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Lick

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It still holds up more than 10 years and dozens of listenings later. The songs are catchy and clever with a punk edge and a sense of humor. None of it is filler and "Luka" alone is worth the price of admission. But if you are a fan of the "Into Your Arms"-type pop songs, you might not like this. I think it was all downhill from this point. If you do like this, check out "Creator" and "Hate your Friends", forget the later stuff.

Almost every other track on The Lemonheads third outing, "Lick", is a memorable slice of proto-grunge in the vein of other punk-influenced artists from the late '80s and early '90s such as Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr. The other half isn't quite up to snuff. This is due in large part to the dual songwriting credit. Evan Dando, who would eventually head the band, manages to both pen the catchiest tunes as well as deliver the most appealing vocal performances, delivering the goods on both fast and angsty numbers like "Glad I Don't Know" as well as on mid-tempo numbers like the haunting "Circle of One" and their legendary cover of Suzanne Vega's "Luka". Founding member Ben Deily isn't quite so lucky. His songs chug along on generic guitar riffs that are totally par for the course for an underground band in the wake of Sonic Youth in the late '80s, and his prepubescent-sounding voice and seemingly nonsensical lyrics don't help.

If you're a fan of bands like the aforementioned Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr., or of lo-fi acts like Pavement then I highly recommend that you give "Lick" a listen. It's good, messy fun.

i think this record proves that most bands that turn out great,such as the lemonheads.already have had great music out before there best known hit.this album-"lick---proves that theory true.give this record a try,if you dont like-ill let you kick me in my teeth!lol!

While I much prefer the first two albums to this one, Lick is still a pretty good record. Sadly, there's much less noise, urgency, and punkish energy on this record than their earlier ones but, again, compared to the long line of crappy releases that followed this, Lick is still a lot better. I'm willing to bet that if you love the later mellower Lemonheads sound, you probably won't like Lick. Personally, I feel that after this record the quality of the Lemonheads music took a huge nosedive and has never recovered. Thanks a lot Evan Dando!

This is the early years.and the early years was the most powerful lemonheads period ever.it's a must own....the rapidly budding Dando [flexes] a burgeoning [songwriting] talent....the real killer here is `Luka,' a wired rewrite of Suzanne Vega's ghastly, mawkish hit; [shows a] talent for melancholy recontextualisation of the oddest source material.

That was my thought when I first bought this album in college. I listened to it for five months. It is one of my favorite albums in my collection and I still listen to it on and off. "luka" is a great remake of an annoying song and "those were the days", some of the lyrics are from TV show "All in the family" (just watch the opening credits.). Their next album after this one is "It's a shame about ray", So this album is one out of four lemonheads albums (along with creator and hate your friends) where Dando and Co.still remain true to their roots.

The cd sleeve details the sorry situation of the band at this point as internecine conflict breaks out. Only the cover of "luka" makes this a point of curiousty. If you like the later work then you will likely find this a thrashy unrecognisable mess.

one of the best records i ever listened.

If you're going to just cut and paste reviews off the All Music Guide website every time you review something, at least don't be stupid enough to leave the original reviewer's name attached!

This is a good disc to add to a Lemonheads collection. It has a few songs from the first Lemonheads full length and some really good pop style punk.