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Chicks On Speed, "The Re-Releases of the Un-releases"

Available once again (no clue if this one's limited) is one of my top-10 albums of the year. The Un-Releases was originally released earlier this year in an "official" bootleg teeny-tiny quantity which barely made it across the water to the USA. Now, through K in Olympia, Washington the disc should be easier to get a hold of.


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Chicks on Speed - Will Save Us All

33 tracks grace the disc, with bits and pieces of studio madness and silly fun collected junk between the hit songs like "Glamour Girl," and "Euro Trash Girl." Also appearing are various cover tunes including two B-52s songs "Give Me Back My Man," and "Song for a Future Generation." Highlights of the disc however include three versions of "Mind Your Own Business" and the booming metal guitar-drenched opener "Turn of the Century" along with "Panasonic Rip-Off" (stolen from the Panasonic 12" single 'B', with Chicks vocals added.) Obnoxiously enough the tracklisting is buried inside the cardboard so the case has to be destroyed to read basically. Save yourself the destruction and consult the CDDB for a tracklist. Clever and entertaining, I will re-iterate that the world of electronica needs the Chicks on Speed like it needs V/Vm and Kid 606, so people can enjoy electronic music and have fun with it without being sleepy laptop fuckers. Look for the Chicks trying to get some US dates in the near future and don't miss their show.

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