Secret Wars

Secret Wars Artist: Oneida
Label: Jagjaguwar
Category: Music


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


UPC: 656605206028
EAN: 0656605206028
ASIN: B00012FXGI


Release Date: 2004-01-20

Secret Wars


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Tracks:

  1. Treasure Plane
  2. Caesar's Column
  3. Capt. Bo Dignifies The Allegations With A Response
  4. Wild Horses
  5. $50 Tea
  6. The Last Act, Every Time
  7. The Winter Shaker
  8. Changes In The City

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  1. Each One Teach One
  2. The Wedding
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  4. Come on Everybody Let's Rock
  5. Anthem of the Moon

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Solid.......2005-01-23

It's tempting to compare this Brooklyn trio to Sonic Youth: they hail from the same neck of the woods, they both embrace noise, and both aren't afraid to lay down 15-minute tracks. To be fair, though, Oneida has its own basement-punk sound, favoring chewy keybs and nods to 70's rock (think Blue Cheer, Deep Purple, maybe even Yes (listen to "The Last Act, Every Time"). After several listens, these tracks grow on you, though this might be the byproduct of musical recurrence, for each track on Secret Wars builds itself upon an essential repetition. Around the repetitions, though, the band lets loose. Check out the sonic propulsion finale of "Treasure Plane" (along with the submarine sonar keyboard fills) or the kitchen sink percussion solo on "Caesar's Column." You also have to like a band that keeps the CD's running time under 45 minutes (another nod to the days of LPs?), and that's with the 15-minute "Changes in the City" included.

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5 out of 5 stars Making noise sound good.......2004-11-30

Oneida's "Secret Wars" continues a trend set by "Anthem" and "Each One Teach One"; this band is creating a new brand of psychedelic music. Oneida use a mixture of heavy drums, guitar, and droning keyboards to create an in-your-face brand of catchy psych rock--just check out the first few songs. The opener mechanically grinds through a blissful cycle of chant-like euphoria. The vocals are generally pushed back in the mix, making for an overall intoxicating effect (aka psychedelic). My favorites are "Wild Horses," "The Last Act, Every Time" (Velvet Underground sounding), and "The Winter Shaker." Oneida uses a lot of repetition to get their drug-simulation point across, so it might grate on you for the first couple listens. However, if you give them a chance the music will really grow on you in a good way. I recommend these guys if you like Pink Floyd, Velvet Underground, Soft Machine or the Secret Machines.

4 out of 5 stars who says music doesn't make you wanna do drugs?.......2004-09-06

so Oneida have finally managed to live up to the promise of their Sonic Youth meets Can meets the MC5 sound. this record is truly a stoner rock masterpiece. if you don't wanna do drugs while listening to this then you must be one of those drug free lifestyle kinda dorks i always see at the club who hate me cuz i can snort a mountain and still have an intelegent conversation about the state of the new garage revolution and it's lasting impact on the teen pop dominated market...wait a second, what the hell am i talking about? oh man, i am f*cking wasted...yeah uh Oneida rule. they make you wanna do drugs and listen to Can.

5 out of 5 stars Hidden Agenda.......2004-08-29

Brooklyn's Oneida have been around for nearly ten years now and in the process have released six albums. To tell the truth there aren't many bands which mix Sonic Youthy punk with kraut-rock and some jazz thrown in so well. In fact there ISN'T a band that does that!!!! Although quite an influential band, they have never really gotten the recognition that they deserve, so hopefully with their sixth album `Secret Wars' things will change.

Where their sound was more aggressive, now its become a bit more accessible and ...yes there are quite a few catchy tunes (Treasure Plane, Captain Bo Dignifies Allegations with a Response). In fact, the aforementioned `Treasure Plane' is a fantastic song and really sets the tone of this record. Throughout the album, the quality doesn't dip and the band even manage to pull off a 14 minute song AND not be boring. Well done, a record to treasure.

5 out of 5 stars

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  2. See See the Sun ~ Kayak
  3. Extended Versions ~ Humble Pie
  4. Drugs Don't Work ~ Verve
  5. Liquidizer ~ Jesus Jones
  6. Sing into Me ~ Neilson Hubbard
  7. The Classical Connection, Vol. 2 ~ Rick Wakeman
  8. Tangenital Madness ~ Demented Are Go
  9. Best of Kihn ~ Greg Kihn
  10. Spoofernatural ~ Apologetix

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These Cats Can Swing ~ Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau

The Uncollected Stan Kenton, Vol. 5: 1945-1947 ~ Stan Kenton

Ambos Mundos ~ Bobby Hutcherson

Les Incontournables ~ Thelonious Monk

That's Swing ~ Andre Holst

Conquistador ~ Maynard Ferguson

Todo Banda ~ Various Artists

Em Ritmo De Seresta V.2 ~ Ray Douglas

Corpo Do Som ~ Barbatuques

The Rough Guide to Tango ~ Various Artists