Wormwood

Unlike the less polished "Roadworms" that followed this recording, this CD is packed with pop songs, experimental music, and the weird stuff we all want the residents to make noise about.

There's no doubt that the lyrics, and especially the liner notes of this recording will offend a number of people (like it did me a few times), and if you have extremely strong beliefs that are aligned with the Bible, this album is not for you. However, the music is the stongest the Residents have performed in years, and is not to be ignored by us hardened veterans of the One Eyed Whozits.

From the amazing (but too short) instrumental that opens the album, to the equally amazing, but more disturbing instrumental that ends this CD, this album is packed with pop songs such as "Burn Baby Burn" to the strong pathos of "Firefall".

The Residents have returned from the hades of soundtracks, and are in front of us with all their glory.

Not fun at first..........2001-07-04

This album, most likely, will disappoint you. The music doesn't strike me as weird by The Residents' standards. It's almost kind of lame. It's a concept album with probably the most clear concept but the purpose is unclear. Does this album stink? NO WAY! It's a triumph! With developed songs, a great insert, and 61 minutes of music, this might be the best Residents album out there. I know it doesn't compare to older Residents albums but definately deserves as much credit as Freak Show - which is one of Their finest. VERY ESSENTIAL!

The Residents Needed More.......2001-07-02

This album provides you with an all Residential view of the bible, some of the story are twisted to their point-of-view, but others do totally follow logic, like "Judas Saves." The music is techno-era, and other than the voice of Lot and a couple of others, the vocals are good too, but this in noway compares to older, better Rez albums.

Compares to Superstar? Give me a break........2001-05-22

Uh, no. I've heard that comparison a few times, and every time I do, it sounds crazier and crazier. This...unusual album, which, I'll admit, has decent rock and roll music and some clever refrences (the reason for my two star gift) does not even fall into the same category as the masterpiece: Andrew Lloyd Webber's/Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. The music is better in JCS, the religious messages are more accurate (the lyrics are much better), and the performance is a heck of a lot more wonderful. So for everyone who says that this album is "everything Superstar wanted to be", I gotta say, that isn't right. It really doesn't compare.

Honestly, I didn't agree when certain people thought Jesus Christ Superstar was a mocking of the Holy Bible, but I can certaintly understand the arguement that this album isis. "Judas saves"????? I could hardly write that.

Stick with Superstar.

lacks the vitality of their early work.......2001-03-31

Interesting idea for an album, i.e to show that the Bible isn't all love and sweetness, but that there is a huge amount of cruelty and evil and darkness in it too. The songs aren't particularly memorable though, and the silly voice thing doesn't really work with such 'serious' subject matter. The music sounds like it was written for a computer game. There are some nice instrumental tunes but they don't redeem the album. Check out their early stuff for some real wacky music, especially commercial album. Thank you

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Absinthe Minded
Wormwood
Manufacturer: Happy Snake Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000MOL0TE

Product Description

8 tracks

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Wormwood
The Woodbox Gang
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000FTKORU
Release Date: 2002-02-19

Tracks:

God Box Wagon
Dot Com Machine
Devil Blues
Oh Woman
Sardine
Skyclad
Family Night
Soap in My Mouth
Confidence Man
Scarecrow
Annie Dhydde
Black Yodel No. 7
Squirm Squirm Squirm
Panther Song
If I Had My Druthers
They Came in Black

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Meiosis

Manufacturer: Wormwood
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAJO1E
Release Date: 2005-02-15

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Wormwood

Manufacturer: Ground Fault Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0001NJ4NU
Release Date: 2004-01-06

Album Description

The five wormwood pieces are taken from a single recording session which happened late at night, in a loungeroom borrowed from friends, at petticoat lane, east london, on dec29th 2002. michael had only just arrived fresh/weary from his explorations in malta, joel was preparing to leave london after 3 years and return home to australia. the music, in all its abstraction, reflects this transitory moment of shared sensibility and open exchange between two people heading in opposite directions.

