This is going to sound like an insult, but read carefully because it most certainly isn't. Cracker is a band with no grand illusions, no pretense to greatness. It is an...
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Forever is a minor comeback for the men and women in Cracker. They might have reached their commercial peak in the early '90s, but Cracker works hard to re-establish their...
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Now that they're no longer on a major label, Cracker can indulge themselves. For some bands, this could be a problem, but a band as irreverent as Cracker can benefit from a...
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Twangy, rollicking and weird, Kerosene Hat is not only an unlikely platinum- seller but a spirited trip that owes as much to the Grateful Dead and Gram Parsons as it...
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With their second album Cracker have lost the smarmy self-righteousness that plagued their otherwise fine debut, replacing it with a surprisingly solid, rocking core....
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Hints of classic rock, '70s chooglin' and smart-ass college-guy wordplay drive this surprisingly straightforward record by the former leader of Camper Van Beethoven, one...
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Apart from David Lowery's tendency to slip in some smug, self-serving lyrics, Cracker's debut is a terrific rock & roll record, full of energetic three-chord bashers and...
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Serving as the EP that separates Cracker's first two albums, Tucson is a fantastic sampler that takes equally from the punk-flavored debut and the countrified follow up....
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With hit-maker status as their albatross, Cracker cranks up the ambition and the studio-savvy psychedelia. One moment this album might recall the Pixies, at another, a...
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The Golden Age opens with "I Hate My Generation," as potent an anthem of American frustration as anything released since punk's heyday. Over howling guitars, dark...
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Kerosene Hat, Cracker's second album, was an unexpected hit because of its off-kilter charm. Though Cracker rocked hard throughout the record, they also threw in fractured...
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Throughout all four of Cracker's albums, leader David Lowery has sounded plenty annoyed by what he sees around him--taking the stance to epic proportions on the T....
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Cracker's third album, The Golden Age, was uneven, but it also suffered from bad timing: When it was released in the spring of 1996, the bottom had just fallen out of...
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Garage d'Or chronicles Cracker's rise and fall, choosing to cut corners where it better suits the band's legacy. For instance, "I Hate My Generation" is nowhere to be found...
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Forever is a minor comeback for the men and women in Cracker. They might have reached their commercial peak in the early '90s, but Cracker works hard to re-establish their...
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It's not exactly an outgrowth of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? phenomenon, nor is it quite an "unplugged" set, but this album does offer stripped-down, partially acoustic...
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