Hot Mess [Clean]

Cobra Starship | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Clean
• Label: Fueled By Ramen
• ASIN: B002HQWQ66
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,223 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nice Guys Finish Last

2. Pete Wentz Is The Only Reason We're Famous

3. Good Girls Go Bad (featuring Leighton Meester)

4. Fold Your Hands Child

5. You're Not In On the Joke

6. Hot Mess

7. Living In The Sky With Diamonds

8. Wet Hot American Summer

9. The Scene Is Dead; Long Live The Scene

10. Move Like You Gonna Die

11. The World Will Never Do (featuring B.o.B)

Editorial Reviews

Cobra Starship is back with their 2009 effort Hot Mess. The highly anticipated album comes two years after their critically acclaimed sophomore album Viva La Cobra, which spawned the singles "The City Is At War," "Guilty Pleasure," and "Kiss My Sass." With their latest album, Cobra Starship is reaching for pop stardom. The first single "Good Girls Go Bad" (Featuring Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl and written by Cobra Starship, Kara DioGuardi, and Kevin Rudolph) has been deemed "the jam of the summer" by such tastemakers as Perez Hilton and Star Magazine. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Truly a 'Hot Mess', August 13, 2009

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Antoine D. Reid "80sforever" (Durham, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Mess (Audio CD)

I like Cobra Starship. The group's music is usually very unique, fun, a fusion of punk, pop with a tinge of hip-hop and r&b. I hate to say it though but I really did not like 'Hot Mess'. Besides one or two tracks, the entire release feels very uninspired. It almost sounds like an entirely different group. When listening to this, I hear less Cobra Starship and more of a Fall Out Boy cd. The first track 'Nice Guys Finish Last' doesn't sound like the group at all, and one would think it was a cut from Fall Out Boy's last release. They even go so far as to have a track titled 'Pete Wentz is the Only Reason We're Famous'. In all, I summed that the main issue with this release is that it sounded as if they made too much of an attempt to be a commercial success and appeal to the main crowd (as with the lead-single 'Good Girls Go Bad') rather than sticking to their alternative roots.

The Bad: The music. There were fewer chances taken on this release than with the first two releases from the group. None of the songs, even after one-or-two listens stands out. To some degree, many of the songs sound alike on many levels. As stated earlier, I hear more Fall Out Boy-influences here and a less of that fun edge that set this group apart. Even the emo-inspired titles of the songs are less creative than they were with the last releases. Overall lacking musically and just outright boring.

The Good: 'Good Girls Go Bad' is a fun song that did, in some respects, remind me of their old songs. A few others, including 'The Scene Is Dead: Long Live the Scene' that sounds very retro and 80s inspired, were worth listening to one or two times.

In all, I was let down by this release. A Cobra Starship album is usually really good, unique and something worth keeping on repeat. But this ... it's just a 'mess' with a lack of inspiration and direction. I'd splurge and go for the deluxe edition which includes a few bonus tracks and remixes rather than buying the standard edition that is very much lacking in material.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just plain fun!, September 17, 2009

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B. Padilla "Beezy" (Palm Desert, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Mess (Audio CD)

Most of the songs are just fun to dance along to, obviously it's different than their past cds, but in a good way. I hope people give this a chance, and not dismiss this band based just on the ery catchy single track.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album...Grows on You, August 19, 2009

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SometimesScott (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Mess (Audio CD)

The first time I listened to this album I thought it was good...not great, but good. None of the songs really stuck with me, but I could tell I liked it. After listening to it many more times, I realized that its actually a great album with aspects of their last two albums worked in. I like upbeat music, but my favorite songs are the two tracks that are slower. The first song sounds a lot like "Womanizer" by Britney Spears (I'm guessing womanizer might have inspired the track a bit like when they did Hollaback Boy and I kissed A Boy). I think this is a really good buy, especially if you're a fan of their older albums. The album grows on you.