In With The Out Crowd - Less Than Jake

Advantages: A couple of tracks are quite enjoyable.
Disadvantages: The album on the whole is really rather disappointing.

...band Less Than Jake and in truth is not one that I hold in particularly high regard at all. That said, it is by no means a bad album, it's just not a great one. The album is really rather lacklustre and none of the tracks present are particularly exciting at all. The first single lifted from this album was 'Everything Is Overrated' for example which in itself is a really average track. The sad thing is that it is probably one of the highlights from ...
...excitement that is usually present in a Less Than Jake release seems to have been removed. The music is not too different to their older material, it just lacks life and is therefore a little on the dull side to listen to. I had been quite excited when the album was released, but this excitement was short lived and soon replaced with complete shock and utter disappointment. 'Everything Is Overrated' is perhaps a gross overstatement on behalf of the ... Read review

Advantages: Another LTJ Album
Disadvantages: Not as good as before

...albums, not really much ska in it, well other than track 3 which is a lovely little ska tune. Dont think that it that good to be fair, but it might be a bit of a bias opinion because the CD I was listening too was scratched so I did not get the full listening pleasure. I'd recommend it to all those who follow Less Than Jake, and too all those who listen to terible terible pop "music". I'm kind of hoping that the CD will grow on me, and if it does ... Read review

Advantages: some great tracks
Disadvantages: None for me

I was introduced to these guys not so long ago by a friend and this is the first album I heard from them. It has some quality tracks and some amazing lyrics. My favourite track on here is Rest Of My Life, it has quite a simple melody (which isn't a bad thing) and amazing lyrics such as 'The emptiness starts to drown the quiet corners of this town' and 'Every second that goes by I'm screaming out for a second try'. Close second is Overrated because ...
...of which is 'Everybody's so afraid to be different, please excuse me now if I don't get it'. This reflects the title of the album, 'In With The Out Crowd' and the message, 'Don't follow the crowd'. These are the best tracks on the album but none of the others are bad songs. Less Than Jake are an incredibly talented band and I can't really compare them to anyone else (I'm not saying they're completely unique though). If you want to get an idea of ... Read review

Advantages: Cheerful, catchy, clear non-stupid lyrics.
Disadvantages: Most tracks are not ska in the slightest.

...hears them, as well as in a vocal range easy enough for the majority to sing along to. There are also several opportunities to pretend to know the lyrics 'waaahh ohhhhhhh'. The tracks are still pretty fast, as is typical for a ska band, but the tunes are now caught in the guitars, rather than the brass. However the last track 'P.S Shock The World' seems to be Less Than Jake returning to their ska roots. For the hardcore ska-only fan, this Less ... Read review

Advantages: Fresh, Gainseville rock city
Disadvantages: Seems incomplete, short

..."Borders and Boundaries" is a good release by Less Than Jake. Better than "In with the out crowd" but trailing behind "Losing streak" this is a prettty average album for the Gainseville ska-punks. It is 40:29 of enjoyable music. Tracks *Magnetic North *Kehoe *Suburban myth *Look what happened *Hell Looks A Lot Like L.A. *Mr. Chevy Celebrity *Gainesville Rock City *Malt Liquor Tastes Better When You've Got Problems *Bad Scene And A Basement Show *Is This Thing On? *Pete Jackson Is Getting Married *1989 *Last Hour Of The Last Day Of Work *Bigger Picture *Faction The highlight of the album has to be the single "Gainseville rock city" which is still one of my favourite Less than Jake songs of all time. Then again, there isn't one song on this album that i dislikle. Each one has it's reasons to be liked and some reasons to be disliked... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Great melodies, catchy lyrics
Disadvantages: none!

...This is a fantastic early Less then Jake album, and a must-have for all Less Than Jake Fans. Its also a great introduction to the band for all those who like punk/ska music. Less than Jake's first release was Pezcore on Dill records in 1994. Following that was Losers, Kings and Things we don't understand in 1995. Losing Streak was originally released in 1996 on Capitol Records, and Hello Rockview followed two years later. They were re-released as a double album in 2000. Later full length albums by the band are Borders and Boundaries (2000), Anthem (2003) and In with the out crowd (2006). Hello Rockview is more 'mainstream' Less Than Jake, being classic punky ska, while songs on Losing Streak put heavier emphasis on a ska style horn section. The fact that its almost a 'buy one get one free' with two full length albums (31 tracks... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Some excellent 'anthems' from Gainesville's Ska Punk's
Disadvantages: Horn section is not as prevalent as with previous albums

..., the only album from Less Than Jake that I have not enjoyed is their 'In With The Out Crowd' album which was released in 2006, a weak album which warrants no place in my CD collection. Whether or not the band can come back from this with a strong follow up album this year remains to be seen, however I for one will be wholeheartedly hoping that the band can return to form. 'Anthem' is a remarkably strong album which more than proves that the band can write incredible music, something which they show throughout all of their first seven albums before their mishap in 2006. 'Anthem' is an album which I would recommend to all, an excellent album which although perhaps does not portray the band at their best, it is certainly not far from it. The popularity of Less Than Jake continues to sustain and even despite the fact that Ska Punk is no longer... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful