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Lifetime

Jersey's Best Dancers
1997
Jade Tree

Lifetime - Jersey's Best Dancers (Cover Artwork)


Review by: Mark Williams
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Published on April 1st 2001

This album was released way back in 1997. I just got it about 6 months ago. It truly is a unique and fucking awesome album. Twelve songs in 25 minutes. All of them have elements of punk and hardcore, with the very beginings of the emo sound creeping through. It is obvious Saves the Day listened to alot of Lifetime, and if they didn't, they need to, just to know what they should sound like.

Lifetime's singer has a very clear and listenable voice, but I cant really understand a fucking thing he says without following along in the booklet. I'm used to that by now, thanks to Bad Religion. All of these Lifetime songs have a definite east coast sound. The best songs are songs 1 through 6 and 9 and 11. "Francie Nolan" has been stuck in my head for a month, and none of these songs are anywhere near catchy pop-punk songs. For some reason, Lifetime just stays in your head with their punk/core sound.

They aren't a band anymore, but there sound lives on with the slightly more hardcore Kid Dynamite(featuring members of Lifetime), who, by the way, have a fucking awesome album called "Shorter, Faster, Louder". I suggest "Jersey's Best Dancers" to anyone who is looking for a different punk sound other than than the so-cal bands and other than the radio friendly pop-punks and other than the 70's streetpunkrock and other than the, well, anything else.





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    Posted by mike_litt69 on 2007-02-27 17:05:07
    My Score:

    the singer sounds a lot like the guy from mxpx except he doesnt preach undertone christcore messages

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 15, 2006 at 11:22 AM (EDT)
    My Score:

    Oh, my world. It is ok

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 8, 2005 at 4:02 PM (EDT)
    My Score:

    one of the all-time great albums! The reunion show at the Pony was the best show I've been to in my life!

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at 12:52 AM (EST)
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    The most underrated East Coast band ever.

    Posted by judo on 2003-09-23 19:27:12
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    i cant believe this album has only a few comments.

    this is a sound defining album and most of the bands out in the past 4 years are so that everyone raves about are influenced by lifetime.

    lifetime > everything else

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at 2:02 PM (EST)
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    Heard that kind of music a thousand times. I just don't understand the hype about the band.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 17, 2001 at 4:50 PM (EDT)
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    dammit, i just have to raise my original rating. i haven't stopped listening to this cd since the day i bought it, and it only gets better. damn good.- fathead

    Posted by punk_kid on 2001-07-25 15:23:48
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    i think that this is the best lifetime album but thats just me.. however they all rule. i havent heard a single bad song. if this one...or hello bastards were about 10 mins longer they would be the perfect albums

    Posted by ncg1 on 2001-07-19 09:17:26
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    Great album, although, I have to favor the "Seven Inches" collection on CD. It's classic.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 10:31 AM (EDT)
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    this cd is soooooooooooo good.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 4, 2001 at 2:12 AM (EDT)
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    i would like to say to that i'm sorry for the recent reviews i submitted. iwas drunk, and dont really remember even writing them, but that doesn't change the fact that lifetime, and jawbreaker are two of the most unique, influencial bands that i listen to. my reviews dont do these albums justice, and i will soon be submiting alternate ones that do.