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Teaches of Peaches

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whether you love or hate this album, you cannot deny that it will provoke a reaction. it's pure entertainment. the brilliance behind it is that peaches can actually sing these songs without laughing! i'd recommend it to anyone with a penchant for cheesy dance beats and a sense of humor about sex. it's definitely not a cd that will change your life but it's a lot fun...

I have no clue what possessed me to purchase Peaches debut disc "The Teaches of Peaches." I happened upon her video for the single "Lovert**s" and couldn't take my eyes off it. I don't if it is due to the fact that it is shockingly low budget and laughably amateurish or that I have a subconscious fascination with women riding/stroking bikes in a suburbanite alley? Whatever the reason I found myself tracking down her album without any real idea of what her sound is; it was entirely subliminal.

"Teaches of Peaches" is an album that won't venture far from your CD player. Melodically, the album is naked, beat driven, synth-infested and vocally repetitive but manages to surprisingly enduring. The initial bareness of the disc may frighten some off but once gave a chance you'll see the porn'esque beat backdrop is very suiting.

How can't you love "Peaches" lyrically? Her vocals bleed similarities to top-notch phone-sex operators. Toying you along with her infectious X-rated nursery rhymes, not getting into it for herself, but rather you. It's pure entertainment; if Peaches says, "truck..." you know what word she'll rhyme it with.

The only deadweight on this stellar disc is the painfully boring "Skittle My Diddle" and "Sucker," one of the two 'rock' songs is just too droning and shrill.

"The Teaches of Peaches" is easily one of my favorite albums in recent years. There is no way to really describe Peaches because she is fully a creation of her own. You just gotta hear her to believe her. Trust me, whether you like it or not, all day you'll be habitually singing "(...) on my....." as if it's nothing.

I came across this in a indie record store under employee recommendations. The CD itself I was attracted to cause of the hot pink color which was loud in itself. The CD also had on the packaging a quote from a review from a popular music magazine mentioning 3 well known artists, Trent Reznor, Courtney Love, and Foxy Brown claiming they should be "afraid, very afraid!"....well this exlamation justified my curiosity upon purcasing.
All I have to say regarding this CD is it is fun, tounge in cheek , and yes... edgy. If one is into techno, Industrial, and dance music with a punk edge then I would recommend. On track "Lovertits" she sounds similar to Gwen Stefani behind a Euro-techno dance pop beat. The tracks that I found most memorable are "Rock Show" which displays a Joan Jettish rock rebel grrrl growl behind synth beats. The next is "Diddle My Skittle" which has a great synth intro that kind of reminded me vaguely of NIN but it stands on it's own. The beats on some of the beginning of the songs are kind of similar, but not monotonous. Sleaze talk aside, I found it provocative and fun. The songs tend to grow on you. Just use with caution if you are one to sing aloud in a crowd!!! :)
This edition of the Cd also has a bonus disc with a great remake of the Berlin song Sex (I'm a...) which is one of the true gems on this 2 CD set. You will also find two very different and unusually strange videos for the song "Set it Off."
Now that I have listend to this CD, I am now even more curious on seeing her live which should be just as interesting as the inside picture cover, but that is another story and another review! Thanks!

I was at an avant record shop in downtown Manhattan when I first saw this album being purchased by a couple. While I wasn't able to find the CD I originally came for, I DID end up purchasing this album "The Teaches of Peaches". Although I'm not as familar with the whole electro-clash whatever genre, it took me one listen and I was hooked.

Although I usually discourage sleazy lyrics, for some reason I let this album go. The tracks are so catchy and the lyrics, although raunchy as hell, are so creative and even funny. My absolute favorite tracks are "AA XXX", "F*ck the Pain Away", "Rock Show" and "Hot Rod"...Also, I was so addicted to the first disc that I forgot about the bonus disc ("Casanova" being my favorite track...makes Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty" sound like "Zestfully clean")

I brought this album to one of my design classes, and little did I know that I was one of the only people there who never heard of "Peaches" before. One colleague (who happened to see Peaches perform twice live), memorized this entire album.

