McLusky Do Dallas

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If you're tired of lowest-common-denominator punk bands, McLusky Do Dallas is the album you're looking for. The incendiary British trio invites comparisons with everyone from Nirvana to the Fall. They specialize in the short, sharp songs that clock in around two minutes, but go some way to reinventing the very viscera of punk rock. The opening track is a case in point, as an explosion of cymbals and nodule-inducing vocal ferocity invite comparisons with post-hardcore merchants Shellac discovering a catchy pop hook. (Perhaps it's no coincidence that Shellac frontman Steve Albini is credited on production duties.) Raw, fearless songs land with terrifying consistency. The most fascinating track is "Fuck This Band," a quiet meditation on the nature of rock music. Equal parts brains, brawn, and pure righteousness, McLusky Do Dallas is unstoppable. --Louis Pattison

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McLusky Do Dallas

Average customer rating: Good, And Not In A British Way Seek this out! The Best Album of the Decade Mclusky's best the sonic equivalent of raw meat

Mclusky Do Dallas Mclusky Manufacturer: Too Pure / Beggars ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: My Pain & Sadness Is More Sad & Painful Than Yours Mcluskyism They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top Soon There Will Be Shooting at Unarmed Men Souvlaki ASIN: B00005UD03 Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

1. Lightsaber Cocksucking Blues
2. No New Wave No Fun
3. Collagen Rock
4. What We've Learned
5. Day Of The Deadringers
6. Dethink To Survive
7. Fuck This Band
8. To Hell With Good Intentions
9. Clique Application Form
10. The World Loves And Is Our Bitch
11. Alan Is A Cowboy Killer
12. Gareth Brown Says
13. Chases
14. Whoyouknow

Amazon.com

If you're tired of lowest-common-denominator punk bands, McLusky Do Dallas is the album you're looking for. The incendiary British trio invites comparisons with everyone from Nirvana to the Fall. They specialize in the short, sharp songs that clock in around two minutes, but go some way to reinventing the very viscera of punk rock. The opening track is a case in point, as an explosion of cymbals and nodule-inducing vocal ferocity invite comparisons with post-hardcore merchants Shellac discovering a catchy pop hook. (Perhaps it's no coincidence that Shellac frontman Steve Albini is credited on production duties.) Raw, fearless songs land with terrifying consistency. The most fascinating track is "Fuck This Band," a quiet meditation on the nature of rock music. Equal parts brains, brawn, and pure righteousness, McLusky Do Dallas is unstoppable. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews:

Good, And Not In A British Way.......2007-04-10

The British music press seem to have an affinity with "home grown" bands, perhaps because us Limeys like tryers, and mediocre people are always at their best. The music industry praise bands that have broken America (sold more than 10,000 albums), forgetting that some Americans have cloth ears, too.
2002 was the year of Coldplay, the Stereophonics, Radiohead Mk.3. (i.e., without the tunes) and Travis. All deeply mediocre music for sure, and without the edge to their art to actually risk offending anyone (if you are offended by Chris Martin you really need to get out more).
McLusky, by contrast, sound like noisy, uncouth yobs who have chips on their shoulders the size of Idaho: and who on this album at least wrote some really good songs. The very fact that the fact it is produced by Steve Albini is not its biggest selling point is noteworth (although obviously not its biggest selling point). They also seem to be having hefty digs at their compatriots Sterophonics and The Lostprohets as well, which can't be bad.

Seek this out!.......2006-05-31

If you're looking for the best Pixies record since Nevermind....here it is. Ferocious record. WAY catchy. Damn shame they never broke bigger.

The Best Album of the Decade.......2006-05-16

Thus far at least. What Mclucky do better than anyone is make art rock that actually rocks, and has pop sensibilities. The distortion, speed, and vocals all point to punk, but at the same time the album sounds more avante garde and daring than most punk. Kind of like the Jesus Lizard trying to cover the early Clash. This album just plain shreds, but with a pop sensibility. I can'treally put my finger on the sound exactly, except to say it rocks, rocks hard, and anybody who enjoys hard rock, from the 70's or hardcore or anytime, should get this.

Mclusky's best.......2005-10-06

Can't ask for much more out of a rock cd than this. Best thing I've heard in years. The whole album plays great from start to finish (I should note that there are three tracks I don't like as much as the others but the rest are quality). The lyrics are hysterical and the riffs are engaging. Strangely enough, this album sounds intense to the untrained ear but after repeated listens, I found the songs to be borderline poppy, catchy, and accessible. Don't write it off as just another hardcore rock act that only a select few "get". If you enjoy metal/punk/hard rock, I don't think Mclusky is that far off from these genres and chances are you'd probably enjoy this as well. Give it a shot.

the sonic equivalent of raw meat.......2004-11-23

I think this might be the only album I know that sustains itself on sheer attitude. It's a big sloppy obscene masterpiece. The songwriting is dubious; the talent is spotty; the production is messy. And yet...when I hear lyrics like "We do more drugs than a touring funk band," Mclusky sell the line with such unabashed screaming raw-throated decadence that I suddenly become transported to eerie bizarro planet where Mclusky have talent and I am unwaveringly convinced of their genius.

This is a rare album where I never skip a single track. Some are admittedly weaker than others, and the album is slightly front-loaded with the best songs: "Lightsabre ****sucking Blues", "Collagen Rock", "Day of the Deadringers," "To Hell With Good Intentions." Towards the end, tracks like "Clique Application Form" are too studied in their rebellion, and "Allen is a Cowboy Killer" too calculated in its attempt to please. The album also mysteriously discovers actual melody on tracks like "F*** This Band" (which despite the title, is actually the album's only ballad), but located at the midpoint, the song actually brings a welcome respite from the wall of noise, which is always just on the cusp of bleeding into the red.

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10. Revival [Enhanced]

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