''!!!'' is the debut
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
by the American band
!!!. It was released in 2000 on
Gold Standard Laboratories on vinyl, and saw wide release on CD on 19 June 2001.
Reception
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''The Indianapolis Star'' (also known as ''IndyStar'') is a morning daily newspaper that began publishing on June 6, 1903, in Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It has been the only major daily paper in the city since 1999, whe ...
'' wrote that "the band's hybrid sound recalls both Big Audio Dynamite (even Nic
ffers vocals are reminiscent of Clash veteran Mick Jones) and the experimental spirit of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion."
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Johnny Loftus of ]AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...
stated: "On this lbum !!! trash the axiom that says bands influenced by angular post-punk must be populated by dour misanthropes who sport wallet photos of Ian Curtis
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, with whom he released the albums ''Unknown Pleasures'' (197 ...
. Highly recommended."[
]
Track listing
CD version
LP version
Personnel
* Mario Andreoni – guitar
* Justin Van Der Volgen – bass
* Nic Offer – vocals
* Dan Gorman – trumpet, percussion
* Tyler Pope – guitar
* Allan Wilson – saxophone, percussion
* John Pugh – drums, percussion
References
External links
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!!! albums
2000 debut albums
Gold Standard Laboratories albums