III

The Soviettes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fat Wreck Chords
• ASIN: B0009ML1T8
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,956 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Multiply and Divide

2. ¡Paranoia CHA CHA CHA!

3. Middle of the Night

4. Whoa

5. (Do)The Stagger

6. You Should Know

7. What Did I Do?!

8. Roller Girls

9. Together

10. Thinking of You

11. Hanging Up the Phone

12. How Do You Like That

13. Photograph

14. Gotta Decide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When you're North Coast, September 8, 2005

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D. A. Sumrall (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: III (Audio CD)

The third album from the best band to come out of Minneapolis/St.Paul since The Replacements; I'm not sh*ting you. Punk bands are of one of two varieties these days--Southern Californian faux-political garbage rock or poppy I'm-a-35-yr-man-who-writes-songs-about-how-I-dont-like-my-parents-telling-me-to-take-out-the-trash. So when you get to listen to a punk band that actually sounds like a punk band (see The Epoxies as well) you take notice. What's great about The Soviettes is their intense brevity and razor sharp hooks. This band will probably never release an album over forty minutes, unless it be a double-live album (PLEASE!!PLEASE!!!)

"Multiply and divide" is an openning track that sets a proper tone for the album as a whole. The Soviettes fluctuate between speed-chorus tunes and wickedly crafted gems that are a cut above. "Middle of the Night" and "Thinking of You" give you a glimpse of what pop punk songs should sound like. "(Do)The Stagger" and "How do you like that" are vicious tracks that demand you hunt this band out to chant along to as you pogo with a $1 beer in your hand. The outro chorus in "(Do) The Stagger" of "C'mon" is as delicious as having your scrotum crushed by the heel of a dominatrix (also see "Rollergirls").

This band is painfully proud of being from the Twin Cities. When you're North Coast everyone sings, you drink GrainBelt Premium, and you take your punk in furious doses. The Soviettes LP III is a top five album of the year.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this band!, July 20, 2005

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Nufanatic (New Orleans) - See all my reviews

This review is from: III (Audio CD)

I got their other 2 records on Adeline but I like this one the best. They had a great song on the Rock Against Bush comp, and it's on here again. Totally rockin record all the way through.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chomp Chomp Chomp!, May 12, 2006

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Shaun "Walkwalkfast" (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: III (Audio CD)

Having seen The Soviettes on a couple of occasions, it's hard not to compare the energy of the album with that of the ever so slightly better live performances. Multiply and Divide & Paranoia CHA CHA CHA have been talked about already, so I'd recommend several consecutive listens to a real hidden gem, What Did I Do?! Not at "catchy" as (Do)The Stagger but nonetheless infectious.