Audio CD review:
Fifteen - Survivor

Fifteen - Survivor

Band: Fifteen Title: Survivor Rating: Release Date: 24 October, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Greed 2: Survivor 3: Colorado 4: Vanessa 5: Landlord 6: Punk Song 7: Brian's Song 8: FBI 9: Child 10: Grace 11: Prostitute 12: Saturn Return 13: The Lost Generation 14: Message To Mumia 15: Bonus Track

Customer Reviews quality album Roughly half the songs are in some way related to Jeff's private life, as he highlights the personal as political and, as always, imperviously speaks his mind. The album is a lengthy and solid Fifteen tour de force/farewell/whatever. Everyone seems to debate Jeff's personality and motivations to such an extent that the musicianship is often overlooked. In addition to Jeff's guitar playing, the bass and drum work on this album are incredibly tight, edgy, and more developed than other Fifteen albums. Overall, this is an excellent political/punk album that has loose ties to Crimpshrine's gutterpunk sound. Not the best FIFTEEN album I'll just say this. . . if you are new to "Fifteen" and want to check out one of their C. D's don't buy this one. The best one by far is "Swains First Bike Ride". Aside from a few random good songs the other albums aren't that great. I've known this band personally since inception and even during the Crimpshrine days and if you want their(jeff's)best music in my humble opinion then buy the "Swain" album. THIS SUCKS ). I used to love this band in the early 90's, (Swain's, Choice, etc. What happened? This is one of those cd's that makes you embarrassed when you listen to it. They used to make original music. This is silly. It seems Jeff Ott's first concern is his lyrics and then he builds a song around them--and it doesn't work. This is worse than Lucky which also sucked. I can believe I paid (. . . ) bucks to listen to this negative creep rant about needles and child abuse for another album. No thanks. . You can see a complete list of all Fifteen discography, or go back to the Fifteen tabs