This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review Leftovers by Vallejo. Only 1,000 copies were ever pressed on CD. It was really meant to be a digital download album only. This is basically a collection of outtakes and remixes from Vallejo. For all the hardcore Vallejo fans and Latin lovers.
Tono's Montreaux reminds me a lot of Bonzo's Montreaux from Led Zepplin's Coda album! Am I the only one that noticed that? It's almost exactly like Bonzo's Montreaux! Which is a drum solo. I love both songs.
I love the XXX 96 Mix. It was more instrumental than the album version. It reminds me a lot of the local ATX electronic band OHN. Man Lotion was a wack song. Snake In The Grass was on the soundtrack of True Blood. All you True Blood fans should know that! I've already heard, Over You, Just Another Day, 2053, Soundcheck, Wasting My Time, and Into The New. Not to be mean or anything, but that wasn't what I was looking for.
Natasha appeared on the Japanese version of Vallejo's self-titled album and so did Irishman. For some reason in 1997 when Vallejo was signed to TVT Records, TVT decided to not include Natasha and Irishman on the US version of their self-titled album. I guess it was for promotional purposes or some other shit like that. TVT sucks! I never really liked them.
Dynamite Wack was diss song aimed at Dynamite Hack when they did a shit ass cover version of N.W.A.'s Boys In The Hood. Which wasn't funny at all! Somehow Dynamite Hack got to hit a chart at #12 and #2 on the BillBoard, thus killing any chance for Vallejo's albums to chart. Which I hated Dynamite Hack for! They are completely unoriginal which is why I don't like them. They had songs that were completely forgettable. They suck anyway!
I was expecting unreleased songs and not just cuts from other songs. Not remixes either. This compilation/album was just basically thrown together. Break Free, Dynamite Whack, Man Lotion, Tono's Montreaux and Just Game are the only real unreleased songs. Vallejo probably has 120-200 unreleased songs that probably have been released to the public by now.
I rate this album, Leftovers, 3/5***.
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