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Thank God for Mental Illness
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Track Listing
- Spanish Bee
- It Girl
- 13
- Ballad of Jim Jones
- Those Memories
- Stars
- Free and Easy, Take 2
- Down
- 'Cause I Love Her
- Too Crazy to Care
- Talk-Action=Shit
- True Love
- Sound of Confusion
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #91069 in Music
- Brand: BRIAN JONESTOWN MASS
- Released on: 1996-10-25
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
1996 album, their third collection of absolutely stunning music, 13-odd tracks recorded on a single day for around $17.
Customer Reviews
Why it is the best
It seems as though many have written this album off, even BJM fans. To me it remains their best work and the album I judge all other BJM albums by. It was how BJM was introduced to me, it was their first album I heard and I was instantly drawn to the raw sound and chaotic energy. Most of their other albums are more polished and clean, not to discount them, but I am always looking for a bit of that raw energy they captured on Thank God For Mental Illness when listening to their other works.
Thank God for BJM!!!!
Supposedly recorded for $17, BJM's "Thank God for Mental Illness" puts most American bands to shame. This lo-fi, country-blues masterpiece is one of the great DIY American albums of all-time. Their supposed lack of originality seems to urk many people, but the quality of their songs and their sense of purpose cannot be questioned. Alongside the psychedelic-pop brilliance of the Elephant 6 recording company, they are the most important entity in american pop music today.
Lo-fi psychedelic 60's meets hillbilly
This is one of four CDs that BJM released in 1996 in between their club performances/bar brawls. I got turned on to the "country psychedia" sounds of this disc early last year in SF when I checked them out at a local club and was nearly hit in the head by this CD when it was flung from the stage as swag. While there would be little hyperbole in my saying that the BJM show was one of the best I've ever seen, I also took a quick liking to live, lo-fi tunes on this recording. This band wins on every single "cool" category that there is in rock, with the possible exception of coolest album art for this particular CD (although, they do take the top spot with coolest logo).
