Losers Kings And Things We Don't Understand (+DVD) - Less Than Jake

Advantages: Lots of good, short catchy tracks
Disadvantages: Some tracks are too short

...For those who don't know any less that jake they are a 90s ska-punk group consisting of guitar, bass, drum and a brass/woodwind section (at this piont contianing a sax and 2 trombones). They have a surfer punk feel to alot of their tracks and are very easy to listen to. This is my favourite of all the Less Than Jake ablums I know/own. This is one of their earlier albums and the some is very raw. There a definatly more aggressive and angery in this album than their later ones, which is an up side for me but maybe not for you. Every song on this album is short, sharp and too the point meaning its had to get bored of quicky. Altough some of the songs are too short and end just as your getting into it. The lyrics to this album don't really fit into any real catogory exempt possibly there experience and feeling on everything... Read review

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

...'In With The Out Crowd' is the most recently released album from Less Than Jake. At two years old it isn't exactly 'brand new' any more, but the newest nonetheless and will remain so until they release their eighth studio album later this year. It is my least favourite of all of the albums from the Floridian Ska Punk 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 the album and nothing really shines through too much. All twelve tracks... Read review

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...I own every Less Than Jake album released and for me, this is my faveourite one!! This cd is everything you could want and more from Less Than Jake. There isn't a track I would skip on this album, which we can all agree is rare to find an album where we like every song! People just see Less Than Jake as any other American punk band, but if you sit back and listen to the lyrics they really are genius, and are very true! Less Than Jake create ballads in their own punk way, Ghosts of me and you, Look what happened and brightest bulb has burned out are all ballad type songs, but add a few trumpets and 4 American punk gods and you have yourself some very successful music! Less Than Jake are very talented and I don't think they quite get the credit they deserve! This album is incredible!... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful