Penance Soiree [Extra tracks] [Import]

1. Up Against The Wall Motherfuckers

2. Spit On It

3. On The Lash

4. Caviar

5. Spike Island

6. Kiss Like Lizards

7. Getting Bright At Night

8. Big Sleep

9. White Devil

10. Meatmaker

11. Virgin Velcro

12. Seasick

13. Party The Baby Off

14. Hold The Killer Straight

Tracks:

Up Against The Wall Motherfuckers
Spit On It
On The Lash
Caviar
Spike Island
Kiss Like Lizards
Getting Bright At Night
Big Sleep
White Devil
Meatmaker
Virgin Velcro
Sea Sick
Party The Baby Off

Customer Reviews:

Grimy.......2007-07-03

jagged, loud, intoxicated, innovative, well mixed. good tracks
sounds like the L.A. sun beating down on a ghetto,and I'm walkin down the street, stoned

Punk.......2007-01-10

This album is by far one of the most unintelligable albums ever...and I love it. The lyrics are completely smothered by slurring and screaming, but it's emotional. If you like noise, and even if you don't, I recommend this album for at least one listen. If you don't like it after that, listen to it again, and if you still don't like it, try one more time...if after that third (and for the adventurous ones, fourth) time, then keep it anyway. The Icarus Line, and their album Penance Soiree are among the best you could have in a collection.

boring cd.......2005-11-19

this cd is so boring, after the first listen I wanted to sell it already, on amazon marketplace. the singing is boring, the lyrics are mindless and misguided. therefore when I listen to bands like Death From Above 1979 and blood brothers, I wonder why I bought this crap instead

Best Album Ever.......2005-10-10

I really think that people who don't like this album simply don't like rock music. With this record, the Icarus Line take influences ranging over the entire spectrum of rock 'n' roll and manage to push them forward into a sound that is breathtaking in its originality. Do you like The Stooges? Or My Bloody Valentine? What about The Jesus Lizard? Or Born Against, Funkadelic, Suicide, Spiritualized, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, Ink & Dagger? Do you like music at all?

The guitars of Aaron North and Alvin DeGuzman clash against each other like some demon cocktail of Fugazi and the MC5. The rhythm section of Don Devore (a legend in his own right) and Jeff Watson is unbeatable - they attack each song like bulldozers, each going into wild new structures dead on. And on top of all the mayhem, Joe Cardamone sings like a bastard child of Iggy Pop and Mick Jagger who grew up listening to the Dwarves.

This album is a landmark record. No one liked Funhouse when that album came out. Now it's looked at as one of the most revolutionary records ever released. In 30 years, everyone will be looking back at this album and wondering how the Icarus Line could produce such awe-inspiring material.

Very cool.......2005-04-14

I gotta both agree and disagree with the previous review. The Icarus line do take alot of influences and "cut and paste" them into their music but unlike maybe older listners I really don't have the time to be going through 100s of old Iggy Pop albums to find these similarities. Bands like the Icarus line have to be given due credit as they're the ones that carry this music foward. I mean dude I can't exactly travel into the past to an Iggy concert, but I can see bands like the Icarus Line when they tour and maybe experience some of that energy.

Average customer rating:

Penance Soiree
Icarus Line
Manufacturer: Jvc Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001FAE82
Release Date: 2004-04-07

Tracks:

Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers
Spit on It
On the Lash
Caviar
Spike Island
Kiss Like Lizards
Getting Bright at Night
Big Sleep
White Devil
Meatmaker
Virgin Velcro
Seasick
Party the Baby Off
Hold the Killer Straight

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