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El Bitche
by Pushmonkey
Product Group: Music
Studio: Trespass
ISBN: B00005QD9S
EAN: 0601662340628
UPC: 601662340628
Audio CD
Original Release Date: 2001-09-04
Release Date: 2001-09-04
SKU: 119675
Condition: New
Comments: 601662340628 CD is brand new, still factory sealed; gift quality. This title flies by 1st Class or Air in bubble wrap, cardboard and weather-resistant packaging; we are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Customer Reviews
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The end of an anomily...
Rating  (2)
Date: 2006-06-05
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I hate it when life's little mysteries prove themselves to be too good to be true, and sadly this album is a shining example of that disappointment. Pushmonkey's self titled album was amazing, it was solid, cohesive, innovative, compelling, inspiring... it was a diamond in the rough, somehow this Austin band put out one of the greatest albums of the 90's and no one seemed to notice. They should have been superstars for just half of that album. Then came this follow up, it just wasn't as raw, it left you wondering what happened, and if that first album was just a fluke. It was uninspired, cliché and played out. Sure it has it's moments with "Myself" and "Mine To Waste" but that was about it ("Diamond" had been a crowd favorite since their early days but it felt like they just kind of threw it on the album), and neither one of those songs measured up to anything off their self-titled album. Now going from "Maize" to "Pushmonkey" was an epic leap, but "El Bitche" (even the title comes off immature and not to be taken seriously) was a disappointing down step to a band that had nothing but potential.
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Push the destruct button on this sad monkey
Rating  (1)
Date: 2005-07-05
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
UNREAL! NOT TO BE BELIEVED! IMPOSSIBLE! However, it's true; this cd is such utter CRAP that it defies explanation.
Their "Pushmonkey" cd is, without a doubt, INCREDIBLE. After very little thought, in fact, that is the ONE cd I would choose if I had to pick just one to listen to for the rest of my life. So incredibly moody, and melodic, and powerful, and rocking, and mellow; hits all the bases. "El Crappy", however, CANNOT possibly even be the same band, and yet, after looking into it, it is! Incredible.
These songs SUCK, period. "Nu-Metal Rap-Rock" NOISE!!! What the Hell is wrong with these guys? Didn't they realize that they had an INCREDIBLY unique and AWESOME sound going? Didn't they realize that the listening audience was BOUND to "catch up" to them? Too impatient? Wanted to "cash-in" on the "new wave" of crap rock, guys? Shame on you!!!
Listen, people: DON'T even THINK about buying this crap; even the people who reviewed this recently and said they liked it had to admit that "it had to grow on them", and "at first they had to agree with the bad reviews", etc; what does that tell you? Doesn't sound like an overwhelming endorsement, does it, when even its SUPPORTERS have to make "disclaimers" about it. I should NOT even THINK about listening to their new cd; I should ban them forever for putting out such COMMERCIAL HORSECRAP like this; idiots!!!
This must be the most INCREDIBLE turn for the worse in the history of music; these guys should be FLOGGED for intentionally turning away from the synergystic-genius they found and created just so they could try and "make a buck"; traitors to art and integrity! Don't support this crap; don't buy it; DON'T!!!!!!!
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Old fan: it had to grow on me
Rating  (4)
Date: 2005-02-23
1 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am an older fan. No recording can capture this bands' stage presence and the earlier albums rock! That aside: The first time I listened to El Biche I reacted like some of my fellow reviewers. It is definitley not like earlier ventures. Seems like the result of experimentation; its not too polished and bland though. A little ballad heavy. Although some lyrics or short riffs walk the line of cheesy or typical rock rap hybrid stuff ("thing" "master breaker"), they still work in Tony's melodic trumpet ("tag"), vulenerable lyrics ("mine to waste") and some good old fashion blunt aggression to balance it ("chemical skin" & "carbomb"). They have kept their identity. They do seem to be going in a few different directions but I think El Biche is definitley worth it. I'm proud of this central Tx band. Looking foward to the next one: Year of the Monkey.
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great undiscovered band
Rating (4)
Date: 2004-08-18
1 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I'd almost agree with some of the reviews that suggest getting only their self-titled CD...however, much like that one, the songs on this one have also have to be seen live to really get what's going on. El Bitche is not as consistant as the self-titled cd but it definitely has a lot to offer, especially for metalheads as well as pop lovers. Yes, it runs that entire gamut of music. They played a lot of these songs live forever before finally putting them on an album and for that I say, "FINALLY!" Can't wait for the new cd coming out soon.
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I don't know what you are talking about, this is good stuff!
Rating (4)
Date: 2003-10-23
1 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
so everyone thinks pushmonkey took a turn for the worse with this album...on the contrary, i think this album is easily as good as their self-titled album. i'm from austin, and i have seen them several times in concert (including one more this weekend), and everytime they have put on a great show. the song "chemical skin" is such a great song to rock out on. "myself" and "mine to waste" are two of the best pushmonkey songs ever written. just about all of the other songs on the album are great as well, although there are a few mediocre songs--most albums have at least a mediocre song or two. i listen to everything--from slipknot to bread to phil collins, there is nothing i dislike. if you like pushmonkey, this album is excellent.
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