Pigs

Asphalt Ballet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000008CZT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,437 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Angry Youth

2. Weeds

3. Daddy's Dyin'

4. Outta Hand

5. Save the Children

6. Pigs

7. Crash Diet

8. Dead Horse Kick

9. Nothing to Do With Anything

10. Mercy

11. Down to the Money

12. Pay for What You Get

13. Anybody

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Roll Around In This Slab of Slop, May 30, 2009

By 

Markus Pacal (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pigs (Audio CD)

Asphalt Ballet had some minor success with their debut record but Gary Jeffries, their original lead singer, left the band for personal reasons. Enter Tommy Dean on the mic, a brand-new sound in a brand-new musical climate & a 1993 release on Virgin Records.

"Pigs" was not bluesy, hard-rock like it's predecessor. Rather, it was a hard-edged alternative/metal rock record that attempted to battle the new bands that were garnering radio play after the sea-change brought about by the likes of Nirvana, AIC, Soundgarden, Warrior Soul, etc. It did not do well and the band called it quits soon after. But that doesn't mean it wasn't a good disc.

"Pigs" was very linear in sound & direction. Even the artwork fit the new-vibe of the band. Tommy Dean's vocals came off as angry & menacing, as did the music. "Down to the Money" & "Nothing To Do With Anything" are excellent. With the best song being the W. Axl Rose & Del James co-written track, "Crash Diet." Don't know if this band would've ever hit big or even grabbed a gold record but they were certainly better then the results they attained.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best album ever?, December 29, 2003

By 

Derek Hansen "Born too late" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pigs (Audio CD)

Led Zeppelin II, Back in Black, Exile on Main St...
add Asphalt Ballet's Pigs to the list of the best rock albums ever. "Crash Diet" is an awesome duet with Axl Rose. "Angry Youth" is THE example of a perfect hard rock song. Forget "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - "Angry Youth" defines the grunge generation. This CD is OOP: track it down, you won't be sorry.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, November 20, 2007

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Paul Hill (Oakland Ms.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pigs (Audio CD)

I ways looking for some new Guns and Roses,
But instead I got this and I was happy.
These song great songs they have a raw sound,
CrashDiet and Anybody are master pieces!!!!!!!!!!