Luck Be a Weirdo Tonight

Fila Brazillia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1997)
• Original Release Date: June 17, 1997
• Label: Pork Recordings
• ASIN: B000003S7G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #536,588 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lieut, Gingivitis Shit

2. Billy Goat Groupies

3. Apehorn Concerto

4. Hells Rarebit

5. Her Majesties Hokey Cokey

6. Rustic Bellyflop

7. Van Allens Belt

8. Pollo de Palo

9. Heat Death of the Universe

10. Weasel Out the Muck

11. Do the Hale-Bopp

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fila Brazillia conquer down-tempo, March 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Luck Be a Weirdo Tonight (Audio CD)

Fila Brazillia's fifth album, "Luck Be A Weirdo Tonight," is perhaps their most difficult album. But if it is difficult, it is only because it is dense and full of idea after idea. This is personally my favorite Fila Brazillia album. It exhibits a confidence in musicianship and production, as well as the abundant talent and skill to bring their ideas to life. Repeated listens reward one well here, as well as one's undivided attention. However, once you've felt the album out well enough with your neurons, "Luck" is a great mood-setter, ideal for hang-outs and intimate affairs. The first half of the album is an endlessly evolving jazz jam, with flashes of melody, harmony, and dissonance, that create a dynamic interchange of sounds and context. Truly dreamy music. The second half opens up more in its structure, beginning with the smooth "Pollo De Palo" with its pensive bass-line, moody horns and animating drums. The next track is the beautiful "Heat Death of the Universe," combing the listener's soul with depths of atmosphere, a melancholy guitar, and a hopeful and musing synth-melody. One of my favorite pieces ever. Onto the next and final part of this stunning trio, "Weasel Out The Muck." Moving through 60's funk-soul, this chilled affair twists with rich sounds placed at perfect moments to evoke attention and emotion, a classic bassline, a guitar licking that speaks of tank-music from Vietnam, and an unfolding texture-melody that spills out of the air. Amazing. "Luck Be A Weirdo Tonight" ends with the chill-out dub of "Do The Hale-Bopp," bringing the listener slowly down to earth. This album is a landmark, and further testimony to Fila Brazillia's unwavering brilliance. They just keep on coming, with more and more ideas. Essential.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Looser and more dangerous that its predecessors, February 5, 2001

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John Dennett "geek of all trades" (Longmont, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luck Be a Weirdo Tonight (Audio CD)

If you're new to Fila Brazillia, I suggest "Maim That Tune" instead as a starting place, but if you already know what you're getting into, this is the place to be. All Fila releases take a little time to "grok" and this one took me longer than most -- but the musical reward is in direct proportion to the effort.

The fifth installment of the Fila-B World Domination Tour finds them really stretching out and enjoying their art. The boys are experimenting more with the textures of "live" sounds and instrumentation, and playing faster and looser with their funk-jazz-soul signature sound. The Fila M.O. is still there -- rump-shaking simplicity disguising jazzy complexity -- but instead of bringing it to you on a platter, this time they're asking you to meet them half way. Arrangements and melodies are more complex and multi-layered, and overall selection reflects more stylistic variety.

Fans of Kruder & Dorfmeister should dive right in!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PORK...THE OTHER WHITE MEAT!!!, July 8, 2004

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Darrell L. Lee "dlatrell" (Jackson, MS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luck Be A Weirdo Tonight (Audio CD)

This is an incredible album of trip-hop, acid jazz, funk and ambient cuts by one of the best duos in chill-out! All "weird" song titles aside, Fila Brazillia delivers the dam to the river--chilling you out one minute and making you drop it like it's hot the next! Another amazing accomplishment from the true "kings of chill-out"!