Noplace Like Nowhere

Noplace Like Nowhere Artist: Jim's Big Ego
Label: Bigego Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 790696200128
EAN: 0790696200128
ASIN: B000051Y7G


Release Date: 2000-11-14

Noplace Like Nowhere


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Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. Stress
  3. Concrete
  4. After the Tornado
  5. Prince Charming
  6. Angry White Guy
  7. You Piss Me Off
  8. Los Angeles
  9. Boston Band
  10. Postcard from Cariacou
  11. Cadeever - Salomone, Catherine
  12. She's Dead
  13. Slow
  14. Slow
  15. [Untitled Track]

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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Why?.......2002-07-14

My over-all impression was basically "if this is all they were going to do, why'd they even bother?" If I could, I'd give it 2.5 stars, but I found it too annoying to deserve 3.

This album gets off to a good start, with Stress. Unfortunately, in my opinion, that's its highlight. I almost liked Angry White Guy, but he basically ruined it, by rapping like a white guy who's trying to sound black (especially with that poor excuse for a black twang). I have no problem with a white guy rapping - even one that sounds like a black guy - as long as he's good at it!

Musically, the band sounded alright, but nothing extrordinary. In some cases, I'd listen to an entire track, waiting for something (musically) to happen - but it just never really got going. It sounded a lot like the average no-name band, which they even joke about, in the self-effacing Boston Band. But the real problem isn't there.

My biggest complaint is that I didn't much care for the lyrics, which generally try to sound too smart, or vocals, which frequently sound a bit forced. Basically, I guess I just can't get past Jim's big ego.

5 out of 5 stars It's like Musical Prozac!.......2000-12-21

Last year, I had never heard of Jim Infantino, or Jim's Big Ego. I reluctantly agreed to go with a friend of mine to see the band at the Natick Cultural Arts Center...and fell head over heels in love with these guys. I've tried several times to describe JBE to friends, but they're difficult to pigeon hole. They roll from Rock, to Folk, to Rap, to Alterna-Pop and back again without batting an eyelash. Their lyrics are thought-provoking social commentary disguised as fluff that's fun to sing along with.

Jim's Big Ego acheives a rarity in the music world - every song on this CD is worth listening to again and again and again. Check out a few of the clips, and then buy the CD with confidence.

5 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Premonition ~ Survivor
  2. Chad & Jeremy Sing for You/Yesterday's Gone ~ Chad & Jeremy
  3. Rock the Bones, Vol. 3 ~ Various Artists
  4. Will They Turn You on or Will They Turn on You ~ Magic Hour
  5. The String Quartet Tribute to U2's Joshua Tree
  6. Wildflower ~ Sheryl Crow
  7. Last AmAndA ~ Last AmAndA
  8. Broadsword & The Beast ~ Jethro Tull
  9. Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael ~ George Michael
  10. Beach Music Anthology, Vol. 3 ~ Various Artists

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Music Album

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Ballads: Music for You ~ Dave Brubeck

Feels So Good/A Secret Place ~ Jr. Grover Washington

Alien ~ Michael Mantler

Reaching Fourth ~ McCoy Tyner

1949-1953, Vol. 2 ~ The Three Suns

Songs ~ Eugene Chadbourne

I.A. Deutelmoser ~ Gerhard Polt

Best ~ Stelios Kazantzidis

Yoruba ~ Giovanni Imparato

Il Grandi Successi Di ~ Ricchi E Poveri