From Eric Frans Sent Sat, Sep 5th 1998, 19:34
From Eric Frans Sent Sat, Sep 5th 1998, 19:34
} From: Arthur B. Purvis } Sent: Saturday, September 05, 1998 10:41 AM } } >yes, i'd definately say that skinny puppy is worth investigating. while } >my contact w/ them has been pretty limited, i can whole-heartedly } >recommend last rights and too dark park. the only caveat is ogre's } >voice - if you really cannot deal w/ vocals you might not be able to } >tolerate these cds. the little exposure i have to spuppy's older stuff } >(vivisect vi) has not impressed me as much. which brings up a question } >from me - if i like tdp & last rights, what other skinny puppy do i } >need? } } Nothing. Those albums are Puppy's best by an _enormous_ margin. } Especially if you heard VivisectVI and weren't impressed, you really } should look no further, because they're all pretty samey and not very } good. } But man, Last Rights is sheer genius. As always everyone here has differing opinions and I completely disagree with the above. Imo, the best Skinny Puppy albums by a longshot are _VIVIsectVI_, _Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse_, and _Cleanse Fold and Manipulate_. Those 3 focus more on the beat, while retaining a gritty and experimental edge. The later albums definitely have a more drug induced and freeform feel, though, if that's what you're after. I personally like the earlier albums since they fit well with the Meat Beat Manifesto and Front 242 sounds of that era, which I was/am still a fan of. Just make sure to avoid their worst (and last) album _The Process_. __________________________________________ E r i c F r a n s :: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [cellular] http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans [so-cal idm] http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/scidm [si-{cut}.db] http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/benford