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Seasick

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If you've had enough of really bad, formulaic and repeatetive pop garbage... than you're in for a treat with this release. Now, here comes some really good formulaic and repeatetive pop - garbage.

An extremely passionate form of grunge that gives a good ribkick with striking, intelligant lyrics and an underground stance that humbles the product. "Imperial Teen" and "Eternity" stand-out as 2 of the better, keeping low to the ground but at an "acquired taste" tag. "Water Boy" is a heavy and extremely short ditty that every single music fan should hear for an amazing lack of effort on the part of the listener. "Butch" and "You're One" are flamingly hot and ... tracks that are easy to get caught up in.

"Pig Latin" and "Blaming the Baby" are warm-milk lullabyes whose ultra-melodic harmonies are sure to appease a listener of any musical genre. "Balloon" and "Tippy Tap" are 2 of the harder-rockers on this album which would make great club-fare.

Finally, "Copafeelia" and "Luxury" are 2 very hard rocking tracks with a lot of sweet sadness involved. "Luxury" plays like a story depicting the life of a rich boy who just wants to be understood in a cold-hearted family. Easily one of the best releases of the year and of the greatest albums I've ever heard. For even 1 person, that's a lot to say.

Top 50 In SPIN
I actually bought this CD when it first came out and never listened to it. I used to buy music en masse based partly on reviews and partly on gut instinct. A few months ago SPIN Magazine came out with their top 500 CD list. There were two noticable things that occured. Firstly, OK Computer was number one and Dark Side of the Moon was number two. Secondly. Seasick by Imperial Teen was in the top 50. I was floored.


"Hey!" I said to myself. "I own that CD."


Of course giving it a good listen was imperitave. To really give something a good listen you have to drive with it in your car and not skip tracks. Here's what I found out.
<UL><LI>There's not a week track on the album.
<LI>The song writing is topnotch
<LI>The production is perfect
<LI>It deserves a spot in the top 50</UL>
The End Is As Good As The Beginning
This is one of those "grows on you albums." I am particularly fond of Luxury, track number 10. The album has that seemless Joshua Tree quality that's easy to enjoy. Just put it on and listen to it from start to finish. There are no fillers. The CD has a nice, alternative, gritty quality and never struck me at all as pop. I highly recommmend Seasick to everyone who enjoys discovering 10 year old music that they should have been turned on to a long time ago.

This album is perfect for calmer days when you want something not too loud but rockin' enough for a good time. While the music is mellow, the lyrics are quirky and the vocals are funky, creating the perfect balance of zany and zen.

The debut of "Imperial Teen" was one of my favorite albums on 1996. It's sly and subversive, aggressive and funny, and most importantly, smart. Ranging from a punk blast worthy of The Ramones ("Waterboy") to psychedelic pop ("Balloon"), these four San Franciscans make very gay friendly music. Lyrics like "Kiss me like a man, boy" or "the prince wants to be a queen" (which seemingly was about Kurt Cobain, who was a friend of keyboardist Roddy Bottum) sneak by before you realize exactly what you're singing along to. There's literally nothing to compare this to..which makes me recommend it all the more. Long Live "Imperial Teen!"

While I'm not going to repeat all the comparisons to the various bands with whom Imperial Teen share parts of their sound, I'll freely say that if you have the opportunity to see this band live (they're currently touring with The Breeders), by all means, DO IT.

Within days of seeing them in San Francisco, I'm the proud owner of all three of their albums, and this one, perhaps on the strength of the two-minute punk/pop energy of "Water Boy" alone, is my favorite.

These guys are so damn fun, I dare you to listen and not smile. Or dance, even. Good, good stuff.

If you've had enough of really bad, formulaic and repeatetive pop garbage... than you're in for a treat with this release. Now, here comes some really good formulaic and repeatetive pop garbage.

An extremely passionate form of grunge that gives a good ribkick with striking, intelligant lyrics and an underground stance that humbles the product.

"Imperial Teen" and "Eternity" stand-out as 2 of the better, keeping low to the ground but at an "acquired taste" tag. "Water Boy" is a heavy and extremely short ditty that every single music fan should hear for an amazing lack of effort on the part of the listener. "Butch" and "You're One" are flamingly hot and sexy homo-erotic tracks that are easy to get caught up in.

"Pig Latin" and "Blaming the Baby" are warm-milk lullabyes whose ultra-melodic harmonies are sure to appease a listener of any musical genre. "Balloon" and "Tippy Tap" are 2 of the harder-rockers on this album which would make great club-fare.

Finally, "Copafeelia" and "Luxury" are 2 very hard rocking tracks with a lot of sweet sadness involved. "Luxury" plays like a story depicting the life of a rich boy who just wants to be understood in a cold-hearted family.

Easily one of the best releases of the year and of the greatest albums I've ever heard. For even 1 person, that's a lot to say.

I have a CD collection of aobut 750 and this is by far my favorite. The fact that no one knows about these guys (and girls) makes them even better because they do not write their music to please anyone but themselves. They write probably the most openly, brutally honest lyrics of anyone around. I used to think Cracker's first album was the best, but that pales in comparison to Seasick.

I can't stop listening to this album. I bought it on a whim. I usually lean toward material that rocks a little harder, but this tasteful compilation of wit and brickbrac makes my ears happy. I give it two thumbs up (for lack of a greater number of thumbs)...

I like this simplified drug-informed knothead attitude pop missive crap. I also like Mark Eitzel, Miss Continental and Rip Taylor. If you want to know what it's like to be relevant, listen to this thing. .

Imperial Teen constitutes that teen-hood than eerily elevates itself above all others. You know the one, the kid dressed in black and leather, mysterious and dark, maybe a 'kill the teacher' t-shirt, selling hard drugs at his school locker, wild stories about drug score journeys to distant places, layers and layers of frightening sexual appetite eying all as you trot off to English class, some talk that he killed one of his relatives. And then you hook up with him, and he's just another weakling screwed-up jerk, and probably gay. And brain sap is drooling out of his ears.

Carry on, wayward imperial teen. Take that crown of thorns and turn it into a masochist's daydream. Graduate, (unlikely, he's never been to gym class), or drop out, and go get some,- "Bow down to me, bow down, yeah, baby, baby", and then spit it out,- "You're not qualified, you're not what I employ", from "Water Boy". Go home again after you taste the freedom of life outside your parent's home,- "I'm not dressed for this climate, someone take me to the mall", from "Blaming The Baby", but that's no good because it's good to hate your parents,- "I crashed the family limosine, I drove to feel the drive, the chauffer's dead my mother said, and you're the only one alive.", from "Luxury", so get out man,- "I left my home and family, they still don't know I'm gone, I'm looking for a family, that listens to my songs." Just don't make them listen to a song called, "Imperial Suicide".

All set to the pop jingle, guitar slashing indie rock a guy like you would suddenly realize is cooler than metal.