I.M.H.O, it's a GOOD thing that Peaches is not played on television or on the radio because of her raunchy explicit lyrics, although... it's a BAD thing that people have never heard of this "talented" musician :D

The sticker on the cover of Peaches "The Teaches of Peaches" (2002) states "Trent Reznor, Courtney Love and Foxy Brown should all be very, very afraid-Rolling Stone." Afraid? Umm, not really, probably not. But the point is noted.

Is Peaches a hybrid of industrial/riot grrrl/sexy dance beats as Rolling Stones Suggests? You could say it is, but to say this album sounds anything like the aforementioned artists, especially Hole or Nine Inch Nails might be misleading.

The industrial dance beats and sexual undertones are all present and accounted for, but unlike Garbage or Curve, the hooks, melody, and lush feminine vocals are nowhere to be seen. This album is totally flat and monotonous by comparison, but that's not to say that this is a bad album. "The Teaches of Peaches" is kind of like that movie, you know, the one that seems to have no plot or character development, yet you just keep watching, just because there is something about it that reels you in.

Although "The Teaches of Peaches" is dull and repetitive on the surface, it sort of grabs hold of your subconscious. There's a certain modern-day beatnik-like quality of this album that keeps you interested. While some songs seem to overstay their welcomes a bit, "The Teaches of Peaches" is overall and intriguing and mostly satisfying listen.

When I first heard of Peaches I thought she was just a gimmick, but I heard her music and knew it was the breath of fresh air I needed to get away from the manufactured pop bands of today. She knows how to embody a rough gritty sexual energy in every piece she makes. She has a great live performance and evokes the streets of a neon fast paced hectic New York City in her beats. As for the reviews below saying the beats sounded the same and the cd was embarassing....umm they obviously didn't listen to every song or long enough to get the full effect. Iggy pop has worked with her, among others, and Joan Jett will be appearing on her new cd! Peaches is a hot genius <3

I've recently become acquainted with a rawer form of synth-pop, that Peaches and Miss Kittin embody. Peaches is the rawer of the two, but it's very entertaining. Not as melodic as some works, this has attitude to spare, and strikes me as one of the better synthesis of punk and synths. The Enhanced version also has a very dark remake of Berlin's "Sex (I'm a. .)", that works very well. The enclosed video on disc 2 also two videos of "Set it off", both with a lot of style and attitude. I'm enjoying the disc. It has a very "live" feel to it, and it's about as raw as I've heard synths used, while still maintaining a sense of the "song" vs. just noise and chaos.

I like the wit, wisdom, frank sexuality and humour of this album. Many people won't "get" Peaches. I can understand that. I can understand the fact that many will find this album very difficult and annoying.

Yet this is a very good album, made with very basic and cheap materials. A second hand drum machine and synthesizer seem to have been used by Peaches. However, this album isn't about that - it is a manifesto of low tech and songs which need to be expressed and heard. As such, Peaches succeeds very well.

Please don't listen to those who base their criticisms of this album on such things as technology and adult content. This is a hand-made album - it has an agreeable "chamber music" quality to it - by a woman with a number of things to express. In that regard, Peaches succeeds admirably.

I enjoy the music of Peaches. I am sure many will, too.

I don't usually like this type of music But I love this CD.
I first heard "F**K the pain away" on the movie "Lost In Translation" By Sofia Coppola and starring Bill Murray I had to order it. It has an excellent beat.
Even though the lyrics are dirty it makes me warm and fuzzy all over!
A must have for your music collection!!!

I've been listening to this cd for a long time now, and it's so obvious that the people who don't like it are the ones who don't understand her. She's not trying to blow anyone away with her singing and electronics, she's being herself (or projecting an image that's a smaller part of herself). Listening to a Peaches album should be like talking to an old friend; very intimate and without prejudging.

In short, this album kicks ass. And I'm sure "Impeach My Bush" will, as well. :)