Cheer Up

Cheer Up Artist: Plexi
Label: Wea International
Category: Music


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


UPC: 098787036022
EAN: 0098787036022
ASIN: B000002I3J


Release Date: 1997-07-29

Cheer Up


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Tracks:

  1. Forest Ranger
  2. Dimension
  3. Roller Rock Cam
  4. Peel
  5. Dayglo
  6. Ordinary Things
  7. Bunny
  8. Change
  9. Fourget
  10. Mountains
  11. Magnet
  12. 56
  13. Star Star

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Album Description

1996 debut album from West Coast indie band produced by Jeff Powell (Afghan Whigs, Primal Scream). Features 13 tracks packaged in a three-panel digipak in a deluxe slipcase. Sub Pop.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars It's come to this..........2005-04-06


It seems against the laws of physics for a used music store not to carry a copy of this album...quick find the suckers that will buy a second one for more than a buck!

In all seriousness, Plexi's debut stands as a perfect example of 'what the hell happened' and a perfect reminder of precisely what can happen: You can have everything together, and still end up being sold for a quarter.

Perhaps I'm too sympathetic, but even though I wouldn't travel far to see a reunion, they were better than most radio play ever since, some nice artsy ether in their garage rock. It's also possible that all the mid-90s failures who confirmed the death of the early 90s are just so gloriously painful to behold. At the very worst we could have another example of:

If you wear makeup...
you better not sound like you wear torn blue jeans.

(Sigh)
Unless you play wretched pop-punk, than is.

2 out of 5 stars Nothing great, but cheap........2005-03-23

Not bad for the twenty seven cent price tag, but if one were to spend more than 4 dollars on this album, I would call them frivolous. Basically, you can't buy a c.d. for a quarter and expect to discover the new Zeppelin. Forest Ranger is pretty cool, and Roller Rock Cam is decent, but other than that the album sort of sounds like a fifty minute song. Its real easy to get tired of. I dont regret buying it, but thats only because it was cheap as dirt.

5 out of 5 stars plexi-the legend that is.......2002-07-14

Just saw the triumphant return of Plexi last night at the Dragonfly in L.A.Welcome back boys.Though it was only a one time reunion it was worth the wait.They still got IT! That voice,the swirling headrush of the guitars,the driving incessant rhythms.
Nobody gives you the goosebumps like these guys.Here's looking foward to their future endeavors.The major labels should be kicking themselves for their loss! We Angelenos love you guys!

5 out of 5 stars Dark, Colorful, and Diverse.......2001-10-05

This is a great album from a severely cool band that should have stuck it out. I bought it as soon as I saw their video for Forest Ranger years ago. Soon after, I contacted Norm (the drummer) and ordered the video and one of the EP's from him. I had to actually mail order the other EP used from across the country. Michael has such an incredible voice, and even to this day music from this record shows up on commercials. It's a very stylistic combination of goth, glam, psychedelic, hardcore, and west coast modern rock. The lyrics are truly original, especially on Forest Ranger. Here, Mike says his ignoring of naysayers, to do things his own way and go it alone gives him a kinship with the likes of writer Salman Rushdie, black panther Huey Newton, Phyllis Diller, and lone forest rangers everywhere, even if it makes for a strange lovelife. Peel, Dayglo, Ordinary Things, Change, and Bunny are great tracks. Mountains has one of the best guitar parts I've ever heard towards its end. I highly recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars

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  2. Bond Born ~ Bond
  3. Act Of Free Choice ~ David Bridie
  4. Fuzz ~ Chucklehead
  5. ELO II ~ Electric Light Orchestra
  6. Home Truths from Abroad ~ Fretblanket
  7. Visions of Paradise ~ Mick Jagger
  8. Dead Ends and Girlfriends ~ Allister
  9. The Interview Sessions ~ Dave Matthews
  10. Need to Be Next to You

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Blue Prince ~ Philip Catherine

Remains ~ Steve Lacy

All I Want ~ Marcus Matthews

Plays Duke Ellington

To Grover With Love ~ Various Artists

Keep on Smile ~ Ijiwarukei All Stars

Gioia2 ~ Lives of a Cell

Sincerely ~ Yasuhiro Yamane

Mairidh Gaol is Ceol ~ Mac-talla