If you've missed out on the raw anger of "Mother******" and the quizzical pointedness of "Skin Turns Blue", you owe it to yourself to give this album a listen. I count it among my favorite purchases of 1996.


GREAT album   August 17, 2000
jim rice (Davidson, NC USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

This is definitely one of the best albums I own. I hadn't heard "Standing Outside..." when I bought it 4 years ago. I just bought it b/c it was cheap and new. I still listen to it very often and have yet to find anything to take its place. When I want to hear PRG, there just isn't anything else that will do. "Standing..." is a great song, but the rest of the songs on the album are incredible as well. Especially "Rocket" and "Women". The album is a great example of the pseudo-hard rock that was beginning to lose popularity (unfortunately) in the late 90's, and I highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't have narrow taste in music.


One of the Lost Gems of the Last Decade   February 7, 2003
Chris White (Oklahoma City, OK!!!!)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

It's funny how things work. Chris O'Connor made this album in his garage, by himself, and some how got a major label to pick it up. They liked it, and so everyone was treated to the single "Standing Outside...." in the summer of 1996. What they did not tell you was how great the record was. Each song is like an opus of guitars, effects, and trippy lyrics. No song souns alike, and each are crafted with such care and delibertion, it is hard to imagine how he made it alone (well he had a little help, but for the majority, it is just him). It is a record full of rich texture, and heart, made by a man who knew nothing more than his love of music, he took his time to sculpt wonderful songs. This is, without a doubt, one of the best records that nobody heard. A true shame that is was not more successful!


gets better with repeated listens   February 13, 2004
Walker Morgan (Bay City)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

i won't mince words here. i HATED this album the first time i heard it. i was expecting more songs like "standing outside..." with keyboards and drum machines and stuff like that. what i got was what sounded like some washed up hair-metal crap to me. i threw it in the "to sell" pile.
then a friend who shared a lot of musical taste with me saw this album in the pile and told me to forget "standing outside..." and just listen to the cd as a rock album. i was pleasantly suprised to find that the songs stuck in my head and became something more than a one hit wonder's filler for his single. this stuff is actually pretty good. very melodic and powerful especially tracks 1,2,4,and 10. just don't expect anything like the single.