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Bark at the Moon
Average customer rating:

The album that got me into music - period.

The begenning of the glory of Jake E Lee!

is it original recording reissued or remastered??

it's good

Only his absolute best!

Bark at the Moon
Ozzy Osbourne
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000068R1X
Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

Bark At The Moon
You're No Different
Now You See It (Now You Don't)
Rock 'N' Roll Rebel
Centre Of Eternity
So Tired
Slow Down
Waiting For Darkness
Spiders
One Up The 'B' Side

Customer Reviews:

The album that got me into music - period........2007-06-06

Bark at the Moon holds a sentimental value to me. It was one of the first albums I had listened to growing up and where my love for music started. I thank my brother for playing this LP for me that day and turning me on to Ozzy Osbourne and his music at 10 years old.

Now I look back at Bark at the Moon 24 years later and my feelings haven't changed much. I still think this is a great record despite all of the hardships Ozzy was suffering through at the time it was being made - dealing with the loss of Randy Rhoads, his issues with drink/drugs, the battles with his record company coupled with the Alamo incident and the bat/dove head fiascos just to name a few. The album is probably one of Ozzy's darkest and the most melancholy album he has made. You can even hear it in his voice on some of the songs.

This review is only for the 1983 8-song CD on CBS that I currently and proudly own. I have heard the two bonus tracks that are on the 2002 version but not the rest of this album remaster (or remix as some have labeled it). The band who plays on this album are: Jake E. Lee - guitars, Bob Daisley - bass, Don Airey - keyboards, and Tommy Aldridge - drums. I'll review these tunes along with the rest of the Bark at the Moon LP (from 1 to 10):

1. Bark at the Moon: The first single and the most popular song from the album and has become a classic not only on classic rock radio but is still played at Ozzy's concerts to this day. The video was awesome seeing Ozzy as a werewolf when the moon came out. The most up-tempo song on Bark... I love the vocal effects in Ozzy's voice and Jake E. Lee's riffs and solos are just stellar. I love it. An absolute 10.

2. You're No Different: One of two ballads on the album. Very creepy bass line by Bob and keyboards by Don. This is a song about people who talk down about someone to make themselves feel big but in reality they really are no different and have flaws within them like everyone else. Really mellow number. Might be interesting to hear the 2002 version of this song because I read where someone said it's much longer and doesn't fade out like my version does. I like it. A lot. A 9.

3. Now You See It (Now You Don't): A mid-tempo rocker with some weird synthesizers thrown in by Don. What is with Ozzy's grunting and warbling towards the end? Must've been a bad day at the studio. My least favorite song on the album but it's tolerable. I give it a five.

4. Rock 'N' Roll Rebel: This one is Ozzy's revenge song against the reporters, church groups and parents who thought Ozzy at the time was a bad influence for kids and had Satanic overtones in his music. No matter what is said or printed, Ozzy stands his ground and keeps making the music that he likes. A nice number. Jake is the highlight here with his solos. I rate it an 8.

5. Centre of Eternity: Ahh...the bell tolling with the "monk chant" in the beginning and then just takes off. This must be the fastest song for Ozzy to fit all of the words in the verses, that is. A good song. The beginning part is cool but that's it. To me, an average rocker. 6.

6. So Tired: The second ballad and the 2nd single from Bark at the Moon and probably the most mellow song Ozzy has ever done. There's hardly any guitars at all in this but I still enjoy this song. Don Airey does a wonderful job with the keyboards and piano on this tune. I mentioned earlier about Ozzy on this album singing with a lot of heartache and anguish in his voice and especially in this song it shows. Still a great number for Ozzy. Nine points.

7. Slow Down: As the title suggests, a number about people who are always on the go, multi-tasking, etc. and need to just simply slow down their workload and relax. A nice mid-tempo rocker. I like the keyboard part at the end before the fade out. 7/10.

8. Waiting for Darkness: In my eyes, this song is one of the true highlights on Bark at the Moon besides the title track. What a way to close the album out. Don's 16th note keyboards plus Jake's guitars to provide the off beat rhythm Tommy lays down. LOVE THE ENDING. This should've been a hit too. Ozzy shines on this track. A 10.

Here are the 2002 bonus tracks that I have heard from an import CD I have called the Secret Songs:

Spiders: Off-beat drums coupled with Bob's trippy bass line to go with a dark guitar sound by Jake. Very weird song by Ozzy but it's a hit to me: 10/10.

One Up the B-Side: Average song, nothing special. Filler. Four out of ten.

Although Bark at the Moon is not well received by many of Ozzy's fans due to the overwhelming keyboards/synths that flood this album, I still think it's worth the money to pick up. As I stated before, I don't know how the 2002 version is so I can't really comment on it. If you don't want the 2002 remaster and are looking for the original 1983 release like I have or the 1995 remaster (includes Spiders only) you should still be able to find them on Amazon (or eBay) cheap even though these versions are now out of print.

