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| | Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective | | | Music Artist : | | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | A. Records | | Release Date : | | 2008-12-09 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $27.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $27.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. All Around You (Intro)
2. Who?
3. When Jokers Attack
4. Servo
5. Open Heart Surgery
6. If Love Is the Drug
7. It Girl
8. Sailor
9. Straight Up and Down
10. Anenome
11. Wisdom
12. Just for Today
13. Stars
14. Vacuum Boots
15. Prozac vs. Heroin
16. She's Gone
Disc 21. Nailing Honey to the Bee [#]
2. That Girl Suicide
3. Nevertheless
4. Evergreen
5. Starcleaner
6. Let Me Stand Next to Your Flower [Live]
7. Hide and Seek [Live]
8. In My Life
9. Mary Please
10. Talk-Action=Shit
11. Oh Lord
12. This Is Why You Love Me
13. Not if You Were the Last Dandy on Earth
14. Swallowtail [Live]
15. Feel So Good
16. Fucker
17. #1 Hit Jam
18. Ballad of Jim Jones
19. Free and Easy Take
20. Stolen
21. Mansion in the Sky
22. Sue
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 The gems sparkly like diamonds
Submitted on: 2009-03-14 |
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| Run buy this product now! Discontinued by the manufacturer. 13 copies remaining?! Song quality is spotty, but same goes for the albums. The gems sparkle like diamonds. It's a shame Anton was crazy and couldn't keep a band together. They could've been the next Beatles or Stones. This man put his heart on the line for all to hear. And the music is timeless. In a perfect world, this would be heard on the radio as "classic rock" a few years from now. But all we have is Amazon.com, so buy the freakin' disc already! |
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Move Over Dandy
Submitted on: 2009-01-27 |
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| This is a great double album. My brother introduced me to The BJM and Dig! the documentary. There's no argument the BJM far surpass The Dandy's. The Dandy's create songs that are catchy which inevitably lead to annoying. The BJM and frontmand Anton Newcombe are much more introscpective. Nevertheless, When Jokers Attack, Open Heart Surgery, and, Swalloetail are just a few tracks that show they're genious. I highly recommend everyone checking this out as well as Dig! |
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 4.5 Stars... Satisfying introduction to BJM that also works for the rest of us
Submitted on: 2008-11-01 |
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Music: 5 Stars; Compilation: 4 Stars
I'm going through another Brian Jonestown Massacre phase, as I seem to do every couple of years. I recently watched the "DIG!" documentary again, and what a fascinating movie that is. This compilation was not accidentally issued the same year (2004) that "DIG!" was released to great acclaim, and certainly brought greater exposure to the band than ever before.
"Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective" (2 CDs; 38 tracks; 142 min.) brings a more than generous sampling of the band's first ten years (1994-2003). CD1 (16 tracks; 67 min. ) starts off with 2 of the bands best-known tracks, "All Around You" and "Who?", but from there it brings a smorgasbord of tracks from its albums, including the 1996 track "Stars" (which Newcombe reveals as his first song ever written, in 1990), as well as the 2004 single "If Love Is the Drug". It brings an excellent overview of the band's sound, and the CD someone only vaguely familiar with BJM should listen to. CD2 (22 tracks; 75 min.) is more geared towards the BJM fan that already has all of the albums, as it brings a number of rare, or unreleased studio and live tracks, such as the very first 1995 single "Evergreen", the excellent 2002 studio track "Nailing Honey to the Bee", which kicks off CD2, the 2003 live track "Swallowtail", and the 1999 studio track "Feel So Good". It also includes the track "Not If You Were The Last Dandy on Earth", which plays a critical role in the "DIG!" movie, and which ironically was not written by Anton Newcombe, but by Matt Hollywood.
This is a great, but not definitive overview of the band's output. For that, there are a couple of inexcusable gaps in the overview. I mean, only 2 tracks from "Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request", one of 2 essential albums from the band (the other essential album, "Take It From the Man" has 7 tracks on here, rightfully so). Due to their erratic touring, I never had an opportunity to see the band live, until finally at last year's Monolith Music Festival (at the Red Rocks), and it was quite the experience. Anton Newcombe berated band members and the crowd alike, and he walked off a couple of times, only to return, creating confusion and disbelief alike, but when the band played, it sounded magical. LAst but not least, the release earlier this year of the solid "My Bloody Underground" album proves that Anton Newcombe is not quite finished yet. Stay tuned! |
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Not Tepid At All - Rather Wonderful, Heavy, and Far Out
Submitted on: 2008-06-26 |
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Saw BJM in the movie DIG, and just knew he had something. So I spent money I didn't have and got this 2 Cd glimpse into their earlier works. No disappointment here, more like a new love for music. Kinda like the first time a Stones or Beatles song really got hold of you. BJM is in that super star realm, but no one seems to be aware of them, except online. As my first BJM album this was the best door to have opened. I might not have had the same experience starting with the latest- My Bloody Underground. This prepared me for that and I am truly glad because I can really appreciate what many are disappointed by and not ready for. This has many of Anton's real classics and the whole album flows well. Anton Newcomb is the real deal, not a poser. Like the movie said, this is what he does and if it didn't work out he would not go get a job. The man was homeless while making these songs, and as far as stage hissy fits,etc. , he is just a bad drunk. No alcohol for you Anton. Just play til insanity takes over, you are great. We love you.
Back to the Retrospective, one of the electric guitarists has this knack for memorable chord progressions. I really love all the unique instruments hidden in the mix. This an album you can be proud to pay hard earned cash for and get treated tomorrow and the nexxxxttttttttc. Not like the cash you spent on gas to buy it. High, 'er Highly Recommended. Buy first before the other BJM albums. Drone Drone Drone!!!
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Better than the Beatles
Submitted on: 2008-04-07 |
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This double CD is fantastic. I highly recommend it. Surreal rock songs incredibly played and powerfully sung. After first hearing this American band while in France, I have listened to this CD over and over since buying on it Amazon after I returned to the USA.
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