Strap It On

1. Repetition

2. Rude

3. Bad Mood

4. Sinatra

5. FBLA

6. Blacktop

7. Distracted

8. Make Room

9. Murder

Tracks:

Repetition
Rude
Bad Mood
Sinatra
FBLA
Blacktop
Distracted
Make Room
Murder

Customer Reviews:

My favorite Helmet album.......2007-01-21

I have alot of things I could say about this cd, all of it good, but i'll keep it short. EVERY song on here is great! I'm addicted and i cant stop listening. If you like metal, you need to get this!

Which Helmet are you?.......2006-09-21

To me there are two careers to Helmet, the "Meantime" and the "Aftertaste". Most Helmet fans are Meantime, I'm an Aftertaste. Strap It On is the predecessor to Meantime and shows a lot of metal influences while still having its own unique style. I guess I would call it a heavier Henry Rollins and Black Flag if anything. While I am a fan of the early Helmet stuff, Aftertaste is really uncomparable. No matter which side you are on Helmet should be part of your collection including Strap It On.

A nice hint of what would come!.......2006-05-11

Strap It On is a raw, unrelenting, definitive look at what Page Hamilton and the boys of Helmet had in mind when they first got together, jammed, and realized their signiature sound. All of the following releases would be refinements and expansions of that sound. While the CD is a sure pleasure for the Helmet mega-fan, it may not be the best place to start for a newcomer to the band. The strongest albums from the original lineup would have to be Meantime, Betty and Aftertaste. However, after you've fully digested these three treasures, Strap It On, as well as the equally insightful Born Annoying will be a splendid look at where the genius of Helmet originated.

helmet is great, however..........2005-08-24

i am giving this album 4 stars only because of the song "Rude". It is horrible, it is the worst song Helmet has ever created, and all because of the vocals. Page Hamilton just sounds completely terrible on this song, no seriously, he does. Helmet is a kickarse band, and the rest of this album is awesome, but "Rude" ruins it a bit. So do yourself a favor and skip this track, but you probably won't because curiousity has got the best of you...but once you listen to "Rude" you will see what I mean. Take care.

This is possibly the best Helmet release to date.......2005-02-28

Helmet are definitely highly influential. Without a doubt. And this album is a must-own for all Helmet fans, as i believe it's probably their best album.

Starting off with Repetition, you know you're in for a headbanging 30 or so minutes from then on. Rude kicks off with a kinda long drum intro, then the riff...Is just HELMET. Helmet really are unique in the way they structure their riffs. Paige Hamilton might not be the best vocalist in Alternative/Metal/Grunge..But the music more than makes up for that.

Bad Mood is one of the best songs on here. Pretty fast, in which if they had a video for it i think they'd have someone getting chased by the Cops or something. Sinatra, the next song, is the longest song on this CD, as it goes for 4:30 mins. It's pretty good, then it gets better at around 2:40 secs, as it builds and builds and builds..then yet another trademark Helmet riff begins, really heavy as Paige Hamilton is screaming, "What's the best for me?!" over and over.

The weakest songs on here, which aren't even that weak just not as good as Helmet can really do, are probably FBLA and Make Room. Distracted is a very good riff-based song yet again. My 2 other favourites on this album, aside from (pretty much all of them, but..) Bad Mood..are Blacktop and Murder. Murder, i think, has the best Paige Hamilton screaming on it. And Blacktop has probably the coolest riff in it. Very headbangable.

All in all, a great Helmet album. For all fans of Helmet, get this if you haven't already. And to all those who haven't yet bought any Helmet albums, i'd buy this first and see what you think. If you like this, i'm sure you'll enjoy all of their other albums. This album is extremely good.

5/5

Average customer rating:

My favorite Helmet album
Which Helmet are you?
A nice hint of what would come!
helmet is great, however...
This is possibly the best Helmet release to date

Strap It On

Manufacturer: Interscope
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
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