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| Sonic from Norwalk, CT |  |
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Feb 21 2013 |
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I'll admit I'm no longer the total Fat-oholic that I used to be as a teen, but I still had a lot of fun with this great compilation (after all, this is the label responsible for my first punk show back in 2005.) It caters to fans of all of their eras, with the "greatest hits" disc being my favorite. The other two are cool as well, particularly the demo-and-rarity-filled second disc: I had no idea that Bracket had a damned-fine acoustic version of "Everyone Is Telling Me I’ll Never Win..." I'd suggest giving this comp a look, so you can spoil yourself with a Fat treasure-trove for a reasonable price.
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| Jimmy from Acme, PA | |
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Dec 30 2009 |
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Awesome Awesome comp! If youve ever liked any of the Fat bands, get this! 3 cds for $15, how can you go wrong? I like the demo disc the best. Also comes with an awesome poster!
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| David from Lemon Grove, CA | |
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Dec 18 2009 |
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I got my first taste of The Fat as a high school sophmore back in good ol' 1992...Yeah, I'm old. My friend was playing her new Lagwagon album "Duh" on her trucks kick-ass cassette tape deck, sweet! I remember thinking how awesome things must be for Fat Mike with his band on Epitaph and now he's putting out his friends albums on his very own label! Livin' the dream!
So (mumble, mumble) years later it's 2009 and I own a pretty large amount of CD's and Vinyl with the Fat Wreck logo stamped on the back. So this Wrecktrospective is a 3 disc collection of reminders of all the good times I've had listening to these overweight bands.
The first disc plays like a Fat compilation. 33 highlights from the FAT catalogue picked by the big guy himself. Though I own many of the albums that these songs come from it's still fun to listen to in the context of a "greatest hits" selection.
Disc two is very cool as it is all Demo recordings, 28 of 'em. It's always fun to hear early incarnations of songs and then you can go listen to how the songs changed in the final product. Some stand outs here are Good Riddance, Rise Against, and The Lawrence Arms.
The third and final disc is the 27 songs that make up the entire collection of the "Fat Club, Monthly 7 Inch Series". This is full of great songs, many of them only found here. My favorites here are The Vandals, American Steel, Swingin' Utters, Larry Arms, and One Man Army.
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