Classic Years is the third full length album from fluf, but is not really a new album. It is mostly an album comprised of previously released material, mostly from 7" singles. As a result, the sound quality is a little choppy throughout the album. That is, some songs sound better than others. This also takes a little away from the overall album cohesion.
The album opens with "24-7 Years", a song for Kurt Cobain, and without a doubt fluf's best song to date. It's an anthemic little ditty with happy lyrics like "No one really cares/ I've been sayin' it for years/ no one really cares can't you see through my tears." Next up are "Dumpling" and "Skyrocket", two more rocking songs in a similar vein.
The album slows down a little bit for a couple tracks like "Entire", a Spinanes cover, and "Song in D" an Overwhelming Colorfast cover. A third cover of PJ Harvey's "Sheela Na Gig" rocks out though.
Other standouts include "Rod Widdler" and the interestingly titled "All the Fuckers Live in Newport Beach." The Classic Years represents a departure for fluf in a couple of interesting areas. First of all, there are pictures of the actual band members in the cover. In the past, fluf had thrown in random, mysterious or blurred photos to represent the band. fluf has also had a traditional distaste for the CD format. So, it is interesting that the band would sacrifice of vinyl singles to release them on CD.
Overall though this is a good album with some real fluffy stuff on it. It rocks in many places.
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