Psychopharmacology

Artist: Firewater
Label: Jet Set Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 604978003720
EAN: 0604978003720
ASIN: B00005BC94

Release Date: 2001-07-10

Psychopharmacology

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Tracks:

Woke Up Down
Psychopharmacology
Fell Off The Face Of The Earth
Get Out Of My Head
7th Avenue Static
Car Crash Collaborator
Bad, Bad World
The Man WIth The Blurry Face
Black Box Recording
She's The Mistake

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Even if one had never heard the band before, a spin of Firewater's third release, <I>Psychopharmacology</I>, would tell even the most naive of minds that the band was furiously focused on the rock-and-roll prize. Much like the Grifters, Firewater creates edgy, somewhat shady rock and roll for the not-so-easily-amused set. The aerobic energy of the title cut, with its hints of madhouse-meets-circus, is a perfect example; do you dare look it directly in the eye, or do you let it reach in and pull out your guts? Equally huge and graceful is "Car Crash Collaboration," a cut that finds frontman Tod A (ex-Cop Shoot Cop) at his most sinewy, like Mick Jagger with a more subtle agenda. <I>--Jason Josephes</I>

Album Description

'Sordid tales collected from the end of smoky bars from around the globe. Enthralling, sinister and audacious'-Spin Magazine. Ten tracks including 'She's the Mistake', 'Woke Up Dow n' and 'Honey Why'. 15 tracks. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

Rock and Roll FW Style!.......2006-02-10

This is a fantastic album, from start to finish.

Firewater definitely has a sense of how to arrange the songs on an album, and this one is no different.

We start at a frantic pace with "Woke Up Down" and "Psychopharmocology"(for FW) and by the time the trip is over, we are lulled down with the bitter sweet "She's the Mistake" which has a kind of oldies feel to it.

Granted this is FW's most Pop album, it has the least Eastern European influence, so if you want to get your Gypsy on, this aint the one. However the songwriting is so mature, even within the 4 minute constraints of most of the songs, you will feel the emotional rollercoaster from start to finish.

Key Tracks: Fell off the Face of the Earth (another bitter sweet love song), Car Crash Collaborator (dark, brooding, tongue in cheek), Black Box Recording (Traces of Pinkfloyd in here. The darkest track on the disc.)

This album is a great introduction into FW (even though it is thier third studio album) and definitely the most accessible of the 4 studio albums.

Buy it now!

Bleak, funny, brilliant.......2001-11-14

The latest effort from Tod A and the rest is they type of music that large record companies wouldn't like you to know about. Amazingly dextrous musicians contribute to deceptively simple melodies to complement Tod's distinctively mordant lyrics dealing with, well, how pointless and cruel life is. What separates him from the other angst-merchants (see: Trent Reznor) is that he doesn't take himself or anything else very seriously; as he said so eloquently in a past album: 'I really don't care anymore.' Tod A mines the same vein as the novelist Hubert Selby-telling the stories of those who are ignored in the inane celebrity culture within which we have the displeasure to find ourselves. Musically, this is certainly more accessible than say, Cop Shoot Cop's 'Consumer Revolt,' but this ain't Matchbox 20. At times it certainly reaches beautifully depressing heights, such as 'seventh ave static,' surely one of the best songs of this or any year. The song displays brilliantly the band's talent for fusing disparate musical threads into a single, seamless piece of anger, depression, resignation, and eloquence. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Firewater isn't more widely recognized-but then again, I'm sure Tod A is happy he's not helping along that fake 'Consumer Rebellion' he derided about a decade ago. Bravo.

A Slightly Different Firewater...........2001-10-04

...But evolution is just all part of The Fittest Regime.
This album emerges as, possibly, one of the greatest, musically, and foreshadowing, lyrically, of this year.
The sound is slightly different from previous Firewater albums, not as many how-would-one-pronounce-this? instruments and we find Tod A. using his full vocal range; gritty, raw, whispered.
And, of course, the spear in the side of christianity gets pushed in a little deeper.
This is without a doubt, one of the must-have albums of 2001.
If you're a fan of Firewater or just drinking, sex and criminals buy this album now.

Skillful angst.......2001-09-16

I downloaded this album from emusic.com, having never heard of the band before. I was totally impressed. The skill and nuances in this angst ridden, and intelligent, rock that I simply must buy the album outright (emusic.com's albums are all 128mhz, which just isn't enough for these guys). Looking forward to pumping this through my car stereo!

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