Bottom line: If you are expecting the album to be like Blizzard or Diary, look elsewhere. But if you are a fan of Ozzy's post-Randy Rhoads work and like keyboards meshed in with metal, you won't be displeased. Bark at the Moon is still a CD that holds its own despite the dark overtones that to me reflect everything Ozzy was going through at the time of the album's writing and recording process. A sentimental release I still treasure in my collection to this day. Thank you Ozzy. This has been a 4 star review.

The begenning of the glory of Jake E Lee!.......2007-05-30

Is one of the best records of Jake E Lee!

is it original recording reissued or remastered??.......2007-03-02

If it is original recording reissued, I will give five stars and buy it immediately.

it's good.......2006-08-23

i agree to "bill M.". i'm a person who has never listened to the original ozzy albums, and this is the only bark at the moon i've heard. and i like it a lot. i think people who have never listened to the '83 and '95 versions of this album, will like this album.

Only his absolute best!.......2006-07-09

110 stars if that was possible.YEAH!Ok sure it is not like this is a huge classic but it should have been!Ok this remake remaster thing only deserves 90 stars because annoying kinda.But like the original it is the definitive ozzy album.The opening and title track is so fast and great vocals.Definatly great the rest are not hugly great by many BUT EACH IS 90 AND Blow torchers.Get IT!

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A great album, AND a revolution
Beautiful and immersive, a truly wonderful album
sounds okay
I don't get it
Best Hex I've Ever Been Under

Hex
Bark Psychosis
Manufacturer: Caroline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000HXK
Release Date: 1994-03-11

Tracks:

Loom
Street Scene
Absent Friend
Big Shot
Fingerspit
Eyes & Smiles
Pendulum Man

Customer Reviews:

A great album, AND a revolution.......2006-07-17

I wrote a review for another masterful Bark Psychosis album, Independency, and said that it got better than this. I didn't realize then that Hex is not an album that will come to you instantly. It takes time to absorb and contemplate, to build into your conscious and fit itself with all kinds of different experiences. Bark Psychosis is to me just that: a band whose soundscapes just seem to click and identify themselves with something deeper inside me. It's through their use of silence that they accomplish this, and the fact that when they do decide to play one of those ringing notes, they just seems to ache with some strange melancholic dreaminess. I can understand why this band, while always being critics darlings, has never seen to appeal much to the rest of the crowd. It's music that demands introspection, demands time and attentiveness, the same that is commanded by their big brothers Talk Talk who similarly have received little commercial success for their final two masterpieces. It's music that needs to be listened to in the dark with an empty head.

The lush and vibrant Hex begins with 'The Loom', a fitting title for a track that builds and rises, slowly making to show itself. It's a beautiful track, one of the best on the album, and is a great example of how Bark Psychosis can create a song that is so unconventional, always changing and never resting to fall back into a typical song structure.

'A Street Scene' is easily the most accessible track on the album, built for single play but still very much in tune with the moodiness of the rest of the album. It's followed by my personal favorite , 'Absent Friend'. There is so much subtle detail buried in this track, with each instrument just pushing itself along to create a mesmerizing finale at the chorus. "And that's the biggest joke of all" whispers Graham earnestly here, as a signature BP guitar croon aches around him.

As excellent as the next few tracks are, Hex really hits its stride with the ferocious Eyes and Smiles. It's built on a few simple but melodic guitar lines and Graham's breathy vocals, building and slowing until he begs you to "just take one step further back", as the rest of the instruments come in to really bear down on you. Realizing your own failures never sounded so good. Pendulum man serves as the contemplative calm after the storm. It's a wonderful ambient experiment that allows you to sink in the majesty that has just occured before you.

Hex is an album that is not only so detailed, but is also so richly minimalistic. Each sound on this album is expertly placed, with no needless filler thrown in between. In other words, it's obvious that it is music crafted by some incredibly talented individuals who all seem greatly in tune with the inner workings of the project. It's a shame they had to split, which I recall reading, was due to the stress over recording an album. And it's obvious that Hex is a piece of art that was a challenge to record. I am greatly appreciative of the fact that Bark Psychosis followed in the footsteps of Talk Talk and left me with some of the most wonderful music I've ever heard.

Beautiful and immersive, a truly wonderful album.......2006-01-04

This is an album of controversies, entire soundscapes built on nuances and changes, seemingly a testimony that nothing can last. Built on a bed of electronic sound and rounded off with acoustic pianos and percussion, each song unfolds slowly, allowing one to savour each and every moment. A lone piano melody starts off 'The Loom', which is then joined by gentle violins and percussion, then climaxes with bass and Graham Sutton's vocals to melt away into synthesizers and drums that slowly wind down to the end. Screeching, howling electric guitar and tinkling piano play off each other on 'Fingerspit'. 'Eyes and Smiles', the best song on the album, is built on beautiful synthesizer melodies and gently tinkling cymbals, which rise and fall with the vocals and work their way to a climatic ending around Sutton screaming that 'you've got to go on.' To end the album, 'Pendulum Man' is a quiet, meditative, and immensely beautiful synthesizer piece. The other songs are all excellent as well, giving a well-rounded album that is beautiful and immersing, leaving one aching for more.

sounds okay.......2004-01-20

I thought the music sounded great on my home theater setup. I just couldn't deal with the vocals - this guy can't sing. I'd be interested to hear what these guys are up to now... and if they got a different singer.

