Search - Sprung Monkey :: Get a Taste

What's happened guys?!

kweee | Kent, UK | 09/19/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I thought for a while about whether to give this CD a 2 or a 3. I gave it a 3 because it is a fairly decent CD, it's just totally different to what I was expecting and hoping for. If you like catchy, melodic alternative songs then go ahead any buy it. But if you, like me, loved 'Mr Funny Face' and think you'll be getting more of the same, then you might also be disappointed. The best thing about'Mr Funny Face' was its complete originality and its technical complexity- those drums! wow! But that's all gone on 'Get a Taste'- and every song has one of those catchy hooking choruses, and after about 9 songs this gets a bit wearing. There are a few good tracks worth mentioning- 'Friends' reminds me a bit of 'Mr Funny Face', 'Whatcha Gonna Do' is a track with good old Sprung Monkey dark undercurrents and 'American Made' has a lot of the old energy. Apart from that not many of the others stick out. What happened, Sprung? You've gone too mainstream!!!"

A Phat Summer CD for 2K1

David P. Leonard | Gurnee, IL USA | 04/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you're like me, then you have such a wide range of music tastes that you spend half the time in the car changing CD's and avoiding accidents and the other half burning compilation CD's at home to get the just right mix of awesome music on one CD. Well no more, my friend. I just picked this CD up yesterday on the recommendation of one song and let me tell you, this disc has it all. It is the end-all be-all of great summer music of 2K1. It seems sometimes that Sprung Monkey is as schizophrenic as I am in music tastes, because with one song ("Party Like a Rock Star") they have a great Sugar Ray/Sublime feel, while on others ("Unexpected") they get an Offspring groove going perfectly. And how could you miss the other spectacular songs on here like "What's That You Say" (a superb punk ballad) or "Whatcha Gonna Do" (with it's melodic tripped out guitars). I have already got my tickets to see them (luckily) in Milwaukee this next week and I can't wait!If you love the music stylings of Tony Hawk's ProSkater soundtracks, this disc will make you wanna grab your board, your bladez, your parachute, your hangglider or at least a beer and hang with your buds. A great CD!!!!"

Damn, you gotta taste this!

David P. Leonard | 05/16/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What a great record. Mr Funny Face and to a lesser extent Swirl were great, but this new album from Sprung Monkey is definitely their best to date. There's not a dud track on it with the exception of Coconut - no idea why this is on it. Songs like Lucy, Beautiful, Unexpected and Get A Taste should be all over the airwaves in the next few months, and rightfully so. If there's one CD you must buy this year, this is it."