I Don't Know Who I Am:The Minus 5

Artist: The Minus 5

Date Released: 2003

Label: Return To Sender

Produced By: Scott McCaughey

Tracklisting:
 * 1) There Is No Music
 * 2) Myrna Loy
 * 3) When God Made Time
 * 4) Rooting For The Plague
 * 5) Tunnel Of Lungs
 * 6) Lonely Galaxy
 * 7) I Don't Want To Fuck Off Anymore
 * 8) Queen's Head
 * 9) Saturn Is A Place On Earth
 * 10) Shut Up
 * 11) Submachine Girl
 * 12) Disaster Nurse Fang (Remix)
 * 13) The Reason I Quit (Dear Employer)

Review: This is a collection of outtakes from Let The War Against Music Begin. It's a bit of a fans-only release (it claims to be a limited edition, though aside from Down With Wilco, it's probably the Minus 5 album I see the most of. So, go figure.  It does have some good stuff, though -- "Myrna Loy", "Rooting For The Plague", "Tunnel Of Lungs", "I Don't Want To Fuck Off Anymore" and "Disaster Nurse Fang:The Minus 5|Disaster Nurse Fang (Remix)" (not that a non-Remixed version has been releases, as far as I know) -- but there's a lot of fillery stuff, too.  It's also a LOT slower than most Minus 5 stuff.  My best friend (who FAR prefers The Young Fresh Fellows) calls this record "the Languid Fellows".  I think this was his first Minus 5 release he'd heard, too -- which is probably why he doesn't care for Minus 5 as much. Although he's since got (via me) In Rock and Let The War Against Music Begin, so maybe he'll come around. So, yeah -- it's definitely worth picking up, but not for your first Minus 5 album. - Rev. Syung Myung Me