I don't get it.......2003-01-13

Having been a long time fan of Talk Talk, and having read the glowing reviews, I figured I'd take a chance on this CD. While the CD may have, at one time, been considered groundbreaking that ground has long been lost. Don't get me wrong, it's a pleasant enough. So so production and recording and a fairly fixed formula just don't do it for me. I was expecting great things from this CD and it just hasn't delivered.

Best Hex I've Ever Been Under.......2001-12-26

once in a while, a CD comes along that will change the way one looks at music...the way one feels about music...and definitely, the way one appreciates musical soundcsapes. Hex by the late Bark Psychosis is without a doubt one of the most amazing collections music that will ever grace your auditory senses. weaving guitars...scattered drum beats that keep an eccentric rhythm...punctuating, yet smooth, rolling piano...and mellow dramatic, breathy vocals that gently flow throughout. i must admit, at first, i didn't know what to expect. but after the first listen, i was hooked. i'm into mellow, chilly, and trippy kickin' stuff, and Hex delivers. amazing to think this music was recorded back in the early nineties. each track could be released today, and it would still feel like something new is about to explode. what a gem of a find....simply start with cover and get lost in the astral glow in the night sky, then push play, and enjoy. if you're a fan of Cocteau...you're in. a fan of Eno? not a problem. dig a little Talk Talk? that'll help. even if you like Sneaker Pimps, Hex by Bark Psychosis will hold permanent residence in your CD player at home, in your car, and in your computer at work.

Pick one up for yourself, then pick one up for a friend...It's a great Hex to be under.

Tracks:

SOUTH IS ONLY A HOME
I'M GONNA RUN
LEAKY TUNNEL
UP IN THE NORTH
INCA RAG / NAME GAME
ASTHMA ATTACK
DON'T DANCE HER DOWN
CRYSTAL CLEAR
TWO FAT FEET
BOW WOW
GALE BLOW
WORRY WORRY
BRIGHT BLUE TIE
TROPICAL ICE-LAN
RUB-ALCOHOL BLUES
WE GOT BACK THE PLAGUE

Customer Reviews:

Humble beginnings for bizzare band, for better or worse.......2006-08-10

Jangling eccentric piano and guitar alt rocker that reminisces a more recent White Stripes vibe then this indie darling band's later, more rampantly experimental fare. Getting out their obvious Beatles indulgences, this is no doubt the Furnaces most accessible album, and while most songs are appreciated in their warped catchy quality, few carve out any real identification for themselves, let alone rise above the vantage point of mere musical exercise. When the validation for this band's further importance is justified however, there is the distinct feel of a special brand of old British psychedelia with the modern twist of production edginess, nothing new to the retro craze, except with Gallowsbird's Bark the modern twist does not make these past homage reek of cynical hipster composition, something this band really has strayed farther away from in principal ever since their popularity took off.

real good........2005-11-05

I just discovered this album and this is the best album I've heard this year (2005).
this thing is really special.
a classic, actually.

Strange Journeys.......2005-10-10

to call this band "prolific" would be the understatment of the year. to call them "quirky" would be the understatement of the century. the Fiery Furnaces are the brother and siter duo of Matthew and Eleanor Friedburger...yes, they come from New York; and that's about where all the hipster comparisons end. the Fiery Furnaces take all the raggedy blues, honkey tonk, folk and rootsy rock 'n' roll that they've digested since childhood, and throw it back out in a unique sound that is both unsettling and charming. this is really peculiar pop music that probably alienates the average indie rock fan; but yet feels natural in it's execution.

when i first heard this album, i simply did not get it. it confounded me. but i latched onto a few of the songs instantly such as the delightful "Up In The North" and the playful "Tropical Ice-Land." i kept the cd on my shelf for a while and eventually kept getting drawn back into it to explore these strange songs more and more. it's a bit like walking into a bar and seeing some kind of pirate hobo sitting there telling his old war stories. and once you get accustomed to the character, you can relax and enjoy his tales.

The Fiery Furnaces know how to write a catchy song. but they also know how to throw the listener a million curveballs at every chance they get. and even though these curveballs are tossed with class and charm, i still can't help but think that some restraint would be helpful in shaping up their sound. but then again...that could run the risk of depleting some of their charm. nonetheless, with 16 tracks on this cd, it gets exhausting in the end.

A debut album that stands apart from its famous follow-up.......2005-06-26

This album is simple blues-rock dressed up in indie-rock robes with a few proggish flourishes lining the cuffs. It definitely succeeds on that more basic level, and I fully recommend it.

The Fiery Furnaces really hit the indie rock RADAR with their second album, "Blueberry Boat". That album was a masterpiece, and I consider it the best of 2004. Yet their debut album "Gallowsbird's Bark" stands on its own two legs and is not merely the embryonic form of their later work.

