Otherwise [CD-single]

Editorial Reviews
Album Details
Two Different Mixes in Three Different Versions and Lengths of the First Song Extracted from their 2002 Album 'charango'

Tracks:

Have A Lucky Day
All Wrong
I Know You-Part Two
Bo's Veranda
Mile High
Shame
Down Love's Tributaries
Kerouac
Pulled Over The Car
Sundayafternoonweightlessness
Mail
My Brain

Customer Reviews:

"It's poetry time, right.......2005-10-21

here in your living room." If you appreciate Mark Sandman's poetic artistry coupled with the murky, liquid milieu of Billy Conway and Dana Colley, this CD is for you. It contains more musical poetry (or is it poetic music?) than any other Morphine CD. Listen with the lights off; let the sounds envelop you, and you will see what I mean.

"I got an action-packed extravaganza..." (from "Mile High").......2004-01-25

This collection of Morphine rarities shows off Mark Sandman's spoken word performance as much as it shows off the band's standard low rock sound and skill with ethereal low-fi.

The live tracks are great, with "Have a Lucky Day" having a bit more frivolity than the studio version; "Mail," "My Brain," "Pulled Over the Car," and the lyrically-rich "Kerouac" are all Sandman-as-poet tracks; "Bo's Veranda" is acoustic guitar made for relaxing with drinks; the two long-format songs, "Sundayafternoonweightlessness" and "Down Love's Tributaries" bring the trippiness of Colley's dragging saxophones and shows off free-form jazz roots, and the swank "Mile High" and "Shame" (two of Morphine's best rockers) keep the entire album from getting too bottom-heavy.

This is a must-buy for any Morphine fan, and is representative of the various genres and styles that have influenced the band.

take it easy, folks.......2003-06-28

for me the album is just another morphine album. by that, I'm trying to say that morphine has no bad album. this may be a b-sides work but it sounds like a average one. don't be silly, folks. don't try to find a secret message. here's the band at his best. it's not junk music, it's the old band playing as usual. spend a good moment and turn off the tv.

it rocks.......2001-07-17

very different from the norm. sometimes its not about what YOU think a band should be about. sometimes its about the band messing their fans a little. this isn't typical morphine. if all you can stomach is typical morphine (or typical anything) you are wasting your time and money. for those of you that are open to some cool and weird stuff, you'll love it. i promise. doodoobrad >>> atl >>> GA.

Morphine's worst.......2001-06-09

Of all the Morphine albums this by far the worst. This is the only Morphine album I would not reccomend. In my opinion YES is by far the best album. For me the albums beakdown like this: Yes is 5 stars, the other albums are 4 stars except for The Night which is 3 stars.

39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World)

Average customer rating:

Great
Jerk it Out
39 Minutes Of Decently Derivative Music(in an otherwise tedious music scene)
Potential is there.....
Cool!!!

39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World)
Caesars
Manufacturer: Astralwerks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Paper Tigers
Employment
Youth Is Wasted on the Young
Broken Boy Soldiers
The Bravery

ASIN: B00008WFR4
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

Sort It Out
I'm Gonna Kick You Out
Let's Go Parking Baby
Jerk It Out
Out Of My Hands
Only You
Since You've Been Gone
Crackin' Up
You're My Favorite
Fun And Games
Suzy Creamcheese
You Don't Mean A Thing To Me

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Rock may have been born in America, but a national obsession with the trendy has often begat cultural amnesia when it comes to musical roots. Hence offshore bands like the Vines and Hives recycle '90s grunge/punk and '80s new wave with newfound energy, sometimes finding themselves ironically hailed as rock saviors. Sweden's Caesars don't have salvation on their minds. In fact their '60s garage rock shtick seems doubly recycled, seven of the dozen songs here hailing from a previous 1998 incarnation. Which isn't to say they don't do spiritual forebears like the Swingin' Medallions and ? & the Mysterians proud. Powered by pumping Farfisa-clone organ, trashy guitars, and a suitably snotty vocal attitude, they careen amiably through a sharp cover of the Endd's "Out of My Hands" and originals that range from spunky ("Jerk It Out," "Sort It Out," "You're My Favorite") to spooky ("Suzy Creamcheese"). If there's irony at work here (other than a contemporary Swedish band evoking the spirit of '60s American garage punk and '80s UK new wave, that is) the Caesar's have largely buried it in an avalanche of infectious spirit. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

Full title - 39 Minutes Of Bliss (In An Otherwise Meaningless World). 2003 compilation, culled from the Swedish garage rock act's first three albums, 'Youth Is Wasted On The Young' (1998), 'Cherry Kicks' (2000), & 'Love For The Streets' (2002), all of which are big hits. Their sound combines the Farfisa organ-drenched sound of 60's era garage rock with a contemporary pop thrust. But while 60's referencing power-pop bands are a dime a dozen, what sets the Caesars apart is their reliance on creating as much an infectious groove as adrenalin pumping rock. 12 tracks. Virgin.

