Making the Road

Hi-Standard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 2, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 2, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fat Wreck Chords
• ASIN: B000020612
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #386,453 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good album., November 8, 1999

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Eric D. Musall "random voice of the internet" (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making the Road (Audio CD)

This album would seem like pure genius if A. I didn't own their first one, "Growing Up," which is better; and B. they trimmed about four songs off of it.

"Making the Road" finds the band playing with genuine hardcore ("Making the Road Blues" and "Just Rock"), instrumentals ("Tinkerbell..."), and of course sustaining their melodic Fat Wreck punk style as well. The songs are generally a little darker than on previous albums, and a few are among the band's best. About the only problems are the lags in quality. Tracks 8 and 9 aren't great, and are followed by the novelty cover of "Green Acres." And then tracks 14-16 are all very slight, either weird instrumentals ("Tinkerbell") or just kind of short and uneventful. Cut most of those 5 songs, and you'd have a much stronger and more cohesive album.

All in all, it's definitely worth buying, but go for "Growing Up" first. It remains Hi Standard's best work.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good CD, May 15, 2002

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C. Ward - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making the Road (Audio CD)

This CD is kinda weird to hear for the first few times, but once you get used to the Japanese singing, it makes it that much better. It's a great CD.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest!, June 24, 2003

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makoto (JPN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Making the Road (Audio CD)

I really recommend this CD. I'd like you to listen first.
I love #5"Dear My Friend" , #6"Stay Gold" and #17 "Starry Night".
You can't accept their message without a tear.
I hope you'll enjoy with this!