Musically, it has much of the same raw garage-rock feel of the White Stripes, but with more complex instrumentation that allows for many layers of melodic lines to interweave across the background. Acoustic rhythm guitar is embellished with electirc guitar riffs. The piano is featured on many tracks, often accompanied by counter-melody on the synthesizer.

Lyrically, the album is an extended travelogue. If there's anything a band recording their debut LP would know about, it's travelling, and the band has clearly done alot of it in building its reputation as an excellent live band. The song "Crystal Clear" (ironically used to describe the muddy Mississippi River) describes leaving Moline IL across the river into Iowa, probably on the I-74 bridge, and together with the other tracks on the album evokes a sense of having really moved about in that region.

Even the album's politically-charged track "We Got Back the Plague" puts a populist midwestern cultural perspective at its heart, transforming what would otherwise be a cliched anti-Bush diatribe into something a little more clever.

"Gallowsbird's Bark" is far more accessible than their follow-up, but not quite as clever lyrically as the followup. Musically, the album is so different from "Blueberry Boat" that it would be like comparing the proverbial "apples and oranges" to measure one against the other. Still, the elements that would be combined into "Blueberry Boat" are all here in simpler form.

Fans of the Fiery Furnaces via "Blueberry Boat" should definitely buy this album, unless their only appreciation for that album is in its electronica influences and proggish composition (which are lacking here.) Indie rock fans should check this album out, especially if you enjoyed the White Stripes in their heyday.

"Bark" better than their bite.......2005-05-01

The Fiery Furnaces seem to be the new king (and queen) of enigmatic, larger-than-life indie rock. While their second album was the one that got things moving, their debut "Gallowsbird's Bark" gained them a reputation for rich music and strange, dreamy writing.

Siblings Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger open things with the jangly, cascading pop of "South Is Only A Home" -- it's a fun little tune, but a bit chaotic-sounding. It's only in the third song, "Leaky Tunnel," that the album kicks into high gear, with banjo and electric guitar, overlaid with sparkling piano and rapid-fire percussion. Then you know that these two are something special.

Dipping into alt-country in places, the Furnaces mostly focus on trippy rock songs and catchy oddball pop songs. There's an out-and-out rocker in "Asthma Attack," a sprawling experimental stretch in "Crystal Clear," and they even try a bluesy acoustic song in "Bright Blue Tie," which only has a few flickery synth bits in the background.

Sparkly, tinkly piano, folky, dreamy, trippy, rock'n'roll and psychedelic music-hall. Those are only a few of the things that come to mind when listening to "Gallowsbird's Park." There's something oddly childlike and dreamy about this music, despite songs about how "if men and wine don't kill me." Perhaps it's the fact that their music has so many facets.

The sole problem seems to be, oddly enough, restraint. The Fiery Furnaces are not now known for their musical restraint, but in this album they seem to be damming up their larger-than-life talents. But even dammed-up, their catchy, complex blend of guitar rock, banjo, and rippling piano is intoxicating, as is the oddball additions. Who knew that a band with garage rock roots could have xylophone and the occasional electronica flicker?

Eleanor Friedberger sounds like she's having a great time here; you can imagine this husky-voiced singer singing a shopping list and sounding great. As it is, she brings a devil-may-care edge to lyrics about paying fines, celebrating the millennium, and oddball rhymes ("Down in the dumps/Me and the seagulls we were looking for lumps").

The Fiery Furnaces are gaining recognition for some of the most original indierock in years. And their enchanting debut is a rollicking, frolicking romp that never gets dull.

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The album that got me into music - period.
The begenning of the glory of Jake E Lee!
is it original recording reissued or remastered??
it's good
Only his absolute best!

Bark at the Moon
Ozzy Osbourne
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002B7S
Release Date: 1995-08-22

Tracks:

Bark At The Moon
You're No Different
Now You See It (Now You Don't)
Rock 'n' Roll Rebel
Centre Of Eternity
So Tired
Slow Down
Waiting For Darkness
Spiders In The Night

Customer Reviews:

The album that got me into music - period........2007-06-06

The begenning of the glory of Jake E Lee!.......2007-05-30

Is one of the best records of Jake E Lee!

is it original recording reissued or remastered??.......2007-03-02

If it is original recording reissued, I will give five stars and buy it immediately.

it's good.......2006-08-23

Only his absolute best!.......2006-07-09

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The best band that you have never heard!!
Cool roots-rock, country and blues from Canada
Album of the year 2003

Bark
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings
Manufacturer: True North
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ASIN: B00009VGKL
Release Date: 2003-07-07

Tracks:

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If I Catch You Cryin'
Water Or Gasoline
Stoned
Lock All The Doors
Had Enough Of You Today
Born To Be A Traveler
Jackie Washington
Heaven Knows Your Name
Song On The Radio
You're So Easy To Love
Willie's Diamond Joe
Tie Me At The Crossroads
House Of Sin

