Fugazi

Product Details

* Audio CD (April 19, 1990)
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Dischord
* ASIN: B000000JO7
* Other Editions: Audio Cassette | LP Record
* Average Customer Review: based on 42 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,369 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #22,704 in Music

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1. Turnover Listen Listen
2. Repeater Listen Listen
3. Brendan #1 Listen Listen
4. Merchandise Listen Listen
5. Blueprint Listen Listen
6. Sieve-Fisted Find Listen
7. Greed Listen
8. Two Beats Off Listen
9. Styrofoam Listen
10. Reprovisional Listen
11. Shut The Door Listen
12. Song #1 Listen
13. Joe #1 Listen
14. Break-In Listen

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Can't Imagine Life Without "Repeater", December 25, 2004
Reviewer: Janitor-X - See all my reviews
In a season when consumerism is running rampant with packed shopping malls, ridiculous traffic jams, and long lines everywhere, it's good to be reminded that our way of life is hollow. "Merchandise keeps us in line, common sense says it's by design. What could a businessman ever want more than to have us sucking in his store? We owe you nothing. You have no control. You are not what you own!"
Fugazi is nothing short of amazing on all levels. Their music was innovative and powerful, their lyrics were packed with intelligence and emotion, and the way they conducted their business was absolutely respectable and ethical. There will never be another band like them.
"Repeater" is known as Fugazi's defining moment. They still had the youthful energy that defined the hardcore punk scene, which band member Ian MacKaye embodied with his band Minor Threat, but more skill and broader talents.
Everything magically falls into place for them. The noisy elements make it so incredibly abrasive that they can slow down without losing any intensity. When they rock, it's so well constructed one could not possibly sit still.
When I first heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana I thought they ripped-off the soft to loud dynamics in the songs "Blueprint" and "Eight Beats Off" (turns out that Nirvana was ripping-off the Pixies instead). Unlike Nirvana, Fugazi had more than one trick to fuel this true classic of the `90's. The whole record is constantly shifting in tone and pace without seeming like it follows some formula.
Maybe you had to be there to "get" this record, and if you were it's a part of your soul. It's tough to explain why this record sends chills up and down your spine, makes you feel like shouting out the lyrics, and thrashing around like a crazy person, but it does.… (mehr)