Hot Lunch

Asylum Street Spankers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 23, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cold Spring Records
• ASIN: B00000I42B
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,132 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cakewalk

2. I Don't Wanna

3. Trippin' Over You

4. U.F.O. Attack

5. If I Were You

6. Colonel Josh's B.B.Q.

7. Hot Lunch

8. Blue Prelude

9. Smells Like Thirty-Something

10. Fanny

11. Island Angel

12. A Smo-o-oth One

13. Bijou

14. Sad Bomber

15. New Jazz Fiddle

16. Asylum Street Blues

Editorial Reviews

The Asylum Street Spankers, a loose, unplugged collective of Austin, TX, pickers and bon vivants, seem to have little trouble, on Hot Lunch's 16 cuts, deftly blending virtuosic musicianship with seemingly effortless musical and lyrical wit. The band flits between ragtime, country, old-style am radio pop tunes, swing, and country-blues with equal ease. The Spankers — particularly on such puckish, narrative cuts as "Trippin' Over You," "Sad Bomber," and others — manage to walk the razor thin line between novelty and just plain fun-lovin' jamboree frolics.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Emphasizes the music, not the comedy, February 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Hot Lunch (Audio CD)

I've seen the Spankers dozens of times in person, and there is nothing like it. But I didn't think their albums translated well to the world outside of Austin...Until Hot Lunch. This album has the right approach; it captures the band's raw musical talent and leaves out the had-to-be-there fun that totally works live but can end up sounding campy on vinyl/other. This album brings out the true greatness that makes the Spankers so amazing: Stan's smooth, woody clarinet, Pop's poignant ukulele, and Christina's lush vocals.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great CD to introduct the Spankers to others or yourself, January 17, 2005

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Eljay's Used Books "Frankie J." (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Lunch (Audio CD)

The Asylum Street Street Spankers are as much a lifestyle philosophy as a band. As such it's impossible to capture the essence of them in a recording. Even strictly musically they cover such a range of style and subject matter that striking the right mix can't be easy. I'd reccomend getting everything they've done. But if you just want to try them out or if you want to turn someone else on to the band, the best way is with a fresh helping of "Hot Lunch". The Album offers a great balance of humor, homage, irreverence, and superb musicianship. If you can see them live, do so. If you can't I reccomend "Hot Lunch".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So good it Hurts!, August 3, 2002

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solarpluvia (Olympia, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Lunch (Audio CD)

This was the first of their albums I bought, and, with the exception of LIVE, it is their best. This is some of the freshest music out there today. I give it as gifts. You cannot be depressed when listening to this lively all real instrument band of people who all just love to play.