| Bricks Are Heavy | 
 enlarge | Artist: L7
Label: Reprise / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (25 reviews)
Sales Rank: 52077
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 26784
UPC: 759926784210
EAN: 0075992678421
ASIN: B000002LRV
Release Date: April 14, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | Wargasm | | • | Scrap | | • | Pretend We're Dead | | • | Diet Pill | | • | Everglade - L7, Finch, Jennifer | | • | Slide - L7, Gardner, Suzi | | • | One More Thing - L7, Finch, Jennifer | | • | Mr. Integrity | | • | Monster - L7, Gardner, Suzi | | • | Shitlist | | • | This Ain't Pleasure - L7, Gardner, Jennifer |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Somewhat poppier than their previous album, Bricks Are Heavy still features the abrasive guitar riffs and punk inflections that gained L7 their following. "Pretend We're Dead" was the major hit from this album, and is the most commercial song of the lot; songs like "Wargasm", "Everglade", and "Slide" are aggressive, roaring rockers. While "Diet Pill" and "This Ain't Pleasure" emphasize the group's feminist slant, this takes a backseat to their music, which is the main reason to pick up this album. L7 isn't women who play rock and roll; it's a rock and roll band that happens to be made up of women. --Genevieve Williams
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
Everything I remember it to be October 8, 2008
I am rebuying all the older groups I liked in the past because my CD's were stolen long ago. This was a great piece of nostalgia to reaquire.
Girl-Driven Alt Rock May 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fantastic stuff from the girl band L7~ I bought it for the track "Pretend We're Dead" alone! Hard altrock from the early 90's, my favorite kind of rock. Highly recommended, it's kickass. Riot Grrlz still rule.
Grinding Guitar Riffs with Catchy, Shocking Lyrics April 14, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
L7 are an underrated band out of the Northwest "Riot Girl" punk rock scene. In fact they are actually one of the original bands that started the whole "Riot Girl" movement. If you're not familiar with the label "Riot Girl", it basically means chicks who rock, are loud and play aggressive punk rock music with shocking lyrics (The band is best remembered for throwing a dirty tampon into the crowd while performing at a festival). This album is filled with big, grinding, menacing guitar riffs (LOUD), catchy yet shocking lyrics (most with feminine concerns) and screaming vocals on all tracks.
There's nothing original here, just eleven tracks of take no prisoners, in-your-face, grooving, female punk rock. No, there's nothing "pretty" about riot girl bands and that makes them a category of their own. My favorite track on this album is "Pretend We're Dead" which is loud and raunchy but catchy in it's own way.
The soundtrack to my remaining high school years August 1, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is hard to believe that BRICKS ARE HEAVY by the band L7 is fifteen years old. The cd was released in 1992. I was a junior in high school and when I first heard the album, the music was a breathe of fresh air to me. While my peers in high school were listening to hip hop and r&b (which I found to be absolute rubbish and still do to this very day), I had embraced the alternative culture that Nirvana had pushed to the forefront of mainstream music. L7 was my Nirvana especially BRICKS ARE HEAVY.
BRICKS ARE HEAVY is 37 minutes of pure ecstasy for me. The music is both grunge and punk. As aggressive as the music is, every song is riddled with great pop hooks. Songs like "Everyglade" and "Mr.Integrity" are great examples of the band's talent of mixing aggressive music with infectious pop hooks without sounding like the Go Go's (not that there is anything wrong with the Go Go's). My personal anthem for me was "Pretend We're Dead". That song embodied the angst and nihilism of my high school years.
As an adult in her early 30s, BRICKS ARE HEAVY remains as relevant to me as it did fifteen years ago. I still revere this modern rock classic as highly as I did as a teenager. Although I enjoyed the band's follow up albums, none of them really captured the essence of fun and energy of BRICKS ARE HEAVY.
L7 are top of my list! June 22, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is by far the best of the female grunge/punk bands. I love songs like "Pretend We're Dead", "Sh** List", "Wargasm", and "Mr. Integrity". I saw them open up for Marilyn Manson during the Antichrist Superstar tour and they were awesome! IMO, this is the best L7 album.
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