A Tribute To Carhenge

The Auto Body Experience | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 8, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 8, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dental
• ASIN: B00003E4DH
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #645,835 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Auto Body Experience Theme

2. (Who Took Your Pipe) Mr. Potato Head?

3. (I'm Turning Into) Mister Wilson

4. Nobody's Running The Ship

5. Head

6. All Your Friends

7. Tom Is Late

8. Crap

9. X-Ray Specs

10. The Worms Don't Hear

11. Class Reunion

12. The Auto Body Experience Reprise

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it NOW your life could depend ont it., February 8, 2000

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Douglas A Menning (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Tribute To Carhenge (Audio CD)

Or maybe not, but you can make your dog happy by doing so. If I had a dog he would be ecstatic, my wife and I own all of their CD's and this one is an outstanding example of their musical talent, humorous, satirical and offbeat lyrics. We we're at the CD release party for this disc the only downside is you can't buy that live perfomance of hits (can I call them that) which we're played by ABE with several additional guest performers.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prince has got nuthin' on Abe..., January 22, 2003

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Edward Davidson (St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Tribute To Carhenge (Audio CD)

Nothing I or anyone else says can bring justice to The Auto Body Experience. Their music is truly a bizarre mixture of many different styles, yet it remains pretty accessible. At first, the songs are catchy and humorous, but there is more deep inside them than you would expect. And even having never met them, the music, lyrics, pictures, and liner notes will make these friendly guys seem like old friends. But don't limit yourself to just A Tribute to Carhenge! They have two other very wonderful albums which you can get at the band's website. So anyways, this is by far the best band from the Twin Cities (altough Prince is good too) and you don't want to miss out on this cultural phenomenon.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best and most unlikely recording of 1999, December 16, 1999

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David P. Rasmussen (St. Paul, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Tribute To Carhenge (Audio CD)

Auto Body Experience is a seven plus member band from St. Paul, MN, led by guitar whiz, Scott Yoho. They've earned a local fan base through appearances at First Avenue, the Cabooze, the 400 Bar and Christenson's. At their recent gala CD release event at the Minnesota History Center, over 200 showed up, including 100+ long-term fans and a number of kids from Scott's neighborhood.

Topics, for this recording include Mr. Wilson (a.k.a., "Dennis' menacing nemesis"), Mr. Potato Head, and Mr. Tom Larson (the band bassist, noted for his perpetual tardiness). Lyrically, ABE is tredding in the territory of Dr. Suess, with gentle humor that is clever and deep.

"A Tribute to Carhenge" features keyboard whiz Mike Dripps making his ABE debut, the "Car Horns"- Max on sax/clarinet and Tom on trumpet- and the double percussion of Matt Jacobs on drums and Jim Guckenberg on bongos and other stuff. Bassoon is also prominent.

I think that fans of ska will enjoy this record, though technically only two of the songs fit the genre. There are lots of horns on all but a couple of the tunes. Classify this recording as "pop". Stylistically, ABE is all over the map.

This recording is "unlikely" because nobody does the sort of music that Scott Yoho does. Who that you know scores horn charts? ABE combines major national talent with local St. Paul "community spirit" and the drive to do "art" that's good and fun, despite the reality that national media is unlikely to pay attention. Nonetheless, ABE deserves fame and fortune based on their gentle humor and outstanding musicianship. "A Tribute to Carbenge" will make your world a more wonderful place.