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Hanson Brothers Tour de Force

ClownSon | Fairfax, VA | 06/29/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is hot! You'll know from the opening riffs of "Red on Red" that you are in for a audio treat. The hard driving sound is typical of NoMeansNo's other recordings... yet somewhat even harder and faster! NoMeansNo fans will not be disappointed. The only minor flaw on the album in "Baldwang Must Die", a silly and wacky interlude among the guitar driven masterpieces."

Reasonable collection of odds and ends

Allan MacInnis | Vancouver | 04/25/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"There are a few very solid, tight, classic Nomeansno assaults on this album, like "Red on Red" and "Blinding Light" (dealing with religious fanaticism and warfare); but they're equally balanced with oddities and outtakes that are sometimes rather surprising, like the blackly playful piano jaunty, "More ICBMS," the bluesy acoustic "I'm doing well," a version of "Real Love" by Scott Henderson and Swell Prod., and, most memorably, a take on the Kinks' "Victoria" by the Hanson Bros, with lyrics rewritten as a mocking jab at the Wright brothers hometown -- probably one of the funnier moments on any Nomeansno disc. Some of the earlier pieces aren't quite as engaging, but all in all this is a decent collection of songs otherwise unavailable by Nomeansno and won't disappoint any fan. "Widget" is fun, too. The world needs more songs about widgets."