Straight Outta Newport

Goldie Lookin Chain | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 10, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Record Collection
• ASIN: B0008ENIY8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #520,189 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Manifesto, The

2. Self Suicide

3. Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do

4. Half Man, Half Machine

5. Roller Disco

6. Soap Bar

7. Billy Webb's Lament

8. Your Mother's Got A Penis

9. Leeroy Fashion's Lament

10. 21 Onces

11. Time To Make A Change

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

They say humor and music shouldn't mix, but it seems no one told leisurewear-clad Welsh rap octet Goldie Lookin' Chain: Straight Outta Newport, a major-label compilation of the highlights of their last five self-released CD-Rs, is the rare comedy record that transcends its laugh-out-loud novelty. The gags they offer are seldom sophisticated--the presence of a song titled "Your Mother's Got A Penis" has probably already alerted you to that fact--but the jokes come thick and fast, and there's enough deft characterization to GLC members Dwain Xain, Mr. Love Eggs, and The Maggot to drag the likes of "Half-Man, Half-Machine" and "Soap Bar" into the realms of situation comedy. Many of their best ideas are stolen: "Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do" nabs a vocal hook from KRS-One's "Sound of the Police," while "Self Suicide" makes a cheeky rip from '90s rap goths Gravediggaz. But for all the petty theft on show, the GLC aren't lacking in ideas--there's not a bad track here. --Louis Pattison

Product Description

This band has spent the past year touring the UK with groups like Snow Patrol, The Darkness, The Streets, and The Libertines. Their latest album has sold 200,000 in the UK alone. For fans of The Darkness, The Streets, Beastie Boys, and Ali G. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What if Eminem didn't take himself so seriously?, May 24, 2005

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James Ballenger "RDP guy" (San Diego CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Straight Outta Newport (Audio CD)

That is what the GLC is. I have been listening to them for several months, and everytime I listen to their muzak, I can't help but laugh out loud. It's a bummer that You knows I love you isn't on here (being as it is my favorite song by them) but the comp disc we get here Stateside will more then satiate your thirst for the GLC (plus it has the Guns don't kill video, in flash format ugh!). I just love riding around with my windows down bumping half man half machine, Inject him Man! Buy this if you love rap music, and definitely buy it if you hate it, and if you are kinda in between....well that's your own fault, isn't it.

3.0 out of 5 stars Safe album but missing a few tracks, March 6, 2006

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A. Stephens "The Safest Clart in America" (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Straight Outta Newport (Audio CD)

Well first, you're on Amazon, so since you have the opportunity go and get the actual "Greatest Hits" imported from the UK. The reason I say this is that one of my favorite tracks "The Maggot" as well as a GLC classic "You Knows I Loves You" and the hidden track "Holiday" don't appear at all on Straight Outta Newport. However as for "Taxi (Enter The Dragon)", "Duffryn Vigilante Squad", and "Delivery Driver" they never appeared on Greatest Hits in any incarnation.

As for the content of the album itself, a wide selection of the GLC's 6 previous albums are represented here, from Don't Blame The Chain's "Time To Make A Change" to The Manifesto's "Self Suicide". To Straight Otta Newport's credit, it does a better job of not coming off as a Manifesto rerelease in quite the same way that Greatest Hits may (though once again at the cost of a great tune, and a hit song). In truth what is probably the most important track for this particular album, "Guns Don't Kill People, Rapper's Do", does make an appearance. It is not only an original track but it may be the track most Americans are familiar with (getting airplay on Satellite Radio).

Either way you decide to go it's hard to bring down this album, the times I've played Self Suicide alone justify the purchase, while the times I've played The Maggot as well speak against it. Get this if its your only option, but click on over and buy Greatest Hits for the full experience.

4.0 out of 5 stars My opinion, February 25, 2006

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Yelverton Crowe "YC" (Central Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Straight Outta Newport (Audio CD)

Worth the listen. Enjoyable sound and very funny. Great parodies of repetitive current and past pop idioms and clever new material. Occasionally lewd where it serves good purpose.