Sex Bomb Baby

Flipper

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 9, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Water
• ASIN: B001G2S43G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #70,213 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Originally released in 1987, Sex Bomb Baby is actually a compilation of rare, early Flipper tracks with nothing dating later than 1982. Features all their early singles, B-sides and compilation tracks, including the original version of Sex Bomb, - a song covered by just about every garage/punk/grunge band in the day (including, as said, Nirvana and the Melvins).

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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

By	Maria H. R. Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	busotti - See all my reviews

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 a 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 important as it has greater variety. Flipper's underrated second record, "Gone Fishin'", has surprisingly never made it to CD, but 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 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

By	gregZ (Wildomar, CA) - See all my reviews

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.