Motel California

Artist: Ugly Kid Joe
Label: Jvc Victor
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988002344758
ASIN: B000007UIB

Release Date: 1997-09-17

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Tracks:

It's a Lie
Sandwich
Rage Against the Answerin
Would You Like to Be There
Little Red Man
Bicycle Wheels
Father
Undertow
Shine
Strange
12 Cents
Sandwich [Vulgar Remix]
Bicycle Wheels [Remix]

Customer Reviews:

Worth a listen.......2005-11-02

While Ugly Kid Joe enjoyed success in the early 90s with there "As Ugly as they Wanna Be," (1991) EP and their "America's Least Wanted" (1992) album, the group was more-or-less a lash in the pan. They were more-or-less one of the very last bands of the pop-metal genre to enjoy any success, with their heyday coinciding with the grunge/alt. movement.

1995's "Menace to Sobriety" failed to chart and the band was dropped from the Mercury roster. The band signed with Castle and in 1996 gave it one more try with "Motel California."

Had "Motel California" been released just three years later, it could have been a hit. It is an exciting and entertaining hybrid of rock and rap, or what would later be termed "nu-metal." "Motel California" sounds akin to Kid Rock's breakthrough smash "Devil Without a Cause,"(1998). Only "Motel California" is more lighthearted in nature and is more rock than rap.

This album just came out at the wrong time. Released three years earlier or three years later, with some promotion, it could have been a hit.

While, "Motel California" isn't a lost classic, it's definitely an enjoyable album that deserved more recognition than it got.

UKJ's finest hour, motel california.......2002-03-19

This is a real stepping stone for the ugly kid californians, unfortunately it was to be the last, the promo was little, but the sales were pretty good (except america). According to the amazon sites it's now shifted 300 000 in america and 55 000 in the UK, clearly UKJ hit the world when they ventured out of santa barbara.

From start to finish, the whole 12 songs are diverse.Unlike the previosu 3, Motel takes a good few listens to breathe and encompass.....Something ukj have always done throughout their 4 releases they pack a cocktail of unusual and highly infectious rock sounds...Motel is hard to sum up as a whole, there's trippy songs like sandwich and bicycle wheels, agressive punchy titles like it's a lie and then laidback cool, dark californian rock numbers like undertow and would you like to be there...whatever you do, whatever you buy, you need this album.

the audible talents of dave f. will truely be missed........1999-05-30

having come in contact w/one of the bands members many years ago i was dam happy to see and hear that dave got off his #%$@* and applied his talent. you got to give credit to someone who can pick up anything and make music with it. regroup and and get me some mo fonk for my ears.

This is UKJ's best work...Sadly their last release.......1999-04-06

This is by far UKJ's best work yet. I was astonished that they broke up after the release of this tight album. They need to regroup. I have said it before and I'm saying it again. Whit, call the others and get back together! If you don't have this CD already, buy it because it is their greatest work.

this cd rules.......1999-03-22

this is a great cd it has alot of that metal california grunge punch to it. and the remixes sound great.

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