Pop Has Freed Us (CD & Dvd)

Papas Fritas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Minty Fresh
• ASIN: B0000A59VK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #390,766 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 Great starter for this great band!, May 27, 2004

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Kevin (Rockford, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pop Has Freed Us (CD & Dvd) (Audio CD)

This is a great collection of hits that should have been and b-sides that should have been great album tracks. The other reviewers are missing what pAPAS fRITaS Is ABOUT- AND THAT IS writing great pop songs. Look at all the other indie bands that ripped off the Papas Fritas sound!
I was turned onto this band from the Dentyne Ice commercial that uses the great song "Way You Walk" and the rest, as they say, is history. This was a great band and it's too bad they broke up. BUY IT AND ENJOY!

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Money!!!, October 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Pop Has Freed Us (CD & Dvd) (Audio CD)

After Papas Fritas' "Buidings and Grounds" CD proved to be one of the best 'happy pop' CD's of the year, I was thrilled to get this new release. Sure, it only has 9 new tracks, but I figured they had to be worth the price. Wrong! Maybe 2 of the new tracks are really satisfying, the rest sound like leftovers that weren't good enough to make it onto earlier albums. This CD is just a mish-mash of good and not-so-good tracks from other Papas releases, with some mediocre unreleased tracks (including an extremely lame cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Book of Love") thrown in. Definitely not a labor of love!

So if you don't know the band, buy their 2000 release "Buidings and Grounds." And then do yourself a favor and buy Komeda's "What Makes It Go." And The Sugarplastic's "Bang! The Earth is Round." And Jon Brion's "Meaningless." Then you'll really be happy.

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stale French Fries, November 18, 2003

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goldenfeelings (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pop Has Freed Us (CD & Dvd) (Audio CD)

YUCK!!!
I'm so dissapointed with this haphazard collection of half-baked songs.
I love PF, but these are songs that weren't released for a reason.
They only have three albums in the first place, so there's really not that much material to sift through!
I recommend just buying the albums.
The DVD is Passable (only 3 videos), but the cd is so bad that I cannot give it any better than one star.