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well, OK...:
Yet another carbon-copy Man Or Astroman album. This band is quite prolific, and this album, while certainly not a bad one, will suffice as the MoA album of your choice. The band can play with a lot of energy, and they've always been tight, but the pitfalls still exist: lack of variety in tempos and keys, the one-song-represents-the-whole stigma, and of course, the pretentious TV-spacemen schtick, which is getting pretty old at this point. I would suggest, as an alternative, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, a Canadian instrumental/surf band with far more variety, whose creativity is stronger on the musical side, rather than the image. Not a bad record, this one, albeit generic, been done before, and been done better.

supercool!:
My favorite song on this disc in Nitrous Burnout - this is played often. I think they've got better discs out there but still this is classic surf and punk with lotsa energy!

What a brilliant CD!:
Not the best Man or Astroman CD, but certainly a good one!

Born of Woman... Re-Created By OUTER SPACE!!:
Man... or Astroman? came out with an impresive debut album when this was released back in 1993. This self titled album was a precedent to the music they would release later in their many albums to follow this one. This is were it all started, when Man... or Astroman? started with its humor and talent with the mixture of b-movie samples and amazing songs. The songs presented on this album are deemed classic Man... or Astroman? songs. Them being the first songs released for the whole audience of the world to hear. These songs are just incredible to listen to. It all starts with Taxidermist Surf, a song that shows what is to come in the following songs and albums. Then as a follow up song is Invasion of the Dragonmen, a song that captures the listeners attention with the b-movie sample and then holds that attention with a great song. Nitrous Burn Out and Clean Up on Aisle #9 are just what is meant by classic songs by Man... or Astroman? And then Man... or Astroman? show how well they can cover a song by doing a cover song of one of the original innovators of surf, The Ventures, with a cover of their classic song 'Journey to the Stars'. All the songs that follow up until the last song, cheerfully named 'Alien Visitors', are a bundle of listening pleasure. All these songs are played by the original recording members of Man... or Astroman? Starcrunch who plays lead guitar. Birdstuff who plays drums. Coco, The Electronic Monkey Wizard who plays the occasional bass, percussion, and is responsible for the sound bites. Finally there is Dr. Delecto & His Invisible Vaportron, who is refered to in the following album as Dr. Deleto, who plays bass, and rhythm guitar. This foursome has come a long way, and through many changes in so many different regions of their attire and music genre, from this first album all the way up until their latest full length release, Spectrum of Infinite Scale. Man... or Astroman? have been releasing albums at an impressive rate and for this to be the first of their many, it is a prophecy proven true that they were destine to be great from the beginning.

A must own for man or astro-man? fans:
coco,birdstuff,starcrunch and deleto combine cheesy B sci fi movies with instrumental surf to create a very impressive debut. This cd contains a cover of the ventures' song Journey to the stars, this is a must own for anyone who loves Man or Astro-man? or any instrumental surf band.

• Taxidermist Surf
• Invasion of the Dragonmen
• Nitrous Burn Out
• Clean up on Aisle #9 (Turn up the Monitors)
• Journey to the Stars
• Cowboy Playing Dead
• Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb
• Human Calculator
• Organ Smash
• Cattle Drive
• Escape Through the Air Vent
• Mermaid Love
• Eric Estrotica
• Alien Visitors