Beastie Boys Check Your Head (2-LPs-180GV)
Spin: Ranked #12 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
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Vinyl LP Details
- Number of Records: 2
- Released: June 2, 2009
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Capitol Records
Description by OLDIES.com:
Remastered & Faithfully Restored!
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 6/25/92, p.41
3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...their most unconventional outing to date...Beneath the seeming chaos, the Beastie Boys have created a harmonious playground out of their musical fantasies..."Spin - 9/99, p.124
Ranked #12 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."Spin - 12/92, p.67
Ranked #4 in Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums Of The Year' - "...after the critically acclaimed yet commercially distraught PAUL'S BOUTIQUE, who knew the Beaties would come back samplin', riffin', dissin', and jammin' on instruments they decided to play themsleves..."Spin - 5/92, p.76
Highly Recommended - "...Thick, deep, textured and varied....an aural joyride..."Entertainment Weekly - p.55
"The trio pushed their rhymes to byzantine new heights and stretched out with Hammond-and-bongos funk jams." -- Grade: AAlternative Press - 7/95, p.81
Ranked #23 in AP's list of the 'Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...reinvented rap, sampling, and hip-hop's parameters, incorporating their posse as near-equals, picking up instruments themselves, and...making an album that's hard to turn off....That's the true mark of a classic..."Option - July-Aug/92, p.89
"...a deft blend of samples, noise and live instrumentation...stoopid, fun, loud...the Beasties know exactly what they're doing..."Village Voice (3/2/93, p.5) - Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's list of the 40 Best Albums Of 1992.
Q (Magazine) - p.134
5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]stonishing, like stumbling into a jam session mixed from on high by an invisible scratch DJ....They ping-ponged between hardcore punk and hip-hop..."Paste (magazine) - "The Beasties shrugged off all expectations and created an endlessly thrilling album that simulated the freewheeling, anything-goes atmosphere of their private mixtapes..."
Pitchfork (Website) - "[I]t proved that the Beasties could find a new tack on their sonic workmanship without needing a Rick Rubin or some Dust Brothers to guide them."
Tracks:
- 1.Jimmy James
- 2.Funky Boss
- 3.Pass the Mic
- 4.Gratitude
- 5.Lighten Up
- 6.Finger Lickin' Good
- 7.So What'cha Want
- 8.Biz vs. The Nuge
- 9.Time for Livin'
- 10.Something's Got to Give
- 11.Blue Nun
- 12.Stand Together
- 13.Pow
- 14.Maestro
- 15.Groove Holmes
- 16.Live at P. J.'s
- 17.Mark on the Bus
- 18.Professor Booty
- 19.In 3's
- 20.NamastAc
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 35,957
- UPC: 5099969422515
- Shipping Weight: 0.50/lbs (approx)
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