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Amazon.com
On this second album, these rockers from Austin, Texas, demonstrate a flair for perfect mid-'60s pop epitomized by the Kinks and the early Who. The opening track, "The Way," was an early break-out hit for the trio, but the entire album offers similarly uptempo serenades. It's a surprising direction for a band known for its hard-rocking live sets, but an early clue of their fondness for romantic hokum came on their remake of Bacharach & David's "This Guy's in Love with You" from 1997's Lounge-A-Palooza tribute album. Some of these songs actually come off tougher live, but that doesn't detract from the simple pleasures of this record, which is smooth, smart, and moving. --Steve Appleford --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Entertainment Weekly
You might enjoy this Austin trio...for [its] three-minute rock songs rife with whistleable riffs, mistakable-for-vintage hooks, and the wryest possible sincerity. . . . --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Album Details
Includes Three Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks: Freeloader Freddy, this Guy's in Love with You, Sweetwater Texas (Live).
All the Pain Money Can Buy (+3 Bonus Tra
Average customer rating:
- all the pain money can by (fastball)
- The best of FASTBALL
- Nice ear candy !!!!
- a really fun album
- A Warm Fuzzy Feeling, indeed
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ASIN: B000005ZKM
Release Date: 1998-03-10 |
Tracks:
- The Way
- Fire Escape
- Better Than It Was
- Which Way To The Top?
- Sooner Or Later
- Warm Fuzzy Feeling
- Slow Drag
- G.O.D. (Good Old Days)
- Charlie, The Methadone Man
- Out Of My Head
- Damaged Goods
- Nowhere Road
- Sweetwater, Texas
Amazon.com
On this second album, these rockers from Austin, Texas, demonstrate a flair for perfect mid-'60s pop epitomized by the Kinks and the early Who. The opening track, "The Way," was an early break-out hit for the trio, but the entire album offers similarly uptempo serenades. It's a surprising direction for a band known for its hard-rocking live sets, but an early clue of their fondness for romantic hokum came on their remake of Bacharach & David's "This Guy's in Love with You" from 1997's Lounge-A-Palooza tribute album. Some of these songs actually come off tougher live, but that doesn't detract from the simple pleasures of this record, which is smooth, smart, and moving. --Steve Appleford
Album Details
Includes Three Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks: Freeloader Freddy, this Guy's in Love with You, Sweetwater Texas (Live).
Customer Reviews:
all the pain money can by (fastball).......2007-02-15
awsome. i had looked everywhere for this as they are no longer distibuted and you had a new one!!!! thank you.
The best of FASTBALL.......2006-08-29
This is the best album ever for Fastball. Wish the newer one is better but it wasn't.
Nice ear candy !!!!.......2006-03-09
In a world where most artists assume they have to produce noisy, discordant, and non-melodic fodder for the equally beguilled public these guys are a nice retreat.
Just plain good ole rock that you can play all the way thru without torturing yourself by trying to listen to it 10 times before "you get it" like some of the crud being passed off as art these days. (yes, I do hate emo and death/thrash metal)
This is the only album of theirs that I've listened to and looking forward to grabbing the rest of their work.
a really fun album.......2006-02-14
I was about 10 or 11 when this album came out and I was among the millions who loved the song "The Way". I bought the cd and, for a while, they were my favorite band. But years past and my musical tastes drifted toward the hardcore/ metal/ death metal spectrum. But, recently, I dug this old cd out and put it in, on a whim. I had forgotten what a great band Fastball was (and still is). This album is so different and so upbeat compared to what I now listen to that I am just constantly drawn to it. The songs are simple, yet really impressive. Tony and Miles have two really distinct, good voices and the music itself puts you into a good mood. I really like this album and I'm really glad to have unearthed it after all of this time.
A Warm Fuzzy Feeling, indeed.......2006-01-19
FAST BALL threw me a curve. I didn't expect this and I'm a better listener for hearing their CD. Anyone who likes power pop will find the hooks a plenty on this release. That's one of the places I like to visit from BIG STAR to the UNCLE DEVIL SHOW, I eat this stuff up. Like the title one of NICK LOWE's early records: Pure Pop for Now People.
It's almost as if PAUL MACARTNEY were in the studio saying, not bad fellows, not bad at all. It's fresh yet familiar all at once, an absolute home run.
"THE WAY" which opens the CD, is a stone c old smash. An instant classic. The most modern sound on the disc. Sort of like the best moments from a great, lost SUGAR RAY single. A song so summery good you'll be playing it at your next BBQ and have folks asking you "Who is that band? It's that good; the kind of song John Cusack's character in "Hi Fidelity" would play in his record shop in Chicago. Wonderful harmonies, evoking British Invasion images of Beatles.
