The Breeders - Pod

Pod

The Breeders-Pod ****

A Perfect combination of melody and noise, much like that of Kim Deals former group, The Pixies (who by the way are one of the top bands of all time mind you). Jumping from one soaring melody into a collage of sounds and force. Featuring Kim Deal and the great Tanya Donelly on guitar and vocals. Josephine Wiggs on bass (which she completely owns at here), Shannon Doughton on drums, and Carrie Bradley on Violin.

Pod is forceful and yet even cute at times. 'Hellbound' is aggressive while still it restraints. 'When I Was A Painter' is very enjoyable. The nostalgic 'Fortunately Gone' is with the risk of sounding cheesy sublime. 'Iris' is the albums highlight and must be heard to appreciate. 'Lime House' has one of the best bass lines of the 1990's and 'Metal Man' might be the best song The Breeders ever recorded. But I do feel necessary to say that The Breeders cover of 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun' is in my opinion by far the coolest version of the song. John Lennon's original is legendary, and will forever remain the deffiniative version, but this is a must listen for anyone!

While Pod is far from the bands greatest achievement it is still worth owning. As time went on they would become a better band and release far better albums, but for new fans of the group this might be a great place to start. Remember though, The Breeders are great and Black Francis is a genius, but The Pixies are better than it's parts divided. May 9, 2008

An excellent debut

This is a great start for The Breeders. A completley excellent album with killer songs. Kim Deal had some good ideas for the first Breeders album. Glorius starts out the album which is a slow laid back piece then it goes to the rocking Doe. Two killer songs. After that is a great version of the Beatles Happiness Is A Warm Gun. Oh is a little slow but it gets better from there. Hard to pick a favorite song since most of them stand out. Hellbound is a great rocker picking things back up again. When I Was A Painter has a really great beat and great bass line (I love Josephine Wiggs's bass playing on this album). Fortunutly Gone sounds very Beatleesque to me. Iris and Only In 3s are two of the strongest songs on this album. For those of you who liked Last Splash and have never heard this album definetly pick it up. It's just as good if not better then Last Splash. another cool thing about this album is that Tanya Donelly play guitar on this and this is her post Throwing Muses/pre Belly years making this even cooler. A classic undergroun indie album. May 5, 2008

Pod

Took a while to get used to since my first exposure to the Breeders was on Last Splash, but worth it. Excellent cd, and I'd highly recommend it. My favorite tracks are Hellbound and Fortunately Gone. April 24, 2008

The Breeders: Pod

This is a five star for quality, a four star for duration. It's a few songs short of an LP. But Kim Deal's wonderful, amazing voice makes it worth it. If you liked Kim in the Pixies, you'll like this. The guitar is less intense, but it still stings. April 10, 2008

I Am In A LIME HOUSE!

"Rolling in Black tar, baby"...."Pod", first released in 1990; Steve Albini produced; is really fun, full of "Glorious" Pop beauty, that possibly transcends lo-fi minimalism.
It was only a few years ago when this was my # 1 Favorite album that I owned, it still is one of my TOP favorites.
Kim Deal is absolutely one of my Favorite female singers - sweet and sexy.
Just plain beautiful, really lets you free your mind, you know?
Listening to these 12 songs from Opener "Glorious" to track 5: more up-beat "Hellbound" all the way through "Metal Man" - actually got me back into writing -poems and short stories. Every single song on "Pod" sounds more simple, more subdued and playful than her second release in 1993 with her hit "Cannonball" and album- "Last Splash" - & "Pod" is as you may already have guessed far less intense than The Pixies - her other Band w/ Black Francis (Frank Black)
"Happiness Is A Warm Gun" is my Favorite Beatles song ever(I know it's hard to choose for most)-and I was excited to see and hear The Breeders cover(wonderfully done) here.
I have many Favorites on here; every single song is a joy! ...but, for this review I really thought about it..."Iris" and "Glorious" are my TOP 2; followed by probably the happiest w/ catchy hooks- track - "Hellbound" - one of the Most fun songs done by an all-girl group that I have ever heard :)
"Fortunately Gone" and "Limehouse" are more Glorious Fun - just like the opener reads...."Metal Man" may be my least Favorite track, it always has been, it's hard to say why, maybe it's just because it's the Closer, but the other 11 songs strongly make up for it. "Pod" is the best (side project, band's album) outside of the Pixies. Simply Wonderful - seems to get better every time I listen to it. May 15, 2007

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