Ponzi Scheme (Metal Box) [Limited Edition]

Firewater | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 5, 1998)
• Original Release Date: May 5, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Jet Set Records
• ASIN: B000006B7P
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,311 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ponzi's Theme

2. Green Light (Mono Mix)

3. Dropping Like Flies

4. Caroline

5. Whistling InThe Dark

6. Isle Of Dogs

7. El Borracho (Ponzi's Relapse)

8. Another Perfect Catastrophe

9. So Long, Superman

10. I Still Love You Judas

11. Knock 'Em Down

12. Drunkard's Lament

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars They Might be Giants + Noir, September 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ponzi Scheme (Metal Box) (Audio CD)

This is definitely not your everyday music. It's in the same zip-code as They Might Be Giants, but several shades darker. While listening to some of these songs I felt as though I were embroiled in some '40s detective novel. Some of their punchlines in songs like "Droppin' Like Flies" and "Green Light" just gave me that feeling. It's almost like listening to an entire CD of songs in the same vein as Elvis Costello's "Watchin' the Detectives." Another thing that sets them apart from their peers is their texture. The regular use of varied instruments helps keep your attention. You don't feel like they're just grinding it out. If you're looking for something more inventive and entertaining, this is for you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars i fell like a hammer for the spike..., September 18, 2002

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J. mikitson "www.superstarcastic.com" (chicago, illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ponzi Scheme (Metal Box) (Audio CD)

wow...if you like evil clowns and twisted carnivals (and who doesn't?), then this is the album for you. there is a definite tom waitsy, nick cavish feeling to it, with a more marching-band feeling than they usually have. the first time i heard this, i had to pick up the ray bradbury book "something wicked this way comes," which i hadn't read in years and believe me, this was the perfect soundtrack for that eerie story.

there are quite a few delicious songs on this record - i usually play the whole thing through without skipping any tracks...always a good thing when you can do that, eh? the first song i fell in love with and repeated over and over and over - well, you get the idea - was "so long, superman," a marvelous escape-from-my-mundane-life song...a theme that's been tackled a time or two in musical history but is still enjoyable when it's done with some creativity. "i still love you, judas" has some awesome lines in it, (like the one i used in the title) and "isle of dogs" is another of my favourites. i actually know a girl who got a lyric from that song tattoed on her right shoulder. i don't like it quite enough to do that but this guy is definitely a poet and that's one of the reasons why i listen to this record all the time - he comes up with some very unique and post-modern lyrics and those along with the organ-grinder tinged sound makes for a listening experience unlike too many out there.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to get into, hard to get out of, April 21, 1999

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[e-mail] (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ponzi Scheme (Metal Box) (Audio CD)

I love this CD so much, all of the songs have their own distinct sound, and so does the band. The instruments used in each of the songs are very unique, and they help to create a distinct mood with each of the songs. The drum beats are great, and so is everything else. I would reccomend this CD to anyone that is fed up with mainstream music and is looking for something new.