Description
Beastie Boys Photos <img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com
Beastie Boys Photos More from Beastie Boys  The Sounds of Science |  Check Your Head |  IIll Communication |  Hello Nasty |  Awesome, I Shot That |  DVD Video Anthology - Criterion Collection |
Amazon.com essential recording After the out-of-nowhere success of Licensed to Ill, the Beasties had to prove they were more than one-album wonders, and they hit it out of the park with this follow-up. The Boys' lyrics are a hysterical deluge of cultural allusion (Ponce De Leon, Sadaharu Oh, and Love Connection's Chuck Woolery all get name-dropped), compressed wordplay, and adenoidal snottiness, but the real stars are the Dust Brothers, whose production is a hip-hop landmark. Their music tracks sound like the history of rock and funk radio boiled down to a pure concentrate--monster jams built out of thousands of unexpected samples (Johnny Cash! The Sweet!). It's a killer party album, kinetic and dense, and it never slows down. --Douglas Wolk
... (more)
(less)
Performed by
Track listing1. To All The Girls 2. Shake Your Rump 3. Johnny Ryall 4. Egg Man 5. High Plains Drifter 6. Sounds Of Science 7. Three Minute Rule 8. Hey Ladies 9. Five Piece Chicken Dinner 10. Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun 11. Car Thief 12. What Comes Around 13. Shadrach 14. Ask For Janice 15. B Boy Bouillabaisse
Lists
Loved by
|
Ratings of Paul's Boutique
|