This was the first JOA album I bought after falling in love with CaP' n Jazz last year. I hated this album when I first bought it. Now I consider it to be my favorite Joan of Arc album. Every track is so diferent it's great. I even listen to the last track if I'm able to great through the whole album uninterupted. And track 4, ("Barge") has got to be one of the most beautiful songs to ever come out of the punk underground. Joan of Arc take sometime to get into to, jump around the albums, and watch out for the Gap, you really have to be ready for that album.
April 12, 2004First off, this is more like 3 and a half. Second.. i had the pleasure of seeing joan of arc live, and i ended up buying this and even though i heard bad things about it, i was just so damn curious about it. they were really good live. Like anyone else says, yes the first song is good, then when the second song comes around, everyone hates this it seems like. Well yea, the song does get annoying, but it's growing on me a little, and that song (happy 1984 and 1999, i think?) was 10 x better live. It might be hard to imagine, but when i heard it live, it was really good. After that song, the next 3 or 4 songs are pretty good, but they couldve been better. After about number 7, the cd just goes downhill it seems like, the rest of it isn't too exciting. Anyway, i think this cd was worth my 10 $ i guess, but if you ever get a chance, see them live, it's a great expierence and it might change your mind about this cd.
March 13, 2004this cd is....dissapointing, the first songs pretty cool, i like joan of arc when they get there songs together and actually make a song. Make sure that you like joan of arc alot before buying this cd, i like the gap, how memory works, and staying alive pretty well. but....this, i guess i got into joan of arc hoping to find somehting clever and different, just make sure you REALLY like joa before buying this im writing this review because I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!! I plan on selling it tomorrow at the cd store, hopefully someone will buy it that appreciates it more than me, i dont want to bash on joa, this cd is just like...a joke, first songs cool though, dinosaur songs are interesting but overall, really wish i never bought it
February 23, 2004 |  | Junkmedia.org Review - Pleasant foolishness |  |
There are lots of records out there that people say are too long and would be stronger with some of the songs cut. Joan of Arc's So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness was apparently one of those records before it was indeed cut, making it the fine and acclaimed disc that it is. This is not to say that the tunes that were cut from So Much Staying Alive..., which came out earlier this year, were so bad. Because here they are, almost immediately, on In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust.
In Rape Fantasy... was assembled as a "loose sequel to its conservative, bigger brother," according to its label, Perishable. That it is. People tend to like Joan of Arc when they play songs, but get all worked up and annoyed when the band stretches out with the experimental stuff. This record is a bunch of the stuff that would have [iritated] that latter group of people had the music been bunched in with So Much Staying Alive...
But it's neat stuff. Performed by several different permutations of Joan of Arc, much of this consists of perfectly cohesive songs ("Sing the Scarecrow Song," "Excitement is Exciting," "Moonlighting"). The second half goes way out, with mostly instrumental workouts including a three-part suite, "Dinosaur Constellations," some very pleasant foolishness ("That Radiant Morning," "Them Heartache Nights") and the finale title track, an eight-minute drone you'll listen to once.
Ric Dube May 26, 2003
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