A turn for the worse
Kevin Smith | New York | 06/19/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This is the third, last, and worst Discount album. That's not to say it's a bad album -- it's tighter, slicker, and a bit more adventurous than their previous work.
Their first, Ataxia's All Right, is simple, pop-punk done to it's most intelligent, exuberant, best. Their second, Half Fiction, showed them growing up, learning to play, and writing more complex but still catchy songs. In this last one, they begin to stretch a bit farther than their talents allow. In particular, this album seems to suffer from a more D.C./Fugazi influenced sound that just doesn't work. It's a tolerable album, but not the note that they should have gone out on. Start with Half Fiction, if you want to hear them at their best, and then come back to this one if you must."
Excellent
xtestosteronexsupplementsx | ct | 06/11/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It would be easy for Discount to be written off a novelty band or for them to keep remaking the same albums, but each album shows the band changing and improving. Girl singer, boy singer, emo or punk, this is one of the best things I've heard in a long time. Not as poppy as earlier efforts but that just means you just to hear the band tackling new sounds. This is so damn good."
If you buy only one punk CD this week, make it this one...
four-fourty | the Fortress-on-High | 04/18/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
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It's been 3 years since someone reviewed this CD? Huh. It's easily one of the best punk CDs of the past 10 years. Visceral, fun, angry, and GOOD.Yeah, it's a drag they're gone. Pity."
Track Listings (13) - Disc #1