Both stayed in heavy rotation on my CD player for years. Fans will argue whether Anthem was better (and I'm one of those in the Anthem camp), but it is a toss-up as far as I'm concerned. My Brain Hurts was the result-an all-time pop-punk masterpiece. Despite Ben's objections to using the name (he wanted to go in a more overtly Ramones-influenced direction and had an almost completely new line-up-guitarist Jughead and Ben would be the constants throughout Screeching Weasel's many line-up changes), Lookout wouldn't sign them unless they kept the Weasel moniker.
Screeching Weasel had been broken up for a while before being coaxed into reforming by Lookout Records around 1990. (On the other hand, SoCal punk rockers back at the time seemed to find this one the only one worth listening to at all, so if you swing that way, maybe it is the one to get.)
However, even though I love this album and still think there are great songs on here ("My Right," "Hey Suburbia," and "Supermarket Fantasy" to name a few), I wouldn't recommend this as the first one to buy, as this version of Weasel had not yet developed into the pop-punk powerhouse they would be with the "classic" line-up. The liner notes by Jim Testa ( Jersey Beat) are supurb and the commentary by Ben Weasel and Jughead make this one particularly worth picking up if you've worn out your old copy or never picked it up previously. The Lookout "cashing-in" green jacket is now back to the original pink (there is also a UK version with completely different art, which you can see in the CD tray of the new release). Seems odd they didn't include all the 1st pressing LP pictures (naked Weasels bowling!) if they were adding photos too. I'm not so sure they really did much on the sound-end for this release. You might even be best served by waiting for WeaselMania to come out this fall from Fat Wreck.īoogadaboogadaboogada sounds virtually identical to the 1991 Lookout reissue. For newcomers to Screeching Weasel, I'd recommend starting with either (or both) Anthem for a New Tomorrow and/or My Brain Hurts. And, if you're new to Screeching Weasel, I wouldn't discourage you at all from picking up the new versions. If you've worn out your original copies, they're cheap enough that you might as well replace them with the new versions.
Nor would I recommend avoiding them in favor of the original pressings.
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Overall, much like 90% of all remastered reissues, this series isn't worth rebuying simply for the remastered album.
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