Beastie Boys-Check Your Head (1992)


 

Artist: Beastie Boys

Title: Check Your Head

Label: Capitol

Format: CD

Cat #: CDP-398938

Year of Release: 1992

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 Columbia House club editiion

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 9/2/21

Sell Price: $3.49

Discogs Last Sold: 4/9/21 $5.56

Low: $1.00

Median: $3.00

Average: $3.13

High: $5.99

Current low price: $3.99

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7

Have/Want: 267/189

Where Sold: Cordele, GA

Time it took to sell: 9 years

Where and When Bought: Columbia House mid 90's

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: No

Check Your Head is a "roommate" record for sure.  In Boston my buddy Kenny got it at midnight at Tower and  came home and cranked in straight away, "Thunder Woman" be damned (the old townie lady upstairs would complain that our music "comes up like thunder!").  Then when I moved to NYC later in '92, another roommate, Vir had it on vinyl and played it regularly.  I have no recollection of actually acquiring my own copy whether actually via Columbia House which was this edition of cd or in a used store.  I'm guessing I had it sometime before Ill Communication came out.  This is the ultimate in passive surveying and acquisition.

Check Your Head was a the record the Beastie Boys picked their instruments back up after the sample fest of Paul's Boutique.  That isn't to say there isn't  a frenzy of interesting samples.  "Finger Lickin' Good" even uses Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues."  I'm a bit shocked Bob let 'em, but I guess he'll take the money assuming they were clearing samples by 1992.

"Funky Boss" was my pick to click with a sample from Thin Lizzy's "Showdown" much the same way "Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun" was my favorite from Paul's Boutique.  The hits "So Whatcha Want" and "Pass The Mic" rattle walls which you would expect.

The Beastie Boys had a knack for keeping it moving in terms of style variety both over their run and on the records themselves.   How else could Biz Markie and Ted Nugent be on the same track?  Bad Brains, Barrington Levy, Ohio Players, Cheech and Chong, Richard Pryor, Cheap Trick, Buddy Miles and the Germs all show up and that's just scratching the surface.  

Overall, I prefer smaller doses of the Beastie Boys, so 72 minutes or whatever wears me out for a headphone listen, but since they took a few years between every album, ya can't fault 'em for maxing out the CD and coupling it with double vinyl throughout the 90's.  This was the template of the era.

They pretty much cornered the market for what they did.


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