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  • Audio CD (4 May 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • ASIN: B0000035EM
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 36,520 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. Shove (Album) 3:12£0.69
Listen  2. Fast And Frightening (Album) 2:37£0.69
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The fitting middle ground between L7's punky self-titled debut on Epitaph and its thunderous initial outing for Slash/Reprise, 1991's SMELL THE MAGIC finds the Los Angeles-based band fortunately situated at the Sub Pop label just in time for the grunge explosion. On this short, swift nine-track album, the women of L7 gleefully mix metal, punk, and classic rock, resulting in a sound that fiercely updates the Runaways' bold take on rock & roll and reveals a kinship to unrefined label-mates such as Mudhoney and Tad. Gender issues are addressed with the charming subtlety of a sledgehammer on the hard-charging tunes "Broomstick" and "Packin' a Rod", but the record's true highlights come from the one-two punch of the raucous shout-along "Shove" and the revved-up "Fast and Frightening". Armed with barnstorming three-chord riffs and plenty of attitude, L7 stakes out its turf on SMELL THE MAGIC,impressively laying the groundwork for its mainstream breakthrough, BRICKS ARE HEAVY.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Amazons!, 12 Nov 1999
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This is the beginning of L7's rise. 9 scintillating tracks that burn into your mind and have you tapping your foot by the second verse. By the time you reach American Society your whole life will be changed for ever and you will be happy.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly life changing, 6 Nov 2007
By Mr. A. Anson "Lexifer Crowley" (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
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Their songwriting's not exactly fantastic, opting for militaristic call-and-response vocals and structures. Nonetheless there are some definite moments of inspiration - Shove, Death Wish and American Society are probably the best songs on the record; stomping, dirty rock songs with a fiery punk attitude and vitriolic passion.

I'd like to give this record 3.5 stars but that's not really a possibility, sadly. I'd definitely recommend it; it's still a lot stronger than you'd be led to think by their disappearance from the musical landscape.

This is GENUINE Rock, too. We're not talking halfway-house, second-rate, insipid wannabe music. We're talking guitar solos, feedback, shout-along choruses, riffs. The real deal. This band rock far harder than a lot of bands with male members and it's alarming to have seen them disappear into oblivion as they seem to have done. American Society, in particular, seems to me to be a much better version of Green Day's American Idiot. It's also pretty nice to hear women playing a form of music that's often derided as an overtly and laughably male one.

Lyrically, however, this record often falls pretty far from great and, as I said, the songwriting is not always top notch. Worth picking up, but perhaps not the best L7 album to start with.
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