We Must Burn

Poison Idea | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Abstract Sounds
• ASIN: B00009V7NH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,330 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dont Ask Why

2. Hung Like A Saviour

3. Hard And Cheap

4. Endless Blockades For The Pussyfooter

5. Not The Last

6. When I Say Stop

7. Foiled Again

8. Jessies Arms

9. Slum Lord

10. Stare At The Sun

11. Religion And Politics (Pt 1)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great record by a great band, January 22, 2006

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themule33 "themule33" (Salem, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: We Must Burn (Audio CD)

This disk has the deep, churning, furious boogie you've come to expect from Portland, Oregon's XL punk bad boys. The riffs are hard. The drumming tight. The lyrics angry, and almost uncomfortably insightful. Singer Jerry A is every bit the hood ornament of the PI mobile, careening through Portland's rain-soaked streets. Mondo & Pig Champion, as usual, burn the barn with their guitar work.

Poison Idea was a pivotal band during the Northwest's punk-to-grunge transition, and this CD is a pretty good slice of why. What's unique about 'We Must Burn' is the band's use of atmospheric music (created old school with guitar, bass & drums) added to the songs. It is different from the two-minutes-and-done punk ferocity of earlier albums, and the overall effect is quite dramatic.

This is not only a great record, it's a cool snapshot of a legendary band doing something a little out of character, and ---as usual--- doing it better than anyone else at the time.