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Transplants | 
 enlarge | Artist: Transplants
Label: Hellcat Records
Category: Music
Buy New: $11.98
New (32) Used (28) from $1.77
Rating:  133 reviews
Sales Rank: 17710
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.3
MPN: 80448
UPC: 045778044825
EAN: 0045778044825
ASIN: B00006JTGU
Release Date: October 22, 2002
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Tracks:
| • | Romper Stomper | | • | Tall Cans in the Air | | • | D.J. D.J. | | • | Diamonds and Guns | | • | Quick Death | | • | Sad But True | | • | Weigh on My Mind | | • | One Seventeen | | • | California Babylon | | • | We Trusted You | | • | D.R.E.A.M. | | • | Down in Oakland |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
From January 2000 to June 2002, Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong laboriously pored over loops and samples, collecting synth squeals and snatches of howling guitar and, naturally, writing songs. Aided by raging rapper Rob Aston, he's put it all together to form this often intriguing and strangely beguiling side project. The opening's not promising. With the death-riff of "Romper Stomper" followed by the urban R&B and chanted party-rock chorus of "Tall Cans in the Air," Armstrong flails badly. But then his Clash obsession kicks in once more. This London-Kingston-California hybrid is thoroughly weird but oddly touching. It rings out in "Weigh on My Mind" and "Diamonds and Guns," with its Sex Pistols-inspired marching intro, rollicking piano, and Stones-like woo-woos, while the closing "Down in Oakland" is an enthusiastic take on the Clash's later spaghetti-western reggae. These, and Armstrong's sonic experiments, provide interest, with adrenaline pumping from searing punk-metal bursts. Though Aston's outbursts are often confrontational in the most predictable and tedious sense, Transplants is something new. --Dominic Wills
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 Transplants are lame January 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this was going to be a good modern metal/punk CD but it is pretty lame. They kinda sound like punk/wannabe rappers. The music is not good.I dont listen to the CD at all , I now know why the original owner sold it.......To sum it up ....It Sucks....
 Every single song on this album is Brilliant & well-executed! December 6, 2007
Transplants
I am not lying when I say that each & every song on this album is not only genius but well-written, expertly executed with killer hooks and catchy choruses, great loops, amazing samples and tight rhymes. The subject matter these songs are written about is every bit as intriguing & gritty as the vocals of the lead singers. These songs are based upon a side of reality rarely detailed in music in quite the way the Transplants have chosen to bring it. There is something for everyone here. The hip-hop lover can bump it loud, while the alternative fan can amp up on the stirring blend of energy that this record has. This album should have gotten way more exposure when it came out and should be as well-known as Sublime got when they also had an album like this where every song was great! I guess the best thing about it not being as popular as Sublime is that nobody is sick of the Transplants like we all are of Sublime! Long live the Transplants! Hanging on for the next record!
 Hindsight's 20-20 October 25, 2007
Not a bad CD... but I wouldn't necessarily say I'd buy it again. If I could go back, I probably would've invested in something else.
 Diamonds and Guns = best track on entire album August 17, 2006
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Well, what can I say about The Transplants? Not much. Highlights include "Diamonds and Guns", and "California Babylon". ("Diamonds and Guns" was cleverly used for a shampoo commercial, hence its intro being very familiar.) This band has a much better sound when the vocalist is singing and not making weird attemptings at trasher metal when his background music isn't supporting him in that fashion. Still, it's good music to put in the background if you're trying to get in the mood to rock out, but maybe this should be a prelude for something better to come. Your choice.
Not for purists... May 7, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Simply put, it's not Rancid, don't expect it to be and you'll probably like it, unless you have an aversion to anything rap. Overall, I think this is a great, though short album. The mixture of punk and rap-rock/underground hip-hop is something I really liked. Definately refreshing when compared to the garbage that the radio has been playing as of late ("weh! weh! I'm a rich kid trying to sound like I have low budget equipment"). Tim's laidback vocals are contrasted greatly by Rob's enraged rapping screams. Theres some good guest vocals as well from Davey Havok from AFI and Brody from the Distillers. I'm not a fan of Blink but, Travis Barker's druming on the album was quite amazing. The other musicians who contrubute aren't too shabby either. From the nice bass grooves atypical to much punk to the piano/keyboard backing in Diamonds and Guns.
Only a single track that I didn't really like, D.R.E.A.M., a more rappish song with heavy synth and less emphasis on the guitar. And thats still a great track, just not musically what I like. I've heard good things from my neighbor and others that like that sort of music.
Great CD, definately worth a listen. Sadly the new one is on one of the Big Four so, I'm not going to be picking it up. Not for thinking they are "sell-outs" but simply because I'm not gonna support companies that I see as ethically devoid. If thats not a problem for you, I'd go ahead and pick that one up too as I'm sure its quality as well.
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