WhatFunLifeWas [Original recording reissued]

Bedhead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Touch & Go Records
• ASIN: B000056O2T
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,665 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Liferaft

2. Haywire

3. Bedside Table

4. The Unpredictable

5. Landlord

6. Crushing

7. Unfinished

8. Powder

9. Foaming Love

10. To The Ground

11. Living Well

12. Wind Down

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hands down, the most underappreciated album of the decade, August 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: What Fun Life Was (Audio CD)

When the history of the 1990s music is written, Dallas, Texas' Bedhead will likely not make the final draft, and I haven't decided whether that's just a shame or a total travesty. Ask anyone who owns "What Fun Life Was" to describe the first time they heard it. Ask them what it was like to first hear these eleven songs that contain not traditional songs but sonic components brilliantly arranged and brought one-by-one into each piece, silence followed by sound, a single guitar, then drums, then a buildup into something the entire band gets behind, usually ending with some of the most astonishing jams in the history of rock. Beginning with the quiet-to-roar of "Liferaft," through the crazed subtlety of "Unfinished," the sweet waltz of "Foaming Love," and the dramatic ending of "Wind Down"....aw, hell, there's not a bad track in the bunch. Yeah, yeah, the obvious 'references' people give for the uninitiated are Velvet Underground and Galaxie 500, but that's giving Bedhead way too little credit. They created something all their own here, and it's up to us missionaries who were lucky enough to stumble upon it the first time in '94 to carry The Word to the masses. Or at least to a few smart, open-minded people who would like to have their minds blown one more time. Everyone I have ever played this album for has gone out and bought their own copy within 24 hours. Get the message? Run, don't walk.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best American rock band of the 90's, September 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: What Fun Life Was (Audio CD)

Truly a fantastic band. All of the their albums are worth owning--which is a rare thing to say about any band. This, their first album, I think is their best though. All the songs are fully developed and the album as a whole is magnificent.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where's the love???, May 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: WhatFunLifeWas (Audio CD)

I'm more than a little disappointed in the lack of attention that Bedhead, and this album in particular, ever received. Simply put, I think they were an incredibly consistent band, and this album is their finest. True, all of their discs are somwhat indistinguishable, but why mess with a good thing? Not every band can be like U2 and change sounds to fit the musical climate of the time.

Bedhead managed to find a unique style free of any gloss or gimmicks. They sorta reminded me of Yo La Tengo, in that they were somehow both soft and loud at the same time. They were the only "chill" music to go heavy on the guitars, that's for sure. Their songs were at least able to set a speciific mood, and evoke feelings on every listen. Track #8, Powder, is probably the best example of this. ...

I encourage anyone reading this to give Bedhead a serious shot at earning a spot in your music collection, you wont be disappointed.