''Secret Weapon Revealed at Last'' is the fourth studio album by
Country Teasers
Country Teasers were an art punk band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1993.
Frontman Ben Wallers also performs solo as The Rebel. He plays live shows with a Gameboy backing-track or accompanied by Country Teasers bassist Sophie Politowicz on dru ...
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Finding it increasingly difficult for the entire band to congregate to perform or record, the album contains several older songs written between 1997 and 1998 and recorded during the winter of 2002. The liner notes make mention that "Some members of the group were not present at the recordings".
Critical reception
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The Times
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'' wrote that "the Country Teasers' determined pursuit of needling, off-the-cuff unpleasantness eventually wheedles the listener, against their will, into something approaching a state of grace".
Chuck Eddy
Chuck Eddy (born November 26, 1960) is an American music journalist.
Life and career
Chuck Eddy was born in Detroit, Michigan. After starting his journalism career with ''The Village Voice'' and ''Creem'', where he published one of the first nat ...
, in an article on "rant rock" for ''
Spin'', wrote admiringly that the album is a "belligerent pile of four-track crank catcalls".
Track listing
:''All songs written by
Ben Wallers
Benedict Roger Wallers, also known as The Rebel, is the frontman, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the band Country Teasers. His lyrics often deal with taboo subjects such as racism, sexism and xenophobia from first-person standpoints.
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#"Success" – 3:17
#"Hairy Wine 2" – 3:44
#"Young Mums Up for Sex" – 3:00
#"Deaths" – 4:38
#"TODTTL" – 3:15
#"Life Is a Rehearsal" – 4:22
#"Full Moon Empty Sportsbag" – 1:05
#"Boycott the Studio" – 3:07
#"Wizmo!" – 4:01
#"Please Stop Fucking Each Other" – 4:13
#"Man v Cock" – 3:35
#"Sandy" – 6:48
#"EHWPSA" – 9:11
Personnel
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B.R. Wallers – Guitar, Vocals, Other
*S.W. Stephens – Bass
*A.J.R. Mackinven – Guitar
*R.A.McNeill – Guitar, Synthesizer
*L.J.Worthington – Drums
*Kaanan Tupper – Bass
*Joe Patt – Drums
*Leighton Crook – Drums
*Sophie Politowicz – Drums
References
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2003 albums
Country Teasers albums
In the Red Records albums