Funtown

Artist: Beards
Label: Sympathy 4 the R.I.
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 790276066526
EAN: 0790276066526
ASIN: B000063IUM

Release Date: 2002-04-16

Funtown

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Tracks:

This Girl
True Confessions
My Pillow
T.S. Eliot
1000 Years
Make It In America
Big Dumb World
Sidewalks
All About You
Her Flowers
Thalassocracy

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Customer Reviews:

The Muffs or The Beards?.......2005-03-12

Now as a dedicated Muffs fan, i feel slightly let down by this 'lacklustre' performance by The Beards.

Essentialy where the Beards fail is where the Muffs triumph. Now in my previous attempt at reviewing a Muffs album, I gave it a worthable 3 and i said to myself I would try and get off from sitting on the fence.....but i find it rather too comfortable which leaves me no option but to give this record the 3 star treatment.

It has one or two high points with the accordion and banjo solo that lasts for an impressive 3 minutes. But perhaps the lowest point has to be the bonus track at the end of the LP...after a good 40 minute album, the last thing you want to hear is an alarm clock sound going off. Although that may have been my alarm clock, as i fell asleep listening to the album with the timer on...hmm

Overall, the jury is out yet again...and this trial will resume on monday.

John kilt

p.s. Rodney Dubbing says the record is merely 'bland, weak....but excellent (3/5)'

Soooooooo incredible!.......2003-04-15

Ladies from The Muffs and Tiger Trap combine to make this beautiful pop collection of lost-love songs and punky heartache. Produced by the band and Redd Kross' Jeff McDonald, the tunes are both remarkably tender("Sidewalks", "t.s. eliot")and ballsy("Make it in America", "Big Dumb World"). A lot of my friends still can't get used to Kim Shattuck's gloriously doofy presence and gravelly voice, but this is a nice introduction to her as she's not front-and-center at all times(as with The Muffs). I hope some Muffs fans are born with the album, it would be nice to see. A+

I Wish They Had Collaborated More.......2002-12-11

This album feels like a collection of songs by Lisa and Kim and less like a collaborative effort among all three of them. When Lisa kicks in with Sidewalks or T.S. Eliot (great singles) you'ld swear she was the fifth Bangle (whoops, there was a fifth Bangle - okay, sicth Bangle). Not bad pop....

Kim's ripping cover of Frank Black's Thalassocracy is probably worth the price of admission alone. Kim's Big Dumb World stands out as well.

All and all, a fun disc.

YAYYY BEARDS, YAYYYY!!!!!.......2002-08-01

The best CD of the year... if you love THE MUFFS, CUB and BUCK, don't delay!! The songs are all great and lead vocals alternate between Kim and Lisa... what more could we ask for? Oh yeah, videos; they're here to - 11 of 'em., one for each song. Each one cool in its own way, I keep a copy in my computer at all times for a BEARDS fix anytime!! GET THIS CD!!!

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