Short Music for Short People

Various Artists - Alternative - Punk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: June 1, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fat Wreck Chords
• ASIN: B00000J631
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,721 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #88 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Third Wave Ska
  • #93 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Ska Punk

Track Listings

1. Short Attention Span - Fizzy Bangers

2. Anchor - Less Than Jake

3. Ketchup Soup - Teen Idols

4. A.C.A.B. (All Comic Heroes Are Fascist Pigs) - Terrorgruppe

5. Overcoming Learned Behavior - Good Ridance

6. Quit Your Job - Chixdiggit

7. Ready - The Living End

8. Out Of Hand - Bad Religion

9. Asian Pride - Hi-Standard

10. Steamroller Blues - Aerobitch

11. Doin' Laundry - Nerf Herder

12. Freegan - Bigwig

13. Not Again - Undeclinable Ambuscade

14. Waste Away - Fury 66

15. The Radio Still Sucks - The Ataris

16. Armageddon Singalong - Unwritten Law

17. Hearts Frozen Soil Sod Once More By The Spring Of Rage, Despair, And Hopelessness - A.F.I.

18. Farts Are Jazz To Assholes - Dillinger 4

19. Surf City - Spread

20. Back To You - Swingin' Utters

See all 99 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, most good songs, a few bad..., October 10, 2000

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"fenixmxpx" (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Short Music for Short People (Audio CD)

...but what do you expect? It's the newest project from one of punk rock's most innovative minds today, Fat Mike... 101 bands on one album playing 30 seconds-and-under songs. The album taps the scenes of over ten countries, and leave it to Fat Mike to collect the most varied lineup of punk, old-school, hardcore, emo, ska, and radio bands of any compilation. So unplug your phone, remove all distractions, and lock yourself in your room before listening or else you might miss half of the bands. Don't plan on doing anything afterwards either, because your attention span will be completely shot.

There are a lot of cool tracks on the comp, mostly from bands that have mastered the art of the short song, such as the Descendents. The lineup features everything from legends like Bad Religion, Black Flag, and the Subhumans to today's popular punk bands like NOFX, Pennywise, and the Bouncing Souls. But with such a screwy setup, you're bound to get plenty of bands that don't really take the project seriously, and there are some disappointments. Out of 101 bands, though, what did you expect? There's enough good stuff that you can skip over the crap and still get your fix. Plus, the full-color booklet features a little something from each band, including as pictures, contact information, lyrics, or random band jokes. It's hard to take this CD seriously, but it's a good opportunity to hear a wide mix of punk bands or just sit around with some friends and see who can name the most bands (or count which bands can swear the most in under 30 seconds).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential Punk Comp., October 16, 2003

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godhatesacoward "godhatesacoward" (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Short Music for Short People (Audio CD)

It might not be the best punk compilation (check out the Peace/War double album or the Dischord box-set or the Punk-O-rama series for some alternatives) but its definitely an essentaial one. And not just for minutemen fans either, anyone who likes fast, loud punk should take a look at this.
Obviously, its good for anyone with a short attention span, but some of the songs are good enough for you to put them on 'repeat' and listen to them 14 times. It's got huge variety (blink and Black Flag, GWAR and The Descendents, AFI and Wizo....) so theres gotta be something you'll like. Even if you hate some of it ( I still don't know what to think about the Real McKenzies's track) it'll be over in 24 seconds.
Obviously the huge variety is an incentive to check this out, but theres also a whole lot more quality than you'd expect of an album with 101 songs (99 tracks, ... punk fans......). How many albums do you own that can claim to have 74 great tracks?

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good idea, good cd, December 8, 2002

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Angela M. Healey "AngelaMHealey" (Hull) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Short Music for Short People (Audio CD)

What is it?

This CD is 101 punk bands, each doing 30 second songs. This is a very good idea, and some of the songs are actually ok.

Will I have heard of any of the bands?

Yes, it has some gread bands such as Less Than Jake, Unwritten Law, Blink 182, Green Day, No Use For A Name, Guttermouth, Lagwagon, The Offspring, Youth Brigade, The Misfits, Snuff, Penywise, NOFX, Rancid, and a lot more. This is also good to get a taste of what some other bands are like, it can introduce you to so much more great music!

Is it good value?

It's not bad, ten dollars for 50 minutes of music. I think the value is good.

So should I buy it?

Definitely.