Set-Up

Boss Martians | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Musick Recordings
• ASIN: B0000CG8DX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,107 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #24 in Music > Rock > Rock Guitarists > Surf Guitar
  • #91 in Music > Rock > Oldies & Retro > Surf Rock
  • #94 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Garage Punk

Track Listings

1. I Wanna Be Your Addiction

2. Kill My Telephone

3. I Am Your Radio

4. Walk Away

5. Oh, Angela

6. He'll Be Around

7. Opportunistic Girl

8. Never Let It Happen Again

9. Run and Hide

10. Looking for You

11. Stress Case

12. Vows

13. The Set-Up

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars unbelievable---check these guys out, December 2, 2003

By 

Thomas Wilk (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Set-Up (Audio CD)

OK, if you're reading this, you must have some idea of what the Martians sound like, sort of surf rock meets Cheap Trick. I'm here to tell you that they sound even better than that. They sound like the feeling you get when you're about to ask that cute girl across the room for her phone number. They sound like fireworks in July. They sound like a crescent moon hanging over a lagoon in Venice on a warm Saturday night. They're one of the best damn live bands I've ever seen.

The CD is a blueprint---these guys pump a ton of life and muscle into each show they play, especially "Walk Away" and "I Am Your Radio". What stands out to me is the Martians' increasing lyric accomplishment; songs like "Angela" and "Vows" are packed with enough clever turns and internal rhymes that they could pass as Sondheim songs.

So take a chance and get happy with the Martians. Because that's what will happen, you'll pop this in your car in the morning to get going before work, you'll pop it in on the way home to be cheered up after a bad day. And catch them live too!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Album, January 30, 2004

By 

K. Christians (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Set-Up (Audio CD)

The Boss Martians have been great at everything they've done. From "surf" to "garage" to just plain rock, these guys know how it's done. Great hooks, great songs, great band. Look for these guys to go FAR very soon. I've seen these guys live tons of times and trust me...THEY ARE ROCK AND ROLL!

4.0 out of 5 stars Play it LOUD!, February 8, 2006

By 

Roachbat (Omaha) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Set-Up (Audio CD)

I first saw Boss Martians live at a festival 2-3 years ago, and they totally blew the other bands away! Great power/pop/punk attitude. Think Cheap Trick on steroids with some Elvis Costello/Replacements/Paybacks in the mix. Great songwriting and Evan Foster is a SHREDDER on guitar. Top to Bottom this is slightly more solid than their previous effort, "Making the Rounds", but I'd give Making the Rounds a slight nod as the best songs are stronger. All in all a GREAT band that's flying just slightly under the radar thought probably not for long. I hear they're in the studio putting together a new album now (Feb 06).