Customer Reviews

The Longest EP

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

These collections of songs make up a great album. I have missed most of the smaller albums that NOFX has put out because I live in a small town with no good music, but this CD with great fast songs makes up for it.

songs from previous eps and 7 inches. all on one cd. some songs i've heard before, some new songs, all pretty cool. great for people like me who love nofx but wasn't cool enough to get all the separate songs from previous releases. must have for completionists.

Unlike the title leads on, this is not an EP. Much like "45 or 46 Songs", this is a compilation album. This time containing EPs and Singles from 1987-2009. Before this album's release, you'd have to spend well over $40 in CDs and Wax.

This album contains select tracks not found on their main studio releases from such discs as the "Regaining Unconsciousness" EP, the "Bottles to the Ground" Single, "Take Action, Vol. 4", "Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1" and the "NOFX/Drowning Roses split".

Aside from the tracks you could only get from other multi-band compilations and NOFX singles, you also get a few full length EPs in this collection. "The Longest Line", "Never Trust a Hippy", "Cokie the Clown", "The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This" and even the bonus track that you could only get though downloading their 2009 album "Coaster".

I highly recommend this to any long time NOFX fan or even someone new to the band.

You can get pretty much all of these songs on other e.ps or compilations. The second star is for the album art which is AWESOME. But the album was totally unnecessary and is a stain on my nofx collection. If you have Never Trust A Hippy, or any similar e.ps, don't buy.

First off, let me start by saying I do not own this album. My justification for this review, I own just about every EP and/or 7" that these tracks all came from.

Just about every song these guys put out is amazing. Yes, they may have sold out a little during the W. era and proven themselves to be mild hypocrites in their most recent album by using "woah's" in the first track. The W. thing makes sense, they wanted/needed to get the word out. The woah's, not so much. They need to stick with the neah neah's and yeah yeah's (in their own words). It's just who they are (in my opinion).

I give this album 4 stars because it covers some amazing stuff from the past roughly 20 years. The Longest Line as a song has been one of my favorites since it's release. Back when I was a little teenage punk myself till now, a 30 something punk stuck in my youth. I don't give this album 5 stars because it is simply a compilation for sale of stuff many die hard and long time fans probably already own.

I would say do the math. If you own every EP NOFX has released, or even most(Longest Line, Regaining Unconsciousness, Never Trust A Hippy, Etc.), don't buy this. Unless you're a compulsive completionest. You will be spending money you've essentially already spent for something you could easily create on your computer minus the cool packaging (which you could also probably find online).

Even if you are only short say 1 or 2 songs off of this release. That's what iTunes is for! Just spend the couple bucks for those tracks, throw the already owned albums onto your computer and build your own Longest EP.

For those of you that don't own many or any of NOFX's EP's, but you still love the band. Then by all means, pick this up! It's a hell of a lot cheaper than buying them all on their own at this point which would run you around $30 to $40 provided you can find all of these EP's.

This album really does follow around 20 years of great music. The majority of the tracks on this are newer, within the last couple of years. But the older tracks are just as good if not better.

The only reason I myself may still pick this up is if the recordings are at the same audible level. Anyone else out there who has tried to do a simple "build your own compilation" with NOFX songs, knows what I'm talking about. Set the volume to one song that sounds right, and the next track may blow your speakers.

Kudos to the band for giving the casual or newer fan a chance to get all these EP's at an excellent price.

Ok, so where is "Linoleum punk" where is "The Cat got fat"?? I've waited years for the next NOFX album since "White Trash with beans"... So what happened? These guys just must not care about their fans AT ALL. And they really DO suck live, I've seen em' like, three times, and every time I've wanted my money back! I can't believe I just bought this when I already have like, every one of their other albums and they just keep getting worse with each one... I'm gonna start listening to newer bands who keep up with the times and stuff. I thought this was the Longest Line... Oh well, I'll try to like it.