Razorblade Suitcase
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Gavin Rossdale may try his best to sound like Kurt Cobain, and his British band may strum and bang Seattle-style, and Steve Albini may produce like he never left the alterna-grunge basement, but the songs here are pure pop for now people--now being Grunge-mania 1996. The lyrics always loop around in disjunctive fits and Albini ensures the band stops and starts in discomforting style but deep down Rossdale has his radio tuned to the FM-radio hits of yesteryear. "Swallowed" is the obvious single but "History," "Greedy Fly," and others have a sugary side that's pure ear candy underneath the harsh wailings. --Rob O'Connor --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Average customer rating:
- pretty good
- FOLLOW UP ALBUM GOOD
- No more Sonic Assualt makes this group sound neutered
- "We're all confusion/we're all the rage"
- Such a shame.
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Razorblade Suitcase
Bush
Manufacturer: Kirtland Records
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ASIN: B00004UALN
Release Date: 1996-11-19 |
Tracks:
- Personal Holloway
- Greedy Fly
- Swallowed
- Insect Kin
- Cold Contagious
- A Tendency To Start Fires
- Mouth
- Straight No Chaser
- History
- Synapse
- Communicator
- Bonedriven
- Distant Voices
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Gavin Rossdale may try his best to sound like Kurt Cobain, and his British band may strum and bang Seattle-style, and Steve Albini may produce like he never left the alterna-grunge basement, but the songs here are pure pop for now people--now being Grunge-mania 1996. The lyrics always loop around in disjunctive fits and Albini ensures the band stops and starts in discomforting style but deep down Rossdale has his radio tuned to the FM-radio hits of yesteryear. "Swallowed" is the obvious single but "History," "Greedy Fly," and others have a sugary side that's pure ear candy underneath the harsh wailings. --Rob O'Connor
Customer Reviews:
pretty good.......2007-06-05
this is not as good as 16 stone but is still a pretty good album..it has its moments..heres my track ratings...
1. Personal Holloway - 9/10
2. Greedy Fly - 10/10
3. Swallowed - 10/10
4. Insect Kin - 7/10
5. Cold Contagious - 8/10
6. A Tendency To Start Fires - 6/10
7. Mouth - 9/10
8. Straight No Chaser- 8/10
9. History - 7/10
10. Synapse - 7/10
11. Communicator - 7/10
12. Bonedriven - 8/10
13. Distant Voices - 7/10
FOLLOW UP ALBUM GOOD.......2006-10-28
ok im no kid
im 15
and i was just introduced to bush recently
i instantly became attatched to sixteen stone classics "comedown, testosterone, and machinehead."
i havent heard all of razorblade suitcase yet
but from what i have heard so far, it's very good.
Swallowed is now my favorite bush song, and Straight No Chaser reminds me of a new Glycerine
its a good album and i intend to buy it soon
No more Sonic Assualt makes this group sound neutered.......2006-09-09
This was no where near the sonic genius that "Sixteen Stone" was; if anything it's almost as annoying at times as a fly on the wall. This album seems to feel like a fly on my wall that just won't go away. The first single off this album was "Swallowed" which to me features one of the worst videos of all time where it seems like everyone was at an acid party, and everybody after a great big dinner started dancing up and down up and down let's hope they didn't get sick. The song in some ways was one of the angriest songs of the 90's, but to me it seemed as though it reminded me of the Tomy pocket game called "The Kissing Game". You know where you pull back on a lever, and you'd see what kind of faces the boy and girl would make, and it just seemed to remind me of the girl making a smiling face while the boy was all angry. I had feelings for a woman at that time, but was afraid to get hurt, so I put on a angry face to keep me safe. Then the other single was "Greedy Fly". I finally found this song as it was a thorn in my flesh. I remember March 24th, 1997 this was the day my parents were over, and my mom gave me this card to give to my grandmother to sign. You see my grandmother at this time was dying of Pancreatic Cancer, and she had moved back to Pennsylvainia. She had no clue, or so I think at this time that my brother and I were hiding a secret from her. At the suggestion of my parents we didn't tell her about the fact we had bought a house because we were in debt to her for when we moved down here to Florida. After she died I felt so terrible and full of regret I did the only thing I knew how to do, and that was run away. I ran away spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. I remember signing the card during the playing of this song especially with the guitar solo after the second verse. It was like being told to sit at the table till my green vegetables were done. I feel as though my grandmother died without hearing about Jesus, and I can't deal with that, and my parents were like the money I owed her was a gift, and I'm still coming to terms with this. I regret this so very much as my grandmother and I didn't have a close relationship at all, and now she's been dead. I know after she died I went on a self-destructive binge of spending money on myself, and causing myself to go into debt because I didn't care anymore. I regret having hidden this secret from her because I know after her death there was her blood on my hands, and I couldn't get them clean, so I ran to hide, and I would through having sex outside of marriage, spending money like crazy, and through church activities. Talk about a greedy fly; I lived it all my life. This song had such a depressing hold on me, and I release it now to free my life to fill with things that are good and Godly. The rest of this album had some good stuff like the closing number "Distant Voices", "Tendency To Start Fires", and maybe a couple of others, but the rest was just yucch. I perfer the "Sixteen Stone" cd if I had to hear this group again.
