General Article name: House of Pain
Genre: HipHop / Rap Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: MUSIC ON VINYL Number of tracks: 15 Tracklist LP - 1 HOUSE OF PAIN - SALUTATIONS HOUSE OF PAIN - JUMP AROUND HOUSE OF PAIN - PUT YOUR HEAD OUT RAP HOUSE OF PAIN - TOP O' THE MORNING TO YA HOUSE OF PAIN - HOUSE AND THE RISING SUN HOUSE OF PAIN - SHAMROCKS AND SHENANIGANS HOUSE OF PAIN - HOUSE OF PAIN ANTHEM HOUSE OF PAIN - DANNY BOY, DANNY BOY HOUSE OF PAIN - GUESS WHO'S BACK HOUSE OF PAIN - PUT ON YOUR SHIT KICKERS HOUSE OF PAIN - COME AND GET SOME OF THIS HOUSE OF PAIN - LIFE GOES ON HOUSE OF PAIN - ONE FOR THE ROAD HOUSE OF PAIN - FEEL IT HOUSE OF PAIN - ALL MY LOVE   Description Description

It's an album that ushered in an era of a thousand suburbanites drinking malt liquor, wearing U.S. Postal Service caps, and reawakening their Irish (or in some cases pseudo-Irish) heritage. And it's also the debut album that ushered House of Pain into the forefront of rap culture for a brief period of time. While it's unfair to expect a whole album's worth of quality material like the dynamite classic "Jump Around," there are some strong points on their eponymous debut that emulate the single's strength. Admittedly, there is a significant amount of filler and the topics du jour aren't exactly the most original in hip-hop, but the impact of such songs as "Jump Around," "Shamrocks and Shenanigans," and "Put on Your Shit Kickers" more than makes up for the filler. A debut for a group that showed immense promise that sadly wasn't fully realized. ~ Rob Theakston

Rob Theakston

Contributors Artist: House of Pain Record Label: Music on Vinyl