Love

Flipper | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flipper
• ASIN: B001TIQUD8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,651 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Love, the brand new studio album from the incredible Flipper was recorded with the great Jack Endino at the helm, known for having recorded many of Seattle's greatest Grunge albums, including Nirvana's Bleach. Recording took place at the Murky Slough Studios, on Krist Novoselic's property in Washington. Bruce Loose, Ted Falconi, and Steve DePace would regularly travel to Krist's for writing and recording sessions, and affectionately referred to it as 'Band Camp." With Krist providing bass, the band dug in and recorded one of their best efforts yet combing noisy guitars with that perfect low end bass and the grind of life and love. Love was designed to be a twin and companion to Fight. A well balanced experience from the one and only Flipper.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back with a vengeance, June 26, 2009

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Michael Hall "ikester8" (Clarkston GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love (Audio CD)

The silence has been broken at long last. FLIPPER is back, and this album is ten times more satisfying than American Grafishy. Admittedly, it starts off a little weak (Be Good, Child! and Learn to Live sound like they were phoned in) but beginning with Only One Answer, Bruce Lose gets into perfect voice (which, as fans know, is perfectly awful) and Ted Falconi matches him with the slow-motion wreck of a guitar sound that we've grown to love. The whole album is a growling, heavy mess of post-punk goodness. For anyone worried, Kris Novoselic works out perfectly here. The basslines were always the most important element of FLIPPER songs and his talents are not wasted. Highlights: Triple Mass, Night Falls, Old Graves.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FLIPPER STILL RULES OKAY !!!!!!!!!!!, June 26, 2009

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Daniel J. Leonard (Auckland - NZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love (Audio CD)

Just when i thought no other band could match Dinosaur Jr's "Beyond" for a "return to form album" FLIPPER release "LOVE" and it's brilliant!! - the old boy's have lost nothing when it comes to playing great punk and Krist Novoselic's bass keeps with the Flipper tradition of having a crunchy bass guitar which is vital for any Flipper album. All the new songs are great - my personal stand-outs have to be "Why Can't You See" , "Triple Mass" and the best song of all is saved till last "Old Graves" 9mins of perfection - this song is right up there with Flipper's all-time great's like "Ha Ha Ha" & "Sacrifice" - calling all Flipper fans LOVE is a must! - 9/10

5.0 out of 5 stars Flipper returns in true Flipper form, April 15, 2010

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J. Sundheim (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love (Audio CD)

Woo-hoo! The return of Flipper. Reunion albums tend to suck but Flipper defies the odds and releases something good! While it's not my favorite Flipper album (That honor goes to Gone Fishin') it still rules and destroys pretty much all other music out there. The highlight of the album is definately the track "Old Graves". Seriously that track holds up with the darkest, dirge-iest (did I just make up a word?), and moodiest tracks of all of Flippers career.

And yes, let me be the billionth person to point out that Krist Novoselic from Nirvana plays bass on the album.

Let's keep hoping Flipper continues to release new material as well as draging out unreleased material from the vaults. For instance theres a great demo session from the 80s that fans in bootleg circles have been circulating for quite a while now that has some of the best songs the band ever made (If you've ever heard the track Kali you know exactly what I mean). Its time to put this stuff out as official releases!

Anyways... Love rules. Flipper rocks.