5.0 out of 5 stars
my life on a disc, Jun 16 2004
This review is from: Losing Streak (Audio CD)
this cd is most certainly the greatest cd ever recorded (along with suicide machine's, destruction by definition) and it kept my attention the whole way through. i have had that cd for about a year and a half and i still love it, and it is still great in my ears. automatic is the best ska song, in my opinion. this cd has the perfect blend of fast, catchy punk, with the titles, lyrics, and horn involvement of ska. pick this title up if you want to be sucked into less than jake's world of music. (trust me, its bliss).
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5.0 out of 5 stars
AMAZING, April 21 2004
This review is from: Losing Streak (Audio CD)
This is what evry SKA kid wants. perfect. A fun cd to sing along with and play loud! another great cd buy less than jake. If you like this i would also suggest: Hello Rockview, Boarders and Boundries, and PezCor
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Gets better every time, April 16 2004
This review is from: Losing Streak (Audio CD)
There aren't many CDs floating out there that I'd give five stars. At the moment, I can only think of three; 311's Grassroots, Sum 41's Does This Look Infected?, and... Less Than Jake's Losing Streak! Of course! This is, at the least, a ska-punk masterpiece. There's not one out of sixteen songs that disappoints, and I mean that when I say it. And none of them sound the same. It's not the best CD I'll ever listen to, if I plan to listen to music for the rest of my life, but so far, it's my best CD.
It kicks off with Automatic. This automatically gets you hooked... the pun was probably intended. It's one of Less Than Jake's best songs in their library. Followed up by "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" classics such as Happyman, 9th at Pine, or the minute and a half ska extraordinaire How's My Driving, Doug Hastings?. My personal favorites are Automatic, of course, and 107, one of the catchiest songs on the CD. If you wanna get hooked to this CD, listen to Automatic, Sugar in Your Gastank, 107, Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts and Dopeman. Sugar in Your Gastank and Dopeman aren't necessarily my faves, but they were the ones I turned to first, and they still kick ass.
My advice is to buy it. Like, now. Facts may say that Goldfinger's debut album, out that same year, did much better chartwise, but Less Than Jake's album is much more solid, with songs that are at par with each other. Goldfinger are good, but Less Than Jake are better. That I can tell you from experience. You'll also find that Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts and Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore, on this album, were also on their original debut, Pezcore. Buy that, too. And Hello Rockview. And Anthem. I still haven't bought Borders & Boundaries, but I will. Less Than Jake are without a doubt, my favorite band.
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