Downloaded it, getting ready to hear it. Review coming in the next couple of days.

Alright, getting this now.

Sorry I didn't submit anything, as I've been sorta busy with the holiday, and it sorta slipped my mind. I'll throw something in next round for sure. :)

Yeah, I was giving the album a listen; considering that I have not heard the whole thing before, and it does not meet what I'm used to with Bikini. There is just not enough crazy feminist power in it for me.

Still waiting for Wi-Fi.
Can't do download if I don't have it.
Sigh.

Ok, just finished listening to this all the way through with a few rewinds here and there.

First of all, I'll explain what I knew about Bikini Kill before getting this album: Feminist. That's it. Whenever I heard this bands name mentioned that word was nearly always included. I personally am not a feminist, so this just made me steer completely clear of Bikini Kill, and so I knew nothing of them at all. Honestly, I always sorta pictured them as sorta Bjork sounding (crazy I know), but never actually had any real idea.

So then I got this and put it on. It sounds nothing like Bjork. I would not know that this was a feminist band from this first listen if I was going in blind. And...I actually enjoyed it. I can't believe I would ever say, "I enjoy Bikini Kill." but yeah.



I'm not gonna do a song by song breakdown, cause most of the songs are less than 2:30 minutes and I've only listened once so far, but here's some initial thoughts:

- Off the bat I was surprised by the snotty punk attitude that started when I hit play. Almost like a female version of the Sex Pistols? Like I was listening to Johnny's sister Janette Rotten filling in for her brothers band or something, I donno.

- After the first two songs I thought, "Well this is cool, but I've heard enough punk albums to know...after you've heard the first couple songs on an album, you've more or less heard them all." I was wrong again. There's actually quite a bit of variety as far as tempo of the songs. False Start, for example, is very mellow and just...cool sounding (was that a xylophone I heard in the background?). The song reminded me alot of something that could come off of Ash's 1977 CD...an album I really enjoy. False Start was probably my favorite song on here from the 1st listen.

- I like the way her voice almost sounds like its cracking while she screams/sings in songs like Jet Ski and Tony Randall. Very cool, and not something you here often.

- Some of the songs like R.I.P. had a complete stops in the music that made me think the song was finished. I'd check to see what song was next, only to realize that I was just halfway through the current song. Interesting...sorta annoying. /shrug

- This disc is so short that it actually ends before there's even a chance that you could be tired of listening to it. In fact, I think that the final two songs on here, Reject All American and Finale, were my 2nd and 3rd favorites respectively. It definitely ends on a high note with finale, with the same snotty attitude that you heard on at the start.


So yeah, not what I was expecting at all. I actually think I'll be giving this repeated listens, as it seems worthy. Good pick to whoever put it in. :D

I'm on the fourth track and already heard this full stop three times. It does annoy me sometimes, but I guess they're trying to make it as some kind of trademark maybe.

I also never heard any Bikini Kill, so that's my first by the band. I haven't even heard of them before that album.

Anyway, I'm on my first listen now, seems like an album that can have repetitive listens in the future. I'll have some complete review soon.

Btw (@Diesel), your review totally helped.

Okay, okay- I'll give this a proper listen as I've been procrastinating. Spinning right now, good review Deisel.

Edit: Yeah, I liked it. I always remember liking this band, just not loving them is all. Really the closest I get to punk is The Cramps and The Birthday Party. Anyway, the album was a pretty sick jam session but I've heard better. Maybe if they upped the distortion and did some crazier shit with those guitars.

The voice I actually really like, but that's only because of my worship of PJ Harvey and all the crazy shit she does with her lustful, oddball voice. My favorite song on the album was going to be R.I.P until they did... whatever they did to that song. False Start was a pretty good song but it made me wonder what kind of band they were, which isn't a band thing... actually it's a very good thing. I do love me a little diversity.

Anyway, all and all I'd give the album a good fair score- nothing too high and nothing too low. It's not like they aren't good, or they don't stand for anything, or this isn't a solid album... they just didn't blow my mind. Thanks to the person who submitted this, really would have been a while before I gave this a decent spin without you. :beer:

I don't think I'll be able to review them like I wanted to. =\
Good reviews guys.
Sorry I couldn't participate in this part this week.

Alright, I’m pretty late with this, but here is my review. I’ve always liked Bikini Kill; mostly because they played such a big role in my personal empowerment. I’m used to listening to The Cd Version of the First Two Records, so this album was a little weird for me.
Like always, I absolutely love Kathleen’s voice; her singing and their wtf lyrics defiantly capture my attention. Like in The Cd Version of the First Two Records most of these songs have that crazy energy I’ve come to love with Bikini Kill. But wait… is that a slow song? Yes it is. It would appear to me that Bikini Kill had made attempts at slow songs, and I like it. Their not cheesy love, slow songs either; Bikini Kills F you attitude still remains in them. Which is defiantly good.
But I can’t get passed these random stops. I totally think the song is over and look to check, and nope, I’m only half way through the song. It is kind of annoying.
Over all, I liked this album, maybe not one of my favorites by Bikini Kill, but not bad either. I’m glad I got a chance to sit down and listen to this album. Thanks! :D

Oh cool! I was doing this on another music forum. It started off strong but then people lost interest after they listened to too many albums in a row that they didn't like. I guess. Plus it was a much smaller community. I'll go back and read this thread but just wanted to share my enthusiasm.

Edit: I see reviews are being posted in here...might be nice to have a new thread for each selected album so it's easier to follow. Maybe that's already been suggested. But that would also leave threads open for ongoing discussion rather than putting a time limit on listening to and reviewing each album.