Coral Fang
- The Distillers
- Band Name: The Distillers
- Record Label: Warner Brothers
- Release Date: Oct 14, 2003
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90[Dalle] may be the New Courtney Love, at times even the Punk PJ Harvey, but she also has a depth of emotion that was last displayed by Kurt Cobain.
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90This is heavy pop at its very best.
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The record sounds like a seamless amalgamation of the three Hole eras (punk, grunge and rock), with Dalle’s ska roots almost entirely supplanted in favour of a grungier muse.
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All you have to do is plug Coral Fang in and turn it on to experience [Dalle's] greatness.
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83Fang's edge is a bit more mosh-by-numbers than Hole's. [Dec 2003, p.129]
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In making a record with such universal themes of love and hate, and sounding so pissed off in the process, Brody has inadvertently made herself the most important new rock star in the world.
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80Coral Fang impresses not just by some nebulous "punk" standards, but by the standards of just about anyone who wants to be rocked gently out of sleep by the dulcet tones of thrashing guitars, pogo-friendly love songs, and possibly the most compellingly forceful female punk vocals since Exene Cervenka wailed her way out of the nihilistic abyss that cartographers call "L.A."
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A series of punk songs that balance throat-shredding, brain-rattling intensity with an undercurrent of sadness and vulnerability.
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Beyond Dalle's rusty-razor delivery, though, little about ''Coral Fang'' is remotely dangerous or shocking.
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75So what if the clean-ish production elicits screams of "Sellout!" from longtime fans? This is good stuff. Somewhere, Courtney Love is wishing she made this album.
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70At once punchy and overwrought, and blessed with some extremely good, if slightly monotonous, tunes. [Nov 2003, p.120]
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70The record's initial thrill comes from the confidence with which the Distillers and producer Gil Norton revive rock as a demolishing force. [Nov 2003, p.116]
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70The Distillers subtract a little of Joan Jett's poppy tunefulness and add (even) more aggressive vocals. If that sounds good to you, you'll at least like this album.
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Coral Fang has its fair share of flaws, but it's impassioned enough to have plenty of bite despite them.
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60This is exciting but competent American punk by numbers. [Nov 2003, p.114]
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Coral Fang's lack of memorable hooks makes it hard to admire for long.
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Those who looked at the Distillers as the hope of 2003 might be disappointed that Dalle's stuck in 1994.
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20Coral Fang finds The Distillers aping the bloodless Hollywood impotence of Hole's Celebrity Skin, their 'punk rock' inoffensive and utterly forgettable. [Dec 2003, p.113]
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Positive: 27 out of 35
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Mixed: 1 out of 35
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Negative: 7 out of 35
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FabioL9
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MichelleK10Amazing album beter than the Sing Sing Death House by far. Best Tracks: Hall Of Mirrors, For Tonight You're Only Here To Know, Coral Fang.
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marEYwtfdoucare'10l love Brody!