We Must Obey

Fu Manchu | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: May 8, 2007
• Release Date: May 8, 2007
• Label: Century Media
• Copyright: 2007 Magic Arts Publishing (ASCAP) except 9 - 1978 Libido Music Inc./Oversnare Music Inc.
• Total Length: 36:25
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• ASIN: B000TEVKMY
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,683 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars We must purchase this album., April 1, 2007

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Peacepooch (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

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

There has been a lot of whining through bongsmoke clouds about the last couple of discs from the FU. Some said "California Crossing" didn't have enough of the fuzz, or "Start the Machine" was too dark and staid compared to the band's past efforts. I'm sure there are varying opinions on this one, but not from me. This is the most solid thing I've heard from the band's Bob Balch-era since "The Action is Go". The tracks are short, potent, and there's riffs a plenty. "Shake it Loose" is a midpaced footstomper and "Hung Out to Dry" is a trippy FREHLEY / SABS-style jammer that would fit on any of the band's cherished back discs. How any fan of the rawk could keep still through either of these tracks is beyond me. I found myself uncontrollably headbanging away as Scott Hill barks "Land...of...Giants!" over a boulder of a riff in the track of the same name. Plus, the cover of THE CARS 'Moving in Stereo' is incredible, just like their version of "Godzilla" from days gone by. Looks like there's already a bunch of used copies for about nine bucks, so pick it up.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OBEY THIS!!!, February 26, 2007

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Kule "Kule Stuff" (Benicia, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews

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

Fu Manchu's new CD is killer, no doubt! Songs like Lesson, Land of Giants, Let Me Out and Hung Out To Dry are completely kickass!!! Believe it, I've got all of the Fu's albums and this CD is no letdown whatsoever, its cool the whole way through!!! Get it now and OBEY!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not my Fu, January 6, 2011

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Jack Knife (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews

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

Not really liking this "hardcore" version of Fu Manchu. I know they started out as a hardcore band early on and have hardcore influences which they are certainly flexing on this and subsequent albums. But they have foresaken the groove on the last couple of albums and it just ain't the same. Ain't the Fu I know and love. The previous albums were awesome, heavy, groovy albums. Like a stoned Ted Nugent fronting a Black Sabbath that grew up in California surfing and riding dune buggies. There was a looseness yet tightness to the music that made it breathe. You just HAD to bob your head. You just HAD to drive faster. You thanked god someone still made music like that among a bunch of shoegazer and nu-metal crybabies. Now it's for headbangers. The new stuff is heavy but it's just repetitive, musically uninteresting, and the vocal cadence is in a big time rut. If they continue down this road I'm out. They may win new fans with this but I think they're pushing away the old ones. Get In Search Of, Daredevil, Eastin' Dust, King of the Road, or Action Is Go if you want the true soul of this band. IMO Start the Machine is where it starts to de-rail into this new form of the Fu.