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Track Listings
| 1. Took Out A Loan |
| 2. Berlin |
| 3. Weapon Of Choice |
| 4. Windows |
| 5. Cold Wind |
| 6. Not What You Wanted |
| 7. 666 Conducer |
| 8. All You Do Is Talk |
| 9. Lien On Your Dreams |
| 10. Need Some Air |
| 11. Killing The Light |
| 12. American X |
| 13. Am I Only |
| 14. The Likes Of You |
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Review
Abhilasha Jeyarajah. That's the name you were searching for in case you were wondering. This is Baby 81: the child who survived the Tsunami and was fought over by multiple parents. For a while there's ben something of a fight for the heart and soul of BRMC too, but with the return of drummer Nick Jago, they seem to have fought their way out of their country hole and back into the place we love them the most. The wide open, grunged up landscape where new posibilities aren't just an option, but a way of life.
The changes (and beauties) are signalled on two numbers in particular. The frankly bloated (yet marvellous) "American X" which takes 9 minutes to reach a peak of Muse-like bluster and indignancy, and the daring "Weapon Of Choice" which reminds you of everything you ever loved about the band, yet does it with a panache that they couldn't have mustered three years ago.
While the band still retain the same fuzzed-up vibe there's a sense that they've been actually sitting down and learning some new chords and deciding to tone down the attitude with some real skills. At times this leads to a rather worrying Beatle-esque atmosphere on "Window", yet overall Baby 81 is easily up there with the band's best work. Six years into their career, BRMC seem to be growing up... --Chris Jones
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
On first listen Baby 81 seems nothing remarkable, just a collection of BRMC standards. However, after 4 or 5 listens the songs really start to get into your head and how. The first half features some of the best songs that they've ever made and the second half shows a new and exciting willingness to experiment which suggests a bright future for BRMC. Baby 81 takes the best bits from the first two albums and mixes it with some of the gospel blues found on Howl and the end result is BRMC's best album to date. Disappointly in some respects, casual listeners will probably not give the album more than a single listen and its unlikely to draw many new fans, but for those of us who've been there with them for a while then BRMC have really delivered on Baby 81. Brilliant!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Not going to ramble on, just wanted to say that this piece of work, in my humble opinion, is their VERY BEST album to date.
Rocking, sensitive, rolling and loud. Has it all.
Well played fella's.
Rocking, sensitive, rolling and loud. Has it all.
Well played fella's.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a fantastic album, there isn't a bad song on it. I love this band because they are not a fancy frilly guitar band. Their music is genuine and well thought out without being over complicated. I love their sound and their image and they are also a great live band so I wish they would release a live DVD sometime. This album is a perfect progression from their other albums. I would recommend this band to anyone.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
What Happened To My Rock N Roll? It just got better...
BRMC are never going to be my favourite band on the planet. They're the band I accidentally discovered watching Scuzz one day many moons ago when the video for "Ain't No Easy Way"... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Luke Megginson
proper rock and roll
this is a brilliant album from a real rock and roll group personally i think its by far there best album packed full of amazing songs if you like brmc then youl love this.
Published on 16 Mar 2010 by Ms. K. L. North
BRMC brilliance
It's wierd that I'm only typing this just now - because I bought the album when it come out a couple of years ago!!
I do like BRMC. Read more
I do like BRMC. Read more
Published on 26 May 2009 by fatsovonchubby
Possibly the best BRMC album todate
I'll admit that I have not heard 'Howl'. I do have 'B.R.M.C.' and 'Take Them On, On your Own'.
Until I bought Baby 81 I always had BRMC pegged as a band that peeked with... Read more
Until I bought Baby 81 I always had BRMC pegged as a band that peeked with... Read more
Published on 17 May 2009 by Neondaze
Head nodding - not head banging
Yes this is an excellent album. I was originally on the look out to replace the first BRMC that I lent to a friend & never got back but got this instead. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2009 by J. Macdonald
cliched, but best played loud
at first i thought this was a dissapointing return for them, right until my neighbour had a party and inflicted girls aloud on me for 5 hrs, the next day i had a brmc party, i... Read more
Published on 25 Dec 2008 by bendip
The highs make up for the few lows
BRMC seem to grow on you. I bought Howl and initially disliked it compared to their previous offering, BRMC. So I approached Baby 81 with some doubts. Read more
Published on 16 May 2008 by Steve D
One of the albums of the year......
I went about getting into BRMC the wrong way around. After hearing "Weapon of Choice" on MTV2 I had to check them out, so I bought Baby 81 that very day. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2007 by P. Jones
superb
compared to their other albums this one is on a different plane alltogether. it is the definition of rock and blues rock. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2007 by J. G. Fairhead
From a Howl to a Roar
The best thing about the release of "Baby 81" is that that the correct answer now to the trivia question "what was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's third album" is "who cares? Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2007 by Jim Dubh
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