Rock Star God

Makers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B00004S8AZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,569 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why isn't this band huge?, January 25, 2002

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Tom (Chapel Hill, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock Star God [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

Here's an admittedly bold statement: "Rock Star God" is the best rock album of 2000, and I am simply stunned that it didn't make this band huge, or at least make them a bigger underground presence.

Ignore the spurned fans who complain that their old stuff was better: it wasn't. Their old stuff is fun, yes, in a punky, three chords, scream-yourself-hoarse-for-120-seconds kind of way, but this is their finest hour (literally - it's a long album, and I might have cut one song, but who's complaining? A generation ago this would have been considered a double album, and a FINE one).

Michael's lyrics are brilliantly fun and often hilarious. "Better Way Down" is the greatest anti-suicide dirge ever; rather than sounding eminently make-fun-of-able by whining "don't kill yourselves," they simply point out how trite, cliched, and lame suicide is ("just remember/ try to look good/ have fun with it/ it's the last cool thing you'll ever do"). "Looking For A Supergirl" is about every man's quest to fall in love with, yes, an actual female superhero (the song is wonderfully filled with comic book references, as Michael yearns to give her "my human torch"), and as for the deliciously hair-bandish "Sex Is Good Food," the name says it all. But just because the songs are sometimes funny doesn't mean this is a gimmick album; these guys are direly serious about what they do, which is: rock, and hard, and well, and thank God for it.

Also, this is one of the rare 4-man rock albums that is able to throw in occasional organs, strings, bongos, electric pianos, and female backing singers in ways that actually make the songs better, rather than smaltzy or cluttered.

This is a fun, smart, soulful, badly needed album. It would be a shame if this one just fades into obscurity - these boys deserve a big, fat, loudly miked podium from which to announce themselves to the entire world. I just heard that their next album is due out in spring 2002. Bring it on.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They Get It, May 5, 2000

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David S Mills (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock Star God (Audio CD)

If you love rock 'n roll the way it was in the late sixties and early seventies, you will love this CD! This is not Garage Rock, it is glam rock at it's finest! "Rock Star God" shows The Makers definitely have the ability to nail a fairly broad range of moods with their music - all the while keeping it in the correct context -hat context is the late sixties and early seventies.

"Give Me Back Yesterday" reminds me of songs like The Stone's "Ruby Tuesday." Don't be surprised if your eyes start to tear-up on this one. "Metro" lays down a guitar groove that is five feet wide and ten feet deep. Also note the very tasteful use of cello, bongos, and keyboards throughout the ablum - very cool.

In a time when too many bands are boring us with their political views or telling us how bad life is and that they want to kill themselves, it's refreshing to listen to something as energy packed and fun as "Rock Star God." Wasn't Rock n Roll supposed to be fun anyway?

If you like late sixties Stones, The Who, The Byrds or The Kinks, you'll love this album.

To The Makers: I salute you and thanks!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Base your life around this album!, January 29, 2004

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K. Christians (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock Star God (Audio CD)

The Makers rock. Don't believe all the "self-indulgent" review crap you read about these guys - they are the best band out there, and have been for years. Anyone who seriously listens to them can see how this is the REAL Makers. This album shows the true song-writing and musical talent that each member has. I own plenty of albums, and this ranks up with the "classics".