Songs of Drinking & Rebellion

Spent | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 1995)
• Original Release Date: March 6, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Merge Records
• ASIN: B0000019NN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,379 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty pop melodies with big grunge guitars, December 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs of Drinking & Rebellion (Audio CD)

The album begins with the pretty rock ballad of Brewster Station and ends with the lullaby of Brighter Than the Day. In between are fun near-pop songs and the most sweetly sophisticated Halfshirt which grows from ballad into a grunge guitar jam ala Smashing Pumpkins.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best cd I've heard all year, July 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs of Drinking & Rebellion (Audio CD)

I caught these guys and gal in some backwoods bar in Birmigham a year or 2 back. One song after another just blew me away and this cd along with Seat Beneath captures the experinces w/o sounding watered down like most of the crap out there. Not too sure where they are now, but dammit if I don't find myself singing one of their tunes in my head almost every day!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Less Polished than Later Album, But Some Great Songs, October 17, 2002

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Lucius Kwok (Saint Davids, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs of Drinking & Rebellion (Audio CD)

This album is less polished than their later work, "A Seat Beneath the Chairs," but its raw quality is great if you're tired of over-produced pop rubbish. The best songs on this album are "Ready OK," "Brewster Station," and "Excuse Me While I Drink Myself...."

This album reminds me of a rainy day in north Jersey, possibly in the autumn. They stick to the traditional rock band setup of guitars, drum, and bass. The production is sometimes inconsistent, with vocals almost drowned out by guitars in "West" and a few other songs. While I give this album 4 stars, I don't consider it as good as "A Seat Beneath the Chairs" because the production on this album isn't quite as good.