Wait, is this fastball? WHY IN THE HELL DOES NOONE KNOW ABOUT THIS ALBUM? - I m in love. Let me start this off by saying this album has blown me away, and the songs are better than any of the experimental crap of All the Pain Money Can Buy and beyond.I bought All the... when it came out when I was 14 in 1998, as I fell head over heels with the song The Way, yet I eventually became tired with the cd as there was nothing as flat out catchy and fun as that song (In other words, I got to the point where I viewed them as a one hit wonder and gave up on them).So when I read reviews of this cd, their debut, for a few years I only heard that everyone told them they had to put more hooks and catchiness into their sound after their boring debut, so I avoided this album completely until this year...but boy was I wrong.I m a guy who loves british invasion, grunge, and 70s punk equally, so to hear an album that combines the british invasion (Are You Ready For The Fallout) and replacements style ballads and punk(Altamont and Telephone Calls respectively) with...dare I say an unholy cross between Solcial Distortion-punk and a Foo Fighters chorus on Make Your Mama Proud, is just heaven for me. While the later cds showed them as a slower more experimental album that just ended up boring me in the long run, unlike the later cds that value musical style over substance, the songwriting and the music in this cd are just incredible. Knock it down alone will make you wonder how a band so vital became so boring to have to collaborate with the likes Sheryl Crow and Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne) on their new album, when neither of them have ever written music as good as this.So for anyone who thought The Way was amazing but almost everything else on All The Pain Money Can Buy was pretty boring, buy this album and hear the band when they had more of an edge, because while the later albums might be more varied and experimental, I honestly don t give a crap about that stuff anyway, and this freaking rocks!!
Gadzooks this is Great - I bought this albun for one song and fell in love with it for all of the rest. It s raw. It s fresh. It rocks out loud!!
Wonderful! - So you ve probably heard of The Way on Fastball s second cd, but what about their music before it all. Make Your Mama Proud really goes back to the roots of the band and although some songs may not strike your fancy, overall it comes together as one BEAUTIFUL work of art! Yes, this is more punkish than their other albums, and yes there is a little foul language. However, I am not a very punkish person and I still think that this is one of their best cds. Buy it! It s worth it! What s not to like?
Their Sound Never Changed! - I got this CD for Christmas and honestly I wasn t that excited about it at first. I LOVE their other two CD s. People have said in other reviews that if you like the radio songs that Fastball has you won t like this. I very much disagree. This is the same Fastball. Usually you can chart a change of sound as a band slowly attains fame. With Fastball, you just have the same fantastic sound. I LOVE this. My advice: If you like the other two Fastball CD s, get this. It s just as good. Songs like Are You Ready for the Fallout, She Comes Round and Seattle make me want to hug this band and thank them for being so fantastic. Nice thing is, all the tracks on this disc are good. Some take longer to get used to, but I was hooked on this CD all the way after the second listening. Hooray, Fastball!
This is awsome - This c.d. is a hell of alot better than their second two. the second two are okay, but this is so... Green Day-Blink 182-ish. alot better... if you don t have it GET IT. These guitar riffs are amazing and will get stuck in your head. listen to me ..... GET THIS C.D.!!...