Product Description

For Fugazi's second full-length release, the band unleasheda fierce set that expanded on the strongest elements of 13 SONGS. The ominous, slowly building opener, "Turnover", getsthings off to a guitar-heavy start, and other thrillingly aggressive tunes include the groove-laden title track and thepunky, lurching "Break-In". This restless energy carries over into Fugazi's lyrics, as sung by co-frontmen Ian MacKaye and/or Guy Piccotto, which hit with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, as exemplified on "Merchandise" ("You are not what you own") and "Greed" ("You wanted everything/You needed everything"). This is where the quartet solidified its well-documented anti-establishment reputation.
REPEATER is also notable for its two instrumentals--the highly rhythmic "Brendan #1" (named after drummer Brendan Canty) and the almost jazzy "Joe #1" (named after bassist Joe Lally). Based on these excellent tracks, it's no surprise that subsequent Fugazi albums consistently featured an instrumental or two, with eachone showcasing the group's remarkable sense of unity, melody, and invention.

Track Listing

1. Turnover
2. Repeater
3. Brendan No 1
4. Merchandise
5. Blueprint
6. Sieve Fisted Find
7. Greed
8. Two Beats Off
9. Styrofoam
10. Reprovisional
11. Shut The Door

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21815 in Music
• Released on: 2002-10-07
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Inner ear delight
This album (Repeater) has to rate as one the top 10 best albums of all time, Fugazi's mastery of catchy tunes is hypnotic and awe inspiring/jaw dropping.

Do your ears a favour, and enjoy the the sounds of tight, crisp drumming, 3 dimensional basslines, gut-wrenching guitar work, and authorative vocals. 'Nuff said !

A masterpiece from that hardcore legend Ian MacKaye
On first listen, this an average post-hardcore album. On second listen, this is a masterpiece.
Repeater + Three Songs (to give it's full name) starts strongly with the catchy Turnover, and then goes into the jazz-tinged title track.
This is followed by one of the best intstrumentals I have ever heard (and I've heard a lot!) and then the album's two best tracks - Merchandise and Blueprint.
Merchandise is the Fugazi song everyone has heard of - with its phenomenal guitar riffs, great chorus, and Ian MacKaye yelling "You are not what you own!", this is song is that put Fugazi on the 'must-buy' map.
Blueprint is more melodic, but still filled with the same fury from Merchandise. I think very much that a modern day pop artist stole the tune from Blueprint and made that depressing Christmas number one.
Anyway, to wrap things up, the rest of the album is also amazing and 'Repeater + Three Songs' definately deserves to have a place on your record shelf.
BUY IT!

P.S. If you like this, buy Pailhead's EP 'Trait' or Minor Threat's 'Complete Discography'. They both feature Fugazi frontman Ian MacKay and are both amazing.

Love them guitars
Entirely and utterly convincing punk-based rock, seperated from the rest by fabulous guitar sounds and intelligence. The sort of combination of rawness and musical expertise, that can only bring a smile to your face. Simply produced and powerfully performed, this sets Fugazi ahead of the competition by a long way. In the face of the crass over-produced pop charts and the fuzzy meddlings of the so-called New Music, Fugazi take things back to basics and give their songs space to live and breath. This is the definitive set, where other issues might be patchy, this never flags or fails.