Sex Bomb Baby

Flipper | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 9, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Water
• ASIN: B001G2S43G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,020 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Originally released in 1987, "s_x Bomb Baby!" is actually a collection of Flipper material dated no later than 1982, compri...see site for more info.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flipper rules, OK?, February 2, 2004

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Maria H. R. Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sex Bomb Baby (Audio CD)

Flipper is one of the best experimental noise-rock bands of all time, and I simply can't believe that a masterpiece like that record is today out of print. "Sex Bomb Baby" is a fantastic compilation, which manages to capture all the fierce raging-fuzz sonic madness of Flipper with a selection of live and studio tracks, including a fantastic deal of rare cuts. We really got here a veritable goldmine for Flipper addicts: hilarious and frantic songs like "Get Away", "Ha Ha Ha" and "Lowrider", mind-bending slow, feedback-heavy menacing political rants like "Sacrifice" and "Love Canal", the psychosis-inducing 'irritationalist' anthem of "Brainwash", among other killer tracks. GO FOR IT, FOLKS!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hardly a Generic Anthology, May 30, 2005

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This review is from: Sex Bomb Baby (Audio CD)

In the early 80's much of the punk/alternative rock underground was stuck in a rut chasing a goal of trying to be louder, faster and more Hard-Core than the next band's uninspired irreverence. Flapping the bird to any such notion, Flipper concocted a sludgy, slowed down, damaged noise rock that was nonetheless still fun, a lesson forgotten by many bands that came later. The bass often carries the melody while the guitars churn out a noisy, earwax-melting underbelly for Will Shatter's, er, "singing".

This collection gathers the classic early singles and rarities that presaged the band's debut LP, "Generic". A perfect distillation of the various sides of Flipper, you lap up the original 7'' mantra of "Sex Bomb", the noisy falling apart live groove of "Ever", a completely f***ed and over the top reading of "The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly ", dadaist hardcore--if there is such a thing--("Brainwashed"), and the live take of "Sacrifice", one of the most world-destroying things recorded in the entire punk/post-punk era.

This collection is every bit the equal of their celebrated "Generic" album, perhaps even more relevant as it both shows their lighter side and their pre-LP singles. Flipper's underrated second record, "Gone Fishin'", has also finally made it to CD, and its unusually structured songs and unconventional instruments (clavinet on a punk record!) demonstrate how singular and far ahead Flipper truly were.

For those wondering what the hell I've been talking about, you can bet that Nirvana adsorbed Flipper, who later paid back the nod by covering "Scentless Apprentice". Kurt Cobain even used to make his own Flipper T-Shirts. Hell, Krist Novoselic later joined the 2000's version of Flipper. Now THAT is some kind of ****ing karma!

P.S. Don't pay collector prices, the Flipper catalog is coming back in print in 2008 to accompany a new record.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flipper? YEAH! ! !, December 29, 2008

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gregZ (Wildomar, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex Bomb Baby (Audio CD)

Some albums get labeled "essential". So you buy them and wonder what the reviewer was doing describing that album as "essential". Okay, if you are into old school punk, want something different that will grow into one of those albums that you are going to play for every new friend as a way to find out if they are cool; Flipper's "Sex Bomb Baby" is an essential purchase.