Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents Artist: The Doughboys
Label: Restless Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 018777251020
EAN: 0018777251020
ASIN: B000003BHA


Release Date: 1993-07-01

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Listmania:

  1. Old school pop-punk
  2. Essential Canadian Albums

Tracks:

  1. Countdown
  2. Sorry Wrong Number
  3. Deep End
  4. Intravenus De Milo
  5. Happy Home
  6. Sunflower Honey
  7. Far Away
  8. Happy, Sad Day
  9. Wait And See
  10. Every Bit Of Nothing
  11. Dream Day
  12. The Apprenticeship Of Lenny Kravitz
  13. Tupperware Party

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars ESSENTIAL Power-Pop Listening.......2006-01-13

I have to agree with the other reviewers, but for slightly different reasons. I can see that one reviewer compared the Doughboys to Samiam....but I can see that he wrote his review the day after the WTC terror attacks, so I'll assume that he was out of his mind. A better comparison would be for you to consider Husker Du (but far more upbeat with better drumming)crossed with Tommy Keene.

Pound for Pound, I consider this album to be the best power-pop album of the early 1990's. Even considering the over-produced style of the album, which actually makes the album sound 'underproduced,' the production quality can't make you over look the fact that just about every song on this album is excellently composed. But make no mistake, this album doesn't sound like a mainstream band in the making, this just sounds like straight out college rock.

Great guitarists, excellent drumming....but most importantly, even distribution between Kastner and Cummins in terms of songwriting. I've always felt that the best Doughboys song is 'Intravenus de Milo,' ironic because Cummins is the contributor who is most often overlooked in this band. This album was a soundtrack for my high school years, and 15 years later it stills has kick to it. Ah...longing for a time when indie/punk/power-pop bands actually knew how to write songs and create their own sounds.

5 out of 5 stars If You Were Stranded On An Island............2002-09-29

This would be a must have. At times it's almost like listening to two different bands with the two different singers. They don't duet but both take charge of a whole song. When this came out over a decade ago it was considered punk but in todays hipspeak it would surely be emo. Somehow after all this time this gets thrown into the stereo at least once a week. It really is a classic.

4 out of 5 stars Gone, not forgotten!.......2001-09-12

Music like this just isn't aroung anymore. They use everything they have. Great song structure, searing leads, vocals that tear into you, and heartfelt lyrics. Fan's of Samiam should like this band. Long gone but never forgotten!

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