Strangers From the Universe

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 1994)
• Original Release Date: October 4, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Matador Records
• ASIN: B0000036T8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,901 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Pal The Tortoise

2. Socket

3. Bomber Pilot WWII

4. Hundreds Of Years

5. Guilllotine

6. Uranium

7. February

8. Pull My Pants Up Tight

9. Cup Of Dreams

10. The Oxenmaster

11. The Operation

12. The Piston And The Shaft

13. Communication

14. Noble Experiment

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant and quirky., July 20, 2000

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sgme - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strangers From the Universe (Audio CD)

this has rapidly become one of my favorite albums ever. it's dark and experiments with a fine-tuned mix of something like blonde redhead, kraftwerk and brian eno. i find it more resolved than most of their other releases and more purposeful in its sampling of noise. it ranges in all directions, from aggressive to soothing, from deconstructivist to powerrock... all in all melds to one hell of a piece of music. flawless but not overproduced. brilliant. it's like a "revolver" of the 90s in terms of its complexity and genius, and yet completely unique to itself. inventive and crazy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why is this CD neglected?, September 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Strangers From the Universe (Audio CD)

One of the best albums of the 90s--really. No one seems to have ever heard this band. The entire album represents the pinnacle of weird pop especially "My Pal the Tortoise," "Lightsocket," and "Operation." It's more listenable than the preceding albums because of more pristine production and the lack of "Feller filler." Also it features such "un pop" instruments as the electric banjo and the optigan. Begin here and then acquire Mother of All Saints.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very weird and very cool, February 29, 2000

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cudgel (bristol, pa. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strangers From the Universe (Audio CD)

the line on this thing is that it's the most accesible of their releases and that it is. although they are always off-kilter and intriguing too often their other discs really make you work for the actual songs contained within. here though they are as focused as they get and the songs are charming, and a bit abrasive, but songs they are with lots of good singing and a wealth of odd, interesting arrangements. definitely cracked but playful and inventive and still pop, like it or not.