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Product Details

  • Audio CD (June 24, 2003)
  • Original Release Date: June 24, 2003
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Anticon
  • ASIN: B0000996HW
  • In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #111,808 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good lyrics and production, July 10, 2003
By Pontius Pilate (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
the lyrics on this album are amazing, almost comparable to the eels or beck. With a hip-hop style singing crossed with indie guitar reinforcement this band makes the best of both.
best put by the song "bad entropy";

these are songs to listen to after im dead;
when old women start wearing their hair grey;
these are songs to help an ant to find its shadow;
songs to bump in your cruser 2016, top down,
hair blowing in the absence of air.

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5.0 out of 5 stars There are very few microwaves in the third world., October 31, 2004
By Kevin Satterwhite (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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I didn't think Why? had it in him to be a member of Anticon and then pass for an indie rock artist. But then I would be wrong, because he released an indie rock album and it's actually pretty damn good.

The album starts with "Ferris Wheel", which starts with sparse guitar picking then shortly picks up when Why? begins to sing. Soon thereafter some horns begin playing and you can clearly note the slight inspiration Neutral Milk Hotel had on Why?'s direction. It's one of the better songs on the album. "Cold Lunch ([...] Remix)" is a really good song, but will lead me to my first complaint of this album. A lot of the songs are short (half the songs are less than 2:30 long, which 5 of them are less than 2 minutes long). This song, for example, is 1:36 long. It's a good song that I wish could have been maybe a minute longer, but nevertheless good.

Next is "America Afterschool", which leads me to my second complaint of the album. If one were to question Why?'s lyrics as being trite and meaningless, often times I don't think I could adequately defend Why? because I'm often dumbfounded by what he's expressing. But whatever, it's a good song. Now I'll skip ahead to "Early Whitney", the marvel of the album. This song is beautiful and on constant repeat on my iPod. I would love to hear Why? release more accessible songs like this, which he is supposedly doing on a new album.

"Shirtless, Sheetless, And" and "Women Eye, "No"" are funny songs and add to the album pretty well. "Seventeen" is my second favorite track of the album. It has a really good melody and hip hop beat.

This album is great and I'd highly recommend it. But if you have a chance to see him live, I suggest you also (or instead if you're limited on purchases) to buy his tour only album "Almost Live From Anna's Cabin". It's a live album and it has a lot of the songs from this album that sound better "live" (and some that don't necessarily) plus a few other songs he released prior and afterwards.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Whoa, August 31, 2003
Whoa...
Thats what i first thought when i listened to Why? How can you mix rap and Indie, but still come out listenable.....yeah...i would say that this is one of the better albums this year. Its very different, but in the best way. Listen
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the Why? we've all grown to love.
This album is passable. But it feels more like the "never released" songs that got dumped from making Early Whitney than it's own album. This was the beginning of Why? Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. J. J. Hyde

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!
this is definately one of my top 5 favorite albums of all time. everytime i listen i hear something new. this album is insanely good to say the least. Read more
Published on March 5, 2004 by Nathan Wells

4.0 out of 5 stars Alright
Ok cd. Not my favorite of the Anticon stuff. My only problem really with it is that it seems to be too contrived. Like Why? Read more
Published on September 5, 2003 by djpuppyt

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