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Grinspoon - Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills Audio CD

A fair review of the Grinspoon "Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills" 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 Grinspoon reviews here, or go back to the Grinspoon tabs.

Grinspoon Band: Grinspoon
Title: Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills
Rating:
Release Date: 2004-09-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Hard Act To Follow 2: Hold On Me 3: Choke 4: Bleed You Dry 5: Enemy 6: Rising Tide 7: Better Off Alone 8: Kiss It 9: She's Leaving Tuesday 10: Nylon 11: Hideaway 12: Replacements

A sound effort from these aussie rockers

Key tracks include: Hard Act To Follow, Better Off Alone,
Hold On Me, Rising Tide and Enemy. This fourth album from Grinspoon is another success.
This is not their best album but it is very good as they were exploring new areas in their musicianship.
Even though there was alot of criticism over the softer sound, it still has it's heavy moments and memorable tracks.
The softer sound is their first step to becoming a better band with their songwriting ability. Also if they made another album that was exactly the same as their previous album "New Detention" it would just be an average "safe" album.
Grinspoon were probably aiming at a different audience with this release.
It's worth the money.


SOLID BALL OF POP- ROCK
Musically I find it difficult to label them but perhaps punk-pop like The Clash but Grinspoon straddle a number of bases with ease and they have an all important element of sophistication. Fabulous collection of pop-edged honest rock from Australia. Really there is not one dud song on here, and they are all incredibly simple and catchy but have some thing special all the same. Perhaps in the rock world a rare commodity a band that panders not to any fashion and just focuses on the all important song. Highlights must be the title track, "Bleed You Dry" the sweet harmony of "Enemy" for balance mid way, "Better Off Alone" with Oasis/Beatledom stamped in its strong heart. Consistant chart topers in their own country I thoroughly recommended this release and indeed the entire back catalogue.


Contemporary Soft Rock Band from Australia
Several of the songs upon listening to them sounded familiar to me from Australian TV spots. This is the 2004 album release and actually my first hearing of Grinspoon having been informed from a good friend about the band. 'Hard Act To Follow' is the most popular sought after song on Sydney pop radio, probably due to the catchy tune that repeats itself. Grinspoon is a group of 4 young Australian men from around Melbourne that have a common look and touch about them. A few more songs are worth a mention like 'Bleed You Dry', 'Better Off Alone' and 'Hideaway'.

This by no means will be my last listen to Grinspoon and this album was a decent replication of contemporary Australian sounds in the late 20th century. A must for australian soft rock fans. Also music lovers who enjoy the Hudu-Guru's should enjoy Grinspoon.


Solid rock and roll on any continent
This became the soundtrack to my entire trip as it rarely left my IPod and still gets plenty of play today. An Aussie friend of mine recommended this band to me on a recent trip to Australia. Great hooks and guitar riffs more than make up for occasionally banal lyrics. "Bleed You Dry" and "Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills" highlight the heavier side, and "She's Leaving Tuesday" is a great ballad. Worth trying out! .


solid but not spectacular

My favourite:choke
Dont like:lacking a bit of excitement i think
Also good by this band: chemical heart,lost control
If you like this look out for:try thirsty merc

. You most likely have heard of them because of:hard act to follow
Interesting point: founded by tripple j
Best song played loud:hard act
Best slow song:better off alone
Best Lyrics:nothin spectacular, hold on me.


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