IV

Fucking Champs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 19, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B00004Z3YF
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,929 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Neoclassical Champstavaganza, October 10, 2000

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"monsmontis" (Raleigh, nc USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IV (Audio CD)

On IV, actually their second record, The Champs expand on groundwork fromn their monumental debut, Cham95. I hesitate to call this a metal record, although TFC employ inummerable metal conventions ie. fifth harmonies, artificial harmonics, arpegio sweeps... These songs certainly have the sort of righteous fervor you'd expect to find on a classic Priest or Metallica album but the time changes and general song structures are so precisely chaotic, outright insane even, K.K. Downing would flee for the dressing room in terror and Lars Ulrich, well, screw Lars Ulrich. Highlights include Thor is like Immortal, a sort of ballet for metal guitar, C'mon Smash the Quotile, the stinging opener from their live set, Lost, a synth exploration and Extra Man, the only track with vocals- it recalls the finest moments of Thin Lizzy while retaining the compositional sense of originality that makes the Champs a band without peers. I encourage anyone who enjoys this record to seek out their first, Cham95, which is better only because its twice as long.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything metal should be., May 18, 2002

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William A Morris IV (The US, North America, Earth, the Milky Way) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IV (Audio CD)

This album is metal. Metal as it should be. No vocals. No bass. Two guitars and a drumset. The essence of metal. Pure. Unadulterated. The most elegant harmonies. The most glorious melodies. Simply wonderful.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Neu Riff Era, December 7, 2000

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Mr. Mark S. Hoffmann "Grant Wattz" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IV (Audio CD)

The sound of where rock needs to go, "IV" is leagues away from parody. In fact, The Champs have said themselves that they loathe irony. This album is the two-headed fetus of a band that isn't embarrassed to embrace the remarkably hesh platters in their record collection (Priest, Lizzy, Halen), and cross it with elektronik post-rock influences like Kraftwerk and the Replikants. Moreover, it never fails to bring the f... rock. I can't emphasize enough how most acts that ape their style create absolute s... stew. Crucial album, rock believers.