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by: Fu Manchu
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0720616551528
Item Dimensions: 21
Label: Fontana Mammoth
Manufacturer: Fontana Mammoth
MPN: 165515
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Fontana Mammoth
Release Date: February 05, 2002
Studio: Fontana Mammoth
Disc 1:- Separate Kingdom
- Hang On
- Mongoose
- Thinkin' Out Loud
- California Crossing
- Wiz Kid
- Squash That Fly
- Ampn'
- Bultaco
- Downtowin In Dogtown
- The Wasteoid
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
In the hazy, heavy world of stoner rock, two bands have risen out of pioneering act Kyuss to develop their own legions of followers--Queens of the Stone Age and Fu Manchu. Queens gained the respect of the mainstream alt-rock crowd, while Fu Manchu developed their own cult of worshipers through small indie labels. Now on their seventh album, Fu Manchu should be on their way to grabbing more of the commercial rock spotlight; their clean, straightforward sound is spit-shined and ready for airplay. While not quite up there with Fu's 2000 epic King of the Road, California Crossing is a big-barreled hybrid of sludgy guitars, mid- to up-tempo rhythms (with a couple insane drum solos), and frontman Scott Hill's SoCal-driven vocals. The album is the standard tribute to Black Sabbath and Blue Cheer. But like ex-bandmates Nebula, Fu Manchu add Led Zeppelin-like classic rock influences to their music as well. With songs like "Squash That Fly" and "Mongoose," California Crossing is a well-fueled album that should please fans of that gray area between heavy metal and hard rock. Jennifer Maerz
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i'm new to this band and have been listening to everything in sight. i am finding this one is getting the most repeateded play..i love it. it's not as jammy, fuzzed out and stoned out as other Fu slabs but, to me, without hearing this band and only hearing OF them, this is exactly what i would expect them to sound like. 'king of the road' is right up there with my favs so far, as well as 'daredevil', but there is something that is so 'user friendly' about this disc..i love it. 'separate kingdom' ...
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...and maybe the rest should have been to. "Squash That Fly" is a great rock single and the rest of the disc almost feels like it was built around it. I can't help but think that some of the songs should have stayed with their core element and shortened and we might be calling California Crossing one of the best Fu Manchu discs. As it is it feels a little repetitive and dragged out, because it would have had a short total time otherwise. If you like 70's/Stoner type rock I recommend the whole ...
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I saw this band in Baltimore in 2003(?) on tour to promote this album. We got spots next to the stage, and all I remember clearly from that show was how LOUD it was! After the first song, my ears had a distinctive ring that I had never heard (keep in mind that I had been been going to several dozen shows a year for at least 15 years at that point). At that point, the lead singer pointed to the sound guy and told him to turn it UP! After the show, my buddy, a diehard Fu fan, chatted with the lead ...
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As a long-time fan of Fu Manchu, I gotta say this record missed the target for me. While I still respect the band for proudly flying the stoner rock flag, this record is more of a polished MTV friendly anthem than a sluge-ladden masterpiece of old. Don't get me wrong...I'm all for a band's musical development if it goes somewhere good (like Clutch or Sonic Youth). But this record goes somewhere I don't want to be. There are a few good songs here ("Mongoose" being one of their all-time greats), but ...
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Worthy follow-up to 2000's 'King Of The Road' disc.Fu Manchu has apparently road-tested their heavy guitar riffing.Sort of reminds me of early AC/DC,which is a good thing.'California...' appears to be maybe more melodic,that might be because the CD was produced by Matt Hyde(Porno For Pyros,Monster Magnet).Tunes that I liked best are "Mongoose","Whiz Kid","Squash That Fly" and the skateboard friendly "Downtown To Dogtown".'California Crossing' and the band's efforts here after just COULD land them to a ...
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