Customer Reviews

Make This / Break This

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I have somewhere in my basket of rarely-listened to CDs 2 of Capital B's prior CDs with her group Bitch and Animal. I always thought their lyrics were sharp and their arrangements were fun and funky. But those CDs were probably played once and then forgotten, perhaps trotted out now and then to impress and shock my radical feminist friends, and then put back away. Their songs just didn't hook me in. With the exception of P*ssy Manifesto and Best C*ck on the Block, I couldn't name a single previous Bitch song off the top of my head.

Make This Break This has more catchy tunes than any Bitch effort to date. 40 Billion Light Years and Stone (50 seconds of bliss) actually made the cut onto my ipod, and get regular play. They're superb, uptempo tunes.

I find the electric violin and Bitch's singing style to be a little grating for extended periods, so other good tunes on this album (Unstick; Two Girls Strong) have to be taken in smaller doses by me. Of course, if you like the electric violin, you might enjoy the other songs. As always, Bitch's lyrics are top notch.

Bitch veers away from the dynamic and sometimes over-the-top style of her previous act, Bitch and Animal, to create a thoughtful but powerful album with Make This/Break This. She showcases her multiple musical talents and threads excellent storytelling throughout the songs. Fans of the raucous and rousing previous releases may be disappointed with the more mellow vibe, but Make This/Break This is a gem on its own.