Customer Reviews

In Mass Mind

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I must say I've never heard another sound like the Make-Up. It's not something I can just say "hey, it's kind of like <insert other artist name here>" about anyone. For some people this might be a turn-off. You don't want to buy this if you're expecting to hear something that sounds like some other established artist. Don't.

However, for Make-Up fans out there who want to know how this compares to their other albums, it's got a wonderful clear sound to it ("Sound Verite" and "Love! live at Cold Rice" were always tough for me to understand), a stronger 'gospel yeh-yeh' to it, with great lyrics, though perhaps not as intricate as you'll hear on "I Want Some" or "Save Yourself".

Were I to somehow try to rank the albums, I'd have to choose "I Want Some" as the first one to get, for a great spread of the Make-Up's sound and an incredible amount of music, and then I'd have to tie between this one ("In Mass Mind") and "Save Yourself" - both excellent albums, with "Save Yourself" having more fun with the lyrics, and "In Mass Mind" having a beautiful spirit to it, accompanied with amazing musicianship. Ahhh... forget it - just get both of them. Get all of them!

So this is when the Make up moved more into psychedelic territory. There's some funk on here too. The vocals are not as good as on other albums. The packaging is dope. "I heard all about Saturday Night (what about Sunday morning?)" is like a moving ferris wheel ride in a tunnel. "Time Machine" has to be one of the sweetest love songs ever written. "Caught in the Rapture" is a cover, but it is maybe the best song on the whole record. when he sings "I love you, here by me..." he sounds a bit like Gibby Hanes from the Butthole Surfers.

All I can say is the bass on this album has this amazing infectious feeling that makes me want to tear the roof off the house! Of course the vocals are on the money with the falsetto wails, screams, etc. A very entertaining album to say the least. Buy it! Dischord is one of the few out there that overall puts out great music and allows you to buy vinyl/cd's at a reasonable price.

well, the make-up is the essense of rock-n-roll. ian is the poor's man james brown.i haven't heard a punk band have this much soul. they bring the fudamentals of french gospel ,music into punk rock.essential!!!

I saw the Make-Up last night, and they put on a great show. I was so into it that I was only momentarily distracted when Ian accidentally hit me in the head with his microphone. He stopped singing and looked at me with a concerned look. I assured him I was fine, but then we all noticed that the microphone had broken apart from its impact with my head. The band kept playing while we searched for the missing microphone part. Someone found it after about a minute, and the microphone was put back together again. This is an album you will want to hear, but you should definitely go see them live. Their shows have all the inspired energy of a religious revival; at least the one I saw last night did. Everyone got crazy. We were all dirty and sweaty by the end of the night.

This album is beyond brilliant. Center of the Earth is soooooooooo good. I love Ian, Gamboa, Michelle, and J.D., they are very cool to talk to. I strongly suggest seeing them live.

I'm tired of The Make-Up being compared to "Gospel" acts and the MC5. The Lead singer sounds like any other guy trying to impersonate James Brown in his underwear blasting the stereo. You need to give The Make-Up a few listens before judging them. I bought "In Mass Mind" and hated it at first but now I can dig it. The Make-Up need to come up with new material though because the same formula gets boring after a number of listens.