Freak Kitchen [Import]

freak kitchen [import]

Track Listings

1. Weve Heard It All Before

2. Vaseline Bizniz

3. Michael And The Syndrome

4. Entertain Me

5. My New Haircut

6. Broken Food

7. Bull

8. Mr Kashchei And The 13 Prostitutes

9. Scattered

10. Six Dildo Bob And The Bluegrass Samba From Hell

11. Tiny Little Second

12. Pathetic Aesthetic

13. A Regular Guy

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The Swedish metal act's 1998 album. Thunderstruck.

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Freak Kitchen [Import]

Average customer rating:

Raw and clearly high class

Appetizer
Freak Kitchen
Manufacturer: Thunderstruck
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006YT4
Release Date: 1995-04-11

Tracks:

Blind
Appetizer
Lie Freedom
Hollow
See You in Pittsburgh
Paperdance
Raw
Some Kind of Love Song
Are You for Real
Healthy Man
What's the Problem
New Part

Customer Reviews:

Raw and clearly high class.......2004-03-03

This album Rocks. I should have given it a 5 star but my taste for plain chart hit songs are too strong. This group is not afraid of testing and playing with sounds and ideas.
Ever wondered what the greatest song of the 90:s was?
Well, let me tell you. It is a song on this album. RAW is the name...........best there is. Bon Jovi, Ratt and any other hardrockers cant even compete in this region.
If you buy this album you wont be dissapointed!
The song RAW is worth every penny, because its one of the greatest songs ever written.
Also, "some kind of love songs" is clearly a hit song with unusual tunes.........clearly class.
THIS guy really can play guitar!!! BUY IT!!!

Average customer rating:

Fun to listen to, but not good
So Goddamn Good
10 stars!!
Yes, you too will be spanked!

Spanking Hour
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Manufacturer: Thunderstruck
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Freak Guitar: The Road Less Traveled

ASIN: B0000278BT
Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

Walls of Stupidity
Haw, Haw, Haw
Jerk
Taste My Fist
Burning Bridges
Inner Revolution
Lisa
Spanking Hour
Proud to Be Plastic
Dystopia
Bitter Season

Album Description

The Swedish metal act's 1996 album. Thunderstruck.

Customer Reviews:

Fun to listen to, but not good.......2004-05-02

Freak Kitchen has mastered every cliche of tasteless American guitar rock and added their own ridiculous Swedish twist. The solos are miles over the top and the lyrics are cartoonishly bad. I got my copy of this album for free, I think the price was just right. If you're intrigued by a Scandavian charicature of everything wrong with rock music in the States, download some songs but don't waste your money.

So Goddamn Good.......2003-09-18

I wouldn't consider this a progressive album or even a progressive band, but the progressive elements are definetely present. Matthias is absolutely amazing at guitar and the lyrics he writes are extremely Zappa-esque in it's satire. This album can rock out but it also is extremely well done. Really good stuff. Get it for something new and you're sure to fall in love.

10 stars!!.......2003-06-26

Freak Kitchen is a breath of fresh air. Their music is so original. Not a single dead song on this one. Their music has hints of prog, metal, and a slight alternative feel. Basically, they smoke any alternative-new metal band out there because the music has the complexity of prog, the groove of rock, and the balls of metal! I plan on buying more of their stuff. I was very satisfied with Spanking Hour. Excellent songs would include "Walls of Stupidity", "Haw,haw,ha", "Dystopia", and "Spanking Hour". You'll never believe that this music is from Sweden!

Yes, you too will be spanked!.......2000-07-18

I've been jaded at times about the state of intelligently done, progressive hard rock/metal these days, but this album re-affirmed my faith in what can be done without being too derivative or just plain boring. These guys really have it together - driving riffs, cool change-overs, and great lyrics. There's a real skill for songcraft here... at times I heard elements of Kim Mitchell (I think - maybe it's the singer!), Scatterbrain, Extreme (III sides...) and Tiles (who I also highly recommend). Too bad here in the U.S. we only the opportunity to buy Freak Kitchen CDs as imports!

