Track Listing

1. Sally
2. I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again
3. Not A Crime
4. Immigrant Punk
5. 60 Revolutions
6. Avenue B
7. Dogs Were Barking
8. Oh No
9. Start Wearing Purple
10. Think Locally Fuck Globally
11. Underdog World Strike
12. Illumination
13. Santa Marinella
14. Undestructable
15. Mishto

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1621 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-19
• Number of discs: 1

From the Label
Gogol Bordello, New York City's legendary Gypsy punk band, return with the release of Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike, their third album of Gypsy punk rock mayhem. Produced by Steve Albini (Nirvana, Jimmy Page/Robert Plant) in glorious analogue sound, it's an expansive 15-track salvo that expands the band's fusion of Gypsy punk and Slavic stomp with a touch of metal and dub-wise sound effects that pay tribute to the classic sounds of Jamaica.

Customer Reviews

FULL ON!
Bought this album after hearing in mates truck. Can't stop playing it, have had it on all day (with the repeat button). Its just so exciting, I would call the genre of this album "Gypsy Ska Punk" the lyrics are just a big effortless piss take out of social issues and perspectives and presented by the lead singers with a raspy, powerful and relaxed (unforced) voice. You can tell that they just love to perform and arnt afraid to use their voices and dialects to their maximum potential rather than conforming it to a particular genre. LOVE the pronunciations..."IMMIGRRUNT PONK". The rhythems mixed with the violin and accordian "fiddler on the roof" style riffs are so playfull they draw you in i cant stop beating my arms and getting carried away by it. Am so going to see them live next summer!

Joyful, Anarchic, Irresistible Gogol!
I saw Gogol Bordello live a few days ago in Nottingham, and they were outstanding - I felt like I'd attended a wild but exceedingly good-natured party afterwards! You may perhaps be thinking that their particular brand of mongrel musical influences is `not really my kind of thing'. I recommend you put your pre-conceptions and prejudices behind you, because if you love a good beat, love to dance, sway, clap, pogo, headbang or whatever,if you've ever tapped a foot to a reggae beat or wished you could join in one of those Eastern European wedding dances, then believe me, you will enjoy this band!

On record, you don't get the full live drama and spectacle of course, but nevertheless, `Gypsy Punks' is an extraordinarily exhilarating listen. My favourites are the irresistible gypsy dance vibes of `Mishto!' and `Not a Crime!'; the frenetic and punky `I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again'; stomper `Undestructable', which (like so many of the songs) makes the accordion seem oh-so-cool; and `Underdog World Strike' with its reggae beat and entrancing violin riff.

This album features some of the wittiest, most hilarious, most poetic and yes, most insightful lyrics I've heard for ages, and much of their impact is down to lyricist /vocalist Eugene Hutz's delivery, which somehow manages to be both manic and precise at the same time. Check out especially the lyrics to `Oh No', `I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again', `Illumination' and `Dogs Were Barking'. It's by no means a `one man band', though - the level of musicianship of all the band members (and violinist Sergey Ryabtzev in particular) is outstanding.

If you're open-minded and love new musical experiences, buy this album - you won't regret it!

The Clash meet the Pogues in eastern Europe. Album of the decade, so far.
If you haven't heard of this band, let me enlighten you: Gogol Bordello are currently the most thrilling, exhilerating and uplifting band on the entire planet, bar NONE. Okay, so they don't have a lot of competition...but their hybrid sound of Punk, Ska, Hip-hop and (most importantly) eastern European "Roma" (i.e. Gypsy) music is so good, you'd honestly be a fool not to at least sample it.

This is by far their best album - superbly recorded in glorious analogue by Steve Albini - and one that actually captures much of the celebratory power of their extraordinary live shows. I won't write any more as, frankly, I don't have the extensive vocabulary necessary to wax lyrical about this truly wonderful band. However, in a just world, they'd be superstars - recognised as ground-breaking, unique, Punk auteurs. As it happens, they'll probably not be fully appreciated until they're long gone, a la The Clash.

Make sure you're one of the few who catches them NOW.