!!! (album)

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!!!
A bed of blue-colored sunflowers surrounding red ones arranged in the shaped of three exclamation points
Studio album by
Released2000 (2000)
GenrePost-punk revival
Length45:27
LabelGold Standard
Producer!!!, Justin Van Der Volgen
!!! chronology
!!!
(2000)
Louden Up Now
(2004)

!!! is the debut studio album by the American band !!!. It was released in 2000 on Gold Standard Laboratories on vinyl, and saw wide release on CD on 19 June 2001.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Indianapolis Star[2]
Stylus MagazineB−[3]

The Indianapolis Star wrote that "the band's hybrid sound recalls both Big Audio Dynamite (even Nic [Offer]'s vocals are reminiscent of Clash veteran Mick Jones) and the experimental spirit of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion."[2]

Johnny Loftus of AllMusic stated: "On this [album], !!! trash the axiom that says bands influenced by angular post-punk must be populated by dour misanthropes who sport wallet photos of Ian Curtis. Highly recommended."[1]

Track listing[edit]

CD version[edit]

!!! track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Step"6:08
2."Hammerhead"5:04
3."KooKooKa Fuk-U"7:26
4."Storm the Legion"5:48
5."There's No Fucking Rules, Dude"8:49
6."Intensify"6:54
7."Feel Good Hit of the Fall"5:15

LP version[edit]

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Step"6:08
2."Hammerhead"5:04
3."Storm the Legion"5:48
4."Feel Good Hit of the Fall"5:15
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Intensify"6:54
2."KooKooKa Fuk-U"7:26
3."There's No Fucking Rules, Dude"8:49

Personnel[edit]

  • Mario Andreoni – guitar
  • Justin Van Der Volgen – bass
  • Nic Offer – vocals
  • Dan Gorman – trumpet, percussion
  • Tyler Pope – guitar
  • Allan Wilson – saxophone, percussion
  • John Pugh – drums, percussion

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Loftus, Johnny (2001). "!!! Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Bacon, Scott (4 February 2001). "!!! '!!!'". The Indianapolis Star. p. I9.
  3. ^ Southall, Nick (1 September 2003). "!!!". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

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