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Wreck Your Life

Old 97s Format: Audio CD
4.9 out of 5 stars 21 customer reviews
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  • Audio CD (May 23, 1996)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Bloodshot Records
  • ASIN: B000001HT9
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsDon't Skip This One!!!
By A Customer on August 5, 1999
Format: Audio CD
This is the first Old 97s album I bought. Thus, it is my sentimental favorite. In the general progression from beautifully unpolished "Rhome" to outrageously wild "Too Far To Care", "Wreck Your Life" is sometimes sweet, very often funny, and always great music. Rhett's lyrics are what I would call brilliantly pathetic. "Big Brown Eyes" is a masterpiece of rejection, and "Over the Cliff" is one of the best "screw my job" songs I've ever heard. If you like any of the Old 97s' other CDs, you will definitely love this one.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWhoa...
By A Customer on January 23, 2001
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"...headin' back to Cleveland in a 7-seater tour van there's eight of us, so one's sleepin' on the floor. The guy that plays the banjo keeps on handing me the Old Crow. It multiplies my sorrow, I can't take this any more..."
This album makes me want to give up songwriting. I can't write a song as well as "Doreen". I love everything from The Beatles, to De La Soul, to Johnny Cash, to Sleater-Kinney, but I've never felt like that. No album had ever made me think a genre had peaked before this one. Buy it and weep.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic
By Amazon Customer on October 17, 2001
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After falling in love with Satellite Rides and Fight Songs, I purchased Wreck Your Life on a whim. I immediately found that I was able to relate to the tunes and lyrics in a way that I'd almost forgotten was possible. The album's absolutely packed with the irreverent innocence and frenetic (and often painful) love that I just can't get enough of. Wreck Your Life is my new favorite album.
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5.0 out of 5 starsIt depends on what you like
By Cereal Killer on July 29, 2004
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If you like achingly clever lyrics, brlliantly-turned phrases, crunching guitar cords, driving drum tracks, mind altering hooks, and toe tapping fun, you will like this album. Seriously, this is as finely crafted pop/rock/twang-a-billy album as you are likely to find. Perfect.
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5.0 out of 5 starsOld 97's: Alt Country, Shmalt Country. Just Good Music!
By K. Cate Jr. on October 10, 2001
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I'm biased: Old 97's are my favorite band. I'm 30, educated and do not like country music. Yet this is my favorite band, and the best album by Old 97's. It's raw yet smooth, rough yet gentle. The songwriting is superb, the vocals are almost painful to hear and the overall impression they always give is that of a group of young men who play and FEEL their music. Don't insult this wonderful band by placing them in a "genre". Just listen to the music and know your world is a better place.
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4.0 out of 5 starsYou won't regret buying this one
By Dale Wetzel on August 3, 2001
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Of the Old 97s albums, I'd rate Too Far to Care first and Wreck Your Life a close second. Both are examples of excellent musicianship and, on occasion, some of the best songwriting you will ever hear. About Doreen: "She lived in Berkeley til the earthquake shook her loose .... She lives in Texas now where nothing ever moves."
Listen to the "Victoria" and "Doreen" samples. If you don't hear something there, don't buy the album. And I would also suggest that you check your pulse.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLyrics that strike home, in a southern country rock rythm
By A Customer on September 22, 1998
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This is country music, but I hate country and I love this CD. The lyrics really hit home for generation X'ers that are tired of looking for love. These guys can play fast or slow and I promise you'll be singing all the songs word for word in your first week with this CD.
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4.0 out of 5 starsa great album from a great band
By A Customer on July 14, 2004
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The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is due to a couple weak songs- W-I-F-E and Goin Goin Gone. But everything else is pure joy with Over the Cliff and Big Brown Eyes my favorite. To crank the music and sing "Please don'd call me cool just call me a$$hole" or "I'm calling Time and Temperature just for some company" is the most fun you can have with your pants on. Highly recommended.
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One of my favorite albums. The Other Shoe is one of my all time favorite songs. I just love the imagery of it.

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5.0 out of 5 starsAwesome Band

Got this for my husband for V-day. He likes these guys. Now I like them too! Great CD been enjoing listening to them.

Published on March 11, 2013 by js
5.0 out of 5 starsForeveryoungentertainment

I realized after I wrote this review that I had not correctly scored it. The album is fine, in good shape although the case was damaged in shipping. Read more

Published on February 6, 2012 by Gigi
5.0 out of 5 starsHank, Elvis, Buddy, Johnny (Cash and Rotten), Janis, and "Fill in...

This album is a freight train loaded with good music, plain and simple. I feel it's the left side of a bell-shaped curve of their mid-to-late 90's music with "Too Far to Care" and... Read more

Published on July 11, 2011 by M. Ballantine
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Songs!

I am a big 97's fan and own all of their albums. This early one contains a few of their very best songs. Old Familiar Steam is my favorite 97's song of all time. Read more

Published on February 22, 2009 by Maureen354
5.0 out of 5 starsthe type of album that changes your life...

The Old 97's "Wreck Your Life" is an album that changes one's life. No matter what type of music you dig, there's somethng on the record for everybody. Read more

Published on December 22, 2005 by Chris Edwards
4.0 out of 5 starsGood, but not as good as Too Far to Care, IMO.

This one is a little more "Poppy" than Too Far to Care. I like the more twangy country style of Too Far to Care. To me, that's what makes the Old 97's great.

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