Half Japanese - Greatest Hits

Half Japanese | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 13, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Safe House
• ASIN: B000001XUQ
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,034 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Wonderful, February 18, 2000

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Richard Millett "rm10324" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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I had never heard Half Japaneese before I picked up the Greatest Hits, and I cant believe I was an idiot for waiting to hear them. Dont be scared off by the amount of music....its so vast and indelible, you'll wish it was 112 songs. The musical range is so amazing, and it has the best saxpophone playing this side of Dolphy's Out To Lunch. Yeah, supposedly "they cant play" etc...but I think thats nonsense. Music like this really is limitless, from free jazz to funk, to bedroom feedback jams.......its really a miracle for the ears and heart. So, buy buy buy buy. PS--(and this is very important) if anyone out there has a copy of the long out of print "Zombies of Mora-Tau" EP, please contact me, I'm really getting tired of searching for it

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Astonishing, September 27, 1999

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Scott McCormick (Wilmington, NC) - See all my reviews
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How come no one's reviewed this before me? If you haven't heard Half Japanese before, here's where you start. I know, it's two CDs, but it's worth it. This is where I started. This album has some of the funniest, most enjoyable, most endearing, freaked-out, cool, original music I've ever heard. ot every song is perfect, but enough of them are. Jad Fair is a freak and thank god he makes songs. Take a chance on this one.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a remarkable document of a remarkable band, January 21, 2002

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Andrew Suber (Terlingua, TX United States) - See all my reviews

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Half Japanese is a great band... they're definitely not for everyone, but they're still great.

The reason they're great is they broke down rock culture and recreated it in a simple, completely idiosyncratic form. Most music lovers are amateur cultural critics too, so that sort of introspective diy music is pure heaven.

Yeah, compared to most other musicians, they can't play. But rock and roll is about making your shortcomings so obvious and in-your-face that they're aesthetically pleasing. And they manage to do that.

Not recommended for mainstream rock fans. Watch the documentary about them, "The Band that Would Be King" first. Essential for lo-fi and indie fans.