Rachel P. from CULVER CITY, CA Reviewed on 5/17/2007...
Swing music
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Chris D. Reviewed on 2/3/2007...
Only really liked a couple songs from this one. But it's great for swing dancing.
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CD Reviews
Hooray for dirty Swing
A Customer | USA | 09/29/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Swing was well before my time, but damnit if it wasn't good music. I am glad a modern band came along to play some swing without treating it like some sappy background music for a church party.
"Zoot Suit Riot" includes some fast-paced swinging (!) tunes about fights with sailors, bady guys, getting drunk, and of course some good old-fashioned questionable romantic pursuits.
The lead singer doesn't have the best voice of the decade, or even the year, but he is good enough and he sings like he has something to say. The music backs this up, and the result is an album with the energy we should expect from a dance genre.
If anyone is bothered by songs about fightin' and philanderin' and dirty dancin', maybe they should pass on this and go listen to one of those nice wholesome 16th-century operas about rape and murder."
Zoot Suit Riot
Julie Price | Seattle | 05/21/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I postively love this cd. It so entertaining to listen to and if you are into swing dancing this is the music for you. The quality is like having Cherry Poppin Daddies right there with you performing it, it's that good. Zoot Suit Riot is a very up beat and fun cd for everyone to enjoy ."
Bench Mark
Nakai Jonava | Pacific NW | 05/18/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
They set the bench mark back in the day when this came out, this is a great CD, and if you love swing, buy it.
Their new stuff that they are doing on their tours this spring [2008] just don't cut it, it aint swing baby, its SKA...YUCK!