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Hello Rockview / Losing Streak (2CD)

Less Than Jake

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Track List

Disc 1

Last One Out Of Liberty City
Help Save The Youth Of America From Exploding
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads
Five State Drive
Nervous In The Alley
Motto
History Of A Boring Town
Great America Sharpshooter
Danny Says
Big Crash
Theme Song For H Street
Richard Allen George...No, It's Just Cheez
Scott Farcas Takes It On The Chin
Al's War

Disc 2

Automatic
Happyman
9th At Pine
Sugar In Your Gas Tank
Shindo
107
Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts
Krazy Glue
Never Going Back To New Jersey
How's My Driving Doug Hastings?
Just Like Frank
Ask The Magic 8 Ball
Dopeman
Jean Doesn't Like Me Anymore
Rock-N-Roll Pizzeria
Lockdown

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Two in One? ...and they're both scorchers? Is this madness?!

PETEWiLDHEART | 19/10/2008 | See all PETEWiLDHEART's reviews (3) »

Yes, both Hello Rockview and Losing Streak are excellent starters for anyone who's anyone in the 'Ska-Punk' movement.

This was the first LTJ record I bought many years ago, and still listen to it to this day.

Losing Streak was first released in '96 and arguably the 'darkest' of all the LTJ albums. The sound is raw and unclean giving immense amount of energy and power through most of the songs on the album.

Hello Rockview is from '98 and is far more cheerful and fluent than the previously mentioned. Probably my second favourite LTJ album (after Borders & Boundaries), and holds (in my opinion) the greatest and most iconic song LTJ have produced: All My Best Friends Are Metalheads. ACE song. Buy this (or these) albums!

Less Than Jake's Greatest Work!!!

MartinWells1982 | 24/07/2007 | See all MartinWells1982's reviews (5) »

Ok to start off you can get Hello rockview for £13 on its own second hand or for £2 less get that and Losing Streak!!! Do I need to carry on???? If I do then i will....

So its 2 albums in one. I hear this is because the band signed a new deal but the greedy label told them that the album had to be expensive on first release.
The band didnt like this but had to go with it and so when they were told a freebie could be added they went for a copy of the pervious album Losing Streak!!!

So lets start with that album (Losing Streak) and stay with the theme of what a nice band Less Than Jake are. Well the song to sum it all up is track 7 "Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts" with such lines as "but we try to keep the prices low for our records and our shows" kinda gives the point away. Also the sonng is amazing and my personal favirote.

Heres a quick run down on some of the other tracks...

AUTOMATIC - Kicking off the album with a random voice sample (Rewind past zero to get more random talk), and a fuzzy guitar intro, "Automatic" morphs into a bouncy little ska number with a distorted, horn-fuelled chorus, and nice interchanging of vocals.

9TH AT PINE - The gentle clean guitar and horn intro gives way to a distorted punky verse, and then back to the ska again for the chorus, which features a crazy bassline. They cover all bases by finishing the song with a distorted repetition of the chorus featuring some nice vocal harmonies.

SUGAR IN YOUR GAS TANK - One of the catchiest songs on the album, theres a lot going on here, shifting between the ska and the punk, with some soaring vocal lines (and more vocal harmonies), and lots of tempo changes.

HOW'S MY DRIVING DOUG HASTINGS? - The first song to feature full-on gang vocals, and a great little story about a drunken friday night. The chorus, with just drums, ska-guitar, and the aforementioned gang vocals is quite effective.

JUST LIKE FRANK - A punky, fast-paced little number, with Roger's vocals dominating, and a hell of a lot of good basswork.

DOPEMAN - This song is just great! The lyrics are about a drug dealer with a drum intro, some great melodies, and a bit of a jazzy feel to it. The odd gang-shout does wonders, as does the constant horn melodies, and bass solo. The song veers between slow and fast ska, without going into punk territory, and is all the more effective for it.

ROCK-N-ROLL PIZZERIA - Another fast-paced punky number, with Chris singing frantically fast in some places, and better drumming than most of the album. Incredibly catchy and upbeat, just a generally fun song to listen to.

THE VERDICT...

The album is brilliant, and at 35minutes, it doesn't outstay its welcome. The lyrics concern friends, funny experiences, and life in general, and are well written and work well with the music. If you like ska, punk, or any of their subgenres, then (a) you should have heard of these guys by now! And (b) you will love this album.

Ok so you've got all that and its not even the main album your getting here!!! That was basicly just the bonus disc!!!

Ok the reason I bought this in the first place was because of the track "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads". Heard of Less than Jake before and you must have heard this track. So lets start with that...

ALL MY BEST FRIENDS ARE METALHEAD - Amazing!!!

LAST ONE OUT OF LIBERTY CITY - This track kicks off the record with a high-pitched squeak, and from there on the song kicks it into full gear. As one of the faster paced songs, Last One Out Of Liberty City definitely starts Hello Rockview on a good note. The bass line is off the chart in this one.

No room left here so my advice........... BUY THIS ALBUM!!!

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