all like I did. I appreciate the motive(s) to put them up on the web for free but I just had to have the actual CD's. Take that RIAA.