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 you either love it or you hate it Oct 30, 2009
i love all of the revolting cocks albums, i wish there were more, i would buy them all. if you like ministry or pigface you will most likely dig this album. driving guitars, amazing drumming, and crazy lyrics performed by the most rambunctious bunch of musicians around. what more could you want?
2 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Oh Al... May 22, 2007
So consummate is my fanboyism that I am morally obligated to listen to everything Gibby records at least once, but lord, this just isn't good. I guess I can agree that it's the best industrial album of 2006, but that's really not the compliment it sounds like given the competition. The ever-increasing prevalence of unthinkably powerful computers has pretty much made the entire movement passé--any kid with a pirated copy of ProTools can do this stuff in their sleep these days--and Christina Aguilera's latest record arguably embodies the mechanistic time card punching work ethic just as well as anything Genesis P. Orridge ever laid on tape.
This album is still more respectable than your average Trent's-broke-and-needs-another-fix charity fundraiser release, but there hasn't really been anything genuinely exciting going on in the genre since Jim Nash died. Even the last Foetus release was a tragedy and I always thought he could do no wrong.
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 Worst Production EVER Apr 24, 2007
It seems that none of the other reviewers were particularly impressed with this album either, but I am surprised no one mentioned the terrible production. The record was produced and mixed by Al himself, but lacks the bass thickness or drum heaviness that typifies your standard industrial release. In fact the drum beat gets entirely lost in the mix at certain fast points, and the music degrades into amorphous static, such as during the chorus of Ten Million Ways to Die (an inane "Ministry - So What" wannabe). Gone are Paul Barker's smooth basslines, and gone are the beats of Bill Rieflin. The music as a whole sounds dry, thin, and incredibly low-fidelity-and-not-in-that-cool-way. This detracts from the once darkly sexy quality that RevCo used to have, and replaces it with more of a dirty grandpa vibe.
Some of the Jello Biafra songs are cool, and remind me of Lard. Dead End Streets and Viagra Culture are definitely two of the more interesting tracks. Revolting Cock au Lait is sort of amusing in its parodying of classic Hendrix/Pink Floyd/Etc, but my version of this CD opens with a track called RevColution Medley, which is just the previously mentioned song edited down to 5 or 6 minutes, and therefore pretty unnecessary. And I liked the song Fire Engine the first time I heard it... when it was called Sideways in Reverse by the Mark Lanegan Band. Ripoff aside, the lyrics are just stupid. Fire Engine Fast, Fire Engine Slow, Fire Engine Fire Engine Go Go Go?
So there are a few good songs on here, and I could even forgive the lame ones like Fire Engine and Prune Tang (someone needs to tell Al that a clever pun does not a good tune make) if only the production weren't so bad. I got this album free, and still felt disappointed.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
It grew on me Mar 31, 2007
This is a rather rough release that took awhile to grab me. However, eventually the eclectic compilation of musucians, with their obscene lyrics, catchy riffs, and scathing vocals grabbed me.
This is nothing like previous Revolting Cock albums, as the sense of humor associated with this group has turned somewhat darker. The lineup is also almost entirely different.
Somehow, it all meshes together, as this Al-centric project puts together one of my favorite albums from 2006. Songs that I couldn't even listen all the way through at first, have suddenly become some of my favorites off the album (Jack in the Crack, Pole Grinder). Other songs, like Fire Engine, Revolting Cock Au Lait, and Purple Head were winners from the start.
Don't expect Big Sexy Land or Beers, Steers, and Queers, and keep an open mind if you pick this one up.
7 of 10 found the following review helpful:
If ya can't laugh, screw ya! Jul 21, 2006
Here is REVCO back and taking no prisoners. Uncle Al is back with a beefed up line up featuring Gibby Hanes, Rick Nielson, Jello Biafra and Phildo Owen. Part sass, part tribute, part insanity mixed with moonshine likker. If you can't get down to this baby, you are just a nu-metal p*ssy. Viva the COCK!
Stand out track: Calientie (A reworded version of Dark Entries by Bauhaus!)
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