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Razor-sharp guitars, hip-hop and funk rhythms, and healthy doses of ska and dance-hall reggae make this one of the most surprising albums to come out of the American heartland. But what's most remarkable about 311's breakthrough release is its enlightened attitude: In an otherwise terminally aggro style of music, where everyone strives to be harder
Razor-sharp guitars, hip-hop and funk rhythms, and healthy doses of ska and dance-hall reggae make this one of the most surprising albums to come out of the American heartland. But what's most remarkable about 311's breakthrough release is its enlightened attitude: In an otherwise terminally aggro style of music, where everyone strives to be harder than each other, 311 put down deadly weaponry on "Guns (Are for Pussies)." "Hive," meanwhile, disses hard drug use (but they're pro-hemp, of course), and "Misdirected Hostility" encourages, of all things, positivity ("All that angst sh*t is just cheesy"). Vocalist Nick Hexum and rapper Doug "S.A." Martinez trade lines with ease, and the band dexterously shifts gears between heavy tracks like "Down" and "Brodels," the frantic "Jackolantern's Weather," and the laid-back "All Mixed Up" and "Sweet." --Daniel Durchholz
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Track listing1. Down 2. Random 3. Jackolantern's Weather 4. All Mixed Up 5. Hive 6. Guns (Are For Pussies. 7. Misdirected Hostility 8. Purpose 9. Loco 10. Brodels 11. Don't Stay Home 12. DLMD 13. Sweet 14. T & P Combo
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90s Again
(30 items) by Chazz Reinhold
Published 5 months ago
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This got me hooked on 311
311 is one of my favorite bands, and this is one of the best CDs I listen to (and still listen to, 11+ years later).
Rating : 9/10