Album Description

First U. S. Release! BARK marks the highly anticipated U.S. debut of the Juno Award-winning Canadian group Blackie & the Rodeo Kings. Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden and Tom Wilson formed the band as a tribute to the much respected but little known Willie P. Bennett in late 1995. In 1996 their debut album High or Hurtin' was released to critical acclaim in Canada. All three continued their successful solo careers garnering numerous individual awards and nominations. The chemistry which first brought the trio together drew them back in 1999, resulting in the Juno Award-winning double album Kings of Love. The album's unique fusion of rock, roots, folk, blues and country influences established the band as favorites of both music fans and critics alike. Their newest effort finds the trio maturing musically, featuring some of the best material that these three talented songwriters have ever put to disc. Recorded in the winter of 2003, BARK captures the raw energy of the band, from the honky tonk twang of "Swinging from the Chains of Love," to the world weariness of "Stoned," to the unabashed and infectious rock 'n' roll of "Had Enough of You Today." BARK features 12 original songs, as well as covers of Willie P. Bennett's "Willie's Diamond Joe" and Bruce Cockburn's "Tie Me at the Crossroads." Featured musicians include Richard Bell (the Band), Gary Craig (Anne Murray, Jann Arden) and John Dymond (Bruce Cockburn, Natalie MacMaster). BARK mixes the many strengths of these talented artists to forge a uniquely entertaining and powerful record.

Album Description

2003 release for Canadian recording act & winners of the 2000 Juno Award for Best Roots & Traditional Group Album. 14 tracks. True North.

Customer Reviews:

The best band that you have never heard!!.......2004-06-05

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings may very well be the most under rated
band in the world. They certainly are the most under rated band in the Americana genre. Even though all three members are stars in their own right in their native Canada, there is most definitely no clash of egos from this group of Canucks. To the contrary, there is an undeniable chemistry and kinship among them that, in my opinion, makes them one of the mot talented trios of all time (I can attest to that having the opportunity

to recently meet them, and see them in concert, great guys).
In addition, their group of backing musicians including, Gary Craig, & Richard Bell, are superb. Their most recent effort,
Bark is a tasty mix of rockabilly, blues, country, & roots rock.
Their previous effort, Kings of Love, is more of the same. If you are fan of The Band, John Hiatt, Whiskeytown (before Ryan's ego exploded), etc., be sure to check these guys out.

Cool roots-rock, country and blues from Canada.......2004-04-23

Well, here's a puzzle: if it's Canadian, is it still Americana? Far North Americana, maybe? Sub-Arcticana? Anyway, this disc opens with "Swinging From The Chains Of Love," a tasty, upbeat country-billy tune, then it zips into more chunky-sounding roots-rockish territory, with a bouncy, agile slide guitar at the heart of the mix, bringing to mind old stuff by David Lindley and Ry Cooder. Mostly this is pretty darn catchy, although they do slip into some sluggish tropes, as with the forced profundity of "Heaven Knows Your Name," "Willie's Diamond Joe," and a couple of other tunes. If you like these guys, also try checking out solo albums by singer-guitarist Colin Linden.

Album of the year 2003.......2004-01-03

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings was CKUA's number one album of the year for 2003 and it was my number one album too. This roots rock endeavor for Steven Fearing, Colin Linden and Tom Wilson has a great full sound for a mere three piece band. But if you are lucky enough to hear them do the same songs unplugged, the music stands up beautifully without all the effects and thunder.

The lyrics are wicked and insightful. "I got a feeling stinging like a new tatoo black across my mind" -- (from Water Or Gasoline by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings). Moods range from rockabilly to ballads to psychadelic rock. BARK is gonna jump up and bite you.

Tracks:

Brand New Shoes
Haunts
Some Time
One Thing Stands
Tattoos
New Kids on the Block
I'm Needy
GTFO
Pluto Never Forget
I Love You But I Don't
Heart
How to Save a Whale - Bark Bark Bark, Jonathan Castellanos
Dead Ghost
You Could Swim

Customer Reviews:

I'm Haunted By Bark Bark Bark.......2007-06-24

I've known Jacob Cooper for almost two years now. I liked his sound right from the get go and he just keeps getting better at what he does. The thing I like most about his music is it is in a category all on its own. He has definetely carved himself a niche, and I can't stop playing this CD. At this point in time, I'm prepared to say this is my favorite release of the year! Buy it and crank it up in your car with all the windows down. Just Relax.

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The Last Really Good Screeching Weasel Album
And no, this thing is not a fake
love at first listen
Great Pop-Punk
The Beach Boys on Speed

Bark Like a Dog
Screeching Weasel
Manufacturer: Fat Wreck Chords
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1996-11-05

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Get Off My Back
Cool Kids
The First Day Of Summer
You'll Be In My Dreams Today
You Blister My Paint
Stupid Girl
Phasers On Kill
Handcuffed To You
(She Got) Electroshocked
It's Not Enough
I Will Always Be There
Your Name Is Tattooed On My Heart

Customer Reviews:

The Last Really Good Screeching Weasel Album.......2007-06-27

Screeching Weasel ranks third on my list of the greatest pop punk bands, behind only the legendary Buzzcocks and the immortal Descendents (with an honorable mention to Shonen Knife). As the title of this review indicates, I view this album as SW's last great hurrah before completely fading into the history books.

