Pristine Smut

Murmurs, ????? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002P6T
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,057 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Big Talker

2. I'm A Mess

3. Toy

4. Underdog

5. About Nothin

6. Genius

7. Squeeze Box Days

8. Don't Lie

9. Sucker Upper

10. Country Song

11. Sleepless Commotion

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If it weren't for the cover..., April 20, 2002

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Miss D. AwesomePants "Amazon Junkie" (Hoboken, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pristine Smut (Audio CD)

The Murmurs second effort bombed... but still remains one of my favorite CDs.

THE SOUND:
While their first CD relies on their acoustic guitars and beautiful vocal harmonies, this album sounds more like a country-rock album, with a full band (including Sheri and Sherry on bass and drums.)

COMPARISON TO BLENDER:
This album is nearly identical to their next effort, Blender. However, Sleepless Commotion, a beautiful song about the murder of the artist's mother, was removed on Blender. And some very pop-oriented songs that don't appear on Pristine Smut, were added to Blender... which, in my opinion are kind of silly. (a song called "La Di Da.) I prefer this album to Blender, but unfortunately, it is out-of-print and hard to find. But if you can purchase it used, i HIGHLY reccommend it.

THE COVER ART AND PHOTOS:
were apparantly the reason that the alnum got discontinued and re-released as Blender. The photo of an old woman with blue eyeshadow (one of the singers' grandmothers i've heard!) does not give any clues as to what kind of music the disc contains. The cover of Blender does more justice for Heather & Leisha's beauty. I honestly think that if the cover of Pristine Smut were a bit more attractive, the alnum would have done better... but still...

Pristine Smut is a wonderful wonderful album. Any fan MUST have it... but i reccommend it as an introduction to the Murmurs as well.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A different style to the Murmurs, December 16, 2001

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Jordan Reed "anomiechaos" (San Leandro, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pristine Smut (Audio CD)

This CD brings the Murmurs into a very different realm from their first. Mostly gone are the acoustic guitars and harmonizing vocals. Instead you find a fuller band with a drummer and base guitar player. Many of the songs have a hint of country through them.

After the near perfection of their first CD, I was disappointed by this one. I get the feelings that Murmurs weren't happy with this CD either, since it ran for only a short period of time and many of the songs are repeated or reworked for their next album. Unless you feel a need to complete your set, I'd say hold back the money from this CD and put it towards their next CD, Blender, instead.

5.0 out of 5 stars Different but wonderful, July 22, 2003

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Christie (Orlando, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pristine Smut (Audio CD)

Although the band took on a very different sound for their second album, the brilliant writing and clever two-chord melodies still make the band fun to listen to. The change in pace from upbeat songs, to angry songs, to songs of infatuation etc are a perfect blend of ups and downs for a 36 minute workout on the treadmill. I highly recommend this album. A word of warning to those who are stuck within the realm of the first album, they sound like two completely different bands. I love each equally but you have to take the new as it is without trying to make the band what they were on the self titled album, things change, life always moves forward. It would be like yearning for Sheryl Crow's new album to be just like Terri Clark's self titled, the are just two seperate worlds.