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Mindless Self Indulgence
Mindless Self-Indulgence


2.0
poor

Review

by IceColdSunshine USER (9 Reviews)
August 17th, 2012 | 8 replies


Release Date: 1995 | Tracklist


This album is so rare you still can't find decent quality copies of any of the tracks anywhere on the internet, if decent quality versions of these tracks even exist.

The first song, "Unsociable," talks about a kid who is having trouble fitting in with the other kids and with society. It references Sesame Street with the lines "One of these shapes is not like the others," but that's pretty much the only really notable thing about this song.

"Do Unto Others Part I" makes a mockery of both the Golden Rule and the story of Jesus Christ as Jimmy wallows in self pity, going on about how he has been victimized by the world and by God so he's going to have his revenge blah blah blah.... Although I'm not overly captured by the lyrics in this one either, I do find it quite catchy and iPod-worthy.

I stumbled across "Bed of Roses" accidentally when I first started looking up music by MSI. This song is not to be confused with "Bed of Roses" by Bon Jovi. The most outstanding and monumental track, with backing guitars by Steve, this song is such a heavy and orchestrated anthem you would think it was a cover, but no.

"Do Unto Others Part II" is more like a very long reprise of the original "Do Unto Others" than anything. There are no extra verses on this track; it just repeats different parts of all the verses from the original in sporadic bursts of painful wails. Depending on your point of view, this could make the song very catchy or extremely annoying.

"Kick" is mostly an instrumental track, with the only lyrics being "Kick out the jams, motherf**ker." It provides a nice little break from all the melancholy with an upbeat little breakbeat mix. All the programming, as far as I'm aware, was done by Jimmy alone.

Track 6 is simply the first depressing track, "Unsociable," extended to a full 5 minutes. Unless you really enjoyed the first version, you are probably going to skip this track altogether.

Finally, "Kick (Remix) is basically just the original "Kick" re-arranged; no new effects or anything. I'm not sure which version I prefer.

I'm not quite sure as to why Jimmy was so disheartened upon making this album, and I'm even more confused as to what caused him to suddenly shift his persona from a wannabe Trent Reznor to a 30-year-old kid with ADHD, turning MSI into what it is today. Oh well. This is another album that will only be enjoyed by the uber-fans obsessed enough to actually take the time to hunt this album down and retrieve a copy.



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Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
August 17th 2012


32289 Comments


Track 6 is the first depressing track "Unsociable" extended to a full 5 minutes. Yay.


Honestly, why do people think that this constitutes as an example of music reviewing?

Trebor.
Emeritus
August 17th 2012


59854 Comments


It doesn't even constitute as a proper sentence


KILL
August 17th 2012


81580 Comments


awssssome reveiw welcum to the cite!

Trebor.
Emeritus
August 17th 2012


59854 Comments


No introduction paragraph or anything
Just straight into the track by tracks m/

KILL
August 17th 2012


81580 Comments


skipping the bullshit agreed

Trebor.
Emeritus
August 17th 2012


59854 Comments


I love how the first two paragraphs have no space in between them but the rest do
Truly avante garde review style


TAB
August 17th 2012


467 Comments


albums kinda like pretty hate machine meets use your fingers,but bad

IceColdSunshine
August 18th 2012


21 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

There, I edited the review. Next time you guys have a complaint, I would ask that you please be a

little more constructive in your criticisms. Thank you.



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