Average customer rating:

Dead Soul Men
Freak Kitchen
Manufacturer: Thunderstruck
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005M16P
Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

Silence!
Gun God
Ugly Side of Me
Everything Is Under Control
Get a Life
Sinking Planet
Dead Soul Man
I Refuse
Black Spider Flag
Super Model Baby
Slap Me in the Face
Shithead

Album Description

The Swedish metal act's 2001 album. Thunderstruck.

Average customer rating:

Kick @$$
Lots of spice in this kitchen
Damn Swedes know how to rock...
Brilliant metal/hard rock
Clever, funny lyrics and great music

Move
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Manufacturer: Seoul Record
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ASIN: B0000894NE
Release Date: 2003-01-27

Tracks:

Propaganda Pie
Nobody's Laughing
Snap
Humiliation Song
Razor Flowers
Heroin Breakfast
Porno Daddy
Seven Days in June
Maggots of Corruption
Hateful Little People
Logo
Wrong Year

Album Description

Asian edition of the Swedish metal act's 2002 album. Seoul Records.

Customer Reviews:

Kick @$$.......2007-04-11

I cannot believe that this thing is selling for 30 bucks. They really need to promote this album more in the US. The guitar solos on Snap and Razor Flowers...heck the solos on all the songs are reason enough to get this album. Creativity at its crazy best, I had to see him play to believe that stuff like that was even possible!

Lots of spice in this kitchen.......2006-11-16

Freak Kitchen is a bass, drum, and guitar trio from Sweden that flat out rock! If your looking for an extreme energy, slamming, modern hard rock/metal album filled with hooks that stick and don't leave for days, give this a listen. If you want to hear a tight rhythm section, and guitar solos similar to Satriani or Van Halen intrigue you, check this out. If you like powerful vocalists who enunciate clearly so you can understand the words, look no further. If you want intellectual lyrics, look elsewhere, but if all the other items are on your checklist, this is one of those zero filler records where you immediately push play to hear it again after the final song is over.

Damn Swedes know how to rock..........2006-02-26

Metal comes in many flavors - the technical, the fantastical, the extreme, the flamboyant, the experimental, the elaborate, the simplistic yet cranial crushing, and any number of other things. Metal fans, however, tend to be far more stringent and like to catalogue their metal in a slightly more primitive fashion - the true and the false. Consequently, many metalheads will approach blindly and leave in utter disgust at this apparent display of what can only be construed as paradoxical pop-metal. Their loss, I suppose.

Enter Freak Kitchen, brainchild of guitarist Mattias IA Eklundh who, by all standards, should probably have a solid home in a top tier progressive metal band. He seems to have other plans though, as he's too busy stuffing melodies and leads that are rich with metric and harmonic complexity into three minute songs that are safe for mass consumption. I honestly have no idea how they do it - every single song they write is as catchy as anything you might hear on the charts (and will just as easily get stuck in your head for weeks at a time), and yet is filled to the brim with instrumental acrobatics that are subtle enough to not induce any kind of inaccessibility, but are obvious enough to please music snobs around the world. Bassist Christer Ortefors and drummer Bjorn Fryklundh don't necessarily do anything that will make a tech-head look twice, but considering the context in which they are playing, they manage to successfully inject some goofy stuff throughout... including occasional double bass, off-kilter cymbal work, slight rhythmic variations, and plenty of neat bass lines that augment the guitars instead of following them in parallel. The main attraction, of course, is Mattias himself, who makes abundant use of non-standard chord progressions and really comes through with his many leads and solos which somehow manage to fit perfectly with the mood and flow of what's basically the quintessential radio single, yet are also as complex and demanding as anything by the likes of Ron Thal or Ron Jarzombek. He also squeezes some strange noises out of his guitar, for example in "Herion Breakfast" where he sounds like somebody dialing a number on a telephone.

Not only can Mattias play, but he's also a very decent vocalist. Every letter of every word is pronounced clearly enough for you to be able to tell what he's talking about without having to dig through the liner notes - a notable accomplishment considering that he's Swedish and still carries a somewhat obvious accent. Their lyrics consist of humorous, light-hearted social commentary that can sometimes be thought-provoking in a faux-intellectual adolescent sort of way, but generally doesn't take itself seriously at all and serves only to make one giggle.