"We're all confusion/we're all the rage".......2006-08-29
For their sophomore effort "Razorblade Suitcase," Bush went into the studio with producer Steve Albini to replicate what Nirvana had done with "In Utero"-- strip away the gloss and create a jagged, thorny, live-sounding record. (Not that Bush had that much gloss in the first place. Compared to "Sixteen Stone," "Nevermind" sounds like a Michael Jackson album.) They succeeded, resulting in a(nother) string of huge radio hits and one of my personal all-time favorite albums.
Albini's rough-edged production is a perfect fit for Bush. Drums are impossibly loud, guitars churn and scrape unpredictably, and Gavin Rossdale's voice floats crystal-clear above the rest of the mix. His songs are a blend of straight-ahead rockers and more intricate songs filled with twists and tangents. "Swallowed" and "Greedy Fly" have to be two of the weirdest, least straightforward hit singles in rock. Ballads "Straight No Chaser" and "Bonedriven" are like skewed, dissonant reflections of the bands' earlier signature hit "Glycerine." As the album progesses, the mood darkens, culminating in the austere "Communicator" and the menacing "Synapse," before closing with the more hopeful "Distant Voices" and a short reprise of "History." There's not a bad song to be found, all of the tracks building on "Sixteen Stone"'s strengths while simultaneously branching out into more obscure territory.
Bush took a lot of critical punishment for following in Nirvana's footsteps, and while the kinship is undeniable, it's also nothing new in rock music: Nirvana is indebted to the Pixies, who are indebted to the Jesus and Mary Chain, and so on. Bush's music stands on its own despite its influences, and "Razorblade Suitcase" is their crowning acheivement, an album that perfectly captures its era yet hasn't dulled with age.
Such a shame........2006-07-09
Its a shame Bush could'nt retain there massive status they had with "Sixteen Stone" this was their downfall, and the following albums only contibuted, the main reason is, and appears is that Gavin Rossdale (singer/songwriter/rythum guitarist) spent to much time experimenting with sounds on records, which is great, but the songwriting strength fell by the wayside majorly.
Its frustrating to see that no bands releaise this, only U2 and the Smashing Pumkins have managed to pull of expermentation and still come away with the songs, but other great bands like Bush and Oasis and Supergrass have suffered due to the lack of focuss on the songs.
This album is worth getting, the songs do sound like they could of been so much more though, although they have a great sound to them, and the way its produced is genius, raw loud and edgy with loads of crazy guitar noises and scretches.
But this was the last good record from Bush.
Average customer rating:
- pretty good
- FOLLOW UP ALBUM GOOD
- No more Sonic Assualt makes this group sound neutered
- "We're all confusion/we're all the rage"
- Such a shame.
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Razorblade Suitcase
Bush
Manufacturer: Trauma/Interscope
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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- Sixteen Stone
- The Science of Things
- Golden State
- Deconstructed
- Distort Yourself
ASIN: B000001Y35
Release Date: 1996-11-19 |
Tracks:
- Personal Holloway
- Greedy Fly
- Swallowed
- Insect Kin
- Cold Contagious
- A Tendacy To Start Fires
- Mouth
- Straight No Chaser
- History
- Synapse
- Communicator
- Bonedrives
- Distant Voices
Amazon.com
Gavin Rossdale may try his best to sound like Kurt Cobain, and his British band may strum and bang Seattle-style, and Steve Albini may produce like he never left the alterna-grunge basement, but the songs here are pure pop for now people--now being Grunge-mania 1996. The lyrics always loop around in disjunctive fits and Albini ensures the band stops and starts in discomforting style but deep down Rossdale has his radio tuned to the FM-radio hits of yesteryear. "Swallowed" is the obvious single but "History," "Greedy Fly," and others have a sugary side that's pure ear candy underneath the harsh wailings. --Rob O'Connor
Customer Reviews:
pretty good.......2007-06-05
this is not as good as 16 stone but is still a pretty good album..it has its moments..heres my track ratings...
1. Personal Holloway - 9/10
2. Greedy Fly - 10/10
3. Swallowed - 10/10
4. Insect Kin - 7/10
5. Cold Contagious - 8/10
6. A Tendency To Start Fires - 6/10
7. Mouth - 9/10
8. Straight No Chaser- 8/10
9. History - 7/10
10. Synapse - 7/10
11. Communicator - 7/10
12. Bonedriven - 8/10
13. Distant Voices - 7/10
FOLLOW UP ALBUM GOOD.......2006-10-28
ok im no kid
im 15
and i was just introduced to bush recently
i instantly became attatched to sixteen stone classics "comedown, testosterone, and machinehead."
i havent heard all of razorblade suitcase yet
but from what i have heard so far, it's very good.
