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Rating: I hope claustrophobia isn't one of your flaws, and doesn't make you scream because no one will ever scream better than this man: Richard Patrick, who, for those who don't know, is a former member of the first NIN live group and played guitar in Broken, so he's a veteran. But the NIN have little to do with his current and future band, Filter, who with extreme originality create an amazing, so sought-after and creative sound that it must be included in the masterpieces of the 90s, formed in Los Angeles in 1995, this is their first album. It's practically impossible to find in Italy and it's out of production, so if you order it, they won't send it to you. I wisely stole it from one of the HMVs in London after asking the guy where this CD was, so I snagged the last copy!!! Stimulated by the creativity of electronic music applied to Grunge, Richard Patrick exorcizes the evils caused by the closeness to Trent Reznor & Marilyn Manson and talks about his intro-extroverted character of his personality and his way of doing things: an album defined as a colossal masterpiece.
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" starts with the bass and is one of the best tracks, has a chorus sung at the top of your lungs that nails you to the chair making you think about how awesome these Filter are. "Dose" is my favorite track, it's practically a stunning post-grunge song. "Under" and "Spent" are the two most experimental because they contain many instrumental parts with stopped electronic drums and changes in rhythm, oh I forgot the counterpoint that reigns throughout this work. "Take Another" is intense with guitars that send the best Helmet to make pasta and peas in front of a baseball game. "Stuck in Here": acoustic song with typically Californian rhythms, imagine the beach in the evening. "It's Over" continues with the hammering of toms and bass drum that mark the time of the song. The rhythm is reminiscent of Abe in the latest Deftones. "Gerbil," "White Like That," "Consider This" are the last three post-grunge gems. "So Cool" closes the album. This is certainly among the most innovative masterpieces of the last 10 years, it's a must of a disappeared genre or at least never existed, Grunge or Alternative Rock, call it what you will but I assure you that for how this CD sounds it's the avant-garde of Post-Modern Industrial (1995).
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Hey Man Nice Shot (05:14)
I wish I would've met you
Now it's a little late
What you could'a taught me
I could've saved some face
They think that your early ending was all wrong
For the most part, they're right
But look how they all got strong
That's why I say
Hey man nice shot
Good shot man
That's why I say
Hey man nice shot
Good shot man
A man has gun
Hey man have fun
Nice shot
Now that the smoke's gone
And the air is all clear
Those who were right there
Got a new kind of view
You'd fight and you were right
But they were just too strong
They'd stick it in your face and
Let you smell what they consider wrong
That's why I say
Hey man nice shot
A good shot man
Thats why I say
Hey man nice shot
What a good shot man
A man has gun
Hey man have fun
Nice shot
A man has gun
Hey man have fun
Nice shot
A man has gun
Hey man have fun
Nice shot
A man has gun
Hey man have fun
Nice shot
Oh nice shot man!
Oh nice shot man!
I wish I would've met you
I wish I would've met you
I wish I would've met you
I wish I would've met you
I'd say nice shot!
02 Dose (03:53)
I believe in something else
Now go bother someone else
Stick your fingers in your book
Take a better second look
You crook
I hate it when you breach my space
And I hate it when you preach your case
And you should go down
Down
Save someone else
I think I should warn you
I think I should tell
What you've been doing
It makes you go to hell
I hate it when you preach your case
It makes me want to stick my dick in your face
And you should go down
Down
Save someone else
Can your preacher bring me down?
Oh, that's what I thought
I hate it when you breach my space
And I hate it when you preach your case
And you should go down
Down
Save someone else
04 Spent (04:37)
All my life
All my time
Oh it's got a price
Oh gonna pay for mine
I know you really care
Oll my friends they got
Old apathy in the brain
They got no ideas in their heads
They got no path that I can't see
Don't you think that I don't blame them
Don't you think that I can't shame them
Don't you think that I don't want them
Don't you think that I ain't one of them
One of them
I know you really care
You're just another X
06 Stuck in Here (03:34)
Once again I'm stuck in here
Once again I'm in low gear
Once again I have a fear
Once again I'm stuck in here
Hey just close the door
Think back and just ignore
Hey just close your eyes
Think back and realize
Oh no, I'm stuck in here
Oh no, still stuck in here
What makes you think that it's okay?
Don't start it off don't relate
Take the job but not the pay
Forget the hours but not the day
Hey just close your eyes
Think back and realize
Hey just close the door
Back up and just ignore
Oh no, i'm stuck in here
08 Gerbil (03:21)
"Gerbil"
he gets out of bed
he goes to the room
he turns on the set
he is as smart as a broom
hey you brainless
how'd you lose us?
hey you thoughtless
how'd you screw us?
it starts on his head
he tries not to hear
it gets worse instead
he checks out of here
hey you dumb ass
how'd you lose us?
hey you headless
how'd you screw us?
10 Consider This (04:18)
I've been thinking about what you said
It's been going around in my head
I've been thinking about what you were
It's a messy messed up blur
and when the con was over
one thing I learned:
I think you'd be better off if you were dead
think your check might last a year?
ain't got no worries...
ain't got no fear...
you change so fast you're such a creep
you make me feel so very cheap
and when the heist was over
I guess i got burned
I think you'd be better off if you were dead
11 So Cool (04:26)
You gotta a bad old habit
Of making people sad
You got a bad old habit
Of making people dead
Did you think you were cool?
I don't really understand it
Did you think you were cool?
I don't even understand it
So cool, so cool
So cool, so cool
Hey makes it alright
You keep on taking
Your chances
You killer of mine
Look at yourself
Just look what you've done
Just take a look
Did have some fun?
Did you think you were cool?
I don't even understand it
Did you think you were cool?
I don't really understand it
So cool, so cool
So cool, so cool
So cool, so cool
So cool, so cool
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