- Audio CD (Aug 29 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording reissued, Import, Original recording remastered
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B00004WGVR
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Bitch School |
| 2. The Majesty Of Rock |
| 3. Diva Fever |
| 4. Just Begin Again |
| 5. Cash On Delivery |
| 6. The Sun Never Sweats |
| 7. Rainy Day Sun |
| 8. Break Like The Wind |
| 9. Stinkin' Up The Great Outdoors |
| 10. Springtime |
| 11. Clam Caraban |
| 12. Christmas With the Devil |
| 13. All The Way Home |
Product Description
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Has there ever been a rock band more unjustly maligned than Spinal Tap? Accused of everything from heralding the demise of heavy metal to being the very raison d'être for alternative rock, they suffered their greatest indignity at the hands of director Rob Reiner (cowardly hiding behind the moniker Marty DiBergi), whose 1984 "rockumentary," This Is Spinal Tap, muckraked its way through the band's courageous, tragedy-strewn history in service of a few mocking laughs. Reiner/DiBergi even stooped so low as to employ a heartless, mercenary band of Hollywood writer/comedians to burlesque the band's core members--David St. Hubbins (played by mendacious Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (callow Christopher Guest), and Derek Smalls (haughty Harry Shearer). But the great ones just won't be denied; Spinal Tap reached deep down in 1992 and let loose with Break Like the Wind, another potent blast of the very stuff that made their legend. Featuring an all-star supporting cast (the title track alone boasts Slash, Steve Lukather, Joe Satriani, and Tufnel look-alike Jeff Beck), the Tap gallantly tried to stem the tide of flannel and tattoos with thundering odes to gender enlightenment ("Bitch School"), mystic quests ("Clam Caravan"), and its own glorious rock-fest legacy ("Stinkin' Up the Great Outdoors"). Pop diva Cher and St. Hubbins share a vocal tryst on the uplifting ballad "Just Begin Again," while even Steely Dan's reclusive Walter Becker pens technical notes, praising the album's pioneering use of the Crosley Phase Linear Ionic Induction Voice Processor System. Sadly, they just don't make albums like this anymore. --J.D. Swift
Album Description
Enhanced UK pressing of Spinal Tap's 1992 rockin' return to the charts features two bonus tracks: 'All The Way Home' and the Enhanced Video for 'Bitch School'. Crank this one up to 11! MCA.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Tap surpass that which they mock
July 2 2004
Format:Audio CD
Astonishingly, perhaps, Break Like The Wind was one of the best heavy rock albums of its year (92), despite being a "spoof". I think the reason is fairly obvious; they actually seem to enjoy being a heavy metal band, and put as much work into this as any real band would. These are well written songs; and where the parody "bad" element comes in, e.g the tuneless Clam Caravan sitar solo, they're deliberately, masterfully bad. It's a fine demonstration that comedy parody only works when the parodists have a regard for that which they parody, and do it seriously.
As I said, this is good music. It's not a comedy album you'll listen to once for a laugh, it's a fine rock album you'll listen to again and again, with excellent songs you'll find stuck in your head. Highlights for me: The Majesty Of Rock is a glorious rock anthem, and the title track is simply awesome, while Bitch School is a wonderfully mindless headbanger you won't be ashamed to listen to (because you can pretend you're just being ironic).
Don't get me wrong; you'll laugh too, but with, not at, Spinal Tap. The humourous lyrics are beautifully, intelligently crafted; 3 intelligent guys playing idiots trying to be deep "..we are the thumbs on a stranger's hands" croons St Hubbins on BLTW, while on Majesty wondering "When we die do we haunt the sky, do we lurk in the murk of the seas? What then, are we born again, just to sit asking questions like these?". And The Sun Never Sweats (another fabulously strong track) muses, "We may be Gods, or just big marionettes"... and so on... and so on...
Simply brilliant, and an essential part of every rock fan's collection.
One more thing; the production is superb too. A must buy.
Wisen Up
Feb 22 2004
Format:Audio CD
Yeah for all you people saying how This is Spinal Tap "disgraced" the band, there was no real band Spinal Tap. This is Spinal Tap invented the band. The movie made up the band to make fun of other bands.
Some people are really stupid.
But its a good CD (4 1/2 stars)
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For those that remember an immortal phrase from the original film, I thus dub this new soundtrack:
S_ _ _ sandwich.
Published on Jan 26 2004 by Jeremy Ulrey
It takes real talent to sound THIS bad!
To master an art, you have to learn every possible way to get it wrong. By that definition, Tap are the masters, and they prove it with this disk. Read more
Published on Oct 24 2003
Back from the dead
This 1992 album was Spinal Tap's first album in 8 years. It featured new songs, as well as rerecordings of older songs from their out of print albums. Read more
Published on Oct 18 2003 by Johnny Heering
Maybe could have been 5 stars if this came first.
This CD is the companion piece to the video "The Return of Spinal Tap", which comes up short as a follow-up to the classic original movie. Read more
Published on Jun 11 2003 by John Sloan
Tap Just Began Again!
After a decade-long hiatus from touring, the brilliant Spinal Tap is together again, with a long-awaited new album, a successful tour to promote it (see Return of Spinal Tap), and... Read more
Published on April 14 2003 by Elizabeth Darcy
nigel tufnel is cool-aid
I was actually quite excited when this album came out. The in-
terviews that Spinal Tap gave in magazines around the release of
BREAK were very funny and almost funnier... Read more
terviews that Spinal Tap gave in magazines around the release of
BREAK were very funny and almost funnier... Read more
Published on Nov 21 2002 by R. Recchia
Artfully trite
Many have commented on how surprisingly "not bad" the music is. In fact, I'd go so far as to say some of it is GOOD. Read more
Published on May 28 2002 by J. Deon
Not quite classic Tap...but still super cool!
Althought the first release by this cult classic band is slightly better only because it was a novelty, this second release is hysterical. Read more
Published on Sep 13 2001 by Mrs. Debbie Carnahan-Nichols
The best thing Spinal Tap has ever produced.
I got into Spinal Tap when I saw the hilarious "rockumentary" for the first time a couple of years ago. I soon bought the video and memorized almost every line. Read more
Published on July 5 2001 by Gary
Do you have a sense of humor?
Made in CAN in 2000, Serial# 088-112-370-2, Playing Time: 50 min.
First, a few corrections about the song listing: there are 14 tracks on this CD (not 13), and track 12 is called... Read more
Published on Jan 22 2001 by eveoflove
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