"FIRE ESCAPE" received considerable airplay on WXRT-FM (Chicago's Finest Rock) at the turn of the century, and while not my personal favorite, is certainly the reason these popsters made a little splash during the Y2K era.
I feel that things really pick up with tracks 6-12, where there is a half dozen+, cheerful pop moments, so well crafted, you'll wonder where these guys came from, have been...and why they weren't discovery by more rock hounds.
"WARM FUZZY FEELING", hits one out of the park. This track could easily have come off a vintage SMITHEERNS LP.
"SLOW DRAG" Has the craftsmanship of the brothers FINN in CROWDED HOUSE or the woefully underrated REMBRANTS.
"GOOD OLD DAYS", like The KINKS, has a snappy beat, with a punched up horn section reminiscent of BS&T or later day GRASS ROOTS. Me likes the Old Days, Good Times I Remember. You know, the horny sounds of CHICAGO.
"CHARLIE THE METHODONE MAN",
"OUT OF MY HEAD". Get out your Bic lighter as CHEAP TRICK fans re-unite, Z'NUFF said.
"DAMAGED GOODS", BADFINGER anyone? Listen for the ELVIS COSTELLO-styled vocal presentation on this one.
"NOWHERE ROAD" reminds me of AL Kooper's immortal keyboard play circa Dylan's "LIKE A ROLLING STONE", meets `BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO", before evolving into a salute to THE WHO's "I CAN SEE FOR MILES". As Keith Moon once said: "If you want to play load, hit the drums hard".
In the end FASTBALL sounds the most like FASTBALL, and that's a good thing.
FASTBALL touches them all and left me with a warm fuzzy feeling. You should try FASTBALLS pitch too.
Average customer rating:
- all the pain money can by (fastball)
- The best of FASTBALL
- Nice ear candy !!!!
- a really fun album
- A Warm Fuzzy Feeling, indeed
|
All the Pain Money Can Buy
Fastball
Manufacturer: Edel
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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- Keep Your Wig On
- The Harsh Light of Day
- Feeling Strangely Fine
- Lemon Parade
- Bringing Down the Horse
ASIN: B00000K23I
Release Date: 1999-07-05 |
Tracks:
- Way
- Fire Escape
- Better Than It Was
- Which Way to the Top?
- Sooner or Later
- Warm Fuzzy Feeling
- Slow Drag
- G.O.D. (Good Old Days)
- Charlie, the Methadone Man
- Out of My Head
- Damaged Goods
- Nowhere Road
- Sweetwater, Texas
Amazon.com
On this second album, these rockers from Austin, Texas, demonstrate a flair for perfect mid-'60s pop epitomized by the Kinks and the early Who. The opening track, "The Way," was an early break-out hit for the trio, but the entire album offers similarly uptempo serenades. It's a surprising direction for a band known for its hard-rocking live sets, but an early clue of their fondness for romantic hokum came on their remake of Bacharach & David's "This Guy's in Love with You" from 1997's Lounge-A-Palooza tribute album. Some of these songs actually come off tougher live, but that doesn't detract from the simple pleasures of this record, which is smooth, smart, and moving. --Steve Appleford
Album Details
Includes Three Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks: Freeloader Freddy, this Guy's in Love with You, Sweetwater Texas (Live).
Customer Reviews:
all the pain money can by (fastball).......2007-02-15
awsome. i had looked everywhere for this as they are no longer distibuted and you had a new one!!!! thank you.
The best of FASTBALL.......2006-08-29
This is the best album ever for Fastball. Wish the newer one is better but it wasn't.
Nice ear candy !!!!.......2006-03-09
In a world where most artists assume they have to produce noisy, discordant, and non-melodic fodder for the equally beguilled public these guys are a nice retreat.
Just plain good ole rock that you can play all the way thru without torturing yourself by trying to listen to it 10 times before "you get it" like some of the crud being passed off as art these days. (yes, I do hate emo and death/thrash metal)
This is the only album of theirs that I've listened to and looking forward to grabbing the rest of their work.
a really fun album.......2006-02-14
I was about 10 or 11 when this album came out and I was among the millions who loved the song "The Way". I bought the cd and, for a while, they were my favorite band. But years past and my musical tastes drifted toward the hardcore/ metal/ death metal spectrum. But, recently, I dug this old cd out and put it in, on a whim. I had forgotten what a great band Fastball was (and still is). This album is so different and so upbeat compared to what I now listen to that I am just constantly drawn to it. The songs are simple, yet really impressive. Tony and Miles have two really distinct, good voices and the music itself puts you into a good mood. I really like this album and I'm really glad to have unearthed it after all of this time.
