Album Review:
Trepanation
- Release Date: 1995
- Genre: Rock
- Label: Ripe & Ready
- Total Time: 49:41
- Artist: Brain Surgeons
- Flags: Lyrics are included with the album
- Rating:
- Style: Heavy Metal
- Similar Albums: To Rock or Not To Be,
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Review
Starting with this album, the Brain Surgeons became more of a real band. Musically, they sound better structured, although the tracks remain quite obscure and odd for the unprepared. After a few listens, Trepanation appears a bit easier to the ear, and perhaps slightly more melodious than the previous album. Some of the most interesting tracks include "A Kiss Is a Promise," "Sally," and "Everything Is Blue." While on "Happy New Year," Albert Bouchard tries to sing like he's doing trash metal, which can be quite unsettling, really. In many ways, the Brain Surgeons sound like an experimental band. Or maybe they're just still looking for themselves? And yet, they definitely have a sound, a very distinctive style, that could already be heard on their first album, Eponymous. An interesting band, in any case. ~ Alex S. Garcia, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | iTunes | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Gimme Nothin' | |
Albert Bouchard, Deborah Frost, Richard Weltzer | Brain Surgeons | (3:30) |
| Medusa | |
Albert Bouchard, Deborah Frost | Brain Surgeons | (3:27) |
| A Kiss Is a Promise | |
Albert Bouchard, Deborah Frost | Brain Surgeons | (4:16) |
| Sally | |
Albert Bouchard, Patti Smith | Brain Surgeons | (2:42) |
| My Civilization | |
Albert Bouchard, Deborah Frost | Brain Surgeons | (3:20) |
| Happy New Year | |
Albert Bouchard, Deborah Frost | Brain Surgeons | (4:31) |
| Sisters of the Precious Blood | |
Albert Bouchard, Deborah Frost | Brain Surgeons | (4:26) |
| Ramblin' Rose | |
Marijohn Wilkin, Fred Burch | Brain Surgeons | (2:07) |
| Hansel and Gretel | Albert Bouchard, Deborah Frost, Richard Meltzer | Brain Surgeons | (3:37) | |
| Everything Is Blue | |
Albert Bouchard, Deborah Frost, Ace Bouchard | Brain Surgeons | (3:54) |
| If U Come Close | |
Albert Bouchard, Deborah Frost, Helen Wheels Band | Brain Surgeons | (4:07) |
| Bad Habit | |
Albert Bouchard, Deborah Frost | Brain Surgeons | (3:28) |
| Night of the 1,000 Guitars | Brain Surgeons | Brain Surgeons | (3:04) | |
| Stones in My Speedway | Robert Johnson | Brain Surgeons | (3:12) |