Screeching Weasel really didn't change a whole lot during their reign of terror, so If you have heard their music before, this will not surprise you. The only noticable difference, as other reviewers have pointed out, is the more professional sounding production that graces the 12 tracks on this, their Fat Wreck Chords, debut. While it does slightly neuter their trademark aggressive-in-your-face-snot-nosed delivery, the fact that a majority of these compositions are both well thought out and executed provide for a very entertaining listen.

In regards to the songs, the only one I really consistently skip over is (She Got) Electroshocked. It's not even a bad song, I just like the surrounding material so much more. My favorites are 'Cool Kids' with that sweet organ, 'You'll Be in My Dreams Today' instantly makes your toe tap, and "Get Off my Back" is a great way to open the album. The sleeper track is the awesome 'Handcuffed to You' with its funny, yet strangely sweet lyrics.

Although 'Bark Like A Dog' does not have the impact of 'Anthem for A New Tomorrow' or 'My Brain Hurts', I do consider it a very good entry into a hit-or-miss Screeching Weasel music catalog. And it's short, so even if you don't like it, it's not like you wasted too much time.

And no, this thing is not a fake.......2007-05-13

Reforming after their second break up following their album "How to Make Enemies and Irritate People," a slightly new lineup finds Ben Weasel and Jughead surrounded by some newcomers, and the result is a band that sounds more like a Weasel cover band than the real deal.

Having signed to Fat Mike's Fat Wreck Chords Label, the band opted for a slightly slicker production sound than on their prior releases. Although this turned many fans off, the songwriting, however, carries this album. Cool Kids, I Will Always Be There, and First Day of Summer are songs that might not sound out of place on My Brain Hurts had they been recorded back then.

Acting as a bit of an indicator of where their career was heading, Bark Like A Dog is a decent release worth at least hearing. Not as strong as Anthem, but certainly not as weak as Emo, this is definitely classic Screeching Weasel tailor made for any fan of catchy three chord nose thumbing music

love at first listen.......2006-08-08

I love this! I'm getting the whole album for my b-day in october

Great Pop-Punk.......2003-06-07

This is of my favorite Screeching Weasel albums and possibly one of my favorite pop-punk albums of all time. The production and song writing is polished and slick. It's a must have album for any pop-punker. High points include the song "Cool Kids" which has of of the catchiest organ solos ever written, and "Your Named Is Tattooed on my Heart" which is a softly sweet pop-punk ballad. This is the last album with what I consider to be the best line up of Screeching Weasel. It is also a great Screeching Weasel starter. And above all it is a great album.

The Beach Boys on Speed.......2003-01-03

If the Beach Boys were a pop punk band in the 1990's, then this is exactly the way that they'd sound. This is not exactly a classic Screeching Weasel record, but it is not entirley bad either. If you are a newcomer to the band, then this disc would be an excellent start (either this or My Brain Hurts)
This record is the most California-esque Screeching weasel album, with each song polished with catchy pop melodies and the famous Weasel humor. After listenning to this record nearly a thousand times, the aspect that draws me back are the lyrics. Almost every song's tempo is quick and powerful, except for "Your Name Is Tatooed On My Heart" & "It's Not Enough," which I believe is the best song on the record. This song gives an early glimpse at what is to come in later records, such as "Emo." Overall, the record is very easy to listen to, but the lyrics keep it from being watered down so much that you'd start to feel like you were going to puke.

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If Only I Could Have Seen "Bark"
'Bark' a Lot of Noise
I enjoyed this so much!
Bark has a bite

Bark! The Runaway Smash Hit Musical
The Original Cast Album
Manufacturer: BARBARIANRECORDS.COM
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AI2VHW
Release Date: 2005-07-20

Tracks:

Bark! (Cast of Bark! The Musical)
Doggie Daycare
Whizzin' On Stuff
Three Bitches
I'm In Love With Lassie
Hey, You!
Fooooood
Terrier From Mars
Il Cane Dell'Opera
Howling Just To Scare Away The Blues
Ruff Ruff World
Senorita La Pepita Rosarita
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The Pound Song
Dog's Best Friend
Sock-a-holic
Guarding Missy
Dirty Filthy Old Flea Bag
At The Park
Friends Like Us
A Grassy Field
Life Should Be Simple

Product Description

The original cast album of the runaway smash hit musical BARK! now playing in Los Angeles, California. This album contains the entire score of the musical. This show has received over 20 critics' choice or rave reviews from the Los Angeles Times, Variety, BackStage West, The Hollywood Reporter and other publications. The cast has performed at the Genesis Awards sponsored each year by the Humane Society of The United States in conjunction with Animal Planet television channel. BARK! was nominated for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE & Best Choreography by the LA DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS. The show contains a variety of musical styles from Broadway to rap and salsa. An excellent and entertaining cd for the dog and musical lovers of the world.