Customer Reviews:

Great.......2006-01-09

Caesar's Palace, The Caesars, The Twelve Caesars - they're all the same group. They go by different names depending on location - Twelve Caesars in most of Scandinavia, The Caesars in North America, and Caesar's Palace in Sweden, most of europe, and the rest of the world.

They currently have five albums:
39 Minutes of Bliss (as The Caesars)
Paper Tigers (as The Caesars)
Youth Is Wasted On The Young (as The Twelve Caesars)
Cherry Kicks (as Caesar's Palace)
Love For The Streets (as Caesar's Palace)

I hope this helps clarify some things.

I give EVERY SINGLE ALBUM five out of five stars - great vocals, great leads, great base, great melodies, great everything. If you like rock, don't pass this up.

Jerk it Out.......2005-11-21

I first heard the Caesars in an iPod Shuffle commercial in February 2005. I was depressed at that time, but that song's "and you feel it running through your bones" part made me feel better!

39 Minutes Of Decently Derivative Music(in an otherwise tedious music scene).......2005-11-13

O.K, so "Jerk It Out" is one of the greatest songs of this admittedly young century and we would all like to buy this album in hopes of more songs like this. Only life never seems to work the way we want it to, especially with music. The album is fun and energetic and damn if these Swedes don't like funny lyrics and driving Farfisa organ. The opener , "Sort It Out" is a hyper and groovy workout about smoking crack and banging their heads against the wall because their girl is gone. These are funny, goofy lyrics along the lines of The Ramones. Actually, these cats could be to the Farfisa organ what The Ramones were to heavy guitar rock. Ultimatley the songs are quite expedient, and these boys seem to know it, as "Jerk It Out" has appeared on no less than three of their albums. I hope they last a while and find their hidden musical mojo because, damn, I love that cheesey organ sound. Don't you?

Potential is there............2005-07-09

I admit i was quite excited about this band after i heard "Jerk it out," but the truth is that other than this and a few other songs there isn't much in this album or in the Caesars. For instance, there's something definitely wrong when a band puts the same song in two different albums. And the song that just happens to appear more than once, is "Jerk it Out." The song is very catchy, but I'd like to hear more than just a few good songs from an album. They definitely have the potential, but they're just not quite there yet.

Cool!!!.......2005-06-09

Well, I first heard for The Caesars when I heard their song, Jerk It Out, couple of years ago, when playing Fifa 2004. It was one of the songs in the game's jukebox. So, I only got this song then. And now, I remebered again on this Swedish rockers and got the whole cd. And I found out, that they make a pretty cool music. I don't mean just Jerk It Out. Also some other songs are really cool.

The Caesars play this 60's garage rock. but they also added some electronics to some of their songs. Their music souds somewhere between the Kings Of Leon (especially in the song You're My Favorite) and Jet or maybe The Hives. The title of the album suggests that there is 39 minutes of great music on it, but in my opinion, there are also two songs that sound a bit weird. Suzy Creamcheese and Since You've Been Gone are more instrumental songs with some electronics in it and are really small part of vocals. And they just sound a bit frustrating, especially Suzy Creamcheese. But, all the other songs are really cool rock songs, especially You're My Favorite, Crackin' Up, Fun And Games, Sort It Out, I'm Gonna Kick You Out and Jerk It Out.

As I already said, You're My Favourite sonuds a bit like it would be sang by King Of Leon. It just sounds great. Sort It Out is a song about a man who can't get over a woman, ''...I wanna smoke crack cuz your never comin' back ,...'' and it sounds a bit depressive. The beggining of I'm Gonna Kick You Out is similar to the beginning of Jerk It Out, because of electronic effects. The best part of this song is a really really good chours. Crackin' Up has a bit slower pace and it just sounds nice, with cool chours. Fun And Games is another a bit slower song, with the coolest chours (...You're a young girl and you're really not on your own, you're a young girl and you shouldn't be allowed to roam ). This song is just soo nice, that you really must hear it. And then, there's Jerk It Out. The best song on this cd. There's also a little more electronics in this one. Also, this song has just an amazing beats. So, with all that and cool lyrics, this is just a perfect dance-rock song. Just amazing.

Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life

Average customer rating:

Great Album, Terrible Title
Donut's Best
Genre Defining
Buy this album as soon as possible
THE BEST BAND YOU NEVER HEARD IN YOUR LIFE

Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life
Alice Donut
Manufacturer: Alternative Tentacle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Donut Comes Alive
Revenge Fantasies of the Impotent
Mule
The Untidy Suicides of Your Degenerate Children
Three Sisters

ASIN: B000000F7F
Release Date: 1992-04-24

Tracks:

LYDIA'S BLACK LUNG
TESTOSTERONE GONE WILD
SINEAD O'CONNER ON T.V.
DOROTHY
SKY OF BONES
EGG
CONSUMER DECENCY
MY LIFE IS A MEDIOCRE PIECE OF SHIT
INCINERATOR HEART
BUCKET, FORKS, POCK
DEMONOLOGIST
LISA'S FATHER (WAKA BABY)

Customer Reviews:

Great Album, Terrible Title.......2006-03-31

It's a great album, and the only reason I don't give it 5 stars is the horrifying grammatical error in the title (look again) that I'm sure the band regrets constantly. The sound quality is not that wonderful, but there are some truly memorable tunes on it just the same. By all means, get this thing if you don't have it, but buy their self-titled debut album first. That, and check the alternative tentacles website before shelling out more than twelve bucks for this cd.

Donut's Best.......2002-03-22

Alice Donut was one of the core bands of Alternative Tentacles back in the late '80s and early '90s. Their first album catches them at their rawest, but also their most fun.

Musically, Donut's style has much in common with the psychedlic punk style of the...Surfers, but I regard Donut as being the more straight-up fun-to-listen-to of the two. The Surfers are great, but in a different way. Alice Donut's work is better informed by a sense of humor and a lively attitude than the Surfers, who usually come off as being much darker and more serious. However, this does not mean that Alice Donut does not pack some weight - in keeping with many Alternative Tentacles bands, Alice Donut follows in the footsteps of the Dead Kennedies with thier lyrics - heavy sarcasm, but always socially and politically relevant. Buy this album, sit back, dig the lyrics and enjoy the wild, slapdash music!

This album has a bit of a darker cast than "Donut Comes Alive" or "Mule" (these three albums feature Donut's original line-up), but still carries the wild energy one should expect from this band. It is their first "real" album, since Donut Comes Alive was technically a "live" album. Be sure to check out tracks 1,2,4,5,7 and 8.

"Lisa's Father" is a CD bonus track. Originally appearing on a Alternative Tentacles marketing compliation album, it was NOT on the original "Bucketfulls" LP. One will notice that it diverges from the style of the album markedly, since it is basically Ted Houghton doing a spoken word bit. It is still really fun to listen to, and is in fact one of my favorite bits by Alice Donut.

Genre Defining.......2001-06-01

Going way beyond the bounds of "punk" and what was supposed to be played and discussed within the confines of "punk", Alice Donut helped to break the mold. Coming on hard on the heals of someone like the Dead Kennedys, A.Donut helps define the dark muse which so many Alternative Tentacle (Or just plain Alternative) bands reply upon. A great example of this, is "Lisa's Father" which is found on this disk.

The song deals with those amusing little Christian comic books which you get handed every once in awhile. In this particular issue, a little girl is getting molested/raped by her father and a neighbor while her mother hides with the help of Jack Daniels. Eventually, all is found out, but the parents discover Jesus and tell LIsa to pray. Hilliariously Horrible. And that is Alice donut.

This album is tremendous, as with all of their releases. Not only do they expand the definition of what "punk" can be thematically and lyrically, but musically, they are no slouches either. Listen to Dorothy as an example. Stephen Moses always provides great drumming, especially on that tune. Rockin' good fun.

Buy this album as soon as possible.......1999-09-02

"Bucketfuls" is easily one of the best punkish/pop albums you will ever hear. Actually, that last sentence can used for every one of their albums. What's wonderful about this album is that every song has it's own uniqueness and sound and you will easily find yourself playing the album again and again.(As I did when I played the tape I had of this over and over until it wore out.) Yes, unfortunately this band ended it's legacy on a bad note with "Pure Acid Park", but do not let that album sway you from their other albums.(Most notably "Bucketfuls", "Revenge"(the best", "Mule", and "Untidy".) For those of you who never got to see Alice Donut play live, YOU NOW HAVE AT LEAST ONE REGRET IN YOUR LIFE.

THE BEST BAND YOU NEVER HEARD IN YOUR LIFE.......1999-05-26

MOST people haven't heard of Alice Donut EVER. I happened onto them quite by accident, but what a great accident! They're gone now, off to that Great-Bands-That-Nobody-Ever-Heard-Of Record Store in the Sky...but hey, they left all this great music! Look how cheap it is! Quick, start buying it now before they're "discovered" and their albums are $15 a pop! Bucketfulls of Sickness, Mule and Untidy Suicides are the three essential albums, start from there. Enjoy!