Intoxica!!! The Best of the Revels

Intoxica!!! The Best of the Revels Artist: The Revels
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Category: Music


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


UPC: 090771102027
EAN: 0090771102027
ASIN: B000003H0M


Release Date: 1994-11-01

Intoxica!!! The Best of the Revels


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Tracks:

  1. Intoxica
  2. Sano
  3. The Monkey Bird
  4. Church Key
  5. Vesuvius
  6. It's Party Time
  7. Revellion
  8. Coamanche
  9. Tough Soul
  10. Soft Top
  11. (Like) Tequila
  12. Rampage
  13. Good Grief
  14. Six Pack
  15. Longboard
  16. Vesuvius
  17. Church Key
  18. Good Grief
  19. Six Pack

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Album Description

Here's the easiest way yet to give Miss Manners a coronary. These inebria-sonic bums carved a special sub-niche from the surf genre- booze rock! It's the most fun you can have without phony proof! A Sundazed reissue.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars It's Party Time.......2006-01-04

The Revels' collection is great musical history; musically it's a bit thin. In any case the group sounds like it's having a great time. That's worth something.

4 out of 5 stars It's the Revels!.......2005-07-15

The Revels were an early '60s instrumental rock group. While they were not a surf group, since they pre-dated surf music, they were a big influence on the later surf groups. The Revels' most famous song, "Church Key", became a surf music staple that was covered by countless surf groups. The group had a raunchy saxophone-oriented sound. Their songs really rock! The first 12 tracks on the CD comprise of their ultra-rare album in it's entirety. The rest of the CD features all the other tunes they recorded, plus four alternate takes. Recommended to fans of early instrumental rock.

4 out of 5 stars Boooooooze.......2005-05-27

Intoxica is a fun cd to listen to. The Revels were pretty much a pre-surf surf rock group. The band was doing it's thing before the surf craze of the early 60s caught on, but when you listen to it, you'll hear hints of what was to become surf rock as we know it. So be forwarned if you buy this expecting the Revels to sound like The Surfaris. This was a great time in rock history, coz bands could make a career out of being an instrumental group, and people loved it. You won't see this kinda thing happening today in mainstream music. In fact, if you've seen Pulp Fiction, you might remember them. Remember that rather unpleasant scene with Ving Rhames where Bruce Willis takes out those guys with a samurai sword? That peppy tune with the nasty sax? If you happen to remember that, then you've got a good idea of how the Revels sound. It's boss!

4 out of 5 stars Definitely Cool!.......2004-01-10

While I would not cite them as one of my favorite of the classic surf bands, I enjoy The Revels because they have a raw sound packed with partying and playfulness. Make no mistake, these guys' tunes would be easy to identify if there were to be a mass surf band reunion; they stay away from the melodic, but pump enough sheer energy from their instruments to put a personalized stamp on each track.

Based upon listening to this CD twice, I get the notion these guys played hard, but at the same gtime, played fun. The occasional background and introduction vocals & chuckles (probably best recognized in "Church Key") make this album all the more enjoyable.

If there is any criticism I have of The Revels, it is that the tunes begin to sound repetitious by the end of the CD. That is more of a personal call on my part; I know plenty of people who thrive on listening to steady rhythms, be it jazz or heavy metal or surf guitar. I'm a bit of a sucker for melodies!

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