by
The Go! Team
- Record Label: Memphis Industries
- Release Date: Oct 4, 2005
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Universal acclaim- based on 74 Ratings
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Positive: 65 out of 74
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Mixed: 6 out of 74
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Negative: 3 out of 74
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DanthemanOct 2, 2005It's OK. Approach with caution.
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guidoOct 7, 2005amazingly cool, coherently a mess, lots of fun.
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SterlMOct 9, 2005This is a much needed, very cute, and happy collection of songs; which just fits in perfectly, in balancing out every other Radiohead depression I have in my collection. It really is nice to have a breather every once in awhile. 10/10
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sampJan 9, 2005Has totally inspired me to listen to wider ranges of music its so good. Uplifts me right away.
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JoeDMar 12, 2006Its sounds like a bunch of 70's tv tunes all mixed into one. I've saw them live as well, that was even more disappointing
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jorisAug 25, 2006Sorry but this is way better than the Avalanches... Just lisen to Ladyflash or Pantherdash! Recalls the sixties in glorous stereo, a magnificent colelction of songs and one of the better debutes to come out this decennium. Word.
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NickBAug 4, 2006This albums full of catchy, less standard tunes where the vocals aren't as apparent as they usually are, and there is a heavy focus on the instrumentation. Also, Joe D is full of crap because I saw them live too and they were amazing and full of energy. It was also cool that they would switch instruments between songs.
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BamApr 8, 2007Huddle Formation's awesome.
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PeterB.Dec 10, 2005Reasonably inventive with a refreshingly retro edge. Choatic and busy. Some great tunes but as an album this is ultimately a bit samey, and one gets a nagging sense of "style-over-substance". Still one of the more interesting bands around at the moment, and worth a listen.
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DrewFOct 20, 2005A must have album, the best of 2005
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slawekkOct 30, 2005the beautiful theory of chaos. like the music from the old police series...
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MattOct 3, 2005without a doubt the best album of the year.
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TimFeb 2, 2005If great sex was music, this is what it would sound like.
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DamianRAug 20, 2005Totally raw soul and power.
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peetaSep 30, 2005ok at first but doesn't quite last over repeated listens.most of the songs lack a depth that they try to aspire to.
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FletcherBJan 5, 2006Their joy goes to eleven.
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romanmJan 8, 2006Pretty solid. Panther Dash is Sonic Youthish. Ladyflash is probably the best tune. Feelgood by Numbers is like Charlie Brown Christmas with a shitload of snare. We Just Can't Be Defeated is the cheerleader-overkill song. Junior Kickstart is really 70's cop showish. Friendship Update is a great song. This is a download-half-ditch-the-rest kind of album.
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RickwFeb 3, 2006
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kentFeb 6, 2006the sonic equivalent of a box of crayons in a blender, without the blender noise. And the blender's going over a waterfall. And the crayons were stolen.
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mr.hankeyJun 3, 2006
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EirikJNov 12, 2004Nice! almost as nice as the debut of The Avalanches or The Brothers Gonna work it out by Chemical Brothers.
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MervynRNov 2, 2004Makes me so happy i want to cry.
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mattaOct 10, 2005Hands down the catchiest album of the year. Makes you wanna get up and shake that ass! "We Just Won't Be Defeated" is my theme song. ONe of the year's ten best.
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madslNov 29, 2005This sounds like a strange, compelling mix of my bloody valentine and junior senior...I actually prefer the instrumental tracks like the fifth track which is awesome! Anyone into contemporary indie stuff will be delighted with this album!
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SteveMNov 3, 2005Innovative, remarkable. You can't sit without your feet tapping, leg bobbing, or head nodding to the music. One of the best expressions of noise I've heard in some time, and it makes you happy.
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RBlandDec 8, 2005like cheerleaders with a back-up band, playing to a high school gymnasium filled with sugar-shivered teens. Which is fine, if you like that kind of thing. More overhyped than the Shins.
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[Anonymous]Oct 6, 2005Catchy and fun is such a rare thing these days!
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SwagSurplusMar 10, 2005It's a summer friday night, I've just drunk 2 litres of Red Bull and I'm bounding down the streets in low gravity boots yelling meaningless silly things at random people, kissing strangers, leaping over cars and trees and occasionally bouncing into others doing the same thing. THIS IS OUR SOUNDTRACK!!!!
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robevApr 16, 2005spectacular spectacular. one of the best groups in 2004
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AdrianCJul 15, 2005Retro-Adrenaline-Cheerleader-SuperHappyFun-DancingTime-Punk-Powerpop! Listening to this is like mainlining an IV of pure happiness into your veins and setting all your muscles to boogie mode. What could be better?
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NickT.Jan 23, 2006
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DylanPJan 24, 2006Great energy and tons of attitude. One of the best new bands around.
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joshuaJan 24, 2006i think the Go Team are awesome, and this album is nifty
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DanilioLJan 30, 2006Instantly loveable! This album is bouncy, flamboyant and sometimes mad. More bands need to be as individual and fun as The Go! team.
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JonathanDMay 25, 2006Uplifting, crazy, dance-a-thonic... I love every second of it!
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KidAMay 7, 200612" of pure energy
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jareysNov 9, 2004There's always been something mysterious and strange in agent films. Yeah, I like this indeed and especially those faster songs.Keep up the flag!
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LawrencePDec 14, 2004Short and sweet. This lp makes me want to smile each time i hear it
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TBoneNov 15, 2005This totally took me by surprise. Wow this is revoluntionary.
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IntonatorNov 21, 2005This is the music that superheroes listen too, inspired with the unabashed the sheer size of the music. Nothing can compete with the Go! Team for sheer energy and joy.
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AnnabellaMNov 4, 2005Wow.
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beesOct 19, 2005Unlike most anything I've heard. The ability to vocally synth the way they do makes this an musically and technically advanced album.
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LadyflashDec 15, 2005Think of the excellent "Avalanches" but turn the fun factor up to 111. This should have you bopping non-stop - blazing across the sky like a fabulous supersonic phoenix. Best album release of the past 3 years - Great live performers too!
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MeekongPieDec 18, 2005Horrible, loud, stupid, insipid, low-fi garbage... and that's being kind. This is the kind of crap pretentious know-it-all (meaning "know nothing") rock reviewers without talent or ears put on their best lists to be thankfully forgotten by the following year and shortly thereafter found en mass in a used bin for $2 and no takers.
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gavinjDec 23, 2006This CD is amazing. The mere catchyness that the songs have will bring the listener back and back for more Great music. If you want some great pop melodies look no further than this album. TRUST ME (John D- TV tunes??? i hear music with melody.)
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SeanTDec 11, 2005gets real old real quick but the energy thats there is pretty impressive.
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Jul 31, 2011great debut album from this group. every song was good. it was original and creative. their sound is new and refreshing. looking forward to downloading their new release.
Awards & Rankings
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Though they certainly do their fair share of sampling, they tend to use fragments as a means of fleshing out the battling, overdriven guitars, triumphant trumpet lines, and drum assaults that seem to break through walls with the barreling force of a thousand Kool-Aid men.
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Although by the record's second half the brassy, treble-kicked sound wears a little thin, there are enough gems to keep the release fresh through the end of its 35 minutes.
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"Thunder, Lightning, Strike" is an immensely derivative album, but one which cuts and pastes its influences in a strikingly original way. Chiefly, by piling them all on at once.