Part 3 in my series of reviews of slightly older albums. In all honesty, the reason for these reviews is:
1) I'm having to wait until Christmas before I get some new albums
2) I've never actually reviewed any of these albums before, despite listening to them a lot. I've started writing a bit more so this is something good to write about. Nice and easy.
OK, confession time over. The third of these albums is actually a double - Hello Rockview/Losing Streak, which has been cheap for a long time (and is even cheaper now than when I bought it), and is a fucking good buy at that.
Whatever you think of Less Than Jake now, and I have to point out I thought it was strange they released an album with only 8 tracks for more than the cost of this double album (which has 29 tracks in total plus one video). Anyway, THIS double album reminds you just how good Less Than Jake are. They are very talented, they can pump lots of energy into their tunes with seemingly no problems - you could happily bounce along to almost all of the tracks, even the slower ones.
From the frenetic All My Best Friends Are Metalheads to the more laidback Dopeman, there is a spirit (those who HAVE to categorize would probably call it ska-punk, or punk-ska, or something) evident in all of the tracks. Some have slightly depressing subjects, but you can't help smiling anyway - they all have an upbeat feel. Oh, and the All My Best Friends video, which on my cd is actually named Freinds, is funny. Poor quality picture, but very funny. Heheh.
Maybe I will get a newer Less Than Jake album. I've been meaning to hear more of their recent stuff apart from Gainesville (sp?) Rock City, maybe re-listening to this double bill will be the kick in the ass i need to go buy one.
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