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Soundspike Music Store - Gnv Fla
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List Price: $15.98
Our Price: $6.99
Your Save: $ 8.99 ( 56% )
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Manufacturer: SLEEP IT OFF RECORDS
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0020286122722
Label: SLEEP IT OFF RECORDS
Manufacturer: SLEEP IT OFF RECORDS
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: SLEEP IT OFF RECORDS
Release Date: 2008-06-24
Studio: SLEEP IT OFF RECORDS
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: The last, and best LTJ album
Comment: Listening to this album next to Pezcore, it sounds like two totally different bands, but that's not a bad thing. There's a reason why Less Than Jake put out another album. It's because they have finally found the perfect mix of ska and punk for a great album. None of the songs have that head-bang, sugar-high, beat someone up in a the pit feel anymore. Each member seems to have come to terms with their instruments perfectly, and all of the flaws in the past albums are gone leaving one flawless and entertaining album.
Although Anthem still remains my favorite album because of all of the history behind it, this album is a classic in the works. With LTJ still on tour playing these song and selling this album, GNV FLA could be the finale of their music careers. Grab and album and pay tribute to the band who has rocked us for the past 16 years, and will continue to rock us with this new album.
Favorite songs:
City of Gainesville
Does the Lion Still Roar?
The Space They Cant Touch
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Mo' better
Comment: Better than the last but not quite as good as the one before. Either way, I'll take it. It seems LTJ are once more in control of their own destiny, and this CD makes me think the path they are headed down is the one the fans want.
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Summary: Still Shocked
Comment: I love this album. I bought it on the release date and have listened to it countless times since then. I have been a die hard LTJ fan for close to ten years, and I was disappointed by their last two albums. (I'm 21 thats a long time btw haha) Well this album definitely returns them to greatness.
The ska is back, and so is the HIGH energy pop-punk. This album contains some of the best horns ever on a Less Than Jake album. I mean check out Lion City the horns, along with the entire song, are just amazing. I also think Vinnie's lyrics on this album are the deepest and most intelligent ones he has written. Another reviewer said he felt the lyrics were like reading a novel, they took that as a bad thing. I highly disagree, the lyrics are deeper, more intricate, but are surely still damn catchy and sing-a-longable. Roger lays down awesome bass, as to be expected, he is one of the best out there. He also plays some sweet guitar riffs on this album as well, esp. Settling Son. (to those of you who don't know Roger records most of the guitar tracks on the album and has done so since Pezcore)
In short a GREAT album, I personally think its their best since Losing Streak. I put it even with Hello Rockview.
Best tracks
Does Lion City Still Roar?
Handshake Meets Pokerface (lyrics really hit home on this one for me)
Then the last three tracks on the album because they blend together so well. (This One is Gonna Leave a Bruise,Life of party has just left the building, and Devil in my DNA)
Weaker Tracks (none are bad just a little weaker)
Conviction Notice
Malachi Richter's Liquor' Quicker
Customer Rating:
Summary: Old school ways coming back...
Comment: Less Than Jake, is one of my (3) favorite bands of ALL times, (Rancid & Goldfinger)...
Proud of the boys for "ditching" the idea of NOT putting horns in every song just because they have them. Yes, one of the main reasons we listen to LTJ is because they have horns. Its their staple sound.
...and they figured that out. There are horns all over the new CD.
After all, when you choose to listen to an AC/DC tune, you are not expecting a ballad and soft vocals... its AC/DC and you know it.
By the way, I went to the LTJ show last night at the H.O.B. in New Orleans... they were at the top of there game !!! Fantastic show, sounded great, and as always, LTJ played only (3) songs from the new CD and played tons of old tunes. They played for 1-1/2 hours and did a (3) song encore... (Gainsville Rock City, Dope Man and Plastic Cup Politics) ...outstanding show!!!
Back to the new CD;
With "Hello Rockview" and "Borders and Boundaries" being their two best CD's to date, (I would rate them as 5 stars) GNV FLA gets close but falls a bit short (just a taste under 4 stars.) To me it sounds like the latter (2) CD's I mentioned, but a bit more mature than those two CD's (musically).
The lyrics, however, are like novels. Way too many words in each song, to crowded with lyrics, they need to let their tunes breath a bit.
GNV FLA lacks vocal hooks...
I have been listening to the CD since its release (and digging it) and found only 2 or maybe 3 vocal hooks on the whole CD. Hell, when I want to sing along with one of the songs, I get the lyrics sheet out of the inside cover and each song is like reading a novel. Who wants to do that.
Anyway, that is my 1 and ONLY complaint with GNV FLA, too many lyrics and not enough vocal hooks. Well, that is technically 2 complaints.
The sound production is great, as always, the horns are back, finally, and musically, the mature LTJ sound is great! just too many lyrics.
This CD is definitely worth the buy, if you like Ska and Punk!!!
...and the show is one you DO NOT want to miss!
So, enjoy both.
Lil' Gleason
Customer Rating:
Summary: Returning to their roots
Comment: this is the most definately one of the best CD's LTJ has put out since "hello rockview" and seein as they fell flat on their faces with the last album you wont be disapointed and youll probebly be skanking in your room while listening to it
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Editorial Reviews:
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GNV FLA. Mark that as your destination to be one with Less Than Jake, an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. Originally formed in 1992 as a power pop trio, the band evolved into a hybrid of third-wave ska and punk pop, with added elements of modern rock and even metal. GNV FLA is the seventh full-length studio album from Less Than Jake. The album's title is an abbreviation of the band's hometown, Gainesville, Florida.
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