Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Available to Download Now
 
Buy the MP3 album for £7.11
  
 
 
 
Sorry, this item is not available in
Image not available for
Colour:
Image not available

 
Share your own customer images

Album - Generic Flipper

Flipper | Format: Audio CD
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


Buy the MP3 album for £7.11 at the Amazon MP3 Downloads store.

Amazon's Flipper Store

›
Visit Amazon's Flipper Store
for all the music, discussions, and more.

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Product details

  • Audio CD
  • ASIN: B0000249SD
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 667,116 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customer Reviews

5 star
9
4 star
1
3 star
0
2 star
0
1 star
0
4.9 out of 5 stars
10 reviews
4.9 out of 5 stars
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fuzzbox warmth 21 July 2000
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Flipper are one of the few bands who straddle the genius/numbskull thread and come away with all integrity intact. The warmth of distortion in each of their songs rings through true and clear, like a bell chiming the start of a new day. Generic is one of a handful of punk albums that doesn't attempt to be as fast as possible or filled with tired cliches. For example, Shed No Tears sees Will Shatter (RIP) urging the listener to 'Shed no tears for the suicide...he has made his choice,' an unlikely sentiment for an album made in 1980. The album reaches a dark apex on (I Saw You) Shine, a 7-minute plus epic of heroin addiction (which would ultimately take Shatter's life in 1987). However, the sense of humour inherent in Flipper's work is always just below the surface and appears on Sex Bomb Baby, another 9-minute classic. For any self-respecting punk fan, particularly if you like Husker Du, Dead Kennedys and Minutemen.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars better than i first thought 27 Dec 2007
By TUM
Format:Audio CD
I bought this Lp about 15 years ago for £3 and considered that to have been £3 wasted. After playing it again a while later, bits of it began to grow on me, particularly the catchy and daft jazz/punk/noise of "sex bomb". I dragged it out again the other day and can honestly say i listened to it 3 times back to back. Its not going to appeal to the young punkeroos and it probably appeals to me more now i'm older and don't feel the need to pogo at the sound of a distorted guitar. It is slow and dirgy with fuzzy production, but i don't find it particularly downbeat and "sex bomb" is close to perfection.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe this has been reissued at last 28 Aug 2009
By Darran
Format:Audio CD
I read about this album in 'Rip It Up and Start Again' and it sounded so good I was desperate to find it. I looked all over London for this album, from HMV Oxford Street, to Zavvi Piccadilly Circus, to Sister Ray and both Rough Trade's and couldn't find it. I went to San Francisco this month and finally found it at Amoeba records. I felt pretty smug about it, imagining myself telling people I had to go to Flipper's home town and visit the hippest record store in the world to find it. And now I find out that, in fact, Domino re-released this album in June, thereby diminishing the impact of my find.

Anyway, this is an outstanding album, one of the pinnacles of post-punk. It's a bit like a cross between PIL and Black Flag. It's something like Public Image Ltd, but less arty and more raw and funky. It's just great.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars raw, bassonic heaviness! 7 Sep 2003
By "minky_deveraux"
Format:Audio CD
A truly essential, unique punk album. trailblazingly slow & heavy. Very depressing, very heavy, and very, very, very good. (and not in the least generic - unlike so-called punk of today)

HEAVY

Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Holy Grail of American Post Punk - At last reissued ! 12 July 2009
By Delrio
Format:Audio CD
I first heard of this album in 1993, when I bought a copy of "American Grafishy", which I liked but it was another story.
"Generic" it was like the Holy Grail to me: I tried for years to get a copy at a reasonable price but it was out of print, I put it also on my wish list in Amazon, without many expectations.
So I was very pleased, last December, when I read it would be available again thanks to Water (and now to Domino).
They have reissued the original album without extra tracks, but with a very good sound, a nice package and interesting liner notes written by Krist Novoselic (formerly of Nirvana).
Flipper did their own thing: they didn't play fast punk-rock songs, but midtempo and slow tracks, hypnotic and powerful, driven mainly by the bass guitar (played alternatively by Will Shatter or Bruce Loose).
They were also one of the first bands to introduce noise and feedback thanks to Ted Falconi's guitar, while Steve DePace's unfailing and regular drumming keeped all the pieces together.
Their music could remind you Public Image Limited, "First Issue" and "Metal Box" era,(like in "I Saw You Shine") or even Stooges' Funhouse ("Sex Bomb", with sax) but there are no copycats here, only Flipper, they build an original sonic mayhem that can't leave you indifferent, take it or leave it.... Read more ›
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
5.0 out of 5 stars Sex Bomb Baby yeh! 25 Mar 2010
By Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles TOP 100 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:MP3 Download
The memories of Delvis are somewhat clouded in shrouds because it was after a visit to get the live unadulterated experience that Sexbomb turned from aural memory to physical reality. The notes, chords, quasars, neutrons, protons, whatever clouded the air, strummed the chords of bacchus and a night of ecstasy unfolded with a beautiful woman. The unfolding of a sublime body for a night of excess.

This album was the musical accompaniment to one of those unforgettable experiences. Built on the Lydon/E. Smith template it is bass driven gut drenched bottom with the distortion and shouted emphasised phrases pouring over the top. Steering a by road away from adrenaline metal shaven headed lobotomy, Flipper were Ramones dumb not brain dead. This is why all those years later they evince a play loud blast at the den of delvis and the memories shimmer and sizzle from out of the memory box and burn a whole in the synapses.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?   Let us know

There's a problem loading this menu at the moment.

Learn more about Amazon Prime.

    Your Shopping Basket is empty.

    Give it purpose -- fill it with books, DVDs, clothes, electronics and more.

    If you already have an account, sign in.

    There's a problem previewing your shopping basket at the moment.

    Check your Internet connection and go to your cart, or try again.

    View Shopping Basket (0 items)

      Customer Discussions

      This product's forum
      Discussion Replies Latest Post
      No discussions yet

      Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
      Start a new discussion
      Topic:
      First post:
      Prompts for sign-in
       


      Active discussions in related forums
      Search Customer Discussions
      Search all Amazon discussions
         
      Related forums

      What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?

      › Explore similar items

      Listmania!

      Create a Listmania! list

      Look for similar items by category

      Feedback