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--> ''She's in this state and it's California''.
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* BreakUpSong: "Jigsaw You", about how Barman tries to find out a way to weld a broken relationship.
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'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/{{Front 242}} had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Music/LordsOfAcid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck.[[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Music/{{Soulwax}} and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
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In Belgium the album is considered to be a classic, even the band's MagnumOpus to some. "Suds & Soda" (the colossal BreakthroughHit), "Via" and "Hotellounge" were released as singles and scored high in the charts.
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In Belgium the album is considered to be a classic, even the band's MagnumOpus to some.classic. "Suds & Soda" (the colossal BreakthroughHit), "Via" and "Hotellounge" were released as singles and scored high in the charts.
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'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/{{Front 242}} had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Music/LordsOfAcid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck.[[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
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'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/{{Front 242}} had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Music/LordsOfAcid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck.[[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax Music/{{Soulwax}} and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
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'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/{{Front 242}} had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Lords Of Acid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck.[[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
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'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/{{Front 242}} had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Lords Of Acid.Music/LordsOfAcid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck.[[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''There is always something in the air...'']]
'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/{{Front242}} had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Lords Of Acid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck. [[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/{{Front242}} had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Lords Of Acid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck. [[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''There ''"There is always something in the air...'']]
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'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex andMusic/{{Front242}} Music/{{Front 242}} had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Lords Of Acid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck. [[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and
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'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/Front242 Music/{{Front242}} had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Lords Of Acid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck. [[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
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'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{DEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/Front242 had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Lords Of Acid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck. [[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
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'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{DEUS}}.Music/{{dEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/Front242 had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Lords Of Acid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck. [[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
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** The word "Friday" in "Suds & Soda" which is repeated ''ad finitum''. ** The line "It's the first draft of the worst case scenario" in "W.C.'s First Draft".
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** The word "Friday" in "Suds & Soda" which is repeated ''ad finitum''.
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** The line "It's the first draft of the worst case scenario" in "W.C.'s First Draft".
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''There is always something in the air...'']]
'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{DEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/Front242 had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Lords Of Acid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck. [[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
In Belgium the album is considered to be a classic, even the band's MagnumOpus to some. "Suds & Soda" (the colossal BreakthroughHit), "Via" and "Hotellounge" were released as singles and scored high in the charts.
In 2009 "Worst Case Scenario" was re-released in luxe edition, along with a ''making of'' documentary and some concert footage from 1994 and 1995.
'''Tracklist'''
# "Intro" (0:24)
# "Suds & Soda" (5:14)
# "W.c.s (first draft)" (5:05)
# "Jigsaw You" (2.26)
# "Morticiachair" (4:23)
# "Via" (4:12)
# "Right As Rain" (4:27)
# "Mute" (3:57)
# "Let's Get Lost" (4:23)
# "Hotellounge (Be The Death Of Me)" (6:23)
# "Shake Your Hip" (0:41)
# "Great American Nude" (5:39)
# "Secret Hell" (4:29)
# "Divebomb Djingle" (3:00)
'''Personnel'''
* Tom Barman: vocals, electric guitar, piano
* Stef Kamil Carlens: vocals, bass guitar,
* Klaas Janszoons: violin, vocals
* Jules De Borgher: drums, percussion, timpani, maracas, guitar, gasheating, metalophone
* Rudy Trouvé: electric guitar, percussion, effects, vocals, steel plate
!! Tropes & Soda
* AlbumTitleDrop: "W.C.'s First Draft"
--> ''It's the first draft of the worst case scenario!''
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''R'''ight As '''R'''ain", "'''L'''et's Get '''L'''ost", "'''D'''ivebomb '''D'''jingle".
* BodyHorror: "Shake Your Hip".
* BreakUpSong: "Jigsaw You", about how Barman tries to find out a way to weld a broken relationship.
* BrokenBird: "Hotellounge"
--> ''And hoisted the flag''
--> ''but it keeps hanging down''
--> ''You know this place, this hotellounge''
--> ''It's my life, it's my choice''
--> ''And I'm in love''
--> ''with Rickie Lee Jones' voice"''
--> ''Cause it's so hard''
--> ''to keep the dream alive''
* BrokenRecord:
** The word "Friday" in "Suds & Soda" which is repeated ''ad finitum''. ** The line "It's the first draft of the worst case scenario" in "W.C.'s First Draft".
** And the line "So, come on, baby baby, shake your hip, baby, come on" in "Shake Your Hip".
** "Yes, that's the price you pay" in "Divebomb Djingle".
* CarefulWithThatAxe: The background singers during "Divebomb Djingle" and "Great American Nude".
* DarkerAndEdgier: "Suds & Soda" surprised everybody that Belgian rock could be catchy, edgy, fresh and cool and win an audience abroad as well.
* DepartmentOfRedundancy: "Mute"
--> ''Together we saw they were building a... building''
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover.
* EpicRocking: "Suds & Soda".
* HurricaneOfPuns: "Divebomb Djingle" is full of them.
* IncrediblyLamePun: "Morticiachair"
--> ''She's in this state and it's California''.
* {{Lampshading}}: "Let's Get Lost" ends with the funny line:
--> ''It's kinda early but the story's told''
* MinisculeRocking: The very short "Shake Your Hip".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The line "56 Falcon" in "Jigsaw You" is a reference to lead singer Tom Barman's then girlfriend's address in the ''Falconrui'' in Antwerp, Belgium. "Right As Rain" was written after Barman's father had died.
* RhymingWithItself: From "Suds & Soda":
--> ''It's suds and soda, a brain decoder''
--> ''And can I wait for my decoder''
* RuleOfScary: "Secret Hell"
--> ''You should be scaring me''
--> ''But don't I only... scare myself?''
