Coral Fang - The Distillers
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Universal acclaim- based on 47 Ratings

  • Summary: The punk outfit led by Brody Armstrong (oops--make that Brody Dalle, now) makes its major-label debut with 'Coral Fang,' the band's third release overall.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. [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.
  2. 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.
  3. Coral Fang has its fair share of flaws, but it's impassioned enough to have plenty of bite despite them.
  4. 20
    Coral 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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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 36
  2. Negative: 7 out of 36
  1. The Distiller could have been the next Hole or Sex Pistols for that matter. This album was straight up in your face punk rock. No questions ask. A kick ass punk album. I highly recommend it. Highlight tracks: "The Hunger", "Hall of Mirrors", "Love is Paranoid", "Drain the Blood", "Die on a Rope", "Beat Your Heart Out", "Coral Fang", "Dismantle Me", "Death Sex", "The Gallow is God" "For Tonight You're Only Here to Know." Expand
  2. Kim
    8
    Don't criticise this album because of her private life. Thats none of your f**king buisness. I pesonally love Rancid and The Distillers and what happens outside of the music buisness is there sh*t. I think this album is good but it does seem to have slowed down, to which the orginal fans will be pretty err cheesed off to say the least. However the tracks are mostly in themselves, reasonable. First album ruled... Expand
  3. DizzleBizzle
    7
    More grunge than punk. If you wanna listen to Brody channeling Cobain, you'll love it. Me, I prefered the raw sound of the first, self-titled album. Nothing on "Coral Fang" can compare to Brody screaming "F--- you!" at the top of her lungs at the end of "L.A. Girl." Expand
  4. [Anonymous]
    3
    Critics are so eager to either love or hate this album based solely on the over hyped soap opera that is known as brody's life, that few reviewers have actually mentioned listening to this album when they review it. For what it's worth I've bought it, listened to it and I am sincerely thinking of writing to Warner Brothers and asking for my money back. At best this album is a showcase for the bands rhythum section (which at times is stellar and at other times threatened to be completely sabatoged by Brody's singing and her and Tony's guitar playing) and at worst, everything that has become stale, stagnent and boring about punk rock. Positive reviews on this album on based on nothing more than the media's desire to paint Brody as some angel/whore who crawled her way out of the gutter to save rock n roll from utter damnation. If they were based on the actual music I highly doubt anyone would give this album a second thought. For Sale one copy of Coral Fang dirt cheap. Expand

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