Oc Confidential

Adolescents | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 12, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Finger Records
• ASIN: B0009UC7UC
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,039 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hawks and Doves

2. Lockdown America

3. Where the Children Play

4. California Son

5. Guns of September

6. Pointless Teenage Anthem

7. Death on Friday

8. Into the Fire

9. Within These Walls

10. Let It Rain

11. O.C. Confidential

12. Monsanto Hayride

13. Find a Way Out of Here

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Give it a listen, October 14, 2010

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Pseudonym (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oc Confidential (Audio CD)

Regardless of your opinion, OC Confidential offers a change in the Adolescents' sound, for better or worse. The production is tight and clean, with a strong emphasis on melodic hooks. It's less the snarling attack of "Amoeba" than the sound of college radio, and as a result, the identity of the band has clearly undergone a fundamental change. "Where the Children Play" has a scattering of embarrassing lyrics, but tunes like "Hawks and Doves" show that the band still has a feeling for the outrage that fueled their best output. The band has always been inconsistent with their lyrics, but never so than here. The band's "Unwrap and Blow me Up" EP, which shared several songs with the later LP, is much more powerful - one of their best records.

The main failure of the LP lies with its layered vocal choruses, giving these anthems a saccharine feel. There's a sense that, if the band had produced this LP like a demo, with limited production, this might have been a better and more exciting record.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not That Good !, June 8, 2007

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Kevin C "Kevin" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oc Confidential (Audio CD)

If you can get this for a few bucks ok....but dont buy it new !