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A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

Xander Xavier Xymox | Frederick Co :( | 02/04/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have purchased 4 Pig cds, But this one is by far the best. If you only get one get this one. My favorite pig song is No One Gets Out Of Her Alive. The minute I heard that song I was frickin blown Away. The lyrics to this cd are just great. I think this cd is on equal ground with a lot of KMFDM. By the way I hope Watts gets back with them for their next CD. The sanctuary Remix is better than the Original. "two wrongs dont make right, Two blacks dont make a white" is just awsome sounding in that song."

A Friend of the Devil is a Friend of Mine!

TastyBabySyndrome | "Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Lit | 11/12/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If Raymond Watts had to have a highlight reel, this would be on it. That's because this was one of the albums where he had true freedom to play with his music, and where he had budgetary funderlands to keep him flying high in the sky. This is not to diminish the earlier works he put out under Pig like sinsation, Praise the Lard, a Pig in the Poke, some Prime Evil, and much more, or to say that he didn't give KMFDM something they have been needing without him. This is simply to praise the Pig that was really amazing when it was free to do what it wanted to do. When you listen to the album you will hear soundbites, pieces of beautiful music, and orchestras playing just for build. You will also get some dark qualities, a bit of love and a bit of jilted paradise, and so much more. I love this album - i loved it enough to follow Pig on quite a bit of its US tour.



If you need some magic, check out Blades or No one gets out of her alive. In them he basically says that he knows what the cost is of something but he takes it by the hand anyhow, and the sounds that power them are grand things. In blades, you have knives making up a cresendo of slices until they form a beat and, in No One, you have a powerful beat and a little bit of a "firend of the devil is a friend of mine." It is good stuff and is only a smapling, as the rest of the album can attest to. Go to the back of the album and you will find an orchestra playing, and the way they do things is amazing. Still, this is typical of Raymond Watts and that voice that powers through the mire of the audio mirror, making him sound like he squeals and longs all in the same moment. I love it like it loves me.



If you need more convincing, just listen to some of the sounds out there. Still, do not take a snippet for a song and do not think that a song makes an album. This is a complete work, a great work, and one that I have always thought was underrated and too often ignored. Buy it and try it on a few times because, in the end, you will love it. It has a sound all its own and goes beyond what one would think depravity could muster in tiny little lines. Combine that with a frontman that is nice enough to treat his fans like people and you have a band that is well worth supporting. Highly recommended."