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| | The General Electric | | | Music Artist : | | Shihad | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Wea | | Release Date : | | 1999-11-22 | | Store Price : | | $36.49 | | Artistopia's Price: $36.49 | | Usually ships in 3 to 5 days | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Intro
2. My Mind's Sedate
3. General Electric
4. Wait and See
5. Pacifier
6. Thin White Line
7. Only Time
8. Just Like Everybody Else
9. Sport and Religion
10. Spacing
11. Metal Song
12. Life in Cars
13. Brightest Stars
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 Excellent
Submitted on: 2005-04-13 |
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| I am so glad i bought this cd. I had a choice between this, Churn and Shihad. I'v heard all of them and this is by far the best Shihad album. "Intro" is a perfect gateway into one of the best opening songs ever - "My Mind's Sedate", this song just has so much power and energy. I regularly put this cd in my car and turn it all the way up, I defy you not to start headbanging or playing air guitar to "The General Electric". This song contains one of my favourite song bits ever. The bridge before the first chorus. Jesus I just go absolutely nuts when i hear this bit and it never gets old. "Pacifier" is just too good for words. "Spacing" has got to be one of my favourite songs on this cd. A fantastic sing-along chorus that just makes you feel good. Same goes with "Life In Cars". This cd is at the number five slot in my collection. It should be in your's too. |
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 Great Kiwi Rock n Roll
Submitted on: 2003-11-15 |
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The General Electric is one of those albums you can listen to right through and not get bored. The songs all flow together quite nicely, which is a plus for any CD. This is the fourth offering from Wellington based band, Shihad. Although not their absolute best, it is certainly up there.
Stand-out songs are of course My Mind's Sedate, The General Electric, Pacifier and Sport & Religion. Others seem to flow quite nicely between these tracks.
I can imagine this album will stand the test of time, unlike many albums by artists during it's time. This album is different to Killjoy, Churn and Shihad as it is more laid back, and generic sounding. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing, as eacgh album seems to have it's own unique sound, while still being the same band.
This album is generic rock without the bored singers and musicians. It is not very original when compared to their other 3 albums. But it is far better than their recent CD "Pacifier".
Overall, If you are new to Shihad, I would consider forking out for Killjoy or Churn as they depict what Shihad was orginally about. |
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 Shihad yes, this album a resounding NO!
Submitted on: 2001-10-22 |
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I'll start this off with the assertion that Shihad are the best New Zealand band I've ever heard, and I live here. Churn was very nearly a very good album, Killjoy was an excellent one and the self titled album was 50/50 - Half the songs were classics, the other half was disturbingly awful. However, sadly, this album has followed the direction of the last one further, resulting in an album so completely dull that I just can't be bothered to listen to it any more.
Not that it's resoundingly bad. It's just so uninteresting I don't see the point. All of you lot who're giving it good reviews... Come on, you can't really tell me this album is as good as Killjoy. It's just radio-friendly rock music with absolutely no flair whatsoever. Yes, the band are talented musicians, but talented musicians playing dull unoriginal material is something that I'll leave to Dream Theater fans. Shihad used to be exciting, anthemic and damned good ambassadors for New Zealand rock. Now they just sound like any polished rock band anywhere - all the life has gone. I can't seriously think that this album would attract the fanbase (members of Faith No More et al) that Churn (for all its flaws) and Killjoy did. Speaking as a musician, this just doesn't inspire a second listen.A crying shame. |
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Shihad will rock your world
Submitted on: 2001-07-28 |
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| Wow, what a CD. Once again Shihad prove that they are the greatest band you've never heard of with their 4th and best CD so far: The General Electric! Lead singer Jon Toogood's screaming vocals, the rifty merciless guitar of Phil Knight, The booming bass of Karl Kippenberger and the great heavy beats of Tom Larkin combine to blow your mind and bang your head. All tracks are great and there are no frayed ends. The way the intro leads smoothly into the first and greatest ever NZ rock track "my minds sedate" sets the tone for the entire abulm. Everything is pure gold from the hard rock of my minds sedate, just like everybody else and metal song to the sing along life in cars and sport and religion and the haunting beauty of pacifer. Buy it if you love rock! |
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An American's Response - Believe it! Very, Very Good Album
Submitted on: 2001-05-29 |
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| A power chord, riff-laden, hard working album that is worth the extra cost to buy it as an import. Tired of spending money on CD's with one or two good songs and the rest filler material? With the exception of "Life in Cars" this album is nothing but good songs. Listen to it loud and enjoy... By the way what the heck is an Antipode? |
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