Title Tk

The Breeders | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000063UZ8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,245 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Deconstructing Kim, October 4, 2003

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Greg Lyons (Somerville, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Title Tk (Audio CD)

Listening to the Breeders' collected works is like listening to a band de-evolving. Play "Last Splash" and "Title TK" back to back and you'll wonder if it's the stereo or your hearing that has messed up. However, add in the punk-pop atom bomb that is the "Head to Toe" EP, plus the lo-fi coolness of "Pacer" (by Kim's side project, the Amps), and one can draw a fairly straight line between the two albums. The sound may have changed, but that Kim Deal magic is still there. You just have to listen harder to hear it.

Be sure to check out the singles as well. They usually have different (and better) versions than the album, as well as some kickin' B-sides.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rougher but more introspective Breeders, October 2, 2002

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"drumb" (milwaukee, wi United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Title Tk (Audio CD)

The new album Title TK may be a new direction for the Breeders, hardly avoidable with an almost completely new band, but the song quality and brilliant pop ingenuity hasn't lessened a bit. In fact, though deeply sincere, the Breeders sound quite content and comfortable in their new setting casting an air of cynicism or mellowness in their knowledge that this is not merely a last splash followup for everyone who loved cannonball. While the Breeders previous work is great in its own right, this album really proves that they are a devoted band and not merely a one trick pony that is related to the Pixies, such as other popular band offshoots (ie The Foo Fighters). Furthermore, the basement, sub studio production really aids the once crisply mixed breeders using the biting guitars, solid rythm section, and dissonant but sweet vocals to propel the songs forward as appossed to churning production. The lack of studio sheen also allows for the songs to truly cast their own mood and revel in the sincere subtleties and human imperfections created by the Deal sisters. Although every song is good both within the album's context and on its own, some real highlights include the guitar frieght train attack of Son of Three, Kim Deal's snarl on Full on Idle, the beautifully atonal Too Alive, and the deeply emotional and touching Off You. Not only is this a great album with every track as good as the last, but this is a CD from a band that hasn't even existed since the mid 90s, and when overrated ripoffs like the strokes or weezer can't get true rough pop right, it's nice to see the Breeders come back and so effortlessly put them back in their places.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Title P.U.---The Last Gasp?, May 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Title Tk (Audio CD)

...Unfortunately, this is a pretty paltry record, nine years in the making---yes, nine years, I said. Such an observation will likely spark a quality versus quantity debate, but Title TK has neither; in its short running time of about 35 minutes, the Breeders cover an Amps song needlessly---the version is not much different at all from the Amps, except it sounds more watered-down---and finally put down songs that have been recorded before and have been lingering around for years (Climbing the Sun). People are saying they like the clumsiness and sparseness of this record, but instead of believing this intentional, I think it's the result of a massive writer's block that has kept the Breeders silent for almost a decade. Deal's excuse was that she was striving for the "perfect sound," shorn of studio gimmickry, an ageless, no-frills rock sound, but I don't know if they even achieved this. The production is dry and a little lifeless, and the songs sound---well, almost stillborn. Of course there are moments that redeem some parts of the record---this is the Breeders, after all---but, overall, this record will be remembered as a curio in their discography. Hopefully, it's not going to be remembered as "The Last Gasp" too, because I like the Deal sisters as people---they're very friendly and approachable in person---and I do think they have much more talent than this record would lead most to believe.