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Quicksand - Manic Compression Audio CD

A fair review of the Quicksand "Manic Compression" 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 Quicksand reviews here, or go back to the Quicksand tabs.

Quicksand Band: Quicksand
Title: Manic Compression
Rating:
Release Date: 1995-02-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Backward 2: Delusional 3: Divorce 4: Simpleton 5: Skinny (It's Overflowing) 6: Thorn in My Side 7: Landmine Spring 8: Blister 9: Brown Gargantuan 10: East 3rd St. 11: Supergenius 12: It Would Be Cooler If You Did

Totally different from "Slip" - Still Brilliant tho
Yeah okay this isn't Slip. After having read the negative reviews here,I felt compelled to set the record straight. Get over it and try listening to Manic Compression a few more times. I first saw the filmclip for Fazer years ago in 94 and searched for anything "Quicksand" I could find. I bought Slip - and thoroughly dug it - and waited patiently for Manic to come out. I was stoked with ALL of the songs on Manic and I'd heard there was alot of tension between band members when they recorded, which I reckon comes across on the album. The song arrangements, the different tempos and the slightly sharper production quality to Manic Compression make it a different album compared to Slip for sure, but it's still an excellent Quicksand album. Don't let "Slip-heavy" fans put you off this disc - if you like intelligent, heavy, tight and rythmic music from talented musicians, GET THIS.


Not bad
Sound quality is pretty poor and the vocals are realy muffled. Not bad but a bit of a let down after their first album slip. The band sound like they are playing on the other side of the building. Some pretty good tracks on this one though just poor sound quality lets it down. .


Good, slightly obscure CD
I got this real cheap about 10 years ago and it still rocks. Story is the band broke up around the time this was released, which is probably why these guys never reached the stature of bands like Soundgarden - in other words, on the radio but still good.


Good But Not "Slip"
However, I wish I could say the same for Manic Compression. Quicksand's 1992 effort "Slip" is a classic and I highly recommend it. Though it has just a handful of good songs, it just does not measure up to Slip. I bought this when it came out in 1995 and all I could remember is how disappointed I was and even more when they broke up. There are not many memorable tracks on this and the production is just sub-par, which I was surprised to see due to the fact Don Fury (Slip, Warrior Soul, Helmet) produced it. Walter Schreifels and Tom Capone are excellent songwriters and veterans of the New York Hardcore scene. Their combined resume is impressive with Youth of Today, Bold, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, CIV, Rival Schools, Handsome and Instruction, all of which are worth checking out. These guys seem to get record deals with ease but the problem is these great bands never last. This might not be Quicksand's best but it is much better than most bands around today that call themselves hardcore.


THIS IS THE HEAVIEST HARDEST LOUDEST ALBUM YOU WILL EVER HEAR
1000 albums later there is still no equal by any other band. I bought this album ten years ago. This album will give you brain damage. Which is probably why my review isn't very coherent. This album had sex with your mom. There are tiny infant eardrums waiting to be exploited by this album. Think fugazi, helmet, snapcase, glassjaw, old soundgarden, slayer, unsane, unecessary violence, pro death bumperstickers, unrest, rioting in the streets, turn your amplifiers up to 11 and cry yourself to sleep. You just found nirvana. oh yeah this goes double for slip.


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