99 Cents

Artist: Chicks on Speed
Label: EMI/Labels UK
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724358391701
EAN: 0724358391701
ASIN: B0000C6JUG

Release Date: 2003-10-16

99 Cents

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Tracks:

Shooting From The Hip
We Don't Play Guitars
Wordy Rapping Hood
Coventry
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Sell-Out
Culture Vulture
Universal Pussy Y
Love Life
Shick Shaving
Fashion Rules

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Album Description

The indie electronica act's 2003 album, featuring Peaches & Miss Kittin, includes one hidden bonus track & the video for 'We Don't Play Guitars'. EMI.

Album Details

Asian Version featuring an Enhanced Video for 'we Don't Play Guitars'.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome second CD!.......2004-07-28

I bought their first CD while in Germany, touring with my parents, waaaayyyy back then. I loved their music then, though some people would think it was just too strange and disjointed.

Well they have come out with this CD. This album is much more mature than the first, but it still captures a lot of CoS weirdness which I love. The addition of Peaches in my favorite track, "We Don't Play Guitars", is just perfect! The video included on the CD is great.

Most of the songs I love, though some of them just go on for too long and it gets monotonous after awhile. But this album will certainly appeal to a broader spectrum of listeners, due to their matured sound, and a more rock feel to their music, rather than random songs, and lyrics that just fly all over the place (which I still loved immensely!)

If you're looking for something TOTALLY different in the electronica scene, this is certainly worth checking out.

Buy this CD. NOW........2004-05-12

My dad gave this CD to me for working hard at school.
I love my dad.
This is one of the greatest albums ever created. All of the songs are great, and you notice how much effort has been put into making the songs as good as they could possibly be, and "Culture Vulture" is probably one of the ten greatest songs ever (including Bruce Springsteen's songs).
When listening to this CD for the first time, I had not heard much of the Chicks other work, which is why I didn't rate this CD depending on how COS-style it is, but instead depending on if it is good or not. Therefore, long-time fans of COS may have a different opinion about this CD. 'Tis a pity.

Disappointing.......2004-01-30

No question about it - Chicks on Speed are a wild little group. But, oddly enough, this album seems to be their stab at mainstream success. Gone are the majority of their rough edges and in are vaguely Garbage-inflected pop tunes. A decent stab at popularity, but I expect more from this group. On 99 Cents they don't sound like they're on speed - more like Chicks on Light Refreshments.

The Chix Machine will think for you..........2003-11-21

O yeah, they're goddesses in this electro-age! This cd isn't as edgy as Re-Releases, more of a take off from Will Save Us All, but egg-cellent nonetheless... I got the cd last month and I couldn't stop listening to it! Shooting From The Hip simply rocks! Though I miss the egg-xtended version of We Don't Play Guitars, the version with more of Alex's vocal. Saw them last year with Peaches and I still wonder why Peaches didn't open for COS instead! :o)

The video for We Don't Play Guitars is a riot, and don't forget the hidden track <Flame On> at the very end of Fashion Rules! Overall, I think they're brilliant individuals and deserved to be heard. 'nough said!

An excellent album by Chicks on Speed.......2003-11-12

I have been really impressed with Chicks on Speed's long-awaited second full length album. The Re-releases were clever and spunky. 99 cents is as well, though there is less punk influence and more electronics (and they announce "we don't play guitars!". I think that this bodes well for them, as some of the some on the re-releases was a little tough on the ears.

What I'd say about this new Chicks on Speed album is that it is more refined and better produced. The music itself is better, and the beats and hooks are good. C.O.S. employs Peaches and Miss Kitten for a track each on the album. The Miss Kitten track unfortunately just doesn't work very well, though Peaches does fine.

Chicks on Speed message has always been about self-expression and non-conformity, and 99 cents is a continuation of that message. On this album they take that to a new level when they talk about the money that is spent to increase personal vanity. This theme comes into play often on the tracks 99 cents, Sell Out, and Fashion Rules. They are also my favorite tracks on the album.

Chicks on Speed also designs their own clothing and does some art, as they were art students in Munich. They have created "urban camouflage" t-shirts which are quite clever. They've also in the past designed paper dresses and other snazzy clothing.

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