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[                    Whale--We Care                         ]

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Releaser [ Karmacoma         ]        [ Audioactive/Radium] Encoder

Style    [ Rock              ]        [ 160kbps / 44,1kHz ] Quality

Date     [ 11-15-1999        ] ░▒▓▓▒░ [ 13 (61:19 min)    ]   Songs

This is the sort of record which, if picked up in the "oddities"

section of a used vinyl bin for a couple of bucks, would provide a

fizzy rush of pleasure for a few days and then get tucked in the back

of the shelf. How queer that it instead finds itself in the Buzz Bin.

Sweden's Whale made a sneak attack on U.S. radio last spring with

"Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe," an irresistible rock/dub absurdity

accompanied by a garish Mark Pellington-directed (like Pearl Jam's

"Jeremy") video that was MTV's flavor of the minute. Striking long

after the iron has cooled, the trio-consisting of lead singer Cia

Berg with her buddies Henrik Schyffert and Gordon Cyrus-has finally

gotten around to building an album, We Care, around "Hobo," one that

pogos from style to style. Just as the sun-baked video found

brace-faced Berg strutting past topless surfer dudes while

lasciviously sucking a lollipop, We Care makes no bones about Whale's

main fascination: Song titles include "Young, Dumb, And Full Of Cum"

and "Happy In You." (Oh, those frisky Scandinavians!) The group also

drops several random references to Nine Inch Nails and one to Kurt

Loder (don't ask). Whale's nutrition-free debut is not without its

pleasures. Schyffert and Cyrus construct punchy rhythms that are good

enough to do the vertical bop to while Berg sings about doing the

horizontal bop. It doesn't sound like Whale is hankering for respect

from the intelligentsia, but if the band was smart, it'd team up with

someone like Tricky or Nellee Hooper for its next opus. Then we could

still dance to Whale while we tried to take it seriously.

01 Kickin                                                 (03:46)

02 Thats Where Its At                                     (04:15)

03 Pay For Me                                             (04:24)

04 Eurodog                                                (03:36)

05 Ill Do Ya                                              (08:25)

06 Electricity                                            (04:13)

07 Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe                                 (03:59)

08 Tryzasnice                                             (04:45)

09 Happy In You                                           (04:56)

10 I Miss Me                                              (04:10)

11 Young Dumb N Full Of Cum                               (05:13)

12 Im Cold                                                (08:25)

13 Born To Raise Hell                                     (01:12)

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