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| Babes in Toyland - To Mother Band: Babes in Toyland Tracks: - Catatonic - Map Pilot - Primus - Laugh My Head Off - Spit to See the Shine - Ripe - Quiet Room One Of B.I.T.'s Best! All songs exept for one on this EP are strong... "Catatonic" is a spacy guitar rock-outer with an inconsistent pace & cool lyrics. "Mad Pilot" is the weak track, Kat screams incessantly and it's just too noisy for its own good. The next song is "Primus", which, I believe is one of Babes In Toyland's best songs. It starts off slow, and then kicks right into the most catchy riff and it's just overly wonderful. Then comes "Laugh My Head Off". Kat slurs the verses in the best way, then belts out the chorus terrifically, backed by a fantastic melody. The next two songs "Spit to See the Shine" and "Ripe" are also excellent tracks with astounding melodies as well. Finally, the album ends with a rough version of "The Quiet Room". I personally like this track better than the "Fontanelle" variation because it's not quite as smooth around the edges and is unfooled around with. This is an essential Babes In Toyland record, if your a fan, it's a must have! why you should buy this album in my humble opinion, Babes in toyland is the best 3 piece punk Band ever, and i Love to turn people on to them whenever i get the chance. while theres no such thing as a bad babes album, i would stongly recomend To Mother to anyone unfamiliar with their music as a good introduction to them.<BR> the recordings have this great eerie echoing quality, that gives the melodic dischord a really solid feel, and with the exception of Primus (which while sung by Lori, who did a stand up job on magic flute, dogg, and ragweed; comes across as sloppy) the albums tracks are expertley ordered, winding you up to bring you down to wind you up again.<BR> i'd have to say that the best song here is Ripe, which is (to me at least) so heart-breakingly beautiful it borders on being emotionally exhausting if listened to too much. i think peoples biggest misconception about the Babes is that Kat's vocals are just a bunch of angry screaming, and i agree with kat when she said in an article that she's not so much angry as passionate. <BR> Listening to To Mother you can hear a whole Spectrum of emotion, her elemental howling carrying a sense of irony and loss, and her lyrics while at first glance could be considerd simplistic, have a cathartic bite that creeps up on you.<BR> in the Babes i have found a well that never runs dry, and while they have been broken up for a while, i never get tired of their music. i hope that this inspires like minded people to give them a chance. i Promise you wont be sorry for it.<BR> <BR>p.s. if you like Babe merReview> Buy Babes In Toyland To Mother at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
