Lemonheads

Lemonheads | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vagrant Records
• ASIN: B000HIP3WK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,301 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Ten years between albums is a long time for a musician to sustain momentum, but when you're Evan Dando, it's a matter of doing again what you do best: Stick close to what got you here. Of course, this self-titled record comes nowhere near the early Lemonheads' mayhem of Creator or Lick, but it does bookend nicely with the 1993 delight Come on Feel the Lemonheads. Backed by drummer Bill Stevenson and bassist Karl Alvarez, both ex of the Descendents and All, the album at times has a 110 mph feel, complemented by Dando's trademark rock-candy prose on songs like "Black Gown," "Pittsburgh" and "Rule of 3." But Dando's at his most fresh when he veers from the predictable—the country ramble of "Poughkeepsie" and the waltzing "Baby's Home," or when he lets loose J. Mascis for a stinging lead and solo guitar on "No Backbone." While this very well could be labeled a solo record for Dando, there's nothing wrong with the moniker that reminds us that the Lemonheads live on. --Scott Holter

Product Description

"It really sounds like THE LEMONHEADS. Maybe a little better." Evan Dando is getting a bit conspiratorial about the latest incarnation of the legendary pop/punk outfit he formed a full two decades ago, now about to unleash their eighth album on an unsuspecting and defenseless world. And how does this new release—the first for THE LEMONHEADS on Vagrant Records—compare to, say, Dando’s much-acclaimed solo work of the past few years? "Louder, faster, more like BUZZCOCKS pop-punk—and way less introspective."

Talk about getting back to your roots. For the Vagrant offering, Dando convened two of his early influences—the unholy duo of drummer Bill Stevenson (DESCENDENTS, BLACK FLAG) and bassist Karl Alvarez (DESCENDENTS)—in a remote Rocky Mountain hideaway. And it was there, off and on over eighteen months, that they kicked out the first LEMONHEADS album in ten years. Said guitarist/singer/songwriter Dando of Stevenson and Alvarez, "I wanna make another loud record, and those are the guys to do it with."

Dando and Stevenson co-produced the album, and Stevenson wrote or co-wrote three of its eleven songs; long-time Australian collaborator Tom Morgan added another two. And very much inna LEMONHEADS stylee, there’s cameos galore: from wunderkind bassist Josh Lattanzi ("Poughkeepsie", "Rule of Three", "In Passing"), certifiable rock giant Garth Hudson (THE BAND, who plays keyboards on "Black Gown" and "December"), and some real foot-on-monitor guitar work by DINOSAUR JR’s J. Mascis ("No Backbone", "Steve’s Boy").

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They're BaaaaaacK!, September 26, 2006

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Smiley Smile (Boulder, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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Remarkably Evan Dando,has brought back the Lemonheads after 10 years. More remarkably- the album they made is excellent. With edgy rockers,Bill Stevenson on drums & Karl Alvarez on bass- the Lemonheads manage to keep their old melodic rock sound yet also sound modern and edgy at the same time! The result is a CD that really rocks and is great fun to listen to.
My favorites on The CD are Rule of Three, the murderballad Baby's Home, the goth punk Black Gown,the heartfelt rocker Steve's Boy ,the near pychedelic closer December , and the slashing, wryly humorous political song Let's Just Laugh.
If you are a fan of the previous versions of the Lemonheads -you will like the 21st century version just fine. Buy it and enjoy!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long lost Lemonheads, May 5, 2007

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W. T. Ulrich (nyc) - See all my reviews
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Sounds like the Descendents w/ Evan Dando on lead vocals. Well, that's what it is! I'm pretty into it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hopefully many more to come...., March 29, 2007

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Mr. Guy Somebody (Anytown, USA) - See all my reviews

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I don't know if it's just a case of not listening to "the Lemonheads" in a while, but damn if this isn't the best record I heard in a long time. (And let's not diminish the contributions of the "non-Dando's" on this record).
This better not be the only album from this line-up. That would be a crime. (I would think the self-titling of this album means a new beginning).