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If Only I Could Have Seen "Bark".......2007-06-27

I found joy, humor and great talent in the CD. My regret is that I couldn't see the production with this very talented cast. I only hope that at sometime it could be presented on major stages with this cast. I'm sure that it could challenge "CATS" for pure enjoyment. I will continue to hope to go to New York and see "Bark".

'Bark' a Lot of Noise.......2007-04-08

Bark, the musical is at first cute and entertaining, however the gloss wears thin quickly. Then you realize that you're listening to a mediocre cast album that doesn't hold up well over time. Not a good investment for your Original Cast album collection

I enjoyed this so much!.......2006-12-29

I had the pleasure of seeing this show in Hollywood, and absolutely loved it. It is a very chraming show with excellent music and clever lyrics. If you liked, but ESPECIALLY if you hated "CATS - the musical" you will LOVE this show. Give this one a chance, and you will not be disappointed.
A must have for all dog lovers!

Bark has a bite.......2005-08-14

This is truly a "2 Paws" up show now playing in Los Angeles. Soon to open in Chicago, Memphis & New York. It is a must see and the soundtrack by the original cast is superb!

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Never argue with -- a -- German?
AIRPLANE '71
Earth Stopped Moving
I need more artsy fartsy hodgepodges like this in my collection.
Among the Top 3 JA Albums

Bark
Jefferson Airplane
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002WSU
Release Date: 1996-01-30

Tracks:

When The Earth Moves Again
Feel So Good
Crazy Miranda
Pretty As You Feel
Wild Turkey
Law Man
Rock And Roll Island
Third Week In The Chelsea
Never Argue With A German If You're Tired Or European Song
Thunk
War Movie

Album Details

Japanese 20bit Remaster.

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Never argue with -- a -- German?.......2006-10-11

If you do nothing else with this album, at least be sure to play the piece, "Never Argue With A German If You're Tired Or European Song" for somebody who actually knows the German language!

Clue: You needn't know a nuance of German to hear what's goi0ng on, here. Like those funny posters that you stare at, just listen with "blurry ears," if you will, and pretend that it's not German but English -- 'cause it's NOT German but, rather, Slick's own comic genius at play, with her own unique spoof "Germanized" English!!

Listen!

Pay attention and just listen!

"Schticken in mein hochen..."

Say, what!?

AIRPLANE '71.......2006-08-06

Signature Airplane from 1971 finds the departure of singer and founder, Marty Balin, and the addition of fiddler Papa John Creach, in a San Fransisco street-wise, cosmic minded collection of songs propelled to depart this wretched earth via hallucinegenic drugs, or home built starship. "When The Earth Moves Again", is the familiar hippie battle cry of intolerance and druggie wishful thinking with the group's meandering, 'all-together-now' harmony, "If you've lived on earth you've never seen the sun, or the promise of a thousand other suns, that glow beyond here". "Pretty As You Feel", offers guitarist Jorma Kaukonen's bluesy and soulful riffs supporting a laid back, (stoned), testament of eye mascara and facial make-up for the soul addressed to a woman who is told to "go out there and knock them silly". Grace Slick's experimental, or simply downright strange, "Never Argue With A German If You're Tired or European Song", sung in German, finds Slick sounding unlike her throaty self, and more like a purely voiced, and a little tipsy, German barmaid, in a vocal manipulated, quirky sound effects laden, piano driven European philosophical binge. Closing track, "War Movie", sounds pretty much the same as opener, "When The Earth Moves Again", as Paul Katner's sci-fi imagery paints a mind altering, 'peace through science' scenario, "thirteen battalion of mind raiders, three hundred master computer killers, from great platforms in the mountains", surrounded on both sides, at the opening and closing of the song, by what sounds like a stalled barge of failed industrial revolution. I'm not sure if The Airplane/Starship ever realized their cosmic dream of "riding a bubble into the sun", their last albums, produced well into the '80's, seemed tepid Top 40 lounge for impressionable teens in love. But with "Bark", and several other titles from the late '60's and early '70's, the hope of a peaceful and promising ecological future is youthfully naive and alive, if a bit cloudy from all the drugs.

Earth Stopped Moving.......2006-01-22

As far as I'm concerned, 'Bark' is the first non-essential album released by Jefferson Airplane. It is a sudden change of ideals, losing the naive, but fierce, political stance, the druggy psychedelic imagery, and the marvellous songwriting of their earlier classics. Like most records around 1970, the album shifts from psychedelia to a more blues-oriented sound, which, in itself, is alright. Most people did that around that year, & it worked without any problems for fx The Doors, whose 'Morrison Hotel' works just as well as their previous, more psychedelic statements.
But for Jefferson Airplane, it just simply kills them. It kills something in them. Well, together with the loss of key bandmembers (especially the band's founder, Marty Balin, is dearly missed), and the failure of the hippie movement, it kills something in them.
Most of these songs simply just hang somewhere around the state of 'okay'. They just barely pull through as songs at all, and are really not worth the bother. There are a few exceptions, luckily, the hit single 'Pretty As You Feel' being not at all good enough to qualify it as one of Airplane's biggest hits (which were very small, except for their 1967 output), but still being a decent tune, & a neat little anthem for the non-make-up stance of the post-hippies of the 1970s. Not that such an anthem is needed, but since Airplane is, jokingly, named 'THE hippie band', they sort of had to make such a song sooner or later [the infinitely superior 'Greasy Heart' from 1968 actually mined the same theme, but still].

