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Trans Am is a great band, mixing electronic music with fairly straight-ahead rock. There's lots that should sound familiar to anyone who likes anthem-rock, but for some reason, it all sounds better when trans am does it. Same for the electronic stuff. It's simple and maybe even slightly cheesy, but it's got energy and intelligence behind it...somewhere. This is a great disc, but probably better suited for folks who already know the band. There's some really good live stuff on here, which is cool because many of their songs sound totally different in a live setting; I've seen them live twice, and they never disappoint. There are also some songs on here that can only be found on overpiced imports. This is a good deal.

the last review was obviously a little onesided, ill try to be a bit more desciptive...this is essentially a collection of outtakes, japanese record distributors often require outside artists to include extra tracks on thier japanese releases, trans am didnt want the american public to have to buy import cds to get this material so they gathered it all up and released it...as it stands its a good document of trans am, what they do and how they do it, but as an album, it may not gel as well as the others, but thats the nature of a "best of" type collection...if you like creative instrumental rock i recommend trans am, they can move from straight up hard edged powertrio stuff, to electro pop, to ambient textures, to flat out hard volume clipping noise, and back again with phenominal grace and no pretention...

I had read for quite some time that Trans Am was this really cool Alt-Rock/Electronica outfit which was taking things to the next level. This CD is a "greatest hits" or something, but it certainly doesn't impress this first time listener.

There are some rather catchy tunes on here, but they are stuck between lo-fi jam sessions, and cacophonous bleep-fests. Possibly some good 'source material' for other artists looking for soundbytes or loops, but definitely a mediocre album.

This is the first cd that I have purchased by Trans Am. I'm amazed that Thrill Jockey put this out. Is their other stuff this bad?