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Danish Dynamite

Jasper Rosenberg | Copenhagen, Denmark | 04/05/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The first time I saw Hot Water Music, Chuck threw a 1 1/2 ounce whiskey bottle off the stage and split my forehead open. This album reminds me of that show; it gives me a headache and makes me want to punch that guy in the teeth."

Pretty friggin good

Sannah Zay | San Jose, CA USA | 12/06/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album took about 3 listens, and I was hooked. I'm definitely going to look into getting more from this band.To describe their music, take the best elements of Samiam, Fugazi and Fuel (Fuel being the east bay punk band, not the lame pop band). There you have Hot Water Music. If I were in a band, this is the music I would strive to play."

The Best of HWM's early (first four) studio releases.

Campbell Roark | from under the floorboards and through the woods.. | 11/08/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It pulls no punches. Loud, bulldog voiced anthems of hope, overcoming, endurance, ressurection, defiance, agony, power and dissent. Some of the most honest and raw stuff you will hear. No frills. Nothing unnecessary. Just business as usual as one of the world's best bands streamlined their act, back in '97. No navel-gazing, no brooding. The vocal dymanic between Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard is perfected on this Disc: The way they work their call/response/shouting/singing... it's like they reinvent the wheel. Songs that change and shift. Songs that crash and tear. Songs that make you shout along. NO BAD TRACKS! Precision thundering drums, power chords that play off each other to build higher like a cathedral's towers- and (a real rarity) melodic, propulsive bass-playing. All you cold ask for. Get this. And pick up the rest too! Technically, this would be their third, though in all honesty it's number 2 for me, as I start counting with "Fuel for the Hate Game." Their first good, if not great, release (4 stars). "Finding The Rhythms," their true first, is pretty damn awful. So you have permission to skip, but only for that one CD.



...Great beards too. takes me back."