| | Cracker |  | Artist: Cracker
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 1177427
Media: Audio Cassette
UPC: 075679181640
EAN: 0075679181640
ASIN: B00008EQA0
Release Date: March 10, 1992
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) - Cracker, Lowery, David | | • | Happy Birthday to Me - Cracker, Lowery, David | | • | This Is Cracker Soul - Cracker, Faragher, Davey | | • | I See the Light - Cracker, Faragher, Davey | | • | St. Cajetan - Cracker, Hickman, Johnny | | • | Mr. Wrong - Cracker, Hickman, Johnny | | • | Someday - Cracker, Faragher, Davey | | • | Can I Take My Gun to Heaven - Cracker, Lowery, David | | • | Satisfy You - Cracker, Hickman, Johnny | | • | Another Song About the Rain - Cracker, Hickman, Johnny | | • | Don't Fuck Me Up (With Peace and Love) - Cracker, Lowery, David | | • | Dr. Bernice - Cracker, Lowery, David |
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Amazon.com
After college-radio faves Camper Van Beethoven's 1990 breakup, frontman David Lowery moved from California to Virginia and whittled his music down to its pickup-truck-rock roots. This more basic approach hardly affected Lowery's piss-and-vinegar stance (witness the singles "Teen Angst," "Can I Take My Gun to Heaven?", and "Don't Fuck Me Up [with Peace and Love]"). The combination would take Cracker to near-platinum status with their second album, Kerosene Hat, but this debut makes an equally convincing argument for Lowery's choice. --Rickey Wright
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 An absolute must have! June 12, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a great no nonsense, rock record the likes of which is very rare today in an age of cheesy boy bands and one hit wonders. Cracker got it right on this album and haven't been able to repeat in their later works but this record is great. Songs like "Cracker Soul" and "Happy Birthday to Me" show an example of understated yet effective guitar playing and funny, intriguing lyrcs. There are also two songs which I consider to be all time greats. "Satisfy You" shows what a great rock song should be, and "Another Song About the Rain" showcases Cracker's soulful style. If that song, with it Neil Young-esque guitar fills doesn't appeal to you check your pulse. A definite must have, not a mediocre track on the album.
Smart Aleck Country Rock July 26, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After bailing out of the pretentious college rock band Camper Van Beethoven, David Lowery formed Cracker, stripping down his sound to the basics in the process. Lowery has a good feel for country rock, but he's always been a bit too hip and jaded to take it completely seriously. Lowery's biting wit shines most brightly on the song "Mr. Wrong," an almost pure country tune in sound the lyrics of which are a biting redneck send up Jeff Foxworthy would appreciate. Similar themes are heard on the otherwise funky "This is Cracker Soul" and the NRA spoof "Can I Take My Gun Up to Heaven?" The album starts with its its two best songs, the rocking "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)" and the catchy mid tempo number "Happy Birthday to Me." Unfortunately, the second half of the album is not nearly as strong as the first, containing several obvious filler tracks.Overall, a strong debut CD from a band who made great country rock even while poking fun at it.
ah...the start of a legend... April 14, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Such classic songs, just great rock music at its best. (and Dr. Bernice is eastern european waltz meets the desert west at its best, too!)
(Why am I writing so many Amazon reviews now, when I could be doing so many other things? nevermind...)
I think Teen Angst still gets played in some parts of the world, there is still hope for humanity.
This is a must-have cd for anyone with pop-rock sensibility June 30, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this album when it first came out after hearing the single "Teen Angst." I was in a local rock band and occasionally, we would play covers. We would always gravitate towards this album and ended up covering probably 4 songs off of it as well as several off of Cracker's sophomore effort as well. This is definately one of the best albums I've evered owned and listened to and would recommend it as a must-have cd for anyone with pop-rock sensibility. I gave the cd to a friend after I felt I had worn a pretty descent groove into the cd after listening to it countless times. I never got the cd back and now I regret ever giving it up! And for those of you who haven't seen Cracker in person...check 'em out. You won't be dissappointed.
One of the great overlooked classics of the 90's January 27, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album is packed with great songs filled with intelligence, humor, sadness, and truth. It never once gets smug, either. If you like hanging around with smart, funny, unpretentious people who aren't making as much money as they should be, you'll love this album. It's perfect for any mood--wild, depressed, drunk, angry, silly--and I've never grown tired of it. How can you ever get sick of lyrics like, "I got a one-eyed Malibu without a muffler/And a tape deck that works if you kick it hard enough" and "I see a light at the end of the tunnel/Somebody please tell me it's not a train"? A perfect, understated masterpiece.
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