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Track Listings
| 1. I Love To Roll |
| 2. Payback |
| 3. Brand New Hate |
| 4. Colours |
| 5. Star Wars |
| 6. The Clash |
| 7. My Demonic Side |
| 8. The Kids Are Right |
| 9. Ex-Files |
| 10. Heaven |
| 11. Too Tough To Make Some Friends |
| 12. Painkiller |
| 13. Bigger w/a Trigger |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
It's not rocket science, or even the unit-shifting efficiency of nu-metal, but then that's the point. On Making Enemies Is Good, Stockholm's Backyard Babies play the kind of grubby bar room rock & roll that kept the drugs and groupies flowing for the New York Dolls, Guns 'N' Roses and, most pertinently, Finnish rockers Hanoi Rocks. In fact, the shadow of the latter looms large over this album. "Payback" is Hanoi classic "Taxi Driver" taken on a night of kerb-crawling and dirty sex. "Colours" has a moody romanticism worthy of Hanoi songwriter Andy McCoy. And singer Nicke Borge displays a lip-curling petulance reminiscent of Hanoi's flamboyant frontman Mike Monroe. All of which makes for a slightly disturbing but mostly exhilarating experience, as any band that can manage even half of Hanoi's glory has to be worth trading your misgivings in for. Highlights include "Heaven", two and a half minutes of surf harmonies and infectious pop sensibilities, and "Painkiller", which takes a long, lonely walk in the pouring rain to provide one of those big-hearted ballads that made Guns 'N' Roses their millions. The guitar solo itself goes on for several days and just cries out for a graveyard and a thunderstorm. If you're smiling with recognition right now, then this album is for you. --Ian Watson
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you don't own this album by this stage then you are not a Backyard Babies fan.... and if you believe true 80's style hard rock is dead, and I mean Gunners/Skid Row type stuff then your dead wrong... It lives on in Sweden in bands like Backyard Babies & The Hellacopters. Each Babies album is different from the next... sadly & gradually becoming more and more 'radio friendly'... this album is still midway between their transition and is a fine display of some seriously talented rockers who really know the game and are writing some catchy yet balls out rockin tracks. IMO every song is great but the album falls short of their previous 2 releases(Diesel and Power & Total 13)but is far superior to it's follow-up (Stockholm Syndrome).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Definitely the best Backyard Babies album, this is pure party music. While previous recordings have been somewhat shabby around the edges, this album hears them tighten up their sound into something easily accessible but properly rock 'n' roll. Dregen is a serious guitar god, and he really shows off his talent here with plenty of fun solos and riffs. Backing vocals from the other three members highlight Nicke's rough voice, but his vocals never waver out of tune.
Definitely a good starting point for those interested in the band. From here, I'd follow up with Total 13, then take a step forwards to their latest, most politically conscious album, Stockholm Syndrome.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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As one of the reviewers correctly stated there isn't anything under the 'sleaze' title as good as this around now.
Since their first album 'Diesel & Power' which is also a fantastic album, they set out their stall which was a dirty and gritty sound with whisky soaked vocals and loud guitars, and you could almost imagine bar-room brawls in the background. It was a mystery to me how they didn't become big off of the back of this album (I guess the small thing called grunge may have something to do with it!).
So another album and EP down the line and this album 'M.E.I.G.' shows how they have grown and been able to sustain a strong fan base by evolving into a tighter band with even better songs.
For me the stand out tracks are 'Heaven 2.9', 'Brand New Hate', 'Ex-files' & 'The Kids are...', but it is also worth taking note that if you read the other reviews most of the songs are named as people's favourites which suggests that there aren't any fillers, and that there are songs for everyone. 'Heaven 2.9' is catchy, though more classic rock'n'roll than pop. The 'slow' songs are by no means ballads and are more in the vein of Marilyn Manson's 'Dope Show' song than say a Guns'N'Roses ballad like 'November Rain', or 'Don't Cry'.
Influences do indeed come from the likes of Hanoi Rocks, The New York Dolls and Guns'n'Roses. The song 'Star War' sounds a lot like The Toilet Boys, and as already stated by someone else 'Brand New Hate' was co written by Thw Wildhearts/Silver Ginger 5 singer Ginger.
Well done to Backyard Babies for keeping this sort of music alive (also other Swedish bands like Hardcore Superstar, The Helicopters etc.)
So to conclude, with a handful of catchy rock anthems and more than a handful of other good strong songs, then this is the album to go and buy. Whilst you're at it, why not spike your hair, get some tattoos, where sweatbands high up your arms (these guys were doing it long before Mr Timberlake decided it was cool!)and sip some JD.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
'Making Enemies' is indeed GREAT
This is the follow-up to Backyard Babies' magnificent "Total 13" and this was the album which launched the band for the first time on a major record label. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. R. Howe
Cool follow-up to Total 13
Great album to follow up Total 13, it's a lot more polished but so what, they'd just got a big record deal so you'd expect this. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2008 by Mr. S. Howe
Appetite For Destruction mark II? Not yet...
Some people are said not to live their lives by the laws of nu-metal. It is even whispered that some people don't worship Slipknot... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2002 by C Knapton
this is a big leap from Total 13
This is absolutly exellent. If Total 13 was a bit to un originonal then this is the answere. Star War, The Clash, Brand New Hate and Ex Files are breath taking. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2001 by M. J. Evans
Loud and Heavy,Sweden's Finest!!!
These guys seriously rock. The 'Babies have really surpassed themselves,when I heard their previous album,'Total 13' with the great lyrics,real 'heavy metal' guitars,I thought it... Read more
Published on 22 July 2001 by "aske888"
Who said that Rock is Dead?
Nu-metal? Who cares when the Backyard Babies are about! Just when I thought that there would never be another band to cater to my tastes, along come these guys. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2001
Best rock band since the Wildhearts
From the opening blast of I Love To Roll you know this album is gonna be good. Better written and better produced than the fabulous Total 13 this is the Babies at their finest. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2001 by joseph_clarke@talk21.com
Kick ass
Making Enemies is Good, is a perfect follow on album from Total 13, with all the rock and roll chaos, and attitude. There is no doubt that Backyard Babies are here to stay. Read more
Published on 23 May 2001
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