The Album Club: "Tiger Army" by Tiger Army

~~queenannajean~~ · 09-28-2017, 11:18 AM

This post just made me remember that Rose of the Devil's Garden is a song and now I have to go listen!!! Thanks for mentioning Tiger Army... will have to give this one a review and get back to you

OccultHawk · 09-28-2017, 12:08 PM

Queen Anna with the ban-o-rama!

**Frownland** · 09-28-2017, 03:15 PM

When I listen to this, it's hard to concentrate because I think "****ing white people and their gimmicks that they take seriously" about once a minute when I hear this cheesy crap. It just feels so watered down to me, it lacks the kind of bite and passion that makes punk great and amplifies all of the elements of punk that annoy the hell out of me and rockabilly isn't that great to begin with. I alternated between boredom, impatience, and annoyance throughout the album. Pretty good for a DJ pick though. 2/10

Trollheart · 09-28-2017, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

When I listen to this, it's hard to concentrate because I think "****ing white people and their gimmicks that they take seriously" about once a minute when I hear this cheesy crap. It just feels so watered down to me, it lacks the kind of bite and passion that makes punk great and amplifies all of the elements of punk that annoy the hell out of me and rockabilly isn't that great to begin with. I alternated between boredom, impatience, and annoyance throughout the album. Pretty good for a DJ pick though. 2/10

Trollheart · 09-28-2017, 06:51 PM

Not really sure where all the hate for this is coming from. I mean, it's not groundbreaking or great or anything like that, but it's good fun. Of course, I'm not familiar with psychobilly so maybe this is just an example of it done really badly, but I never had the impulse to turn it off or hope it ended. Don't quite remember much standing out - it was all pretty much the same - though around the time it hit "Twenty Flight Rock" it began to dip, recovered with (as everyone else has said) "Outlaw Heart", definitely the best track on the album and probably the only one I'll remember, then it kind of went back to business as usual.

I wouldn't be looking to hear any more from this particular army, but all in all not the worst I've heard. I'd give it a decent 5/10.

Neapolitan · 09-28-2017, 08:03 PM

Let me start out by saying I like this more than anything DJ has ever played in plug.dj, Kudos to DJ for picking it. However I do not like it as much as some of the other 50s Rockabilly, Rockabilly revival, and other Psychobilly stuff I really dig. This wasn't horrible, but it also was not the "gem in the rough." Seems like DJ fulfilled his own prophesy:

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

You don't find gems in the rough by being handed things from MB members.

✬✬✰ (out of 5)

Zhanteimi · 09-28-2017, 08:07 PM

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Neapolitan · 09-28-2017, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Mord

Not true, Nea. You introduced me to Skara Brae.

Thanks. I don't get many compliments, so when one comes my way it means a lot to me.

TechnicLePanther · 09-28-2017, 08:52 PM

The album does have a certain spunk to it, but none of it is particularly memorable. Like most psychobilly, it's kind of in one ear and out the other. Tons of fun in the moment though. Sounds like a great live band. Anyway, not much else, performances were good, songwriting was meh, etc. etc. 7/10

On my never ending album list:

Mars - The Complete Studio Recordings NYC 1977-1978
Tiger Army - Tiger Army
James Chance and the Contortions - Buy

Psy-Fi · 09-29-2017, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther

The album does have a certain spunk to it, but none of it is particularly memorable. Like most psychobilly, it's kind of in one ear and out the other. Tons of fun in the moment though. Sounds like a great live band. Anyway, not much else, performances were good, songwriting was meh, etc. etc. 7/10

I kept thinking the same thing while I was listening to it. As a studio album, not particularly memorable (except for "Outlaw Heart"), as a live band (especially in a small venue), probably a lot of fun.

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09-28-2017, 12:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
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09-28-2017, 03:15 PM	#13 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	When I listen to this, it's hard to concentrate because I think "***ing white people and their gimmicks that they take seriously" about once a minute when I hear this cheesy crap. It just feels so watered down to me, it lacks the kind of bite and passion that makes punk great and amplifies all of the elements of punk that annoy the hell out of me and rockabilly isn't that great to begin with. I alternated between boredom, impatience, and annoyance throughout the album. Pretty good for a DJ pick though. 2/10 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

09-28-2017, 06:51 PM	#15 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Not really sure where all the hate for this is coming from. I mean, it's not groundbreaking or great or anything like that, but it's good fun. Of course, I'm not familiar with psychobilly so maybe this is just an example of it done really badly, but I never had the impulse to turn it off or hope it ended. Don't quite remember much standing out - it was all pretty much the same - though around the time it hit "Twenty Flight Rock" it began to dip, recovered with (as everyone else has said) "Outlaw Heart", definitely the best track on the album and probably the only one I'll remember, then it kind of went back to business as usual. I wouldn't be looking to hear any more from this particular army, but all in all not the worst I've heard. I'd give it a decent 5/10. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-28-2017, 08:07 PM	#17 (permalink)
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09-28-2017, 11:18 AM	#11 (permalink)
~~queenannajean~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: USA Posts: 3	This post just made me remember that Rose of the Devil's Garden is a song and now I have to go listen!!! Thanks for mentioning Tiger Army... will have to give this one a review and get back to you

09-28-2017, 08:52 PM	#19 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	The album does have a certain spunk to it, but none of it is particularly memorable. Like most psychobilly, it's kind of in one ear and out the other. Tons of fun in the moment though. Sounds like a great live band. Anyway, not much else, performances were good, songwriting was meh, etc. etc. 7/10 On my never ending album list: Mars - The Complete Studio Recordings NYC 1977-1978 Tiger Army - Tiger Army James Chance and the Contortions - Buy __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.