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| Artist: Less Than Jake
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  143 reviews
Sales Rank: 40377
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 48459
UPC: 093624845928
EAN: 0093624845928
ASIN: B000093U1G
Release Date: May 20, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Welcome to the New South | | • | Ghosts of Me and You | | • | Look What Happened | | • | Science of Selling Yourself Short | | • | Short Fuse Burning | | • | Motown Never Sounded So Good | | • | Upwards War and the Down Turned Cycle | | • | Escape from the A-Bomb House | | • | Best Wishes to Your Black Lung | | • | She's Gonna Break Soon | | • | That's Why They Call It a Union | | • | Plastic Cup Politics | | • | Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out/Screws Fall Out | | • | Surrender [*] |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: LESS THAN JAKE
Title: ANTHEM
Street Release Date: 05/20/2003
Domestic
Genre: PUNK
Amazon.com
The firecrackers on the sleeve give a good idea of what to expect on this Florida ska-punk group's third major-label album after a brief sojourn back in the indie world. Horns, chugging guitars, and crashing rhythms mesh to create a high-energy racket that refuses to subside until the band has rolled out its raucous closing cover version of Cheap Trick's "Surrender." The label turbulence does little to affect its angular wit, as focus returns to the heady party vibes of the group's hugely successful major label debut, Losing Streak: pogo-driven "Best Wishes to Your Black Lungs" and "That's Why They Call It a Union" are standard-issue Less Than Jake. As with the band's other releases, the music inspires clear feelings of love and hate. --Aidin Vaziri
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 Great music no matter what others may say. August 29, 2009
B. Baldauf
Who wants to listen to the exact same music over and over. LTJ may have veered a little from their norm but that doesn't change the fact that this CD has some great songs on it. If you cant appreciate a little diversity thats fine but don't whine about it. If you like LTJ and aren't a close minded prude then definitely buy this CD it is great.
Best LTJ CD yet. March 28, 2008
Sean O'Donnell (Texas)
Alright, I know I'm gonna piss off a few so-called "true LTJ fans". First off, if you're a true fan, you'll understand the way they went with the CD. You may not like it, and you may [...] (way too much, I might add) about it, but that can't change the CD. I personally loved it. Tough cookies.
Now on to the review:
1. Welcome to the New South - 10/10 Very nice opener, with a fast guitar riff to get the listener into the song, followed by Chris' signature sound. I can definitely picture them rocking out to this one.
2. Ghosts of Me and You - 9/10 Loved this one, but there's just something about Roger's voice in this one that makes me want to stop listening to it. That and I heard this one for weeks before I got the CD, and it got boring after a while.
3. Look What Happened (Remix) - 10/10 Heard the B&B version, and I like this one much better. Maybe it's just the punk rocker in me, maybe it's the fact that this song's just awesome.
4. The Science of Selling Yourself Short - 10/10 Never heard a slow-ish LTJ song before, as this was the first LTJ CD I'd ever bought. I loved it, and the music vid they did for this really made me laugh. Roger couldn't have done better.
5. Short Fuse Burning - 11/10 I know. I rated it higher than 10. Sue me. This song...there aren't words enough to describe how awesome it is. Sorta like an ACDC + LTJ + Hooters Hot Wings kinda thing. It is just that good.
6. Motown Never Sounded so Good - 9/10 Once again, this song rocks, and maybe it's just me, but Roger's voice is kinda whiney, like early Tom Petty almost.
7. The Upwards War and the Downturned Cycle - 10/10 Nothing too extremely special here, just some hard rocking and awesome lyrics.
8. Escape From the ABomb House - 9/10 When you first listen to this song, it's amazing and you want to listen forever. Unfortunately, it's got that feel that once you've heard it for a while, it gets horribly repetitive.
9. Best Wishes to Your Black Lung - 10/10 Just plain awesome. I'd like to pack this song, Short Fuse Burning, That's Why They Call it a Union, and Gainesville Rock City into one little album and listen to them forever.
10. She's Gonna Break Soon - 8/10 This one's the album killer. There is nothing worse in a song like this than repetitive "She's gonna break soon, gonna break soon, gonna blah blah blah" over and over again. I liked it for the first ten or twenty plays, but after that, it became "meh".
11. That's Why They Call it a Union - 10/10 This is it. THE song that got me into LTJ. I've loved it forever, and it hasn't let me down yet.
12. Plastic Cup Politics - 10/10 Loved it, nice little ditty about drinking and how it affects things. Great party song.
13. The Brightest Bulb has Burned Out/Screws Fall Out - 11/10 I know, another unfair rating. Like Short Fuse Burning, there aren't words to express how great this song is. Just play it.
14. Surrender (Cover) - 10/10 It's not the original, it's better. Loved it, but like Escape From the ABomb House it gets old after a lot of plays.
There you have it! If I had to recommend this CD in three words or less, it would probably be this: GET THIS ONE!!!!
Worth owning if you're a fan of the genre. October 9, 2006
Max (NYC)
This is vintage Less Than Jake. Fun, slightly homogenous, but fun enough to make up for that for the most part. The new version of "Look What Happened", "Science of Selling Yourself Short" and their cover of "Surrender" are LTJ at their best. The album does kinda fade into a blur towards the middle, but snaps out of it with the decent "She's Gonna Break Soon" and the excellent "Brightest Bulb Has Burnt Out" There isnt anything quite as brilliantly simple yet easygoing and fun as "History of a Boring Town" or "Gainesville Rock City". But there's plenty here to add to the library. It isnt a highlight in their career, but far from a blemish.
Their best yet May 4, 2006
Geaux Tigers (Baton Rouge, LA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Their maturity as songrwriters gets better and better with every album... None of their other albums quite compare to the songwriting talent displayed in this.
Wow! Good Music! April 4, 2006
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just because of this album, Less Than Jake goes to #2 on my list of favorites(No one can kick Sublime out of my #1)
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