Waiting for the Punchline [Import]

Waiting for the Punchline [Import]

Track Listings

1. There Is No God

2. Cynical

3. Tell Me Something I Don't

4. Hip Today

5. Naked

6. Midnight Express

7. Leave Me Alone

8. No Respect

9. Evilangelist

10. Shadow Boxing

11. Unconditionally

12. Fair Weather Faith

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Asia pressing features 12 tracks including the previously unavailable 'Fair Weather Faith'. Universal. 2005.

Tracks:

There Is No God
Cynical
Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Hip Today
Naked
Midnight Express
Leave Me Alone
No Respect
Evilangelist
Shadow Boxing
Unconditionally

Customer Reviews:

Going out with a bang.........2006-08-21

This was my favorite Extreme CD ..BY FAR! I am one of those goofballs who might listen to a song 10 times before I figure out what I like about it. On the 2nd listen to WFTPL ..I just sat back in my chair and listened to Nuno play. Where I was sitting made all the difference, because most of the guitar was coming out of my right speaker. During that 2nd listen, I was in guitar heaven. It was almost as if Nuno told everyone else in the band to go ahead and play, and "just let me jam on my own". I'm not saying the rest of the music is below par..its not.. but DAMN ..from start to finish, this was one great listen.

To those who didnt like this CD..its your loss. Although I would have liked to see Extreme hang around..at least they did what most bands refuse to do..go out with a bang, instead of a whimper.

Gary and Nuno just learned that they are Hip Today........2006-06-23

Gary and Nuno just learned that they are Hip Today and gone tomorrow, and they truly are pissed. It is obvious by the anger in Gary's voice, the hard hitting riffs from Nuno, and Paul's departure. No more happy-go-lucky fun music; this is serious. This is the hardest sounding CD from Extreme. Enough of the Glam-rock, let get heavy. This may be Extreme's most under-rated CD, and maybe the best.
The punchline: 90's Grunge. Sorry, but thats the joke! The music industry turned their backs on real rock and Gary and Nuno knows it and realizes the truth.
This is a must-have CD. I promise, it will grow on you.

..it has a punchline alright .......2006-01-27

extreme will always be remembered for their lighter wavin' women tear-jerkin' ballad "more than words" that go so over-plsyed on the radio.."three sides to the story" is a classic slice of metal..on 1995 still clingin' to the breast of grunge that was still surfin' the airways in amongst the new breed of rebellion
"britpop" that was takin' the sweet sixties pop and churnin' classic rock..it never did much for me..
and the eighties hair metal bands were still usin' the hair spray to extreme well some had looped off their locks..
but some were still fightin' to keep the fire burnin'
i'm not one of eighties hair metal too much spandex and eye liner and cheese to fill a hundred burgers with extra delight

but extreme had a special escent that made you think you weren't listenin' too a eighties hair metal band which they were they had the tang of the seventies..the era i love the most..
so while i'm listenin' to this album i don't get any images
of tight leather pants
i get a image of 4 guys rockin' out and makin' a blisterin'
metal album to burn bright for the dyin' breed of the dreadful hair metal which is best forgotten until the darkness stuck their ugly heads in 2003..with permission to land the album that treads every of 80's hair metal that needs to be forgotten
if you want a band that make look like 80's hair metallers but don't want the cheese then get this album "waitin' for a punchline"

As good as it gets.......2006-01-09

I had to review this album so that I could help get the word out to other possible consumers. Put simply: BUY THIS ALBUM! Obviously, I feel very strongly about this. For fans of the guitar, whether it be electric, acoustic, whatever, you must listen to Nuno's work here. He is amazing.

I lean more towards the bluesy guitar players of the seventies. Page, Kossoff, Bolin, Clapton, West, Lowell George, etc. These are my mainstays. I also really enjoy the 80's players, Gilbert, VanHalen, Malmsteen, LeTekro (if you haven't checked out his work with TNT you're missing out), Wylde, Jake E. Lee, and a host of others. In short, I dig good guitar playing.

Well, to my ears it just doesn't get much better than this. It's not so much Nuno's solos that give me the shivers, cause they often do, but it is the rhythm work that is staggering. I don't know else how to put it. Shadowboxing gets me everytime, puts me in a whole other world. All I know is that out of my nine hundred or so titles, this one gets played as much as any other. Maybe that's the best compliment that I can give it.

Do yourself a favor and give this one a try. Listen to it, listen to it again, and then again. I almost guarantee that if you are into quality guitar work, that you won't be dissappointed. Also, try Cry of Love and Brother Cane for great guitar work.

Still Waiting...........2004-10-22

Almost 10 years later... and I am still waiting for the punchline. I think this is the most properly named album of all time... as the easiest summation is: it lacks ANY punch and keeps you waiting for something that never comes! Its terrible, especially when contrasted with Pornograffitti. Gone are the great guitar tone, riffing, rhythm, power, and groove that marked most of the prior three albums. It's what the forth side to "III Sides To Every Story" could have been... "Yours, Mine, The Truth, and THE SUCK". The songs are lackluster, but its really the guitar sound that kills this album album. "No Respect", surprisingly, by name, is the only song worth any respect and the only song near upbeat on the album. "Waiting for the Punchline" still remains in my top 5 worst albums of all time... I dont write negative reviews unless a CD is really bad in general or really bad compared to the bands other work. In this case, it fits both... its bad for Extreme... and stands up as exceptionally bad among all other bands' albums as well. Conversely, in my opinion, III Sides and Pornograffitti are 4 and 5 star albums, respectively.

