Sex & Food: Best of the Pursuit of Happiness

Pursuit Of Happiness | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B00003OP8B
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,246 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm An Adult Now

2. Cigarette Dangles

3. Two Girls In One

4. Ten Fingers

5. She's So Young

6. Pressing Lips

7. Kalendar

8. Let My People Go

9. Hard To Laugh

10. Nobody But Me

11. She's The Devil

12. Food (Live)

13. Wake Up And Smell Cathy

14. Take You With Me

15. Walking In The Woods

16. Consciousness Raising As A Social Tool

17. Edmonton Block Heater (Live)

18. All I Want

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS DISC IS TONS O' FUN, February 24, 2000

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More M (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex & Food: Best of the Pursuit of Happiness (Audio CD)

Anyone mildly familiar with this band should own this disc! If you haven't heard of the band, but are a fan of powerpop, and like your powerpop upbeat with lots of crunchy guitar, great female back-up harmonies, boy/girl and funny/witty lyrics, you must own this disc! Highest praise to Moe Berg, who continues to keep me in stitches with his provocative lyrics on the subject of sex, always injecting lots of humor AND guitar power. You'll want to seek out all five of this band's discs after this great overview (might have to go to Canada). Only one slight disappointment for me--not enough from the 1996 release, 'The Wonderful World of...', maybe because there aren't any breaks between the songs? Would have been nice to have 'Hate Engine' or 'The Truth' in this mix. Don't pass this one up!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly underrated band, February 17, 2000

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Jay Kumar (Beverly, Mass.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex & Food: Best of the Pursuit of Happiness (Audio CD)

Canada's The Pursuit of Happiness is a band that has been criminally ignored in the U.S. since they first burst on the rock scene in the late '80s with their one and only Stateside hit "I'm an Adult Now." After three U.S. releases, the band got lost in the shuffle when record companies started looking for the next Nirvana back in the mid-'90s. Since then, they've put out two more excellent albums on an Canadian indie label. Led by the wry musings of singer-guitarist Moe Berg, TPOH used heavy guitars and female backing vocals to drive home its often-amusing power pop. In addition to being a good introduction to the band for new fans, this album is also worth picking up for TPOH diehards (you know who you are) because it includes five unreleased tracks and great liner notes by Moe himself. Hopefully, this isn't the last we'll hear from this excellent band.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignored band- what a crime, August 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sex & Food: Best of the Pursuit of Happiness (Audio CD)

I have been a fan of the band since Love Junk but got away from them because I couldn't find any of thier cd's. Put a search on Amazon and found this "best of" jem. This cd puts todays music to shame. Big hooks,good guitar work,and interesting lyrics put this band ahead of most of the music of thier time. Saw them live at the Pittsburgh show that Moe refers to in the liner notes ( they got drunk with the Replacements). Listening to this cd brought back that night- the best night of rock and roll of my life! Buy this cd- you won't be dissapointed.