A Warm Fuzzy Feeling, indeed.......2006-01-19
FAST BALL threw me a curve. I didn't expect this and I'm a better listener for hearing their CD. Anyone who likes power pop will find the hooks a plenty on this release. That's one of the places I like to visit from BIG STAR to the UNCLE DEVIL SHOW, I eat this stuff up. Like the title one of NICK LOWE's early records: Pure Pop for Now People.
It's almost as if PAUL MACARTNEY were in the studio saying, not bad fellows, not bad at all. It's fresh yet familiar all at once, an absolute home run.
"THE WAY" which opens the CD, is a stone c old smash. An instant classic. The most modern sound on the disc. Sort of like the best moments from a great, lost SUGAR RAY single. A song so summery good you'll be playing it at your next BBQ and have folks asking you "Who is that band? It's that good; the kind of song John Cusack's character in "Hi Fidelity" would play in his record shop in Chicago. Wonderful harmonies, evoking British Invasion images of Beatles.
"FIRE ESCAPE" received considerable airplay on WXRT-FM (Chicago's Finest Rock) at the turn of the century, and while not my personal favorite, is certainly the reason these popsters made a little splash during the Y2K era.
I feel that things really pick up with tracks 6-12, where there is a half dozen+, cheerful pop moments, so well crafted, you'll wonder where these guys came from, have been...and why they weren't discovery by more rock hounds.
"WARM FUZZY FEELING", hits one out of the park. This track could easily have come off a vintage SMITHEERNS LP.
"SLOW DRAG" Has the craftsmanship of the brothers FINN in CROWDED HOUSE or the woefully underrated REMBRANTS.
"GOOD OLD DAYS", like The KINKS, has a snappy beat, with a punched up horn section reminiscent of BS&T or later day GRASS ROOTS. Me likes the Old Days, Good Times I Remember. You know, the horny sounds of CHICAGO.
"CHARLIE THE METHODONE MAN",
"OUT OF MY HEAD". Get out your Bic lighter as CHEAP TRICK fans re-unite, Z'NUFF said.
"DAMAGED GOODS", BADFINGER anyone? Listen for the ELVIS COSTELLO-styled vocal presentation on this one.
"NOWHERE ROAD" reminds me of AL Kooper's immortal keyboard play circa Dylan's "LIKE A ROLLING STONE", meets `BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO", before evolving into a salute to THE WHO's "I CAN SEE FOR MILES". As Keith Moon once said: "If you want to play load, hit the drums hard".
In the end FASTBALL sounds the most like FASTBALL, and that's a good thing.
FASTBALL touches them all and left me with a warm fuzzy feeling. You should try FASTBALLS pitch too.
Average customer rating:
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All the Pain Money Can Buy
Fastball
Manufacturer: Festival Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Alternative Rock
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| Hardcore & Punk
| Alternative Rock
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Post Grunge
| American Alternative
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ASIN: B00003Q4CT
Release Date: 2000-01-04 |
Tracks:
- The Way
- Fire Escape
- Better Than It Was
- Which Way To The Top
- Sooner Or Later
- Warm Fuzzy Feeling
- Slow Drag
- GOD (Good Old Days)
- Charlie The Methadone Man
- Out Of My Head
- Damaged Goods
- Nowhere Road
- Sweetwater Texas
- Quit Your Job
- The Way
- Freeloader Freddy
- Fire Escape
- This Guy's In Love With You
Album Description
Aussie edition of the hit American alternative rock trio's 1998 & second album with a five track bonus CD added featuring 'Freeloader Freddy', the B-side 'Quit Your Job', 'Fire Escape' (Live), a cover of the classic Bacharach/ David love song 'This Guy's In Love With You' and an acoustic version of their smash hit 'The Way'. A combined total of 18 tracks, with the main disc featuring the original hit version of 'The Way'. Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release.
Album Details
Limited Edition Double CD Aussie Version Includes limited Bonus CD Tracks: Quit Your Job (Unreleased), Way (Acoustic), Freeloader Freddy (Unreleased), Fire Escape (Live), this Guy's in Love with You (Bacharach Cover)
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- Best of Bowie [Import]
- Best of Bowie [Import] [Original recording remastered]
- Best of Bowie [Import] [Original recording remastered]
- Best of Bowie [Import] [Original recording remastered]
- Best of Bowie-Nl Version [Import]
- Call & Answer [CD-single] [Import]
- Can't Get Enough [CD-single]
- Celebrity Skin [Import]
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