Skaboom

Toasters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Moon Ska/Caroline
• ASIN: B000000FT9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,419 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > Ska
  • #49 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Third Wave Ska
  • #52 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Ska General

Track Listings

1. Talk Is Cheap

2. Pool Shark

3. Weekend in L.A.

4. Shocker!

5. Toast on the Coast

6. Manipulator

7. Mr. Trouble

8. ABC's

9. East Side Beat

10. Now or Never

11. So Long, Buck

12. Renee

13. Matt Davis

14. Ideal Man

15. Naked City

16. Recrimination

17. Razor Cut

18. Run Rudy Run

19. Radiation Skank

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic, no doubt about it., November 10, 1998

By 

"akacurator" (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skaboom (Audio CD)

When Skaboom first hit the racks back in 1987 it was greedily snatched up by the handful of ska followers desperate for some new band that would carry the torch previously lit by the Two-Tone scene in the UK and Fishbone and the Untouchables on the West Coast. We weren't disappointed. The album features the high energy writing and singing of band founder Rob 'Bucket' Hingley, well supported by the Unity Two, who's physical stage antics unfortunately could not be captured on the album. The songs feature guitar and keyboard driven skank accompanied by a delightfully raw horn section. Each track paints an atmospheric picture of life in mid-eighties NYC, hanging out in the East Village shootin' pool with the sharks at Blanche's and playing gigs at CBGBs with other upstart ska bands like the Boilers and Urban Blight. The re-release of Skaboom on Moon Records is especially sweet since they throw in the classic 4 song Recriminations EP that was produced by Joe Jackson. That demo remains fresh, mod and innovative to this day and will set you back $75 if you find it in vinyl. Good liner notes, too. This one's a landmark, folks.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best ska album ever made, November 27, 2000

By 

Webster Mcdonald Jr. (Newport, RI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skaboom (Audio CD)

if you know of anything better please tell me, cause this is the best i have in my collection

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5.0 out of 5 stars This and "Thrill me up" is all you need..., December 25, 1998

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Stevo([e-mail]) (Seattle, WA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skaboom (Audio CD)

...from the toasters really. They were an amazing band. This record and they're 2nd blow the doors off anything they put out afterword. These are the days with the Unity 2 in the band. Sean and Lionel brought it all togehter. They were the lynch pin to the whole operation. Rob "Bucket" hingly is a great song writer and guitar player but it was the 2 that brought it all together. I only wish I could have seen them together. All other toasters records are pretty lack luster. There are a few good songs but no where near the hit after hit on those first two. Get Skaboom! and Thrill Me Up" and know that it was good then and one day someone will come to make it good again in the future.