That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice

Dump | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: SHRIMPER RECORDS/REVOLVER USA
• ASIN: B00005ARDY
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 1999

2. Rasberry Beret

3. Eroctic City

4. The Beautiful Ones

5. When U Were Mine

6. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?

7. Pop Life

8. A Love Bizarre

9. Girls + Boys

10. Dirty Mind

11. An Honest Man

12. Another Lonely Christmas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Album Title Says it All!, April 8, 2001

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Tallyfish (Tallahassee, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice (Audio CD)

This is reputedly a side project of a Yo Lo Tango member. It's worth it for the title alone, which should get a CD Title of the Year award for 2001. It also aptly describes the contents within - a killer collection of Prince cover tunes. From the great cover of "Poplife" with spare acoustic strumming, to the slow freaky "1999", and everything else in between, this is FUN, melodic music. If you take your rock and pop with a touch of Lo-Fi ambience, a gallon of guitars and honesty, but most all, not too seriously, this might be the one for you. Check it out.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Cool, December 17, 2001

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John Burke (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice (Audio CD)

I heard about this project by the Yo La Tango front man a few years ago (I think it was a Fan Club only cassette release or something along those lines). I was curious when I saw it had received a 'commercial release'. This is a great CD - the cover versions contained within are wonderful, lo-fi buzz and acoustic renditions. Particularly superb are the readings of 'Pop Life, Erotic City and the lesser known song 'An Honest Man' - which on this reading sounds strangely like a Neil Young song circa 'After The Gold Rush'(!) very unlike the gospel tinged ballad Prince fans have had on bootleg since 1986. Pick this CD up if you enjoy Mercury Rev, Granddaddy or the Flaming Lips or Yo La Tango. The songs are great - you've heard them all before all but in different versions by Prince...

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great covers of a great "artist"., June 20, 2001

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Elspeth - See all my reviews

This review is from: That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice (Audio CD)

I loved this so much I bought the CD when I already owned the cassette! Dump's version of "When U Were Mine" is my favorite (although I am still partial to Cyndi Lauper's version) but I am really impressed of his choice of songs. He's got all my favorites here, even "Erotic City". A masterpiece for indie or Prince fans alike.