Various Artists – 1993 – No Alternative
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Various Artists
Title: No Alternative
Label: Arista
Released: Oct 23, 1993
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Superdeformed
#For All To See
#Sexual Healing
#Take A Walk
#All Your Jeans Were Too Tight
#Bitch
#Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence
#Glynis
#Can’t Fight It
#Hold On
#Show Me
#Brittle
#Joed Out
#Heavy 33
#Effigy
#It’s The New Style
#Iris
#Memorial Tribute
#Verse Chorus Verse
Review:
A compilation put out in 1993 by Arista Records along with The Red Hot Organization to raise funds for AIDS research. It has a bunch of non album tracks from the �alternative� bands of the time, including Matthew Sweet, Soul Asylum, Urge Overkill, The Goo Goo Dolls, Soundgarden, Nirvana, and the Beastie Boys.
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Nothingface – 2003 – Skeletons
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Nothingface
Title: Skeletons
Label: TVT
Released: Apr 22, 2003
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Machination
#Beneath
#Murder Is Masturbation
#Ether
#Communist
#In Avernus
#Patricide
#Here Come The Butchers
#I Am Him
#Scission
#Big Fun At The Gallows
#Incarnadine
#All Cut Up
Review:
The fourth album from these underrated nu-metallers. A half and half sort of album, with some tracks taking a more melodic approach than on Violence, and some that were even harder, but it worked. This is one of those albums where you like every track, and then you get to the last track and its the best one. 13 tracks of pure aggression.
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Nothingface – 1998 – An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Nothingface
Title: An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity
Label: Dcide Records
Released: Sep 2, 1998
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Grindtooth
#Grinning
#So Few
#Villains
#Sleeper
#Breathe Out
#Error In Excellence
#I, Diablo
#The Sick
Review:
Nothingface�s second album is argued by many to be their best. I�m partial to Skeletons, but this is a very very close second. Even more groove-laden than Pacifier was, Matt Holt�s scream really came into it�s own here, and combined with better production values it makes this album 37 minutes of straight up heaviness. Not really too much more to say other than this album simply rocks, and if you like heavy music at all, you should do yourself a favor and check it out.
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Nothingface – 1997 – Pacifier
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Nothingface
Title: Pacifier
Label: Dcide Records
Released: Feb 6, 1997
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#One Thing
#Pacifier
#Lipsdick
#Undercut
#Defaced
#Self Punishment
#Hitch
#Useless
#Perfect Person
#Communion
Review:
The first, and easily most raw offering of the Nothingface catalog. This 1997 disc reprises some of their inital demo, and shows the beginnings of what is arguably one of the best �nu-metal� bands to ever come out of the genre. Matt Holt is one of those rare nu-metal vocalists that when he sings, he can actually sing well, and then can scream with the best of them. While this is less polished than Audio Guide that followed, you can hear the band they became coming through.
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Nonpoint – 2006 – Live and Kicking
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Nonpoint
Title: Live and Kicking
Label: Bieler Bros
Released: Nov 7, 2006
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD DVD Included
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Mind Trip
#Endure
#Broken Bones
#Truth, The
#Explain Myself
#Wreckoning, The
#Spanish 101
#Alive And Kicking
#To The Pain
#What A Day
#Victim
#Past It All
#Bullet With A Name
Review:
The Ft. Lauderdale boys played in front of a sold-out hometown crowd, and filmed it for this CD/DVD. The CD sounds flawless, and the DVD has the entire same show, plus clips from the road interspersed. Since this band rocks, this live show rocks. �Nuff said!
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Nonpoint – 2004 – Recoil
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Nonpoint
Title: Recoil
Label: Lava
Released: Aug 3, 2004
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#The Same
#The Truth
#Broken Bones
#Wait
#Rabia
#Done It Anyway
#In The Air Tonight
#Move Now
#Peace Of Mnid
#Past It All
#Impossible Needs
#Side With The Guns
#Reward
Review:
This one got back to the Statement style of doing things, even though there�s more singing. I like it, but I don�t love it. The cover of In The Air Tonight was a minor hit.
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Nonpoint – 2002 – Development
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Nonpoint
Title: Development
Label: MCA
Released: Jun 25, 2002
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Development
#Circles
#Your Signs
#Normal Days
#My Own Sake
#Hands
#Excessive Reaction
#Mountains
#Any Advice’
#Hide And Seek
#Get Inside
#Mint
Review:
This album was made a bit more radio-friendly, even though it didn’t do much there, and Elias sings a bit more, but its still a quality release.
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Nirvana – 1993 – In Utero
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Nirvana
Title: In Utero
Label: DGC
Released: Sep 21, 1993
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Serve The Servants
#Scentless Apprentice
#Heart-Shaped Box
#Rape Me
#Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
#Dumb
#Very Ape
#Milk It
#Pennyroyal Tea
#Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
#Tourette’s
#All Apologies
Review:
Much like Nevermind, I found it for $2 and I’m strangely compelled to own it.
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Nirvana – 1991 – Nevermind
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Nirvana
Title: Nevermind
Label: DGC
Released: Sep 24, 1991
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Smells Like Teen Spirit
#In Bloom
#Come As You Are
#Breed
#Lithium
#Polly
#Territorial Pissings
#Drain You
#Lounge Act
#Stay Away
#On A Plain
#Something In The Way
Review:
As much as I never liked Nirvana all that much, I know practically all the songs and I think I paid $2 for this. It feels like one of those albums that someone of my age group is required to own.
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Nine Inch Nails – 2007 – Year Zero
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Title: Year Zero
Label: nothing / Interscope
Released: Apr 17, 2007
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Hyperpower!
#The Beginning Of The End
#Survivalism
#The Good Soldier
#Vessel
#Me, I’m Not
#Capital G
#My Violent Heart
#The Warning
#God Given
#Meet Your Master
#The Greater Good
#The Great Destroyer
#Another Version Of The Truth
#In This Twilight
#Zero-Sum
Review:
Trent decided he wasn’t going to take a million years between releases this time around, and thus we have Year Zero. As the sticker on the front suggests, it’s a noisy collection of sixteen tracks, which tends to remind me a lot of the remix albums in NIN’s past (further down the spiral and things falling apart in particular). I like this a bit more than I like With Teeth, even though its far less melodic and more noisy. There is a whole “Art Is Resistance” marketing campaign that went along with the albums release, with hidden websites, USB keys with leaked songs hidden at concerts, etc. I didn’t get involved in any of that, but truthfully, the album didn’t need it. It’s that good. Not that you can go wrong with Trent.
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