Tinnitus

Backyard Babies

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2005)
• Original Release Date: February 22, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Liquor & Poker
• ASIN: B0007M21XA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #194,804 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock n Roll at its best, March 1, 2006

By	Donna "Small Bear" (Nottingham, England) - See all my reviews

Bought this album on the basis of the only song I had heard by them - Minus Celsius. Fantastic stuff, pure rock n roll energy, the 1st songs starts off, this is my song to people who piss me off, must be one of the best opening tracks ever. Brilliant can;t wait to hear some of their other albums.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock Hard With The Backyard Babies, April 12, 2005

By	Ken Pierce "Editor, PiercingMetal.com" (Brooklyn,, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Backyard Babies have been around for about 10 years and this is far too long for the United States to have waited to get a taste of their brand of old school rock and roll mixed with a touch of Punk. Their latest CD entitled "Tinnitus" will be the first time the music will be available to us in the USA and this is due to the efforts of the folks at Liquor and Poker Music. What I first found amazing about the band was the fact that this kind of music was coming from Sweden as opposed to someplace like Hollywood California or New York. I mean, Sweden has so many grinding and dark styled heavy metal bands that it is a refreshing change of pace for those that grow tired of that stuff. This is more akin to the glory days of the Sex Pistols and New York Dolls (though some folks will argue there is Clash and Social Distortion influences in this as well). I enjoyed the CD very much and found myself with quite a few favorites after only one listen. This is no-nonsense foot stomping music, it makes you want to grab a beer and your boots and slam and bop while the band plays on late into the evening in some crap bar.

Right off the bat is "Brand New Hate" which has a humorous tone about making enemies being a good thing. "Minus Celcius" and "Look At You" seemed to be among the most driving of the numbers on the CD. "The Clash" and "Friends" also impressed me and overall I had few criticisms of the music. I always liked high energy rock with that rougher edge. If you follow the bands like the ones referenced earlier then this is the kind of CD that could really appeal to you. The band is very good live and I was fortunate to catch them on a one night only show in my vicinity. It is energetic and fun and it makes listening to the CD all the more worth it. The four members of the band Nicke (vocals), Dregen (guitar), Peder (drums) and Johann (bass) make sure to give you a sensory explosion that you will not soon forget.

There is some other coolness involved with this release, as Liquor And Poker have included a bonus CD in the package. This CD is loaded with about 16 tracks of some of their artist lineup. The Backyard Babies CD has a fully loaded booklet with photos and lyrics (the type I always am able to enjoy since I love when they place time in a good booklet). This CD comes with the highest of recommendations and listen to this - You will not be worrying about needing older releases since the tracks on "Tinnitus" as far as some of the bands most popular tracks are from earlier releases. Not so much catch up to do that way which is always appealing with a band from Europe who just is coming out over here in the States.

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Introduction, A few classics missing though, June 29, 2008

By	Steven Swan (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This collection for the US is a pretty nice intro to Sweden's Backyard Babies, but I would have replaced the songs "UFO Romeo", "Colours", and "Made Me A Madman" with "Heaven 2.9", "Earn The Crown", and "Bombed (Out Of My Mind)". For the span of albums this represents, that would have made it ideal to me anyway for a full blown intro to this great band.

I've got all their stuff pretty much, I just got this for the second disc.
It has a couple from the Dirty Americans that I really like, along with the Hellacopters (2 great songs that led me to purchase "By The Grace Of God", and even a couple from Hanoi Rocks. Crash Kelly was kinda disappointing sleaze rock that reminded me of really bad late 80's hard rock (what is these days referred to as hair bands), and there's a couple other songs on there I don't like, but overall on the Liquor & Poker disc; it's a nice little mix of hard rock in the style of the BB's.