After listening to bands like Freak Kitchen and fellow partners in crime Bumblefoot, it becomes apparent that many metal acts out there are in more and more of a frenzy to make their music ever more extreme in one direction or another, often forgetting what it's like to simply have fun.

This is a pretty good wakeup call.

Brilliant metal/hard rock.......2005-05-10

Simply put, this music is beyond the restrictive and often inaccessible confines of traditional progressive rock/metal. Every song is as catchy as top 40 music yet is just as complex as bands like Dream Theater, Symphony X, Rush, ect... Don't believe me? You'll just have to hear it; it's impossible not to love every song. I'm a big fan of progressive rock but sometimes I wish those bands would focus more on the actual SONG than their musicianship - well, here we have Freak Kitchen who do exactly that. Don't get me wrong the musicianship is incredible; Mattias IA Eklundh is my favorite guitarist outscoring masters like Petrucci, Lifeson, and even Vai. If I were to give an accurate description of this music allegorically...I'd say Metallica meets Zappa. The lyrics are hilarious and the music never takes itself too seriously, but damn can these guys play. This album, "Move", is the best Freak Kitchen album hands down; it's even better than their latest album "Organic". Start your Freak Kitchen journey here and then pick up their other albums and the Freak Guitar solo albums as well.

Clever, funny lyrics and great music.......2004-11-16

If some record company were smart they'd grab the rights to distribute Freak Kitchen in the USA. If these guys were better known they'd be winning Grammy awards all over the place.

Their music is great - not just well played, it also grabs you and gets you moving. The lyrics are brilliant - funny and clever with biting social commentary.

It's hard to put them in a genre - rock bordering on metal? Or maybe pop-metal? Well, whatever it is they rock!

Average customer rating:

Pure music enjoyment!!!

Freak Kitchen
Freak Kitchen
Manufacturer: Thunderstruck
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JOC2
Release Date: 1999-08-19

Tracks:

We've Heard It All Before
Vaseline Bizniz
Michael and the Syndrome
Entertain Me
My New Haircut
Broken Food
Bull
Mr. Kashchei and the 13 Prostitutes
Scattered
Six Dildo Bob and the Bluegrass Samba from Hell
Tiny Little Second
Pathetic Aestetic
Regular Guy
Also Sprach Cetacea

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: Also Sprach Cetacea.

Customer Reviews:

Pure music enjoyment!!!.......2003-10-24

I have every Freak Kitchen CD. Each CD has a unique mood. This album is the most Freaky of the 5. This album covers all musical styles. Mathias' guitar playing is awesome as always. The songs are bursting with creativity, and as always, each song has clever lyrics with catchy, unforgetable melodies. All the songs rule...I don't have a favorite. Six Dildo Bob & the Bluegrass Samba from Hell is an extremely fun instrumental. Buy this disc!

P.S. - This disc can be purchased for a significantly cheaper price at www.guitar9.com or www.impulsemusic.com.

Organic
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Organic
Freak Kitchen
Manufacturer: Jvc Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009V1HBQ
Release Date: 2005-07-21

Tracks:

Speak When Spoken To
Rights To You
Look Bored
Chest Pain Waltz
Mussolini Mind
Guilt Trip
Becky
Independent Way Of Life
Heal Me
Infidelity Ghost
Sob Story
Breathe

Average customer rating:

awesome

Appetizer
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Manufacturer: Thunderstruck
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000026455
Release Date: 1994-01-01

Tracks:

Blind
Appetizer
Lie Freedom
Hollow
See You in Pittsburgh
Paperdance
Raw
Some Kind of Love Song
Are You for Real
Healthy Man
What's the Problem
New Part

Album Description

The Swedish metal act's 1994 album. 12 tracks. Thunderstruck.

Customer Reviews:

awesome .......2005-01-01

I have owned this album since it was released, and it still one of my all time favourites. It has an energy and sencerity that is hard to be found elsewhere. Ia Ekhlund is the most innovative guitarrist and songwriter in europe!! together with the zany anarchistic drumming of Joakim Sjoberg and tight bass playing from Christer Gronlund i must say...Get this album, you will not regret it.

Average customer rating:

Fun to listen to, but not good
So Goddamn Good
10 stars!!
Yes, you too will be spanked!

