Gone Fishin' [Vinyl]

Flipper | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (April 28, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 4 Men With Beards
• ASIN: B001OXEPR6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,850 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The second and final studio album for the original lineup of SF's Flipper was first released in 1984. Flipper took the 'punk' tag to extremes, as no other band in the world was playing punk this slow, sludgy, dark and disturbed. Featuring the haunting Survivors of The Plague and the public incrimination of Sacrifice, Gone Fishin' is an art-punk classic that holds up alongside their more heralded debut. First time on CD, and including liner notes provided by Buzz Osborne of the Melvins. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flipper's greatest album FINALLY available on CD, December 25, 2008

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J. Sundheim (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gone Fishin' (Audio CD)

This is Flipper's greatest moment. Everything about this album is perfect. Perfect songs, perfect production... everything about this album was done right. It's finally back in print and on CD! That's right, this album came out way back in 1984 and has never seen a CD release until late 2008! I've had a treasured copy of this on vinyl that I tracked down years ago in a used record shop and it is great to finally have this on CD. And it sounds GREAT, even better than the original vinyl. Plus you get great liner notes from Buzz Osbourne of The Melvins as an added bonus.

This is a great rock album. To me it stands proud and tall alongside masterpieces like The Stooges "Funhouse" (which many, including myself, consider as both the greatest rock album and punk album of all time), Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon", Joy Division's "Closer" album and pretty much all the true rock greats. This is a MUST own. Don't download this, lay down the cash and buy it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flipper Suffered For Their Art...Now It's Your Turn, August 15, 2009

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Sussex Pond Pudding (Somewhere in the desert, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gone Fishin' (Audio CD)

I have had this on vinyl for years and made myself a copy on disc but I had to buy this just because I wanted the people who finally put this out to get some cash for their noble stand in defense of great art.

The remastering is excellent. Heavier on the bass than the original LP which gives it a slightly more "modern" sound. The packaging is very well done as well. Every picture that was on the original sleeve is in the booklet plus an extra and, of course, the cutout Flipper figures are there too but too small to actually play with. I wish I had two copies of the LP. I am listening to the album now and could so totally play Flipper Rock Concert on my desk.

The above was for Flipper fans. This is for those of you who have never heard Flipper or this particular album: if I had to pick the top ten rock albums of all time this would certainly make the list. Probably Generic Flipper too. Aw, shucks, of course Generic Flipper would also be in the top ten. And I'm not talking hipper-than-thou indie rock top ten either. I'm talking Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band top ten. Flipper was the best rock band of the 1980's. No one ever sounded like them before. It was No-Wave without the art-school phony intellectual NYC nonsense that was happening at the time (and has never really stopped...thank you SO much Thurston Moore and John Zorn). Flipper sang about life, death and trying to make it through each of those traumatic events with the least amount of pain possible over guitar noise, thick drums and deep distorted bass. Singer Will Shatter's voice has such a goofy schoolboy innocence to it that it is almost comic at first but you will never forget it. With this album they started getting more progressive (I hate that word in almost every context but it is true). I think somebody made them listen to the first Roxy Music album or something. They were always beyond punk, always beyond everything else that was happening and although one wishes to know what would have come next it is just perfect the way it is. Whether you stumbled upon this review or are a fan or who cares do yourself a favor and buy it. Do not steal it. It will change the way you think about music forever.

Interesting sidenote: Although I never got to see the real Flipper with Will Shatter I saw them once with their second dead bass player and one of them threw a beer bottle at my head and missed. Although it could have been Blag Dahlia. Probably was now that I think about it. He always did want to be G.G. Allin but never had the blood, guts and is a...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah, this pretty much rules, January 1, 2009

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A. Davis "asdav" (Berkshires) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gone Fishin' (Audio CD)

OK, I remember this album when it came out. At the time, I thought it was a little weak compared to their Generic album, but what did I know? I was just a kid. I hadn't heard it for 15 years because my record collection got dispersed to various friends over the years, and when I heard Flipper was going to be re-released on CD, of course I picked up a few choice discs.

Let's just say this aged well. In fact, it totally blows away most other bands in the idiom. And they don't even sound like they're trying. What makes Flipper so special? Maybe that they go all the way, both with the darkness and the humor. Maybe that, even with songs this good and this well-done, you're still not sure if they really know how to play their instruments. Maybe that it all sounds so damn natural and is so much fun. Well, don't come to this album looking for something professional and well-formed. They suck, OK? They're perfect.