"Don't mistake lack of talent for genius." This is written on the back of the album. The front: a picture of two beautiful women caressing. Ironically, I picked this tape up on a church trip to Dallas, of all occasions. This is another album like the White Zombie album that I have come to realize is to be taken with a huge grain of salt. Type O Negative definitely has a strange sense of humor. How many other bands can have one of their biggest hits about hair dye?I do really like this album, and to this day it remains Type O's best album. It has some great songs, but it also has a lot of filler on it, which is unfortunate. They could have made the album a lot shorter by taking out the filler tracks. Musically, Type O Negative is like a weird amalgam of Black Sabbath and The Beatles with some gothic elements thrown in for good measure. A weird mix, but it works. The songs are catchy as hell. Vocalist Peter Steele uses his trademarked baritone to full effect over doom-laden riffs.
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