Customer Reviews

Ska Is Dead

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
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I've always been a fan of ska ever since the explosion in the mid 90's. Ever since then, it has been said that ska is dead and what this comp tries to do is prove that it's not. Well, does it work? Very well, actually. Just look at the tracklisting of the bands. It covers old bands to new bands and lite ska and heavy ska. It's actually a very good mix and keeps the compilation interesting from beginning to finish. Most of the songs on this cd is amazing. I preferably love the first 4 tracks but there are very few, if not any, bad tracks. This cd will definetly get you skankin' and it contains alot of unreleased tracks and rare tracks from many bands. The reason why this compilation is 4 and a half stars and not 5 is because of this. The music on this cd is defintely 5 stars but the thing that I wasn't happy about is that there are about 2 or 3 tracks on it that really aren't ska at all. There is one where they use ska chords very faintly in the verse but the song overall sounds like it belongs on a punk compilation and not a Ska Is Dead compilation. Also there are some noticable sloppy recordings but it's still very listenable and the songs are great anyway. And one more thing is that this cd is missing some other important ska bands such as The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Save Ferris but hopefully they'll include the ones they forgot in the second Ska Is Dead compilation. So this cd is ALMOST perfect. Definetly buy this if your a fan of ska or even just want to get into it because it's a perfect introduction because it has a large variety of ska music. Best ska compilation in years!

I really do like this album.....
So much so it is on my Ipod....This is a must buy for SKA fans.

There's some tracks on here that I don't care for, but a good mix of 3rd wave ska.