 | Tracklist:
1. Buiikikaesu!!
2. Zetsubou Billy
3. Kuso Breakin No Breakin Lilly
4. Louisiana Bob
5. Policeman Benz
6. Black ¥ Power G Menspy
7. Akagi
8. ~Kyokatsu~
9. Bikini. Sports. Ponchin
10. What's Up, People?!
11. Chu Chu Lovely Muni Muni Mura Mura Purin Purin Boron Nururu Rero Rero
12. Shimi
13. Koi No Megalover
Release Date: 2007 | |
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Maximum the Hormone create an album that is just as likely to make you dance as it is to make you he... |
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| Summary: If you enjoy ruling at life, get this album. |
13 of 13 thought this review was well written
I think the Japanese are rad because I admire their modern social culture as a mindboggling blend of extreme politeness and absolute bat-sh*t campy craziness that somehow collide in a way that impossibly works. It’s hard to fashion a populace that values the buttoned-up traditions of structured moral codes and death-before-dishonor could produce such pants-sh*ttingly bizarre pop culture. There’s something to be said about a people that can be heroically stoic in the business room and simultaneously revel in rock-f*ck goofiness once they let their hair down and the result is fascinating. Maximum the Hormone are probably really big rebels in Japan as its strikingly obvious 100% of their time is devoted to establishing a new level of eccentricity while throwing out a gigantic middle finger to any cross-cultural sense of normality. In other words, Maximum the Hormone make really f*cking strange, really Goddamn chaotic music that absolutely should not work but is impossible to dislike. It might be easy to label them as a “Japanese System of a Down” because if Serj Tankian ever heard “Whats Up People?” he would immediately throw his lamb-cabob across the room and fly into a homicidal rage all the way to his lawyers office, but that doesn’t even begin to describe the mind-smashing genre collisions that Maximum the Hormone brandish like a crazed Hibachi chef loaded up on rot-gut Sake.
Almost anyone familiar with the concept of J-Pop would not conceive it ever, f*cking never effectively colliding with a blend of thrash, nu metal, and hardcore. The first time you hear a crushing metal riff/hardcore testosterone fest give way to a saccharine-drenched almost karaoke-esque female j-pop chorus you might decide it’s either the most knarly or intensely awful thing you’ve ever heard. “Buiikikaesu” spends most of its time trying to decide whether to be ultra-badass or deliciously campy, but the undeniable result is it ends up being some of the catchiest sh*t ever laid to wax. I am aghast as to what in Christ’s name “Koi No Megalover” is about, but it has become one of my personal anthems because I feel about 475% more awesome just by listening to it. “Chu Chu Lovely Muni Muni Mura Mura Purin Purin Boron Nururu Rero Rero” is one of the most immediately fetching songs ever written, even if it is probably about screaming manically about horrendously bad cartoons while eating a sea urchin or some sh*t like that. It would be almost pointless to describe any more songs, the short story is they have awesome metal structures and an impossibly melodic, probably sophomoric chorus comes flying out of nowhere and makes you want to scream “san” after every damn word you say. This album makes me want to be Japanese, and is a requirement for anyone who does not have the immediate misfortune of walking around with a gargantuan stick up their ass.
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Easily one of the worst reviews I ever wrote, hard to describe this, just get it cause its awesome.
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Album is fun as hell. Review's great too. Pos'd.
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I think the Japanese are rad because I admire their modern social culture as a mindboggling blend of extreme politeness and absolute bat-sh*t campy craziness that somehow collide in a way that impossibly works.
Hehe. Pos'd.
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No J Pop chorus in this one, this is the most System-esque song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIwSFHXWl50
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I still have to read this, so a posd is coming up.
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KOI NO MEGALOVER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRYGhLGVZis
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brandish like a crazed Hibachi chef loaded up on rot-gut Saki.
I believe you meant "sake".
Surprised I've never given this a listen considering my love for a lot of Japanese music.
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thanks laughingman, Tyrael. lol Jethro, I dont know, this review is pretty bad.
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This is amazing, Hans! I still need to check this out. On an unrelated note, have you checked out Pennybridge Pioneers by Millencolin?
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random, I have, pretty good.
Angel, I have a feeling you would love this. Also, thanks for the correction.
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death note theme up in this bitch.
All the songs I've heard off of this are extremely entertaining.
"It’s hard to fashion a populace that values the buttoned-up traditions of structured moral codes and death-before-dishonor could produce such pants-sh*ttingly bizarre pop culture. "
fuckin pos'd.
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Yeah, sounds up my alley. Conversely, since I know you like '90s alt rock, you should check out Happy Bivouac by the pillows. Been jamming that a lot recently.
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never heard of the Pillows actually, will have to jam it.
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thanks Irish Jay, this ablum is IMMENSELY entertaining.
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Awesome review, not only does it echo my thoughts on the album, but also why I love those wacky Japs
Funnily enough I listened to these guys ages before I watched Death Note
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thanks Titan. Whats Death Note?
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its an over-hyped, extremely popular anime. 'what's up people?' is the theme song for some reason.
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Two more songs that rape:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15DQisJSlYY&feature=related
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holy shit this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga1WAHn0dK0
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An overrated manga/anime about books that can kill people and mind games
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thanks Titan. Whats Death Note?
Considering you're fond of Japanese culture, I'm surprised you've never heard of it. It's pretty much the biggest anime since Naruto and Bleach. "What's Up People" and "Zetsubou Billy" were the theme songs for both respective seasons. It's definitely worth checking out
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