My Brain Hurts [Original recording reissued]

Screeching Weasel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 10, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Lookout Records
• ASIN: B00004W537
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #545,045 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You should buy this CD, December 27, 1999

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"alisnpunk" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Brain Hurts (Audio CD)

This is Screeching Weasel at their best. If you're buying a Screeching Weasel album for the first time go for this one. It is so good and you never get sick of it. Ben sounds great. Every song is a classic. Buy this CD!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If I want to do something right, I gotta do it myself, May 12, 2007

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L. J. Penglase "billy gnosis" (allentown PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Brain Hurts (Audio CD)

From the opening chords of this pop-punk blueprint, it is very clear that Screeching Weasel went through some changes during their brief hiatus after BoogadaBoogadaBoogada. Gone is the same old, same old pseudo-hardcore blasts that were all over their first two Lps. In its stead, is a bouncy, melodic, keyboard accented sing a long that lasts for all of its 30 minute glory.

But don't let the infectious melodies fool you, this isn't all bubble gum pop. Sure, there are fractured love songs like Guest List, Veronica Hates Me and Making You Cry, but there are also some cerebral oriented lyrics in here too. Science of Myth explores the relative merits of Religion and Science, Slogans plays like an outsider's national anthem, and My Brain Hurts is designed for anyone with a D.I.Y. attitude.

This album invented a genre that gave birth to many uninteresting imitators, but this, the original, is proof that pop-punk can't be written off as mindless drivel for the retarded. If you don't get it, you don't get it, and I say "Why don't you go away?"

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Album, January 7, 2009

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Shawn Plep (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Brain Hurts (Audio CD)

This is quite simply a masterpiece. It's pretty close to a perfect punk album, and the only thing that could improve it would be more songs. I have every Screeching Weasel song in one form or another, but this is one CD that I can listen to over and over and it always makes me feel awesome. I consider it an absolutely essential record for anyone who likes punk music.