Slapstick

1997

3.02

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Genres: Punk Styles: Ska

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Album Summary

Slapstick is a compilation of most songs recorded by Chicago ska-punk band Slapstick. It was released by Asian Man Records in 1997. Tracks 7 to 20 were originally located on Slapstick's only full-length album, Lookit! Tracks 1 to 6 were planned to be on their second album and released on Hellcat Records, but the band broke up prior to recording enough songs for a full-length album.

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Jan 29 2026 Author

Slapstick is a 1990s ska-punk album. I don't know what it is supposed to add to this world. Everything is mediocre from songwriting to performance and production. And with 25 songs in 54 minutes it's at least 10 songs to long.

Jan 23 2026 Author

The whole discography of a ska punk band I hadn't heard before? Ja danke!

Jan 24 2026 Author

Awesome! Loved these dudes back in the 90s. Brandon Kelly/Dan Adriano - great combo.

Jan 26 2026 Author

First album on the user list I've been excited for in a long time and it did not disappoint. Definitely gonna listen to this again.

Jan 27 2026 Author

Man...this fits exactly into what I would describe as "mehester"core circa 1998. As someone who tried to push his high school band in a ska-punk direction (and is from ~ 2 hrs away from Chicago) it is shocking to me I have never heard of Slapstick before today. Great fun tunes. Shame they broke up before really getting started. 4.5/5

Jan 23 2026 Author

These guys love trumpets more than I love cheese! An absolute joyful racket - a great shout

Jan 27 2026 Author

loved it

Jan 27 2026 Author

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Cheat to win, Not tonight, Broken down, Johnny, Earth angel

Jan 27 2026 Author

I love Less Than Jake and Mad Caddies, plus Alkaline Trio are one of my favourite bands, so yea this is right up my street

Jan 29 2026 Author

It’s like ska by people who went to high school with Operation Ivy The best part is reading about the band even they were like oh god we can’t do ska anymore

Jan 29 2026 Author

This was fun. Not the best ska/punk i've heard, but very cool

Jan 23 2026 Author

More ska... my appetite for it is less than what this list is producing. Clever and talented fellows here for sure, and it's the good old punk sensibility - 25 songs coming in comfortably under an hour. Really not up for nearly an hour of these vocals but I'll chalk that up to preference.

Jan 23 2026 Author

Standard ska

Jan 24 2026 Author

Really stupid, but not entirely unlikable 3

Jan 31 2026 Author

This one was enjoyable musically, just ran way long for a ska album. There's not much dynamic contrast (not that I would expect much, it is ska) or instrumental variation to change things up, and at about 40 minutes in the listening experience started to feel like a beating. A fun beating! But a beating nonetheless.

Jan 31 2026 Author

Ska and punk together on one album. This is like a musical combination akin to the breakfast club. Not sure if it’s a great genre combo but someone had to try it. It’s truly not that bad but it’s just so back and forth and peculiar it’s hard for me to really enjoy. It’s alright but not for me to revisit. 6.0/10

Feb 01 2026 Author

I gave hello rock view 4 stars a couple of days ago for nostalgic reason. This album obviously in a very similar mould to that, but wasn’t one I listened to constantly as a teenager, so gets 1 star less for that reason.

Jan 29 2026 Author

Run of the mill ska punk tunes with the kind of singer that has razors in their throat.

Feb 03 2026 Author

Well, this was just so so for me. Ska has never really been my jam and I got pretty bored with this by the end.

Feb 04 2026 Author

Wow, you guys really like ska punk, huh? I don't.