Average customer rating:

Waiting for the Punchline
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Manufacturer: Universal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A0GNAG
Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

There Is No God
Cynical
Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Hip Today
Naked
Midnight Express
Leave Me Alone
No Respect
Evilangelist
Shadow Boxing
Unconditionally
Fair Weather Faith

Album Description

Asia pressing features 12 tracks including the previously unavailable 'Fair Weather Faith'. Universal. 2005.

Average customer rating:

amazing record
Waiting For The Punchline CD review
Worth every penny
Strange, odd, but fantastic
Extreme saved its best for last

Waiting for the Punchline
Extreme
Manufacturer: Universal/a&M
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000JO2N
Release Date: 1995-10-20

Tracks:

There Is No God
Cynical
Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Hip Today
Naked
Midnight Express
Leave Me Alone
No Respect
Evilangelist
Shadow Boxing
Unconditionally
Fair Weather Faith

Customer Reviews:

amazing record.......2004-03-29

I've been an Extreme fan for years. They are just truly amazing musicians. When I listened to WFTP, I was surprised at how raw and pure the record sounded. I am impressed at the sheer talent and intelligence that this album has. Unconditionally is quite simply a beautiful song, I love it to this day. The album has a very honest feel to it, you can tell they didn't overproduce it. There isn't one song I don't like. Midnight Express is an amazing instrumental by Nuno, who is simply a guitar player who is beyond description, he's just simply brilliant(check out Population One by the way). It's breathtaking. There is something for everyone on here. Hip Today, Cynical, Shadow Boxing, Unconditionally, Midnight Express are all standouts. I love that they were honest, leaving in mistakes, and just making an album unlike anything they'd done before. Extreme has never been afraid to be themselves and differentiate from other bands, both in their personal and professional conduct. An honest, lyrically challenging, intelligent, emotionally driven well crafted work of art by a band who was always a notch or two above the rest. Let the musicianship, chemistry, and intelligence engulf you. You will grow to LOVE this album.

Waiting For The Punchline CD review.......2002-04-05

Waiting For The Punchline, is quite a different Extreme album. Most of the songs feel live, like no care was taken into the quality of the production, just stripped down straight up in your face rock 'n' roll. Their last three albums were mixed very well and carried quite a remarkable sound landscape. Here the band just get's muddy in sound (perhaps because Nirvana called them polished, which was more of a compliment than a cutting remark). There are gems by Extreme to be found all over the place here. "There Is No God" which opens the album, is classic Extreme. The song points the finger at the non-believer, one who does not believe in god. It's really quite an intelligent song, with excellent lyrics by Gary Cherone and out of this world guitar from Nuno Bettencourt. "Hip Today", "Cynical", "Tell Me Something I Don't Know", "Leave Me Alone", "Shadow Boxing", "Midnight Express", "Naked", "Evilangelist", "Unconditionally" are some of the best rock songs to have ever been recorded. There is a hidden track to come on a few seconds after "Fair-Weather Faith", the song is titled "Waiting For The Punchline" and is by far one of the best tracks on the album, and maybe one of Extreme's best songs to date. Though, if any album could benefit from being remastered it is this album. It has an overall classic rock feel which is rare for a late 90's recording. Overall, an excellent recording from Extreme, and I do believe they will record in the studio again someday. When, couldn't tell ya.

Worth every penny.......2001-08-16

I've bought all 4 Extreme CDs in the last month...I first heard them years ago and thought they were good then but never got round to seriously listening to them.

I would thoroughly agree with most of the reviews that you have yet another masterpiece. True, its not over-produced and a couple of the tracks he sings out of tune a couple of times, it sounds very different...But man, how many bands really did be adventurous enough to make 4 completely different albums ??

I would disagree with Bjorn that it lacks "joy" and I think he has misunderstood "There is no God" track... As a christian (fanatical sort) I feel each album has developed its spirituality as Nuno's (?) faith seemed to have grown. Punchline is definitely the most nitty-gritty exploration of humanity I have found on an LP...

Go out and buy them all !! Its a journey of music and faith without a doubt...no wonder some record shops refused to stock them as they were too "christian"!

Strange, odd, but fantastic.......2001-04-02

Very raw-sounding, with very little production, and all of musician's talents fully in the front row. Also, very intense and energic record, especially having in mind the songs with Mike Mangini on the drums. Simply, it's a great album. A must have for every Extreme fan.

Extreme saved its best for last.......2001-03-06

I used to think that Extreme was a miserable excuse for a band ... until a friend loaned me WFTP. One listen, and I had to have a copy. Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt was brilliant, Gary Cherone sang with emotion, the songwriting was strong, and varied. Simply, the best music the band released, and a shame that Cherone took 5 steps backward to work with Sir Van Halen.