I haven't heard anything from the Hudson Falcons in years; back then, the Americans from New Jersey released a split EP with Emscherkurve´77 and the points went to the Oberhausen band.... Now, a sort of best-of album from the past 12 years is out, although not all 19 songs, which have been freshly mixed and mastered, can excite me. The album starts off very promisingly with "Working Class War." The following songs also rock hard, and with a touch of street punk and southern rock, these tracks go straight to your legs, making you want to sing along or shout... You can also hear many influences from great bands, from Social Distortion to Motörhead to Operation Ivy. Unfortunately, the album flattens out after the halfway point of the tracklist. It becomes quieter, the legs no longer want to dance, and longer meditative and jam-like passages take over the sound. And it gets boring L Until suddenly hard guitar riffs in the middle of a song wake me from my slumber. So the second part of the super-packed 77-minute CD is only entertaining at times, which brings my rating down to
6 Points
