"I loved God Bless Satan, but it took me a while for this one to grow on me. After it did though, I loved it. Mephiskapheles has such a great variety of style in each song, and it makes for great music. There are so many great songs in this album. My one complaint is the album is too short. I really wish each song was longer, since there can never be too much of a good thing when it comes to music."
Ska-Jazz is good but not for me!
Skibby | 09/29/1999
(4 out of 5 stars)
"God Bless Satan was the best album ever. But now Mephiskapheles has become too jazzy for me... "Bad Toupee" is incredible though (this is not the version on NYBeat : Breaking and Entering Vol.2)! All for all, a very good album, but not as great as the previous one."
This is a great CD.
Skibby | 01/11/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Add this to your collection if you love ska. It will soon become one of your best cd's. Every song is great!"
Incredible!
Skibby | 10/08/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Mephiskapheles was one of the best ska bands from the mid to late 90's. The singer and primary songwriter, the Grand Invidious, was perhaps old school ska's final, dying gasp. His music is such a complex combination of emotion and ideas; it really manages to capture an authentic flavor of intelligent, refined, subdued evil. His lyrics are usually very good but they can be pretty puerile at times; still, I find that they are often the perfect icing on the cake of a great ska tune and they are always kept within the theme of the band.
If you've never heard of these guys, give them a listen. They are one of the most overlooked ska bands in the history of the genre. I highly recommend this album as well as their other good album, God Bless Satan. Give Mightay Whitay a pass, as it's much lesser in quality."