Release

Cop Shoot Cop | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 6, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Interscope Records
• ASIN: B0000061QP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #488,873 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Interference

2. It Only Hurts When I Breath

3. Last Legs

4. Two At A Time

5. Slack Jaw

6. Lullaby

7. Any Day Now

8. Swimming In Cirlcles

9. Turning Inside Out

10. Ambulance Song

11. Sucker Punch

12. The Divorce

13. Money-Drunk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perhaps C$C's finest, August 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Release (Audio CD)

It's a toss-up in my mind whether Release or the sadly out-of-print White Noise is Cop Shoot Cop's best album. Of the two, Release is certainly the more accessible, though an accessible C$C album is by no means easy listening. The band infamous for their no-guitar approach bring in a guitarist for their final outing, as well as other incongruous instruments such as harmonica or trumpet. Also, Jim Coleman plays the piano a lot more on this album than in previous ones. However, Cop Shoot Cop's sound is still basically the same: dual bass attack, harsh banging drums, unsettling samples and gritty lyrics sung gruff. This is the easiest album of the band's to find, so by all means pick it up. Also, consider checking out the band members' disparate new projects: Firewater, Here, Phylr and Red Expendables.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christ on a crutch (too late, too much)!, August 18, 1999

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C. Adam Kuhn [[e-mail]] (West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Release (Audio CD)

Ironically, my first introduction to Tod Ashley's music was through his current klezrock incarnation, Firewater. What immediately grabbed me was his incredible voice, followed quickly by his lyrics and songwriting. Eventually, I followed the trail of dried blood back to this album - the absolute pinnacle of No-Wave. Sure, people will drop names like Arto Lindsay's DNA, or Lydia Lunch's Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, but Cop Shoot Cop were never, ever surpassed, and this is their finest moment. Every single song is a brooding, jagged mess of bass-heavy songwriting and percussive stomp ("Ambulance Song" in particular has an absolutely AWESOME drum part), but the ones that stick out most are "It Only Hurts When I Breathe," "Two At A Time," "Any Day Now," and especially "Ambulance Song." Blow your brains out, baby.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hands down amazing!, June 30, 2003

By 

Sannah Zay "suncat23" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Release (Audio CD)

This album is ridiculous it's so friggin amazing. You almost want to laugh, the album is so damn creative and brilliant... and dark! "Ambulance Song" could be one of the best songs ever written, and it really captures the whole ambience these guys project with every album they put out. "Any Day Now" is a great song with some funny lines... "One of these days I'll find these truths to be self evident..." I also think the "Divorce Song" has incredible lyrics, and the way the song ends is like bleeding to death from slit wrists while relaxing in a rusty porcelain bath in a hole-in-the-wall apartment. "Turning Inside Out" is another favorite of mine, and the first three songs are also very very good. The final song is unusually punchy but I also like that one very much, since it has the energy of a punk song (I happen to like punk rock a lot). You won't be disappointed.