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 Lives up to its title - Big Audio Dynamite Dec 14, 2006
What a great blast of beat-heavy weirdness. This album was a sensation when it hit; "The Bottom Line" was a big favorite in the clubs. Great dance music. "This is..." turned out to be an unforgettable album, perfect for parties, or for just hanging out with friends. An unbeatable traveling album as well. Only 43 minutes in length, it's great from start to finish. The songs are layered and unique, and the beats (and the super-fun sound effects) are varied and even funny. The lyrics are excellent. With one bold step (surely made up of a million agonizing minutes in the studio) Mick Jones launched himself beyond the Clash. He brought good company with him, making "This is Big Audio Dynamite" one of the very best records of its decade, of all time, and definetly a classic.
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The first of several great records May 15, 2006
BAD went on after this witty, original, melodic, rhythmic release to produce at least two other superb works: Megatop Phoenix and The Globe. Mick Jones is a really creative fellow, with some of Frank Zappa's humor and ability to write a great tune. Wanted to point out - since many reviews refer to the Good/Bad/Ugly sampling - that the dialogue in E=MC2 (you're Jack the Lad...give them a bit of stick) comes from the Nicholas Roeg film Performance, with James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg, set in 60s London. Jones evokes the Swinging London era quite often; there's a hilarious sequence on The Globe where Cathy MacGowan, or someone like that, is rambling on about dolly birds and with-it clubs.
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E=MC2=absolutely amazing! Jun 16, 2005
This is almost exactly what I look for in a sampling-based album - strong vocal, strong song structure, and catchy beats. "This is Big Audio Dynamite" definetely delivers in all aspects - unimaginably catchy, intoxicating beats that really get into your soul.
"E=MC2" is now one of my favorite 80s tracks - brilliantly put together with a strong vocal and amazing beat.
Why did it take me so long to find such an amazing-sounding album? I thank the wonderful "Listmania" creators on Amazon.com for this amazing discovery.
Besides "E=MC2", the best tracks are "Sony" and "The Bottom Line." Download or buy ASAP!!
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Genius! Apr 12, 2005
Big Audio Dynamite's first album has got to be their absolute best. My first exposure to B.A.D. was hearing the song "Bad" in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", and it made me seek out this album. (This was before I was even a big Clash fan, and I later become one.) To my surprise, every single track was just as good as that one, if not better. From the western sampled "Medicine Show" (with clips from "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" and "The Treasure Of Sierra Madre"), the catchy and kitschy "Sony", the dance hit "E=MC2", to the Reggae peppered "A Party", I can't find a track among these 8 songs that isn't good.
I highly recommend checking out anything of Big Audio Dynamite that you can get your hands on, but a lot of it is out of print. (The drastically underappreciated F-Punk being one of those) Luckily, the brilliant debut album is still in print, and even though it's still a bit hard to find, you can find it without nearly as much as hassle as some of the other releases. Grab this one!
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Their first and their best Jun 30, 2004
Mick Jones and Co. never broke that sophmore jinx--they could never top what they did here, on THIS IS BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE. Employing big sounds and borrowing from their favorite big American icons (especially Clint!), this album showed who was behind the big club tunes of the Clash, like "Rock the Casbah". There is a certain playfulness to Mick Jones' style that fits in with this sound. And of course, timing is everything. Big Audio Dynamite emerged during the big eighties--just like Peter Gabriel's "Big Time", Big Country's "Big Country", all the Talking Heads'/David Byrne "Big" tunes and the Tom Hanks' movie named... you guessed it
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