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Not as good as the 3rd, but contains very good songs

10/15/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The cover art definitly isn't as good as the 3rd Skarm., but like its predeccessor, this Skarm has great songs and features a wide variety of stlyes (the last two songs of the second cd are dub (#17 by an Indian?!)) I recommend this cd to those uninitiated to Ska, those who love the old Skarm(like myself), and even those Ska purists (also like myself) who seldom venture out of Jamaica. You won't find those too numerous, and undeservedly popular: SO-CALLED-"RUDE BOYS"-WITH-FAKE-JAMAICAN-ACCENTS (i.e., Hepcat and Pietasters ...) on this cd! Moon Ska is a great asset to Ska music, I believe that they rank up on the Ska pantheon with Island Records and Trojan. ****"

Somewhat disappointing

07/29/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Ska is like Pizza. When it's bad, it's still pretty good, fills you up, leaves you satisfied. But, you would rather have the most delicious pizza there is. When ska is good, you get a that chilly but sensual "nerd-gazm", like when a good comic book movie comes out. Well, Skarmageddon 4 is certainly adequate, but it isn't the best, like Skarmageddon 3, or the most diverse, like Skaramageddon 1. It is just okay. The bright spots, I think, Skabba the hut's song "Fat guy on my head" is quite good, and The Chinkees, Slow Gerkin are always good and I invite you to buy their records from Asian Man himself. Buy it to *sob* complete your moon ska collection."