Making the Rounds

Boss Martians | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Musick Recordings
• ASIN: B000065AOQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,324 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Martians Rock!!, May 12, 2002

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Jason Kline (Brighton, CO) - See all my reviews

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

It's wild to see how a band evolves, especially one of my favorite bands: the Boss Martians. This record is a good example of what a great band does to stay fresh and ahead of the game. If you own some of their old records or singles, you might be in for a shock. By exploring new musical territory, in this case hard-hitting pop rock 'n' roll (think Cheap Trick meets Elvis Costello with some 70's proto-punk), the Boss Martians leave behind the increasingly stale garage/surf music scene and make a mark with MAKING THE ROUNDS. This CD rocks! I'm not surprised since I've never been let down by these guys, but I gotta say that this time, the Boss Martians have outdone themselves. Now instead of having Boss Martians records next to my Sonics and Trashmen LP's, I can put them alongside my Dead Boys, Stooges and early Elvis Costello albums. That's cool!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ROCK AND ROLL IS ALIVE AND WELL!!!, June 15, 2004

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"jc80isgo" (Vanc. BC Canada) - See all my reviews

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

This isn't punk, it isn't MTV bloat rock, and the songs are contagious as all criminy. Hey... wait a minute... this must be ROCK AND ROLL!!! Very, very "garage" with noticeable hard rock influence, Boss Martians are currently one of my great rock hopes after seeing them tear it up twice in Austin, TX at this year's SXSW conference! Garage rockers 'She Was the One' and 'My Love Ain't Free' are standout killers on this offering, a vital rock and roll album all in all. Here's hoping they make it up to Vanc. soon!!!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CRANK IT UP, baby!!!!!, May 7, 2002

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Henry R. Kujawa ("The Forbidden Zone" (Camden, NJ)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making the Rounds (Audio CD)

On their 7th album (8 if you count Mystery Action's HERE'S TO ANOTHER YEAR) Seattle's Boss Martians toss aside the instros and focus entirely on loud, blaring, exciting late 60's-early 70's garage-style ROCK & ROLL!! Their previous album (which had been delayed for nearly 2 years) only hinted at the new sound on a couple of songs-- here it's POWER-POP all the way!!! 11 new songs (and 1 remake) fill out a disc so energized it's hard to believe it's the same band from 10 YEARS ago! I have to admit, at the moment I prefer the original version of "She Moves Me" to the new one, but I've had years to get used to the 45. (It's kinda like when Chicago did their 1986 remake of "25 Or 6 To 4", which I'm sure some thought was outright blasphemous!)

As usual, even with the sound cranked up to the max, Evan Foster manages to display just enough "polish" to raise his band above the pack (loud & raw has its merits, but loud & refined just adds to the appeal for me). They now sound more like Philly's Mondo Topless than ever-- WHO'D have believed it possible? Does this album mean that Evan's "other" band, Mystery Action, is now redundant? Time will tell.