Of actually pretty GOOD tunes there are 'When The Earth Moves Again', a just-better-than-decent song, which is completely disposable & inessential, but at least it doesn't hurt (like most of the other songs).
'Rock And Roll Island' is just one step better, a fine rock song, with a chorus that is only a few metres away from being genuinely catchy (catchy here signifying the level where it will stick to your mind). But ultimately, even this song is underwritten, & suffers badly, being as disposable as all the rest.

The only true gem on the album, then, is 'Feel So Good', BUT, though it will be easier to get this song from, I think its on 'The Essential Jefferson Airplane', it is worth the price of any album you buy to get it, on its own. This is quite simply one of the greatest songs the Airplane EVER recorded. I could give up my life for a song like that. Had 'Bark' contained just this one song (thus making the price somewhat unfair), it would get 5 stars... the other tracks drag the album down to three stars, but without 'Feel So Good', it would have gotten no stars & no review. Get 'Feel So Good', no matter how. Doesn't matter on what album, for the rest of 'Bark' is, at best, useless, and at worst, so bad it tears your heart out.

I need more artsy fartsy hodgepodges like this in my collection........2005-08-29

The Airplane were at their best when they pushed the envelope. When they made Baxters they turned a corner and the easily digested pop that got their foot in became merely spice in a very thick and heady gravy of experimental ooze. Marty Balin was somewhat at odds with this change and his absence here allows the band to go full tilt with a fairly varied collection of imagination and daring. The closest songs here to being commercially promotable are Jorma's and they manage to lighten the mood somewhat without seeming at odds with the wierdness swirling around them. It is certainly an acquired taste but I drool over this stuff when the mood hits me. Even Kantner's umpteenth attempts at rewriting Pooneil fit in allowing you to get past the boorish pomp of the lyrics and enjoy his music. I wish there were more like this particular album. It does not fit the traditional repetitively formulaic mold of what a great rock album should be. Sometimes that's the point.

Among the Top 3 JA Albums.......2005-07-02

It is hard to believe that upon its release in 1971, Bark was poorly reviewed. In retrospect, its musical closeness to Jefferson Airplane's earlier work, especially 1969's Volunteers, is striking. "When the Earth Moves Again" is a collective, anthemic song in the same mould and of the same quality as "We Can Be Together," and "Crazy Miranda" is clearly by the author of "rejoyce." What makes Bark special is the move of Slick and the astonishingly under-valued Jorma Kaukonen to the foreground and the new casual, almost frayed approach to performing and recording. Also new is a shift away from the already-qualified counter-culture sentiments of Volunteers towards a more resigned, knowing worldview: "Third Week in the Chelsea" is painful in its directness, but gorgeous in its craftsmanship and execution; Slick's "Law Man" projects a tired, slightly annoyed, spirit that Slick could tap into so well. New to the band was the funky and sensual punch of tunes like "Feel So Good" and "Pretty As You Feel," which project a randy-to-sultry adult sexuality absent from their more whimsical "love" songs of the '60s. Confirms that the early '70s were the high water mark for the extended Airplane family.

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the band whom the term "Post-Rock" was coined after returns.
Night Music

Codename: Dustsucker
Bark Psychosis
Manufacturer: Fire UK
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ASIN: B0002AZ4A4
Release Date: 2004-07-28

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Black Meat
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The release of Codename:Dustsucker marks the return of Bark Psychosis after a 10 year retreat into virtual obscurity. The previously released LP, 'Hex' has spent that time sustaining the sense of enigma that has become synonymous with the name and garnering the warm reverence of critics and fans alike. In their early existence, Bark Psychosis stumbled their way naively to a place in music of far greater influence than could have been anticipated. The expression 'post-rock' was invented specifically to describe their sound.

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the band whom the term "Post-Rock" was coined after returns........2004-09-12

It's been 10 years since Bark Psychosis' first full-length album, Hex, came out, and while I haven't had to wait that long myself, I can assure the fans that have that it was worth the wait.

The album itself sounds a bit more guitar-oriented than Hex did, but isn't really guitar driven. A couple of the tracks sound like David Lynch-like soundtracks meets Mezzanine-era Massive Attack. Overall, it's probably just as good as Hex.

Night Music.......2004-09-03

This is an excellent follow-up to Hex and is equally tied to dark ambience and noise as that album, but takes a different path from those elements. This is definitely music to listen to in the dark. Longtime fans of BP shouldn't be dissapointed (undoubtedly, a few who expect "Hex 2" will be.) Standout tracks are "From What Is Said To When It's Read", "INQB8TR" and "400 Winters."

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