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Kicking a Dead Pig - U.S.A [Import]

~ Mogwai
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (8 Jun 1998)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Jetset
  • ASIN: B000007QN1
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 517,909 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Like Herod
2. Helicon 2
3. Summer
4. Gwai On 45
5. Cheery Wave From Standard Youngsters
6. Like Herod
7. R U Still In To It
8. Tracy
9. Mogwai Fear Satan
Disc: 2
1. Mogwai Remix
2. U-Zip Remix
3. Surgeon Remix
4. My Bloody Valentine Remix

Product Description

CD Description
Coming from a band as prone to out-there weirdness as Mogwai, it should come as no surprise that many of the remixes onKICKING A DEAD PIG bare little resemblance to their LP companions (mostly from YOUNG TEAM). Though this collection of alternate versions introduces Mogwai to the sometimes shady world of remixes, rest assured that you are not likely to hear these tracks coming out of the speakers at your local mallclothier. Paired in the U.S. with a second disc, MOGWAI FEAR SATAN REMIXES, this is 100-plus minutes of tweaked and twisted sonic experiments.
Highlights are Hood's ultra-low slung, ambient groove version of "Like Herod", DJ Q's take on"R U Still In To It?" which turns the funk up to 11 for an unsettling recasting of Mogwai as Scotland's answer to Daft Punk, and Max Tundra's "Helicon 2" mix, which almost completely inverts the track's soft/loud structure and adds some seriously damaged distortion effects. The highlight of disc two is the 16-minute "My Bloody Valentine Remix", which at times ranges so far from the original as to suggest not only a different song, but that it was created by an entirely different order of creature than human.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Astounding., 23 Aug 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed + Fear Satan Remixes (Audio CD)
So different, like every Mogwai album. A wintery work of genius that allows you to experience the good stuff from a different perspective. The chill out tracks are perfection, and the Face the Future Remix is terrifying. The Fear Satan remix is simply bliss. Its just one more reason to live.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 6 am eternal, 22 May 2000
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this record is designed for listening to at 6 am, when you've been up all night either on some kind of a trippy voyage of self-discovery or alternatively writing a bast**d long dissertation. in either case it's perfect.
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5.0 out of 5 stars this is new; all music should be like this., 16 May 2000
If there were more stars available i'd give them to this album. you should be warned that it is very different to the other stuff that mogwai have put their name to, but if you think about it, their whole philosophy is about creating new-sounding, interesting, beautiful things that nobody else has ever done before. in that sense this record is totally in keeping with the spirit of mogwai.

it IS dance music; it gets very drum'n'bass in places, a bit orb in other places, but then there's one song on the 2nd cd that lasts 6 minutes and has one note. for mogwai fans to dismiss it because it's dance music is as stupid as someone who hates korn dismissing mogwai because they're guitar music.

i think the 7th and 8th tracks are the best, but it's all fascinating, mostly very beautiful and overall excellent.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not a good representation.
If you value Mogwai and their music. Do not buy this album. I don't how Mogwai wanted this to turn out or even why they wanted to do such a thing. I mean come on.. Read more
Published on 10 May 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars pleasing as ever but disapointing
After seeing Mogwai live, I am disapointed with kicking a dead pig. However,after seeing Mogwai live, anything would be dissapointing. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2000

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