Liquid Liquid

Liquid Liquid

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 1997)
• Original Release Date: August 26, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grand Royal Records
• ASIN: B000001X3Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #326,520 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Optimo

2. Cavern

3. Scraper

4. Out

5. Lock Groove (In)

6. Lock Groove (Out)

7. Push

8. Zero Leg

9. Eyes Sharp

10. Groupmegroup

11. New Walk [Live]

12. Lub Dupe [Live]

13. Bell Head [Live]

14. Rubbermiro

15. Lock Groove [Live]

16. Groupmegroup [Live]

17. Bell Head [Live]

18. Push [Live]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Most of the groundbreaking no-wave funk released in the early 1980s on the 99 label is in limbo, but Grand Royal has seen fit to reissue three Liquid Liquid EPs plus live tracks. Who were Liquid Liquid? A bunch of white art-school types, whose "Cavern" formed the basis for "White Lines"--the following lawsuit sank both 99 and Sugarhill Records. This EP is as much Steve Reich as James Brown as Fela Kuti and sums ups most of New York City's musical obsessions of the period. Minimalist bass, trance-like vibes and occasional melodica and you're left wondering why anyone would choose to listen to acid-jazz, when we have godhead such as this. --D. Strauss

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely essential album, just make sure you know exactly what you're getting for your money, October 15, 2005

By	mretrain "mretrain" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

Liquid Liquid is absolutely essential if you like bass and percussion-driven post-punk like PiL, ESG and Gang of Four. I hear a little Can in their music as well, which is more than fine with me. Old-school hip-hop fans might dig it too because of the Grandmaster Flash connection, but there's no rapping, and the vocals (of which there aren't much) consist of barely intelligible John Lydon-esque wails and moans, also not unlike Damo Suzuki of Can. Again, this is more than fine with me.

Unfortunately, the prices for this hard-to-find CD are getting outrageous, and the item you're buying from resellers may not be the original 1997 release on Grand Royal, but what's called a "CD on-demand" release produced by a company called The Disc Kiosk who work in conjunction with Universal Music to release simplified versions of Universal's back catalog. They are official releases and they have the original artwork, but the original liner notes are not included and the art on the CD label is simplified. It's great, but it's still not the original 1997 Grand Royal release from a collector's standpoint.

I paid half a Ben Franklin on another used/resale website (but the same seller does do business on Amazon as well) and I received the CD-on-demand release. I guess I was lucky since I could have paid even more, but I could have just gone to the Disc Kiosk's eBay store or website and gotten the exact same item for less than a double sawbuck. It is an official release, and the sound quality is exactly the same as the original release, but I still felt like I was taken. Rather than complain about it, I figured I would just give others that want to own this CD a heads-up.

If you are interested in the CD-on-demand release (which is a great buy if you're paying the normal price and not overinflated collector prices) check the Disc Kiosk's eBay store, or their website, which is easy enough to google. If you're buying from resellers, always ask whether you're buying the 1997 Grand Royal release or the 2004 CD-on-demand release from the Universal Music Archive Collection.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT recordings, but shop wisely!, November 20, 2003

By	Mipham J. Muckpo (New England, USA) - See all my reviews

Yes, this is the post-rock and dance-punk "Holy Grail", but you shouldn't have to lose your shirt to own it. In September I found a brand new sealed copy of the even rarer original UK CD version (it came out first) on the Mo Wax label for a MUCH more reasonable price than, ahem... I wonder if all of us collectors will be humbled one day by an eventual re-issue of this material. But since the dance-punk "craze" is fading very fast, it's tough to tell whether the demand will still be there.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a forsight into late 90's clubing - from the 80's no less, March 13, 1999

By A Customer

this album is an unbelievable trailblazer, forking early in the 80's from a seeminly emminent commitment to soulless guitar thrashing. Its tunes were obviously well before their time, and resulted in its underground keepings for over 15 years. The eventual evolution of ROCK AND ROLL (meaning all samples of music) would lead to the Beastie Boys' label, Grand Royal, reissuing their music. The album is a blending of one song to the next, where, to the new ear, its sounds are melted away and the experienced ear picks out the points which would be remade into late 90's techno and rap bass lines.