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Pssssttt! Wanna Hear A Secret? Promise Not To Tell Anyone?

Clark Paull | Murder City | 09/06/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Imagine yourself standing in a small, crowded neighborhood bar (sort of like the one that Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett played in in the movie "Light Of Day") on a Friday night. You just got paid, the beer is flowing, and the planets have all aligned. The only thing left to happen to complete this perfect evening is for The Reducers to walk on stage, plug into their amps, and crank out their timeless songs of love, lust, lunacy, and LIFE. And that's just what's at the heart of this joyous, life affirming compilation drawn from this garage band extraordinaire's first three independently released LP's. Listen to "Company Man," "Fistfight At The Beach," "Little Punky Hood," or any of the 26 other songs on this album and The Reducers will leave you believing that on any given night, they just might be the best damn band in the world. Exhilarating, essential, and downright exciting."

Why don't you ALREADY have this record?

Stopheles | Ridgewood, NY United States | 06/11/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There just aren't enough bands as good as the Reducers. I've seen them, oh, probably about 80 times over the past way-too-many-to-admit years, and have turned many people on by playing them REDUX.It's not exactly the hardest thing in the world to do: About ten seconds into the first cut, heads swerve to the stereo, and by the third or fourth cut, amidst comparison points (Flamin Groovies, Dr Feelgood, the Clash, Nick Lowe, the Undertones, any and all pub-and-early-punk-rock), I'm promising to lend the CD out as long as they PROMISE to treat it like a lady. By the middle of the CD (when "Let's Go" and "Fistfight" show up) one more soul swears by a fact that I've sworn by for a few decades...The Reducers are as good as rock and roll gets."

ESSENTIAL!

Rick Wrigley | Norwich, Connecticut | 05/06/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"That's all there is to say about this CD if you love rock and roll at all. There have been many times I have stood, shaking to the sound of this band, and thought that the Reducers were the best band I've ever seen. Other times, I BELIEVE it.As Lou Reed put it, "You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drum," and what drumming, what bass playing, and what guitars! You'll never hear better rock and roll, and you'll seldom hear as good. BUY THIS RECORD!"