Splurge

Puffy's gone and put out an amazing CD for their 10th aniversary. In my humble opinion it's the best yet. The girls just keep getting better. Combining the old (Andy Strummer and Tomio Okuda) with the new (Butch Walker, Dexter Holland, Jon Spencer and others), they've managed to cover the whole spectrum of rock's history. From the Beatlesque ("Radio Tokyo"), an amazing Grateful Dead boogie ("onna mashingan", somewhere Jerry's smiling), the Offspring ("Tokyo, I'm on my way."), Green Day (our little Punk princesses), Yumi's breathy "Zombies" ("Rakuda no Kuni"), the list goes on and on. "Soshun Monogatari" evokes images of Shampoo and Dudley Moore/Peter Cook movies. Groovy baby! "Koi no Etude" and "missing you baby", early 60's girl bands coming from your '57 Chevy convertable's AM radio. Butch Walker's "Shall We Dance?" (my favorite song) proves the 80's can live again. Ami's "Security Blanket" starts out all sweet and innocent before smacking you in the face, grabbing you by the throat, and shaking you silly. And Tomio-san proves he's still got the touch with "Sunday in the park". The last two non-Hi Hi singles are included and complement the CD nicely.

Puffy AmiYumi SPLURGE Track Listing 01 - Call Me What You Like 02 - Nice Buddy 03 - Tokyo I'm On My Way 04 - Radio Tokyo 05 - Mole-Like 06 - Etude 07 - Go Baby Power Now 08 - Sunday In The Park 09 - Missing You Baby 10 - The Story 11 - Mole 12 - Cameland 13 - Security Blanket 14 - Beginnings Bonus Tracks 15 - Friends Forever ~FICKLE Remix~ 16 - Teen Titans Theme ~POLYSICS' CR-06 MIX~ Thanks to Tofu Records.