Score: 65 100 means excellent. Scores range from 0 to infinity, infinity being best. 50 points does not mean flunk. It just means there was half as much good stuff as on a 100 pointer.
Comments
Welcome to the self deprecating humoratorium. The guitars are
sufficiently growly. The drums are crashy enough. Several of
the songs are on strange subject matters that are difficult to give thumbs
up to, like "Drunken Shaolin" and "Three-Legged Cat". They are best
suited for a new show called "Huh, What The Hell Was That?" Most
tracks were limited by the writing stage, adequately played, probably won't
get airplay, almost but not quite. Maybe they should have called
the album "Almost", but Raymond & Scum already took that name.
However, if there was a show with a topic like food or Muppets, the songs
here would do nicely.
Breakfast of Champions... That reminds me of a short soundfile:
RealAudio,
MP3
The CD is a high quality CD-R that is almost as shiny as a regular
CD (that is a good thing). So the CD had no problem playing in my
DVD player. The tray insert and booklet are also homemade but look
pretty close to the polished mass produced stuff. Slight chop-offage
on the front cover printing. Cool front cover.
| The Best
14. Bert and Ernie are Gay? 02:46 This song sounds different with trippy sound processing, sound samples and a better beat. The Bertlike sounds at the end made me laugh. Subject: Could This Be Hot Waffles? Date: December 29, 1999 From: Hot Waffles has decided to take demented music into the new millennium. We've teamed up with the crazy djs from the group "Mad Science Academy" to produce a new song that we hope you enjoy. FAQ
Are Ernie and Bert gay?
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| Second Through Sixth Best
6. Salisbury Steak TV Dinner (I Love You) 2:50 Who better than Chris Waffle to sing a love song to a TV dinner? I wonder if his wife is jealous. 15. Elmo Makes a Scene 03:02
2. We Suck Live 03:06
11. The Day After I Died 2:14 13. Shalom! 03:14
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| Comments on neither best nor worst stuff:
4. Burgers, Fries, and Eternal Damnation 4:14 This skit is about as funny as ordinary chat on radio shows that try to amuse. So you don't need it on a CD when you can just turn on your radio and get some. 16. D.E.B.B.I.E. or D-E-B-B-I-E 04:08
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| Worst Stuff:
10. "13 Year Old Girls are Gonna Love This Song" 3:25 I hate this song. It puts down the boy bands using a song that is clearly inferior to the boy band stuff. Lyrics not good either. But hey, I did hear this one on the radio. Yikes. 12. My Father The Fowl - Episode 1 05:00
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Tracks listed in track order
1. Intro 1:07
2. We Suck Live 3:06
3. Drunken Shaolin 2:50
4. Burgers, Fries, and Eternal Damnation 4:14
5. The Order of the Beast 2:42
6. Salisbury Steak TV Dinner (I Love You) 2:50
7. A Fowl Commercial 0:30
8. Three-Legged Cat 3:22
9. Hey Now 0:22
10. 13 Year Old Girls are Gonna Love This Song 3:25
11. The Day After I Died 2:14
12. My Father The Fowl - Episode 1 5:00
13. Shalom! 3:14
14. Bert and Ernie are Gay? 2:46
15. Elmo Makes a Scene 3:02
16. D.E.B.B.I.E. or D-E-B-B-I-E 4:08
17. Outro or "Ourtro" as spelled on the booklet 11:26
Total playing time: about 46 minutes not counting the silence in track 17
Band website: http://www.hotwaffles.com