In my opinion, Less than Jake must be the most patchy punk / ska band in the world. They do have some really amazing songs, but also a load of not so good ones too. This album (the only one I've ever seen belongs to me), is made up of songs which have been previously released on out of print and limited edition vinyls. Despite this, I've heard many of them before. The problem with Less Than Jake, is that they never seem to be able to release an album which has all new songs. For example, this album has 24 tracks, but 12 of those I've already heard on other albums of theirs (if you have 'The Pezz Collection' I wouldn't recommend buying this). It would be nice for a change to be able to buy some totally new stuff (actually, I think that maybe their new album (Borders and Boundaries) is just that, all new), so nevermind. As I said earlier, there are some pretty good tracks here (but not many), and the rest are pretty average. The sound quality isn't that good which makes it difficult to really notice their undoubtable talents. I haven't personally seen them live, but they are well known for the excellence of their live shows. There are a couple of live tracks on this album, which are perhaps their best. It even seems as if they take a little go at doing a few more hardcore songs, and they do a good job with these too.
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Less than jake are awesome live although much as i would like to buy an album by them i've never actually seen one.
heideroosjes 02.01.2001 19:08
Good opinion!! I'd agree that with Less Than Jake some of the songs are transferred from album to album. However Borders and Boundaries is a wicked album and is defintely worth buying!
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Advantages: Great tunes, humour (though not novelty) and a wonderful 80's vibe Disadvantages: Final track 'Too Long' is as it says on the tin. Compared to first album, maybe they've sold-out a little bit.
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