"Both Stern and Northam work with lo-tech phonics: field recordings, found objects, contact mics, tape loops, etc. As with much music in this area, it comes down to the creators' choices in what's included, what's not, how much stress is placed on this or that element and, perhaps crucially, how to balance an economy of means with an abundance of outcome. When successful, the individual elements become invisible and the listener is confronted with a soundscape that's immediately accepted as "real", as something that bubbles along with its own life and pace, revealing as much or as little as the listener chooses to hear. The five tracks of "wormwood" accomplish this with deceptive ease, each offering a slightly different angle, each transparent as to its means, each unforced in its direction. Sometimes, as on the third piece, the balance tilts toward more a "musical" concoction (in this case, high-pitched, organ-like drones over a rustling underbelly) but more often the sounds are entirely a-musical, deriving from manipulated found elements. Among other things, this introduces an impressive airy quality, even as that air is tinged with ozone and gasoline. Throughout, it's never less than absorbing, thoughtful and ear-tickling." Biran Olewnik

Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible
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Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible
The Residents
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
General | Rock | Styles | Music
Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000246LV
Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

In the Beginning
Fire Fall
They Are the Meat
Melancholy Clumps
How to Get a Head
Cain and Abel
Mr. Misery
Tent Peg in the Temple
God's Magic Finger
Spilling the Seed
Dinah and the Unclean Skin
Bathsheba Bathes
Bridegroom of Blood
Hanging by His Hair
Seven Ugly Cows
Burn Baby Burn
Kill Him
I Hate Heaven
Judas Saves
Revelation

Album Description

Like the Resident's 1988 CD 'God in Three Persons', which is formally an opera of the new narrative type with lots of rhythmic speaking and chorus responses somewhat in the style of the classic Southern talking blues, this wonderful new piece in 20 parts is also a commentary on the more bizarre imagery and smarmy, truly uneasy emotions from the Bible. While being full of irony and postmodernism, it also reaches for that deep kind of soul-shaking experience that is the true wellspring of religious awe before the lawgivers arrive in town. Originally released in 1998. Euroralph/Germany. 2005.

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Wormwood is amazing.

Wormwood
Fewleftstanding
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005O4T9
Release Date: 2001-07-07

Tracks:

Burm Me To The Ground
The Latest Fad
What's The Use
Kneel Down And Fight
Against All
Contemplating Spiritual Suicide
The Pursuit Of Happiness
Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
No Apology
10,000 Angry Hardcore Kids
Identity Crisis
Educate The Ignorant
Wormwood

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Wormwood is amazing........2002-01-12

Looking for more a more melodic and more metal FewLeftStanding than what you got on their debut album 'Regeneration of Self?' Well if you are look no further than their new release on Takehold Records entitled 'Wormwood' and you will find exactly what you need.
The new album is, as mentioned filled with melody and metal blended with superb attention to detail. These guys have seriously matured both musically and lyrically in the year and a half or so since their first album came out. The 50 minutes of mayhem are encompassed in 13 tracks with one being a short instrumental song called '10,000 Angry Hardcore Kids.' Filled with interesting metalcore styled leads, and Chris' polished vocal style as the main vocals from the first album this disc gets better with each listen. In addition we are treated to a few gang vocals, 'Give Credit Where Credit Is Due' is half spoken not even sung, singing style lyrics all keep you deep into the music presented here.

Something is different about the guys in this band from the average Christian metalcore band though. It becomes apparent when you read their lyrics that they are growing tired of the complacency amongst Christians and Christian bands these day. 'The Latest Fad' lays it on the line for other bands, challenging them with;

Christ becomes a trend rather than a thirst
talk the talk but can't walk the walk
it's all a spit and polish veneer

The song 'No Apology' is lyrically a song I personally have been waiting for a band to write for a long time now. Simply put it states I'll respect you freedom of speech but you have to respect mine as well. I could go on dissecting their lyrics but I don't think I need to. Each song on this disc is unashamedly Christian, well thought out and very poignant.

In addition to the instrumental on other song stands out musically and that's the closing/title track 'Wormwood.' Bottom line here is it's an emo song. Immensely passionate lyrics are sung, in a not quite so nasally approach with extremely melodic music. It's a good song and a great CD closer as it brings you back down after the frenzy of the other 12 tracks. It's kind of like the band is offering you a band-aid for the wound they gave your neck after ripping your head off.

Lister's bottom line here is this is a superb album that picked up where 'Regeneration of Self' left off. It shows a great deal of growth for the band and if you liked their previous album you are not a complete human without owning a copy of 'Wormwood.'
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