 | Tracklist:
1. Turnover
2. Repeater
3. Brendan #1
4. Merchandise
5. Blueprint
6. Sieve-Fisted Find
7. Greed
8. Two Beats Off
9. Styrofoam
10. Reprovisional
11. Shut The Door
| Ranking: #27 for 1990 | |
| | other reviews | Fort23 (4)
On Repeater, Fugazi embraced the socially conscious and non socially conscious aspects of their lyri... | gaber01 (3.5)
Maybe it’s a mediocre Fugazi album, but that’s still a great album regardless.... |
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| Summary: Fugazi's weakest release, but still a great example of their early sound. |
"Maybe it was time to smash things up"
"Repeater" is,when compared to the record that came before it (13 Songs),a more aggressive outing. Fugazi was building more on their punk sound than their dub sound, and while the change isn't extreme, it is certainly noticeable. "Repeater" is Fugazi's second outing and while the band certainly made quite the impression with "13 Songs", lots of critics will tell you "Repeater" is the finest of the early Fugazi work. In my personal opinion, I think it is perhaps as an album the weakest Fugazi release because of the unchanging sound of it. Where "13 Songs" was able to switch between aggressive and passive hardcore songs, "Repeater" seems to be the most plainly aggressive Fugazi album. Sonically, they are sticking to textbook examples on how to be aggressive and it just sounds dull when compared to their future "revolutionary" sound
I've certainly already painted "Repeater" in a negative light, which isn't necessarily fair. This album is much better than half of the hardcore albums I've heard, and it certainly has its highlights. "Blueprint" certainly sticks out as a great blend of traditional Picciotto vocals, and a throbbing instrumental attack. "Two Beats Off" is a palm-muted ballad, with Picciotto crooning like a sick Iggy Pop. "Styrofoam", a classic example of Ian MacKaye's impeccable ability to put passion behind any line, even if it is, "We release our poisons like Styrofoam". The best song on the album is in my opinion the closer "Shut the Door" which is a highly repetitive, but extremely hypnotic MacKaye track that is probably a Fugazi staple due to its appearance in the DVD "Instrument". The production on "Repeater" is probably also the worst in their career, with Canty's drums sounding way too compressed and the how album just sonically sounding very dated.
Like all Fugazi release, "Repeater" is extremely enjoyable and, had the band not gone on to have a career that lasted another ten years, it would certainly be an impressive album. But, because of Fugazi's advancement over their long lasting career, "Repeater" just seems like a shoddy impression of what is to come.
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Album Rating: 4
Repeater > 13 Songs.
Repeater is my second favorite Fugazi record, and I think it's great. Red Medicine gets first place for me though.
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Good review, I pretty much agree. In On the Kill Taker is my favourite Fugazi release.
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its great to hear someone talk highly on In On the Kill Taker for once. But personally "Steady Diet Of Nothing" will have to be my favorite - out of the Fugazi's I own so far.
Anyways, I don't own Repeater yet, but its next in line.
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This is my second fav. Fugazi album. Ian Mackaye is great.
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
I pretty much agree. The first 4 songs as well as "Shut The Door" are awesome, but the middle of this album kind of bores me.
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Well done review.
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
Weakest of their releases? What the, this is the album that has influenced me the most. Its five times better than 13 Songs and the guitar is awsome. I can play the whole album backwards on guitar if i wanted to
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Please do so.
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
Good album. I dig the title track.
| | | Album Rating: 4
I just got a tape version of this for 52 cents.
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SO INDIE
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yeah, that makes sense.
| | | Album Rating: 2.5
I don't care much for this album...
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Turnover is really good. This album is pretty much 3-3.5.
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pretty solid review.
i personally enjoy this album more than any of their other albums just cause im a sucker for their more punk stuff.
i wish bands still made music as good as this.
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
If this is their weakest release then I so so have to get the others.
I love this, every song is a tune.
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This is probably my favorite Fugazi album, with In on the kill taker and The argument both coming in at a close second! I can see you points, but I also feel that this is one of the release of theirs to capture both agreesive playing and melody with this kind of energy. I agree that later releases have better dynamic and are probably better records all the way through, im just a bit of a fanboy with this release
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I think is one album every guitarist should own. Let alone any music lover. Seriously, this stuff
is more influentual than any Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin (bad comparison, but these guys deserve
more recognition than any other big named bands.)This Message Edited On 12.16.08
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