Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #108198 in Digital Music Album
• Released on: 2009-04-27
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Customer Reviews

"Madonna in her underwear, you should be in too..."
Bratmobile's music sounds like The Go Go's meets Bikini Kill meets X-Ray Spex. Bratmobile's lyrics are sure to crack a smile on your face, even if you're an old conservative. Their take on relationships, love, gender, race, and the punk scene (of the early '90s) is charming, sarcastic, and full of wit. It's something that seperates them from their snarling peers of the day like Bikini Kill and Heavens To Betsy. Finally, some rock with some humor. My favorite songs are Cherry Bomb (this was originally done by The Runaways), Throway, P.R.D.C.T., Some Special, F*ck Yr Fans, Panik, Richard, Cool Schmool, Juswanna, and Queenie. Heck, I love 'em all. Liz Phair and Alanis Morissette may have impressed music reviewers in the '90s but bands like Bratmobile were around before these artists even cracked the charts. Riot Grrrl bands and female-fronted grunge bands have been overlooked and when people think about women in '90s rock, they only think about the boring Lilth Fair. How incorrect this is, as women were rocking long before then. And doing it better.

PUNK ROCK DREAM COME TRUE!
Yes, it's true: this is the greatest punk rock disc ever made. Bratmobile's minimal arrangement (guitar, drums, vocals) is short, sharp & shocked, and this sparity gives the music a spontaneous, hurried quality that never fades. The songs are all lively garage punk, but Bratmobile's giddy cat-hissing is simply unique. Fast, loud, obscene; harsh, coy, earnest; sweet, sparkly, & snotty: Bratmobile was all these things and more. This full-length 1993 CD includes the complete debut LP plus several non-LP tracks. Highly recommended to all: it's punk rock so charming even Grandma will be swearing along!

Music to play a box to
Not only is this a great album, it's fun to play a box to it. Take me and my friend, for example. We spent many a day listening to this album and relating to its anger and heartbreak. Then, we started a band that consisted of a box and covered P.R.D.C.T. Yeah, it was terrible (and we were called "Lactose Intolerant"--ummm...) but the point is we were inspired. It created memories for us, regardless of how ear-splitting our excuse for a band was. If that isn't the best thing you can say for a great punk rock album, I don't know what is.