Track Listings

1	Spider Snipe
2	Blank Page of the Blind
3	Cracked Plaster Cast
4	Heiwaboke Crisis
5	Cat Brain Land
6	Plasma Gate Quest
7	Type: Ecco System
8	The Call of the Vague
9	Green Eyed Devil
10	Crow's Paint Brush (Color Repair)
11	T for Tone
12	Slide Down
13	Lock the Head
14	One Drop, One Life
15	In Store
16	Dog Song
17	Chain Keeper
18	Last Target on the Last Day

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On their sixth full-length studio release Melt Banana exercise a hitherto undetected area of their musical musculature: the "rock" region. Summing up an entire album, and one as diverse as Bambi's Dilemma, with such a pedestrian qualifier is risky business, agreed, but it seems to fit like never before. The band, of course, refuses to accommodate any such pigeonholing: "Maybe it is rock, but maybe not. We just make whatever we want. We just follow our own instincts!"

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"This album further reinstates their place as the finest purveyors of Japanese noise-punk." 8/10 -- Drowned In Sound, April 30, 2007

Product details

Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.4 x 4.9 inches; 3.04 ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ A-Zap Records
Item model number ‏ : ‎ AZ07CD
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2007
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ March 9, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ A-Zap Records
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000O59228
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #344,780 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #1,877 in Japanese Music
- #5,865 in Progressive Rock
- #7,167 in Indie Rock

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Shane Dobkins

2 in 1

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2009

This album is like 2 different and awesome cd's. The first 10 tracks are an incredible pop/punk explosion that I was hoping would follow Cellscape. This is Melt Banana that anyone can like, yet it is just tweaked out enough to not bore those bored by pop. Cracked Plaster Cast may just be my favorite MB song ever, but then Crow's Paint Brush might also be. These song have melodies the make me want to move.

After that it turns into a whole new album and goes back to old school MB. Total noise that comes as a total contrast to earlier songs. They didn't forget where they came from. They only improved the recording quality.

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2016

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Jospeh St Germain Jr.

The best MxBx yet!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2007

Anyone whose listened to Melt Banana before would know that they never dissapoint. Every one of their albums has been absolutley incredible, and every song is killer. This album is no exception. And in my opinion, the best one yet. Bambi's Dilemma has more of a rock and roll feel this time around, while still retaining those noise rock/grindcore tendencies. Yako's vocals are absolutely incredible, and Aagata(guitar) seems to be playing more actual riffs this time. All in all, if you like Melt Banana, you know what your getting. If this is your first Melt Banana cd, this is where you should start. And make sure you see them live, theres nothing like it.

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methatiswhoiam

A new banana melting

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2007

First off..I've been a fan of the band for a few years now... up until now they've pretty much sounded the same..well except for the recording quality getting a bit better with each release..this record is different..its has poppier moments than the others..but don't mistake that for being a sell out..its just different..all the things I've liked about the band are still there..strange (awesome) guitar style..crazy synth fx (sometimes)...challenging rythms..a wacky vocalist..oh ha ha..and to the tool fan below..ha ha ha ha ha ha ha..i enjoy tool and all but..don't you think they are starting to sound like a cover band of themselves?...ha ha i hope melt banana made your silly ears bleed.

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vyper

Melt Banana:Identity Crisis at Light Speed

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2007

Melt Banana's album for 2007,Bambi's Dilemma,deftly serves up the speed,digital trickery and weirdness by now expected from them.

But this album seems a bit disjointed,at times it appears they're trying to put together a "best of" from their past albums.There are the bursts of grindcore/speedmetal drumming ,an arsenal of digital guitar attacks from Agata,and more emphasis on pop music melodies and at times,surprisingly straightforward indie-pop punk riffing.

Whereas the previous album,Cellscape,stretched out the most conventional and pop flavored songs from Melt Banana to date,the album as a whole felt quite organic and unforced.

Bambi's Dilemma takes the future-pop anthems even further,then sucker-punches them with obligatory noisecore blasts.It's certainly not boring,but these tracks sound pasted together in an odd way.It's as if Melt Banana couldn't help themselves by continuing their experiments with new wave pop,and so try to assure the listener they haven't gone completely soft by mixing it up with blasts of noise and speed drumming.

Considering all the weirdness they've done,the results don't seem as instantly self assured as their previous work.Some tracks linger when they should end sooner,and there are stylistic breaks that seem just thrown in to keep things interesting.There are definitely advances to Melt Banana's game here,but I don't think they've really hit the next level with this.

They could have an entire genre to themselves (ambient-glitchpop?)if they chose to,but I suspect as much as they lean towards pop and more conventional arrangements,they will always feel the need to freak out with experiments.At this point,I'd say Charlie is their best overall album in terms of intent and focus.

That being said,here are some highlights:

Cracked Plaster Cast lures you in with a comfortable mid-tempo pop chorus,then hijacks it with blast beats from the future.The track cuts back and forth between these two disparate styles and even admits something like a tasty and dare I say pretty guitar solo.

Type:Ecco System-While guitarist Agata's Tom Morello-on-crack pyrotechnics are more obvious on Cell-Scape,he's given room here to construct a brief electronica damaged intelude.It goes on a bit too long,but is a nice display of some of the interesting textures Agata displayed on his solo work,Spike.

Green Eyed Devil-is a bouncy track with sunny helium-voiced choirs from Yasuko,replete with the jumpcut into hyper-punk.

Tracks 11-17 drop the guitar and bass for short blasts of insanity,courtesy of drums,vocals and theremins.In addition to the classic theremin,they also employ what I believe are Alesis AirSynth or AirFX,which emit an infrared beam that controls various sound fx and digital gurgles,bubbling and screeching sine waves.Not essential,but the most amusing is Dog Song,with it's children's style melody,before Yasuko obliges you by barking amidst the digital cacophony.

Last Target on the Last Day-Another album closing studio experiment,but this track really sets the bar high for Melt Banana.More digitally-stuttering rock guitar and percussion,manipulated vocals,and a backdrop of atmospheric guitar textures.Melt Banana are punk,but no punk band is like this.

After the surprise of Cell Scape,I think this album will take several listens for those interested to decide if Melt Banana have delivered the goods,or taken a nonetheless entertaining mis-step.

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Anthony Thompson

A great follow-up to Cellscape

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2007

This year I have been disappointed by the new releases of my favorite bands (Arcade Fire and Blonde Redhead). Not so with Melt Banana. They have offered up something with melody, noise, punk and pure chaos. In the best Melt Banana tradition! I had wondered if they could equal Cellscape. They have equaled or perhaps bettered it. There is not a weak track on this album.

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Bill P.

I thought Lou Reeds Metal Machine Music was the worst album I ever heard - Until now

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2014

Maybe it a cultural/generational thing, I just don't know. I thought Lou Reeds Metal Machine Music was the worst album I ever heard - Until now, this is actually worse!

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2007

I was hoping for the insane amount of frantic raw energy that was manifested in melt-banana's other albums from Bambi's Dilemma. this outing is their poppiest yet. while it's still good i feel like melt banana is going in the wrong direction. i wanna give this four stars but i think it's a little misleading. three and a half from me, and this is coming from a huge fan that has every single MB album.

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