- Audio CD (May 22 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Kranky
- ASIN: B00006LVGP
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #101,036 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Story Of The Whole Thing |
| 2. Dad, There's A Little Phrase Called Too Much Information |
| 3. This Bum's Paid |
| 4. Hair Dude, You're Stepping On My Mystique |
| 5. The L Train Is A Swell Train And I Don't Want To Hear You Indies Complain |
| 6. 'My Two Nads' (Dad Reprise) |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. is a joyous celebration of the place where rock and dance subcultures meet. Like Stereolab and Labradford before them, this Brooklyn-via-San-Francisco group has the good sense to steal from relatively obscure sources (so that the young ones who don't know any better will think they're "original"). More important, they take those influences--ESG, Liquid Liquid, and Pell Mell among them--and do interesting, inventive stuff with what they've found (so that geezer hipsters are pleased). Out Hud is the very best of a wave of acts that spent 2002 partying like it was 1981. They take a Mudd Club-like cross-cultural approach, weaving funk, disco, and new wave with a harder, more experimental post-punk vibe. It's New Order meets Durutti Column, and you're even more liable to like it if that reference means nothing to you. --Mike McGonigal
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
correction
Jun 20 2004
Format:Audio CD
fyi- the band's name is Out Hud, not S.T.R.E.E.T.D.A.D., which is their CD's name.
Pretty dang good, one standout track
April 13 2004
Format:Audio CD
It's great to stumble across a band that doesn't have an overly-polished image but happen to make interesting music. Though the band name, sloppy cover art and silly-to-the-point-of-being-an-afterthought song titles made me skeptical, the music quicky won me over. This is an unusually complex dance album that makes me think the unfortunately-named STREET DAD probably rock out live.
Still, after several listens I'm not left with the impression that STREET DAD have the potential to come up with something that really shakes things up musically (not that that's a requirement). So far the other Amazon reviews are uniformly positive but also rather brief, and I think there's a reason for this. It's just hard to get too excited about this music, for some reason.
However there is one epic track - "The L train is a swell train and I don't want to hear you indies complain" - that really stands out. It's a wonderful track, over twelve minutes long, that never loses momentum or interest. Violin, acoustic guitar, and various beats, bleeps, and bloops are folded in in such an organic way that it never feels forced. There are no "here comes the next loop/sample" moments that make you think the melody/beat interaction was the accidental by-product of fooling around with music software; it's a fully-realized composition. Reminds me a bit of Orbital's "Out there Somewhere," another epic prog-electronica masterpiece. Worth listening to the album for this track alone.
Somehow this album reminds me of Shpongle's "Are You Shpongled?", a musically brilliant electronica album that often gets overlooked, I think, due in part to the cheesy title and embarrassingly overt references to drug use. In both cases, the excellent music seems like it was so casually tossed off, so devoid of any high-concept "artiness", that you almost second-guess yourself for liking it so much. Great grooves shouldn't sound this smooth, this easy to make, I found myself thinking. Though overall the album is a little too mainstream sounding for my tastes, I'll be intersted to hear what STREET DAD come up with next.
hmmmm...???
Nov 22 2003
Format:Audio CD
Just saw this group in SF, liked them and their energy so got the CD at the show. But, the CD was vastly different from what I saw on stage. Their stage show was definitely Stereolabish, especially with the two girls' vocal parts (on every song), but the CD doesn't have any vocals. Still, the CD is good, fresh, and I would highly recommend seeing them live!
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Great CD, great band
I got to see Out Hud when I was visiting Boston. This wasn't my first exposure to them, but it cemented my appreciation of them. Read more
Published on Nov 20 2003 by "stereolabguy"
gorgeous, makes you want to stand up and yell
Remember the first time you ever heard New Order (if you're over 30), or my Bloody Valentine? This is that good--- blow off your dinner plans and lay on the floor and listen good. Read more
Published on Sep 1 2003
A fantastic record!
I was totally blown away by this album. This isn't the type of genre that I normally listen to, but I've liked everything I had heard on Kranky so far, so I gave it a try. Read more
Published on May 8 2003 by Lee L.
Best Record of Year: Rock or Electronic
The beauty of this record is that the combination of rock and electronic do not feel forced. The two genres blend together so effortlessly that it takes a style all its own. Read more
Published on Feb 1 2003 by J. G. H
Pretty freakin' amazing
First off, I am not going to pretend to have been into all the groups that various reviews have stated were copied in the making of this album. I'm no modern music historian. Read more
Published on Jan 29 2003 by "maximumcash2"
Freakishly Phenomenal Debut!
I don't think there's really any way to express the abject astonishment I received when I first turned on this cd. It is by far the greatest cd to be printed this year. Read more
Published on Nov 24 2002 by "donkeye"
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