Smoking Kills

Disciplines (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 28, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: SECOND MOTION
• ASIN: B001WC0D5M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,952 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

In this age of the Darwinian superheros--an entertainer is supposed to do it all, effortlessly. With only so much talent spread oh-so-thin, of course, the ranks are now replenished with the talentless--a bunch of people who can t sing cap­tivate the attention of a national audience by singing badly, after which they are scolded for not being able to sing. En­tertainment? It sounds like a penal colony. There are alternatives. Saviors, even. Four of them, the Four Norsemen of the Apocalypse, come to liberate the living and the brain-dead. THE DiSCiPLiNES. Three Norwegians, ex-members of Nordic pop success story Briskeby, and one American, Ken Stringfellow, whose exten­sive resume includes founding one of the 90s most critically acclaimed bands, the Posies; touring worldwide with R.E.M., and providing terawatts of energy and talent to artists such as Big Star, Lagwagon, Snow Patrol and Neil Young. THE DiSCiPLiNES shoot from the hip and aim for the head.
SMOKiNG KiLLS is snarly, but catchy; direct, but not dumb; winky but not snarky. The songs race by in brutal efficiency, and within the garage-y production you might miss the deli­cate smattering of wordplay tucked in amongst the singalong chourses.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strings' strongest effort to date, June 11, 2009

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Clem Boots (Cobbham GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smoking Kills (Audio CD)

Smoking Kills contains some of the most visceral power pop you're likely to hear this year or any for that matter. Disciplines front man Ken Stringfellow has a curriculum vitae comparable to the best in the catchy power pop academy and here he adds to that estimable pedigree with some of his sharpest song-writing and clever lyrics to date. The result is a record abundant with hooks and infectious melodies equal parts fierce and immediate that calls to mind "Search and Destroy" Iggy and the Stooges and "Electric Warrior" era T-Rex. Standout tracks are "Yours For The Taking," "Get It Right," "Best Mistake," "There's A Law," "I Got Tired," and "Oslo," the beautiful come-down make-up song to the city that serves as the set closer. I cannot recommend this record enough.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great energy, May 29, 2009

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W. Larson (Elma, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Smoking Kills (Audio CD)

This 'album' has great energy. It is up beat and great power pop with a definite edge. Ken Stringfellow, formerly of the Posies Dear 23 and others, is always fun to listen to. Give it a go.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic..., October 3, 2010

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Odonata79 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smoking Kills (Audio CD)

Smoking Kills is a fantasic record... a balance of memorable tunes, lyrics, and phenominal music... These guys are the read deal... Stringfellow is the best I think I've ever heard him.