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Title: The sounds of 1994...
Review: Not as iconic as "Nirvana", "Dandelion" has a special place among my CD's for this great disc. Most of the tracks are memorable only as over-loud, endless chords - though that makes the disc a perfect time-capsule for the era of grunge. (Also, suffice it to say, because they didn't get the airplay of, say, "In Bloom" or "Smells like Teen Spirit", the lesser tracks here have the benefit of not having been played to death on Top-40 stations.) That said, "Dyslexicon" is graced by several songs which more than make up for the shapeless noise of the rest of the album - "Trailer Park Girl", an ironic ode to the goddess that lives in the trailer parks of our hearts; "Viva Kneival" which is a prolonged rock stunt which makes you feel like snapping some of your ribs; and especially "Weird Out", which kicks off with some guitar riffs that out-power more mainstream bands. I got this disc for "Weird Out", but like to break it out whenever I feel the need to trip back about a decade or so.
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