Swallowed is now my favorite bush song, and Straight No Chaser reminds me of a new Glycerine
its a good album and i intend to buy it soon
No more Sonic Assualt makes this group sound neutered.......2006-09-09
This was no where near the sonic genius that "Sixteen Stone" was; if anything it's almost as annoying at times as a fly on the wall. This album seems to feel like a fly on my wall that just won't go away. The first single off this album was "Swallowed" which to me features one of the worst videos of all time where it seems like everyone was at an acid party, and everybody after a great big dinner started dancing up and down up and down let's hope they didn't get sick. The song in some ways was one of the angriest songs of the 90's, but to me it seemed as though it reminded me of the Tomy pocket game called "The Kissing Game". You know where you pull back on a lever, and you'd see what kind of faces the boy and girl would make, and it just seemed to remind me of the girl making a smiling face while the boy was all angry. I had feelings for a woman at that time, but was afraid to get hurt, so I put on a angry face to keep me safe. Then the other single was "Greedy Fly". I finally found this song as it was a thorn in my flesh. I remember March 24th, 1997 this was the day my parents were over, and my mom gave me this card to give to my grandmother to sign. You see my grandmother at this time was dying of Pancreatic Cancer, and she had moved back to Pennsylvainia. She had no clue, or so I think at this time that my brother and I were hiding a secret from her. At the suggestion of my parents we didn't tell her about the fact we had bought a house because we were in debt to her for when we moved down here to Florida. After she died I felt so terrible and full of regret I did the only thing I knew how to do, and that was run away. I ran away spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. I remember signing the card during the playing of this song especially with the guitar solo after the second verse. It was like being told to sit at the table till my green vegetables were done. I feel as though my grandmother died without hearing about Jesus, and I can't deal with that, and my parents were like the money I owed her was a gift, and I'm still coming to terms with this. I regret this so very much as my grandmother and I didn't have a close relationship at all, and now she's been dead. I know after she died I went on a self-destructive binge of spending money on myself, and causing myself to go into debt because I didn't care anymore. I regret having hidden this secret from her because I know after her death there was her blood on my hands, and I couldn't get them clean, so I ran to hide, and I would through having sex outside of marriage, spending money like crazy, and through church activities. Talk about a greedy fly; I lived it all my life. This song had such a depressing hold on me, and I release it now to free my life to fill with things that are good and Godly. The rest of this album had some good stuff like the closing number "Distant Voices", "Tendency To Start Fires", and maybe a couple of others, but the rest was just yucch. I perfer the "Sixteen Stone" cd if I had to hear this group again.
"We're all confusion/we're all the rage".......2006-08-29
For their sophomore effort "Razorblade Suitcase," Bush went into the studio with producer Steve Albini to replicate what Nirvana had done with "In Utero"-- strip away the gloss and create a jagged, thorny, live-sounding record. (Not that Bush had that much gloss in the first place. Compared to "Sixteen Stone," "Nevermind" sounds like a Michael Jackson album.) They succeeded, resulting in a(nother) string of huge radio hits and one of my personal all-time favorite albums.
Albini's rough-edged production is a perfect fit for Bush. Drums are impossibly loud, guitars churn and scrape unpredictably, and Gavin Rossdale's voice floats crystal-clear above the rest of the mix. His songs are a blend of straight-ahead rockers and more intricate songs filled with twists and tangents. "Swallowed" and "Greedy Fly" have to be two of the weirdest, least straightforward hit singles in rock. Ballads "Straight No Chaser" and "Bonedriven" are like skewed, dissonant reflections of the bands' earlier signature hit "Glycerine." As the album progesses, the mood darkens, culminating in the austere "Communicator" and the menacing "Synapse," before closing with the more hopeful "Distant Voices" and a short reprise of "History." There's not a bad song to be found, all of the tracks building on "Sixteen Stone"'s strengths while simultaneously branching out into more obscure territory.
Bush took a lot of critical punishment for following in Nirvana's footsteps, and while the kinship is undeniable, it's also nothing new in rock music: Nirvana is indebted to the Pixies, who are indebted to the Jesus and Mary Chain, and so on. Bush's music stands on its own despite its influences, and "Razorblade Suitcase" is their crowning acheivement, an album that perfectly captures its era yet hasn't dulled with age.
Such a shame........2006-07-09
Its a shame Bush could'nt retain there massive status they had with "Sixteen Stone" this was their downfall, and the following albums only contibuted, the main reason is, and appears is that Gavin Rossdale (singer/songwriter/rythum guitarist) spent to much time experimenting with sounds on records, which is great, but the songwriting strength fell by the wayside majorly.
Its frustrating to see that no bands releaise this, only U2 and the Smashing Pumkins have managed to pull of expermentation and still come away with the songs, but other great bands like Bush and Oasis and Supergrass have suffered due to the lack of focuss on the songs.
This album is worth getting, the songs do sound like they could of been so much more though, although they have a great sound to them, and the way its produced is genius, raw loud and edgy with loads of crazy guitar noises and scretches.
But this was the last good record from Bush.
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Razorblade Suitcase
Bush
Manufacturer: trauam
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Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000LY4ZRO |
Product Description
1996, Victor records Japan import edition, featuring one exclusive bonus track for the Japanese import. Catalog: MVCP-37.
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Razorblade Suitcase
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Manufacturer: Interscope
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ASIN: B000LXCIZQ |
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