Rob Zombie's Mondo Sex Head

Rob Zombie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 7, 2012)
• Original Release Date: 2012
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B008D42J7C
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,534 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Mondo Sex Head was curated and executive produced by Jason Bentley, Music Director at L.A. s influential KCRW and Electronic Dance Music expert. Richard Bishop, co-executive producer of RE:GENERATION music project and documentary film, supervised the project. Each track was hand selected by Rob Zombie who road-tested many of the songs in his car, driving the L.A. streets.

Throughout his career, iconic music artist and auteur filmmaker Rob Zombie has continuously challenged audiences as he stretches the boundaries of music, film and publishing. Zombie, who has sold over fifteen million albums worldwide and has earned seven Grammy® nominations, is no stranger to repurposing his work, cross-fertilizing his fan base and generally pushing the limits of modern-day art. Over the years he has worked with outside DJs, remixers and producers starting with the 1992 remix of White Zombie s first-ever, MTV-fueled hit, Thunder Kiss 65.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Depends on what you like. August 7, 2012

By A Fan

Format:Audio CD

I'm a big Zombie fan and loved his other remix albums. Especially "American Made Music To Strip By". That was phenemonal. I wish I could say the same about Mondo Sex Head. But, if you really like dubstep music, maybe you'll like this record more than me. I'm not a huge fan of dubstep. Actually I haven't heard much of it that I really do like. I loved KoRns new record "Path of Totality". Something about that just worked. It was catchy. It mixed rock with dubstep in a good way. This is not the case for Mondo Sex Head. (Then again with the aforementioned Korn album, those songs were probably written specifically with dubstep in mind, where as this album was taking older songs and putting a dubstep twist on them...which doesn't work as well)

That being said, there are a few good tracks on here. It would probably be a good album to play at a party. And I can already imagine how great it would sound if you were on drugs while listening to it. But truthfully, most of the songs just move too slow. It definately could have been better.

My recommendation would be that if you have to have this album, get the Best Buy exclusive version with the extra bonus tracks. You get more for your buck.

The average Zombie fan will probably not LOVE this album. They might give it a spin on occasion, but it's not on par with the epic remix American Made Music to Strip By (which is an album any zombie fan could listen to regularly as if it was the real album, not just a remix album). I wish Mondo Sex Head would have been handled like that one.

But again, I'm just not too big on dubstep. I'm sure there is a huge audience for this kind of thing.

Hardcore Zombie fans like myself will get it just because it has Rob's name on it....and it is decent anyway. But if you are a casual zombie fan who does NOT like dubstep, this is especially not for you.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Mondo Dance Head August 7, 2012

By Scooter

Format:Audio CD

I'm a big fan of Rob Zombie's 2 previous remix albums (Supersexy Swingin Sounds and American Made Music to Strip By) so I was pretty excited when I first heard about this release. While those 2 albums pretty much kept the essence of each song intact, 'Mondo Sex Head' completely reworks the majority of it's songs into clubbish "dub" versions (ie: eliminating most of the lyrics and digitally repeating certain phrases over and over to a thumping electronic beat). It's a pretty damn good release, but I think it'll alienate at least 90% of the Zombieheads out there (and that's a shame!).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars "Mondo Sex Head Blowout!" August 10, 2012

By theshape1

Format:Audio CD

So, I picked up a copy of the new Bobby Z remix album today. Decided to get it from best buy, to get the five bonus cuts. Brought it home and loaded it into the Hi-Fi, pressed play and sat down to peruse the cover and booklet while I listened. As I listened to each new interpretation of these past Zombie ditties, I found that some hit the mark and others did not. Is it something that'll reside in my cd player often?? Most likely not. Will I break it out occasionally for a spin, much the same way that I treat "Super-sexy Swingin' Sounds", "American Made Music to Strip By" and the "Nightcrawlers EP"?? Yes. It's entertaining. But, it's nothing I need to hear all of the time, by any means.

Also, as I paged through the booklet, I noticed some things. 1) Rob is obviously very into his wife being nude and wants us to know it, because there are many pics of her wearing very, very little within the cover. 2) I'm guessing Rob owed Geffen Records more product, cuz the last I'd heard, he was recording for Roadrunner and was supposedly done with Geffen... Alas, this new remix album is released under Geffen Records. So, I can only assume that he's throwing them a bone as some sort of contractual obligation. Either way, "Mondo Sex Head" is not unlistenable. It's just not something that everyone is going to enjoy. \m/