Customer Reviews

Losers, Kings, and Things We Don't Understand

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This album consists of Less Than Jake's first four Vinyls and 1 demo tape. This is a great CD because of the energy they put into each song (this goes for all their other CDs too). LTJ is undoubtedly one of the best ska bands out there. Also, the soundman is the coolest. My top 3 tracks: 1. Time and a Half 2. 8675309 (Jenny) 3. Soundcheck

It doesn't matter if you call it punk or ska but it is awesome. This is the first full-length CD by, in my opinion, the best ska/punk band on the planet. If you, like me, have some of there other CD's and are wondering if you should get this one, the answer is yes. It doesn't really compare to any of their other Cd's, all of their Cd's are a little different. This Cd is more raw and has a harder bass than the others and though it probably isn't as good as Losing Streak it is right behind.

first of aal i want to apoligise if my english isnt good nut i'm from belgium,europe and we speak dutch.
okay now, as being a huge ltj fan , i own all the albums and this was a hard album to get in.
this cd is totally different from albums like hello rockview anthem, or any other ltj album.
like people who only like ltj since anthem or borders and boundries will msot likely hate this cd. this cd has a more rougher (?) sound. you wont find things like auto tuning on this album. and instead of anthem's pop punk with a little bit of horns, this album is alot more ska, you either hate it or love it. songs are also very short and im sure some have been written in an even shorter time, cause musically this album is a lot of the same. but nevertheless this is a good album if you like true ska-punk ( and thats no punk with horns you idiots!!).
early ltj fans will love this album ( like i do) but new fans will be disappointed and thats why i give this album only
3 stars.

This is a really cool Less Than Jake album. This was realeased just after Pezcore and has that same sound, sort of raw and rough around the edges, as opposed to the later albums like Borders and Boundaries, Anthem, and B is for B-sides, which have tighter horns and an overall smoother sound. This album has a lot of good stuff on it. It's energetic and fast like all of LTJ's work. This is a nice addition to your LTJ collection.

well i've had this for years (the origional on No Idea records thank you very much) and it still notches up regular spinnage. this is basically a compilation of early 7", 10" and comp tracks if you've heard their later stuff you'll know the basic sound, hi energy tuneful ska punk but here it's free of the glossy sanitized production that all the punk bands get these days. twenty songs and everyone a winner from the originals like "where the hell is mike sinkovich?" and "whipping boy" to the covers "laverne and shirley" and "dukes of hazzard" you'll be singing along and jumping all over the place. in a way i feel sad that they've got so big as their new stuff lacks the same energy and fire and after witnessing them live in front of a couple of thousand folk recently it looks like they're doing it punk by numbers. shame.

OK, here's the deal with this LTJ CD: I got this after Losing Streak and Hello Rockview and it was so different than those 2 albums. I tried hard to like it but just couldn't get into it like LS and HR. Then maybe half a year later I started listening to it again. Every day. Then I listened some more. I couldn't stop. The songs must have really grown on me because now it is my favorite LTJ album and it has been for over a year now. The songs on this CD are completely different from their more popular ones. They are more ska and more funky. If you get this album and are having trouble getting into it, try this: listen to that ska guitar that comes in after the bass on Econolodged. How funky is that? How about when he starts singing on Soundcheck? You just want to tap something to the beat. The last part of the album was the hardest to get into, but now I love that too. What really bugs me is that they never play anything from this album at their shows anymore. Here's my favs: Souncheck, 24 Hours In Paramus, Time and a Half, Econolodged, F_cked.

This is the coolest cd i've ever heard. It has lots of great ska songs ( Time and a Half, Who Holds The Power Ring) and also lots of great punk songs (Lucky Day, F**ked) There is also 3 great cover of the Laverne and Shirley Theme, The Dukes of Hazard Theme, and 867-5309 (Jenny) The harmonics of Chris and Roger are breathtaking!This is a great CD. The best LTJ CD they've made. They say that their new one (Hello Rockview) is much like this one, I hope so. If you have to choose between This, Losing Streak, Pezcore, or Greased...this is the best by far! Less Than Jake are the masters of Ska/Punk!

this is a great album. less than jake is an amazing band. this is a must have for any less than jake fan or any fan of ska.

I have recently become a fan of less than jake. Their first song I heard of theirs was "All My Friends Are Metalheads" playing Tony Hawk 4 and decided to go out and pick up "Hello Rockview", since that time i have aquired numerous albums of theirs. The first taste i had of Less Than Jake was the more punkish version that shows up in "Anthem" and thier newer cds.
So when i first opened this album and popped it in my cd player, it sounded like a poorly recorded mess of music. After several months of neglecting to listen to it i decided to give it another chance. Pretty soon I started listening to the music more and realized how great it actually is. The songs have very catchy sing along lyrics and are fast paced. The meaningful lyrics and messages in the songs are great and make this album that much better. I would recommend this cd to anyone, even a new less than jake fan can get into it if they just give it a chance. You may hate it at first, but before long you'll find yourself jumping around singing along to the songs.

Out of all the cds i own by LTJ, I got this one last. When I first got it, I was kind of disapointed. I couldn't really get into the songs like I did on their others. I tryed to, but couldn't. Then, one day as I was walking home from school, I relized that one of the songs was stuck in my head. After that, I got mor and more in to the songs. Although the recording on some of the songs isn't that great, this cd rocks! My favorite songs are, soundcheck econolodged where the hell is mike sinkovich? st.james hotel