Goldfinger

Goldfinger | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: March 12, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Umvd Labels
• ASIN: B000005AXV
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,689 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #47 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Ska General
  • #52 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Third Wave Ska
  • #52 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Ska Punk

Track Listings

1. Minds Eye

2. Stay

3. Here In Your Bedroom

4. Only A Day

5. King For A Day

6. Anxiety

7. Answers

8. Anything

9. Mable

10. The City With Two Faces

11. My Girlfriend's Shower Sucks

12. Miles Away

13. Nothing To Prove

14. Pictures

15. Bonus Track #1

16. Bonus Track #2

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly THE best neo-punk album of the 90s, March 9, 2001

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sc_demandred (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goldfinger (Audio CD)

Goldfinger exploded onto a 1996 music scene that was glutted with neo-punk bands trying to soak up the success achieved by Green Day and the Offspring. On the surface, Goldfinger appeared another cutesy-pop-punk band (a la Blink 182), but the deeper one listens to their self-titled debut, the more their talent and worth shines through.

The single "Here in Your Bedroom" seemed on the surface to be a silly song about sex, but the MTV crowd may have missed the lyrics that spoke of insecurities and fear of intimacy. The whole album is laced with self-doubt and pain. While expressed in a major key with happy-sounding vocals, most of the songs on "Goldfinger" are raw, simple assesments of failed relationships, anxiety in everyday life and the difficulty of staying afloat.

I love this album. I will sing myself hoarse listening to it, because it's just so damn much fun. There's not a song on here that I don't like, from the reggae beats of "King for a Day" to the supercharged catharsis of "The City With Two Faces", all these songs are short, sharp, and full of musical punch. My favorites are "Miles Away" (one of the world's best love songs), "Anxiety", "Anything", "Mable" and "Answers."

They aren't as political as Rancid, but Goldfinger has the same relentless energy that blasts through in their music. This album is raucous, rocking, and wonderful; you have to check it out at least once.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a+ goldfinger...cant go wrong with this one..., August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Goldfinger (Audio CD)

this is a real "roll down the windows and cruise around by the shore on a cool spring evening" type cd. upbeat catchy songs. two thumbs up. not way up. but up none the less...

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great ska/punk CD, December 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Goldfinger (Audio CD)

This is a great CD for anyone who likes ska, punk, reggae, and a touch of alternative. It's an amazing album. Less Than Jake is very similar to Goldfinger, but they have more brass. My favorite tracks are 2, 3, 5, 6 (I see a mix of blink 182 and Social Distortion in this one), 7, 8, 9 (my favorite song on the CD), 11, 14, and 16 (a bonus track not listed here). So get this CD if you like ska, punk, or anything.