My advice is to buy a cd by a better group but I'm sure there are orgers who will kill me for that statement. I personally think they are boring.

lovemachine said:

aint nobody gonna kill you....if thats how you feel, thats how you feel.



doctamario, would style of music do you prefer? soul/pop or alt-rock? thats gonna determine my recommendation...

sosgemini said:

I really like both kinds, so it really makes no difference.

doctamario said:

Eroica is the best of both worlds...if you like soul/pop w/ a twist of funk get Fruit At The Bottom. If you dig alt-rock try girlbros. But Eroica is the best of both worlds all in one. Not my fav but the best representation of the girls diversity.

lovemachine said:

aint nobody gonna kill you....if thats how you feel, thats how you feel.



doctamario, would style of music do you prefer? soul/pop or alt-rock? thats gonna determine my recommendation...

Who's that on the cover of Eroica?

I would recommend starting with their 1st album: Wendy & Lisa. It's not as funky but it really has those "colors" you always hear about W&L's music having.

Plus it has probably one of their best IMO songs: This is The Life.

Then move on to Fruit at The Bottom..... then Eroica etc.

That way you experience their growth and journey as it happened.

I have all 3 but for some reason I never really got into Eroica..... I don't know why though....

Still never got around to getting GirlBros.

And to LoveMachine: Of course you're entitled to your opinions, as we all are.

But when someone says "which W&L album should i buy?" and the reply is get another artist's, that's being provocative and baiting with your opionion. He didn't ask "should I buy one" he already made the decision and wanted to know which one.
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Still never got around to getting GirlBros.

Lovemachine can stuff a sock in it. I think Johnny Depp is stupid.

I would recommend Their last CD from 1998 "Girl Bros." as a good place to start. All of their CD's are very different from one another. They NOT boring. They ARE sophisticated in style and substance. They definately have a singer/songwriter vibe to their music which I'm sure kids and those who digest a steady diet of rap and hip/hop would call "boring". Wendy & Lisa's music is considered alternative.
1. WENDY & LISA (1987): Jazzy/psychidellic/dance-pop
2. FRUIT AT THE BOTTOM (1989): Country-funk, pop/rock, dance-pop.
3. Eroica (1990): Singer/Songwriter, alternative, acoustic rock.
4. Remix-In-Carnation (1991): Alternative Dance Pop
5. Girl Bros. (1998): Singer/songwriter, alt-rock.

I have the first three. I like them all. I probably will say FRUIT AT THE BOTTOM..

Lovemachine can stuff a sock in it. I think Johnny Depp is stupid.

I would recommend Their last CD from 1998 "Girl Bros." as a good place to start. All of their CD's are very different from one another. They NOT boring. They ARE sophisticated in style and substance. They definately have a singer/songwriter vibe to their music which I'm sure kids and those who digest a steady diet of rap and hip/hop would call "boring". Wendy & Lisa's music is considered alternative.
1. WENDY & LISA (1987): Jazzy/psychidellic/dance-pop
2. FRUIT AT THE BOTTOM (1989): Country-funk, pop/rock, dance-pop.
3. Eroica (1990): Singer/Songwriter, alternative, acoustic rock.
4. Remix-In-Carnation (1991): Alternative Dance Pop
5. Girl Bros. (1998): Singer/songwriter, alt-rock.

Would I like Fruit At the Bottom even if I don't like country? And thanks everyone for your input
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doctamario said:

I HATE country and I like Fruit At The Bototm. I dont' even know why someone called it country-funk....

It's the most "Prince" sounding album they did.

Girlbros. has grown into my favorite of theirs. And like most of my favorite albums, I had a hard time getting into it. Now, it's the W&L album that is most consistently in my playlist.

Lyrically, it registers on so many different levels. "Would you r.e.m. with me?" a line from "Let's Say" is one of my all time favorites. The idea of "can you sleep comfortably at my side?" is so simple and so beautiful.

will you marry me?

GaryMF said:

That's a great record--very stripped down. And as I'm sure you've heard, very personal lyrically. After Jonathan's death, it was an album that W&L needed to get out of their system.

and another random Girl Bros. note -- when I went to Virgin in Denver to buy it, I met EverlastingNow -- he was there at the store that night! We had never communicated online before -- how's that for fate saying, "You need to meet!"