Controversial
Bloodhound Gang: Hefty Fine
The Bloodhound Gang is an American rock band from Trappe, Pennsylvania. Their songs typically have humorous and off-beat, often satirical lyrics. The group formed in 1992 and have sold a total of more than 5,000,000 albums. The band's album, "Hefty Fine," was released on September 27, 2005.
The title came about after Evil Jared Hasselhoff was fined during work on MTV's "Viva La Bam" (The Scavenger Hunt episode). Jared was fined $20,000, which Jimmy Pop allegedly had to pay (This is discussed in the "Uncommon-tary" Of the Viva La Bam DVDs). The CD's original title, Heavy Flow, was scrapped when it was noticed that fellow musician Moby had a song with the same name. All hail the fat man in the box!
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Weirdest
Ben Arthur: 'Edible Darling'
Ben Arthur is not your everyday folk-rock-country-blues singer-songwriter. After kicking around the college circuit and self-releasing two albums the previous decade, Ben Arthur shrewdly adds enough electro-nervous, street-cred-savvy production sheen (courtesy of producer/engineer Mike Shipley, whose performed similar alchemy for everyone from Aerosmith and Def Leppard to india.arie and Shania Twain) on this boutique label third release to lure even the most jaded adult-alternative fan. Naked emotion and ambiguous states of mind have long been the genre's oft-conflicting stocks in trade, but they make for a compelling balancing act here as Arthur's dry, wry vocal tack informs everything from the savory, psych-pop bounce of "Mary Ann" to the equally hook-rich "Broken Hearted Smile" and "Mercy." The quiet, acoustic charms of "Instrumental #3" represents a sort of mid-set respite as Arthur kicks off his musical shoes for the infectious country-folk sing-along "Keep Me Around," the spare beauty of "Jesus," and the dreamy dirge "Wake." The brash jangle of "Sight of Your Tears" pushes the "Alt" part of the equation a bit too aggressively, but Arthur's effortless knack for wedding memorable hook to opaque reflection shines through virtually everywhere else. --Jerry McCulley Amazon review
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Worst
MC Hammer – ‘Look Look Look’
Just one word says it all for me, Hammer. When my kids were young, they loved this guy- why does he keep trying to make "music." "You Can't Touch This" is about as big as he will ever get.
The song topped charts in 1990 and earned an estimated $30 million. At the top of the ride Hammer had a $12 million dollar mansion in Fremont, CA, 17 luxury cars and a staff of 250.
"Hammer-Time" was over by 1996, when $13.7 million in the red, he declared bankruptcy. After breaking his leg in 1996 and the murder of friend Tupac Shakur, Hammer experienced somewhat of an epiphany and went back to being "a man of God" (Hammer grew up in a religious envronment and was no stranger to spiritual endevours). Hammer is now an evangilist, his shows now consist of prayer, preaching and gospel singing. This album was released in 2006 and featured production from Scott Storch. The album featured a title single and would sell much more than his previous releases at 300,000 copies worldwide. Is "Hammer-Time" coming back? I doubt it.
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Best
THE TEACHES OF PEACHES October 2002
As voted by the Gigwise family, this comes in at number 49 in their "best" album covers. Peaches: ‘The Teaches of Peaches’ is a nice cover, but 'best?', not even in my top thousand. Maybe I am missing something, but as hot as she is, maybe a picture of her face would have been better suited for the album cover.
The Teaches of Peaches is an album by Peaches, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). It is her second album, but her first under the name Peaches. (Her debut album, Fancypants Hoodlum, was credited to her real name, Merrill Nisker.) Her indie-singer roommate Feist contributed vocals for the album.
On the album, Peaches combines elements of dance music, rock, humor, and casual sexuality in songs like "F**k the Pain Away" and "AA XXX". In 2002, XL Recordings re-released the album and as well put out an "Expanded Edition" featuring a bonus disc. The song "F**k the Pain Away" appeared on the Jackass Number Two original soundtrack and was played during the segment in which Johnny Knoxville dressed up as an old man with a pair of fake testicles hanging from his shorts.
It also was part of the soundtrack for the movie Lost in Translation, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson.
Tune in tomorrow as we continue our look at Album Cover Art!
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