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AFI - Very Proud of Ya Audio CD

A fair review of the AFI "Very Proud of Ya" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all AFI reviews here, or go back to the AFI tabs.

AFI Band: AFI
Title: Very Proud of Ya
Rating:
Release Date: 1996-06-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: He Who Laughs Last... 2: File 13 3: Wake-Up Call 4: Cult-Status 5: Perfect Fit 6: Advances In Modern Technology 7: Theory Of Revolution 8: This Secret Ninja 9: Soap-Box Derby 10: Aspirin Free 11: Fishbowl 12: Charles Atlas 13: Crop Tub 14: Consult My Lover 15: Take The Test 16: Two Of A Kind 17: Shatty Fatmas 18: Yurf Rendenmeim 19: Cruise Control 20: Modern Epic

A F I Very Proud Of Ya
This album was incredible for its time. I grew up listening to AFI in '95-'97 before they changed their style completely. I have managed to keep a copy since it was originally released. If you are a fan of Ignite, Tiger Army, Screw 32, Bouncing Souls and other earlier stuff - you probably would enjoy it. I saw AFI perform shortly after this album was released and it was one of the best shows I have ever seen( and I have see many). The amount of energy, raw talent and creativity brought together by these guys is unique. It is before Davey destroyed the punk scene HAHA jokes jokes DO NOT EXPECT ANYTHING DEPRESSING, SAD OR DRAWN OUT - IT IS HEAVY, FAST & LOUD!!! .


Hope they didn't spend a lot of time or money on this album
Got this disc by mistake when I ordred Wax - 13 Unlucky Numbers. . . It was in deed unlucky for me since I got the Wax jewel case but inside I found A. F. I Very Proud of Ya instead. Gee Thanks. . . . For nothing that is. . .
It's 80's punk rock regurgitated and not very creatively. Most of the album sounds the same with similar riffs and changes. Plain and simple. . . It's crap. . .

Just say no thanks kids.


This Album is Perfect Punk Rock!!!!!
The album is incredibly fast, the guitar playing is good, the bass is incredible, and the drums are also pretty amazing. This was the first AFI album I ever heard and it is probably the most fun you will ever have listening to an AFI album. The lyrics are different than later AFI stuff, they are clearly more immature and less poetic, which is probably why when I was 16 and first heard this I absolutely loved it. That is not to say that there is not some really good lyrics on the album, there are many songs about the deception of drugs (straight edge songs), and there are many songs about people's psychological states (Davey majored in college in psychology), but there is more fun and humor in the lyrics overall than any other AFI album besides maybe Answer That. . . ! The first six AFI albums are all amazing, and the last one was pretty good, not nearly as great as their first five though.

Highlights of this album are File 13(which is one of my favorite AFI songs ever), Theory of Revolution, This Secret Ninja, Aspirin Free, Consult My Lover, Take the Test, Shatty Fatmas, Cruise Control, Modern Epic, and Who Said You Could Touch Me! This album is awesome from start to finish, it really puts you in a great mood, and can give you so much energy! If you like fast, furious, and melodic punk rock with a snotty attitude. . . this album is for you. Buy this along with all of AFI's first five albums, and if you like The Art of Drowning buy Sing the Sorrow, and then if you like Sing the Sorrow buy Decemberunderground. For you punks, you will hate AFI's last three albums probably, especially the last two. I highly recommend this album to fans of punk rock, hardcore, and alternative! If you only like Sing the Sorrow and Decemberunderground stay far away from this album because it doesn't even really sound like the same band!.


One Long Song...
This is like one long song. . one very annoying long song (that sounds like the Misfits). It's good to see a band mature and learn to sing!.


Very Proud Of Ya
Very fast and powerful and ends just like it began, on top, and in the end your left with a feeling of satisfaction, well that's Very Proud Of Ya by AFI. AFI-Very Proud Of Ya *****

It's kind of like really great sex. Very Proud Of Ya is the bands first album on Nitro records as well as one of the best. Havocs fantastic vocals mixed with the Misfit influenced guitar and rhythm section makes for one mean punk album. Now keep in mind this isn't your little sisters AFI, this is good straight up hardcore-old fashioned punk rock at its most pure and best.

`He Who Laughs Last' `File 13' `Soap Box Derby' `Theory Of Revolution' and `Consult My Lover' are all excellent examples of what AFI started out as, a hardcore punk band. On Very Proud Of Ya this are the five songs that to most stand out the most. `Consult My Lover' might as well be changed to Very Proud Of You and made the title track. The chorus on this track alone is worth the perches of the album, easily Davy Havocs best vocal performance on the album by far.

Songs like `Crop Tub' `Cult Status' `Take The Test' and `Fishbowl' while they aren't as good as the before mentioned songs and while they don't stand out as much they are still very good very solid songs, its these songs that hold the album together in between the classics.

To review Very Proud Of Ya by AFI and not mention `Perfect Fit' would just simply put not do the album justice. It is to AFI what `Devilock' was to the Misfits. It's that rare classic that was mixed in with the shuffle and over looked by many but is truly on of the very best things the band has ever recorded. The guitar alone is some of the best they ever played and Havocs lyrics and vocal delivery is among his career best.

It's a shame AFI refuses to play their older music such as the material on this album and really anything before Sing The Sorrow, as if the music is inferior to the new when in reality it's by far superior and is what made the band what they are today. So while AFI may have forgotten their roots you don't have too so this is highly recommended to anyone who is reading this.


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