Spanking Hour
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ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006YT5
Release Date: 1996-09-04

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Walls of Stupidity
Haw, Haw, Haw
Jerk
Taste My Fist
Burning Bridges
Inner Revolution
Lisa
Spanking Hour
Proud to Be Plastic
Dystopia
Bitter Season

Album Description

The Swedish metal act's 1996 album. Thunderstruck.

Customer Reviews:

Fun to listen to, but not good.......2004-05-02

So Goddamn Good.......2003-09-18

10 stars!!.......2003-06-26

Yes, you too will be spanked!.......2000-07-18

Average customer rating:

Great Guitar!!
A spectesticle ablum! Arousing and energetic!
Painfully bad
Freak Kitchen: Extreme-like, with an extra dose of talent

Dead Soul Men
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Manufacturer: Jvc Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000051T8W
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

Silence!
Gun God
Ugly Side of Me
Everything Is Under Control
Get a Life
Sinking Planet
Dead Soul Man
I Refuse
Black Spider Flag
Super Model Baby
Slap Me in the Face
Shithead

Customer Reviews:

Great Guitar!!.......2007-05-26

Their best album for sure. A must have if you're a music geek like me!! I'm a drummer but I still respect a great guitar player when I hear one! Awsome.

A spectesticle ablum! Arousing and energetic!.......2004-09-09

Upon intercourse with your ear, any song from "Dead Soul Men" is sure to please any audiophile with a taste for the pleasures of the luscious electric guitar. Mattias "IA" Eklund is without a doubt the most talented and inventive of guitarists. Making good use of his vigorous fingerwork, creative phrasing, and vibrators (among other goodies in his arsenal). This album is classy and raunchy, angry yet plesant, serious with a smooth insertion of irony, heavily lubricated with a humorous outlook on life in general. Put it in (your CD player) and see for yourself. And lest ye look down upon such an outstanding artwork as "a distillation of every bad element of soul-less 80's metal and bland modern FM rock." Then I suggest that you open your virgin mind and try picking up a musical insturment (and attempt to play it, should you dare to become even marginally cultured). That might remove your head from your rectum long enough to admire the shining brilliance of an album throbbing, on the verge of bursting, with life-giving talent.

Painfully bad.......2004-05-04

Freak Kitchen is awful. Somewhat entertaining, but awful. Their sound is a distillation of every bad element of soul-less 80's metal and bland modern FM rock (Matchbox 20). The songs are completely tasteless with ridiculous vocal harmonies and face-melting (read "terrible") guitar solos. The lyrics reflect the kind of dystopian world view of a pot-smoking 14 year-old with a library card. Luckily most of this can be accused by the fact that they're Swedish.

Freak Kitchen: Extreme-like, with an extra dose of talent.......2002-11-12

I own three Freak Kitchen albums at the moment. This one is by far the best. It recently hit me that the music reminds me of Extreme in their good days, minus the funk, with a healthy dose of Prog thrown in. The music is upbeat and "hooky," though the lyrics often address the nastier side of life (see title song). The guitar is amazing, particularly when the band rips off on some odd 9/13 guitar bits, bit it never ever sounds at all like Dream Theater or Pain of Salvation, or Fates Warning, or Quensryche. Every song on this CD is solid. I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite, though I suppose if I had to, the tracks: Sinking Planet, Dead Soul Men, Supermodel Baby, and Silence are at the top of the list. The downside to this album is that it is imported and therefore costs a bit much. But I swear, if you are at all a fan of Extreme, or even simply a guitar-based musician with a thing for prog, you'll thank me for suggesting this to you. Buy it. You won't regret it.

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Freak Kitchen
Freak Kitchen
Manufacturer: Thunderstruck
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000026FSE
Release Date: 1998-01-01

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We've Heard It All Before
Vaseline Bizniz
Michael and the Syndrome
Entertain Me
My New Haircut
Broken Food
Bull
Mr. Kashchei and the 13 Prostitutes
Scattered
Six Dildo Bob and the Bluegrass Samba from Hell
Tiny Little Second
Pathetic Aestetic
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Album Description

The Swedish metal act's 1998 album. Thunderstruck.

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