Split Personalities

12 Rods | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 28, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: V2
• ASIN: B000009HQB
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312,836 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Split Personality

2. Red

3. I Am Faster

4. Chromatically Declining Me

5. Part of 2

6. The Stupidest Boy

7. I Wish You Were a Girl

8. Love Waves

9. Make-Out Music

10. Girl Sun

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

What's a group of small town high school misfits to do when the popular shoe won't fit? Go the rock & roll route, of course! 12 Rods' full-length debut, Split Personalities, is a swizzle stick of XTC-like pop, stirring up '90s production values in a glass of geek. Guitarist Ryan Olcott, his keyboardist brother Ev, and drummer best friend Christopher McGuire surf over self-depreciation with synchronized sighing, turning life's lemons into thick but witty anthems like "Red," "Make-Out Music," and "Split Personality." The Minneapolis-based trio also knows how to offer up atypical love songs like "I Wish You Were a Girl"; instead of turning into a novelty song, it sounds both uncomfortable and sincere. Mixed by the band, Paul Q. Kolderie (Morphine), and Sean Slade (the Cure), Split Personalities stacks tender next to abrasive, proving that the smarts don't win without the heart. --Jason Josephes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Angst-filled rock at its best, December 24, 1999

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This review is from: Split Personalities (Audio CD)

With all the useless, stupid anger in the world of rock music today, it's nice to hear a band that you feel isn't whining for no reason. Oh yeah, and the music rocks.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Geeks, Cowboys, and Rock Stars Unite!, February 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Split Personalities (Audio CD)

It's about time somebody in the Minneapolis music scene did something different. Ballsy, smart, and beautiful. This album's great, but the real thing is oh so better. See them live if you can...they're unbelievable!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful CD, December 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Split Personalities (Audio CD)

A wonderful album overfowing with mixtures of good old guitar rock and a bit of the cheesy techno that has made prodigy so sucessful into an album that is just great. Compared to Gay? (their debut EP) the album is easier to listen to and the vocals are more up front to the noise backing it up. Although it takes Make-Out Music and Red from Gay? they are both done very well done and worth the listen. As for the rest of the album they do a great job at mixing suburban nostalgia and the frustration that errupts because of it. I would recommend buying the very affordable EP Gay? first and if you like what you hear buy this long-player as well.