Product Details

* Audio CD (February 23, 1999)
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: RCA
* Catalog Number: 63371
* ASIN: B00000I0QQ
* Average Customer Review: based on 106 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,489 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #9,156 in Music

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1. Philosophy Of The World Listen Listen
2. That Little Sports Car Listen Listen
3. Who Are Parents Listen Listen
4. My Pal Foot Foot Listen Listen
5. My Companion Listen Listen
6. I'm So Happy When You're Near Listen
7. Things I Wonder Listen
8. Sweet Thing Listen
9. It's Halloween Listen
10. Why Do I Feel? Listen
11. What Should I Do? Listen
12. We Have A Savior Listen

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
When listening to the Shaggs (the Wiggin sisters--Dorothy on lead guitar and vocals, Betty on rhythm guitar and vocals, Helen on drums), one needs to jettison conventional notions of song structure, what is "in tune" or not, even what constitutes suitable subject matter for a pop song ("My Pal Foot Foot," "Who Are Parents?"). Originally issued on a small, dodgy label in 1969, the guileless sounds of Philosophy cast a long shadow nonetheless; the group was one of Frank Zappa's favorites and their music inspired rock primitivists Beat Happening as well as sublime archivists NRBQ and Yo La Tengo. On Philosophy, the teenaged sisters' delirious, playfully constructed music has everything you least expect: loopy polyrhythms that follow no external law, off-kilter singing conducted in unison that sounds like the hit parade broadcast from Jupiter, and bizarre, elementary-school guitar playing. Best enjoyed in small doses, this enchanting, accidental music approximates the highly personal charms of so-called "outsider" visual art. To paraphrase a saccharine song of yore, the Shaggs' music is very beautiful--in its own way. --Mike McGonigal ( )