The Ponzi Scheme

The Ponzi Scheme Artist: Firewater
Label: Umvd Labels
Category: Music


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


UPC: 601215316124
EAN: 0601215316124
ASIN: B00000C2CI


Release Date: 1998-10-06

The Ponzi Scheme


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Tracks:

  1. Ponzi's Scheme
  2. Green Light
  3. Dropping Like Flies
  4. Caroline
  5. Whistling In The Dark
  6. Isle Of Dogs
  7. El Borracho (Ponzi's Relapse)
  8. Another Perfect Catastrophe
  9. So Long, Superman
  10. I Still Love You, Judas
  11. Knock 'Em Down
  12. Drunkard's Lament

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars It is a brilliant album.......2006-10-11

Very dark circus music is how a friend of mine described this CD. That is kind of close. The songs have commercial appeal, but the lyrics are pitch black and more than a tad disturbing. I stumbled upon this CD by accident, did not even know what the name of the band was for quite awhile, just listened to it over and over. I have bought several of their other CDs since, but this is their best. Kind of a cross between Oingo Boingo and Tom Waits.

5 out of 5 stars Weird and Amazing.......2000-05-02

I've been listening to this CD over and over for days now. It's simply incredible. The music is very dark but kind of funny at the same time. "So Long, Superman" is absolutely brilliant - the rhyme scheme is hillarious. (How can you not love a song that fits Lou Ferrigno into the rhyme scheme?) There is a great range of styles on this album, enough to appeal to almost anyone who listens to it. "Knock 'Em Down" sounds like blasphemous gospel. At other points, the album sounds like a lounge act. This is definitely a can't miss album.

5 out of 5 stars One of the best albums I own.......2000-04-09

The Ponzi Scheme by Firewater is a grand work of eclectic sounds and passionate vocal performance. The instrumentals (Ponzi's Theme and El Borracho) pack the same wallop as those with lyrics. The mixing is excellent and the music is very well written and performed (particularly beautiful are Drunkard's Lament and Isle of Dogs). Knock 'Em Down mocks Christian based beliefs while holding the sound of a televangelist gospel song (only a lot better). So Long Superman captures attention from me merely for the campiness of superheros, I Still Love You Judas is very well built. The vocals of Tod A. are full of emotion and anger while still sounding jaded. Though they are rough to the untrained ear, they mix eloquently with the music. The lyrics themselves are some of the best I've ever read or heard and could stand alone on the page were they intended for that.

2 out of 5 stars

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