Rodent Weekend 1976-1996

Rodent Weekend 1976-1996 Artist: Tonio K.
Label: Gadfly
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 076605224226
EAN: 0076605224226
ASIN: B000009Q08


Release Date: 1998-08-25

Rodent Weekend 1976-1996


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Tracks:

  1. The Funky Western Civilization, Phase II
  2. Hey John
  3. You Make It Way Too Hard
  4. Too Cool To Be A Christian
  5. Baby Don't Do It
  6. I'll Wait Here
  7. Don't Talk To Me
  8. Doggytown
  9. Storytime
  10. Fools Talk
  11. New Dark Ages
  12. Los Gringos
  13. Mars Needs Women
  14. Party On The B Ring
  15. You're Never Too Smart
  16. The Hunter
  17. Everything, Including You, Disgusts Me
  18. I'm Supposed To Have Sex With You
  19. Harness the Hamster/Rodent weekend '76

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Mars does need women.......2004-06-08

Much like the career of new wave/punk Steve Krikorian (aka Tonio K.), this compliation is an uneven collection of unreleased material. Can't blame Krikorian with this though, as he clearly warns you in the liner notes that this was material that was never good enough to make an actual album.

With that in mind, however, there are some superb songs that definitely make the album worth owning. The opening track, "Funky Western Civilization II" is a nice take on the original. "Too Cool To Be a Christian" rocks, but seems almost ironic now, considering Krikorian softened over the years after embracing Christianity. "Everything, Including You, Disgusts Me" (angry to the supreme) and "I'm Supposed to Have Sex With You" (his lone, unreleased 'hit' and most 80s-sounding) are groovy as well.

But for me, the two best tracks on this album are "Mars Needs Women" and "You Make it Way Too Hard." The version of "Mars" that appears here is an alternate take, complete with funky cow bell and bass line. His song writing here -- always terribly underrated -- is great: "Mars needs women/You should apply/Don't worry 'bout me baby/Have a good time."

Overall, this album loses a star because of simply too many throwaway songs. But if you want an album that fills in the blanks between Steve's other 'must-have' albums, "Life in the Foodchain" and "Amerika," then this will do nicely.

5 out of 5 stars Tonio K. is a true musical hero for our twisted times........1999-06-15

I haven't heard this cd in its entirety, yet there is previously released material that I own on vinyl that is just the coolest stuff out there. "I'm Supposed to Have Sex with You" from the "Summer School" movie soundtrack is amazing! This stuff is truly intelligent rock and pop.

4 out of 5 stars

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