CRACKER
Get On With It: The Best of Cracker
Virgin/EMI Records 2006
www.crackersoul.com

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What’s the 4-1-1?
First-ever DVD release to commemorate the brief early 90’s career or Cracker. Released in conjunction with a ‘best of’ CD release of the same name.

Genre
Alternative / indie rock

The Good
Two videos for "Teen Angst" are featured on this release. The first is an unreleased acoustic version, while the second is the original. A live performance video from MTV’s 120 Minutes for "Get Off This" follows. Two versions for Cracker’s most notable song “Low” are included as well. “Euro-Trash Girl” and “I Hate my Generation” are the other two videos. After Cracker’s videos play out, you are treated to a live performance in it’s entirety that was recorded in 1993 at Denver’s Ogden Theatre.

The Bad
To call this DVD a ‘best of’ is a real stretch. What you’re really getting is a nine song live show and few videos. What I can’t fathom the most is…is there really a demand for this?! Most people will recognize three songs at best. When alternative/grunge broke in the early nineties there were innovators that lead the way like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Soundgarden. There were also a bunch of bands who jumped on the bandwagon, but weren’t equally a good. Cracker is one of those bands.

The Verdict
It doesn’t matter whether you grab the CD or the DVD, Get On With It: The Best of Cracker is a perfect example of how boring and mundane Cracker really were.

Did You Know?
Despite press releases to the contrary, Cracker had no involvement with the CD and DVD releases. They so strongly opposed the release of another compilation album by their former label that they released re-recorded versions of their greatest hits the exact same day.

Rating: out of 5

--George Dionne