Tell Another Joke at the Ol' Choppin' Block [Vinyl]

Danielson Famile | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (September 23, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Secretly Canadian
• ASIN: B000BEZQUO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  | 
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,325 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. No No

2. Ye Olde Battle Axe

3. Me To Datee

4. Lord's Rest

5. Flesh Thang

6. Jersey Loverboy

7. I Am My Beloved's

8. Big Baby

9. Deviled Egg

10. Quest For Thrills

Disc: 2

1. Smooth Death

2. Jokin' At The Block

3. Like A Vacuum (Live On WFMU)

4. God Bless (Live On WFMU)

5. Pepcid 20MG (Live On WFMU)

6. Headz In Da Cloudz (Live On WFMU)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perry Farell goes christian rock., October 29, 1998

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Oscar Escobar ([e-mail]) (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tell Another Joke On The Ol' Choppin' Block (Audio CD)

The album deals with adolescent themes, but in a way that seemingly subverts them through the execution. In other words, when one listen to this album, one gets the feeling that they are listening to Perry Farell of Jane's Addiction singing and playing an acoustic guitar around a camp fire at a christian summer camp. The songs work their way into incredibly rich grooves that are anything but conventioanl, but then are punctuated by the sweet harmonies of children. In doing so, the album invokes the sinister edge of a more punk rock driven work, but then undermines itself with an adolescent innocence, rendering the album one of the most unique works I've heard in a long time. It also gets better with repeated hearing.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Danielson's easiest album to LOVE!, July 18, 2002

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tamajinn "tamajinn" (West Deptford, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tell Another Joke On The Ol' Choppin' Block (Audio CD)

If you're reading this review, it's probably because you've heard mixed things about Danielson and are trying to decide if you should buy one of their albums. I bought my first Danielson album because I read a review of their album "Omega" and was intrigued. "Tell Another Joke" is a wonderful album. The whole album is listenable. You might skip over a certain song, thinking you don't like it, and then listen to it one day only to find it seems like you've never even heard it before. Daniel Smith's voice may seem irritating at first, but once you get used to it I bet it will grow on you. I will always think of the summer of 2001 as the summer I drove around with this CD in my car, singing along with "Smooth Death" and shouting "AMEN, BROTHER!" with Daniel. Truly an inventive, fun, unconventional band that takes real joy in what they do. May they always stay so pure and uncorrupted by music industry "norms!"

ps - it is so refreshing to hear a Christian band deal with the subject of sexual temptation in a real but amusing way. This is an issue all Christians have to face and it is nice to see it dealt with frankly and honestly. Danielson, you are one of the true boasts of the visionary music world!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Top Five Records of 1997, February 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Tell Another Joke On The Ol' Choppin' Block (Audio CD)

This record singlehandedly revived my love of music. The question among doubting indie friends was, "Are they for real?" I saw them live, and rest assured: they are the realest thing going. They believe wholeheartedly what they're singing, and it is the most refreshing thing you'll ever hear. Listen to "Ye Olde Battle-Axe" and you'll know all you need to know: chiming, childish voices; deft instrumentation composed primarily of high-school band instruments; art-rock song structures; and Christian sentiment expressed as you've never heard it before. It requires a few listens, but this record is as weird and as wonderful as music gets.