* ShoutOut:
** The introduction is a French text about a rare bone disease and was taken from a medical book.
** ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' once had the duo watch the music video of "Suds & Soda".
** "W.C.S. (First Draft)" contains a sample from Music/FrankZappa's "Little Umbrellas" from his album ''Music/HotRats''. The song was recorded the day Zappa died (December 4, 1993) "with the highest respect to the master", according to Barman. The song also has a sample from Don Cherry's "Base Figurine for Ballatune". The line "do the low yo yo" refers to the song "Low Yo Yo Stuff" from Music/CaptainBeefheart's "Clear Spot".
** "Via" has a refrain taken from Music/{{REM}}'s song "Low" from their album ''Music/OutOfTime'' (1991)
--> ''I skipped the part about love.''
** "Hotellounge (Be The Death Of Me)" has a subtitle referring to the song "Heroin (Be The Death Of Me)" from ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' by Music/VelvetUnderground. Barman also namedrops Music/RickieLeeJones at one point:
--> ''And I'm in love with Rickie Lee Jones' voice.''
* "Let's Get Lost" refers to the 1988 documentary film about jazz musician Music/ChetBaker.
** "Great American Nude" was named after the pop art painting by Tom Wesselmann. It also namedrops Creator/AleisterCrowley and Creator/WilliamShakespeare:
--> ''She had this thing about Creator/AleisterCrowley''.
** "Secret Hell" refers to the nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice".
** Both "Suds & Soda" ("Jimmy Dean is howling ween") and "Divebomb Djingle" refererence Creator/JamesDean and ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'':
--> ''He said: 'Remember James Dean''
--> ''was looking pristine''
--> ''in comes the benzine''
--> ''out goes the rebel without a grant''
--> ''... but with a fanzine''
* TheShowMustGoWrong: During the recording of "Hotellounge" a sound recorder exploded. This was kept in the song.
* SingleStanzaSong: "Shake Your Hip"
--> ''So come on, baby, baby, shake your hip, baby baby, come on''
--> ''So come on, baby, baby, shake your hip, baby baby, come on''
--> ''So come on, baby, baby, shake your hip, baby baby, come on''
* SpokenWordInMusic: "Intro", which is a women reading a text in French, taken from a medical guide.
* WordSaladLyrics: "Suds & Soda", "W.C.S. (First Draft)", "Morticiachair", "Shake Your Hip", "Divebomb Djingle".
** Lampshaded in "Morticiachair"
--> ''By the time of my second car crash I got totally wired''
--> ''Like in the days I cut myself up with a razor-blade''
--> ''Oh nostalgia, lost myself in so many ways''
--> ''I didn't know what to think of him''
--> ''Ah, maybe I think too much, I don't think so''
--> ''Fell madly in love with a couple of beautiful ears''
--> ''It's only a variation''
--> ''Had long and boring conversations about nothing''
--> ''Talked so much, I bored myself to death''
--> ''And the more I talk, the more I turn into a vegetable''
--> ''God, I'm such a fool''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''There is always something in the air...'']]
'''Worst Case Scenario''' is the 1994 debut album by Belgian rock band Music/{{DEUS}}. The album is considered to be a landmark in the development of Belgian pop music. They were the first Belgian rock band to receive positive attention in the foreign press, airplay on MTV (they were nominated for ''Best Newcomer'' during the MTV Music Awards) and make a succesful international career out of it. [[note]] While it's true that Telex and Music/Front242 had international success during the 1970s and 1980s they were pigeonholed as electronic music acts, much like the equally popular Lords Of Acid. The only Belgian rock band before them to have success in Europe was TC Matic, but they weren't able to maintain their career because most record labels in Belgium didn't have the facilities to sustain such international success yet. In dEUS' case they had this luck. [[/note]]. Their success also paved the way for other Belgian alternative rock bands with success outside their native country, such as K's Choice ("Not An Addict"), Hooverphonic, Soulwax and Admiral Freebee. So, in a HilariousInHindsight way this album wasn't a "worst case scenario" at all...
In Belgium the album is considered to be a classic, even the band's MagnumOpus to some. "Suds & Soda" (the colossal BreakthroughHit), "Via" and "Hotellounge" were released as singles and scored high in the charts.
In 2009 "Worst Case Scenario" was re-released in luxe edition, along with a ''making of'' documentary and some concert footage from 1994 and 1995.
'''Tracklist'''
# "Intro" (0:24)
# "Suds & Soda" (5:14)
# "W.c.s (first draft)" (5:05)
# "Jigsaw You" (2.26)
# "Morticiachair" (4:23)
# "Via" (4:12)
# "Right As Rain" (4:27)
# "Mute" (3:57)
# "Let's Get Lost" (4:23)
# "Hotellounge (Be The Death Of Me)" (6:23)
# "Shake Your Hip" (0:41)
# "Great American Nude" (5:39)
# "Secret Hell" (4:29)
# "Divebomb Djingle" (3:00)
'''Personnel'''
* Tom Barman: vocals, electric guitar, piano
* Stef Kamil Carlens: vocals, bass guitar,
* Klaas Janszoons: violin, vocals
* Jules De Borgher: drums, percussion, timpani, maracas, guitar, gasheating, metalophone
* Rudy Trouvé: electric guitar, percussion, effects, vocals, steel plate
!! Tropes & Soda
* AlbumTitleDrop: "W.C.'s First Draft"
--> ''It's the first draft of the worst case scenario!''
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''R'''ight As '''R'''ain", "'''L'''et's Get '''L'''ost", "'''D'''ivebomb '''D'''jingle".
* BodyHorror: "Shake Your Hip".
* BreakUpSong: "Jigsaw You", about how Barman tries to find out a way to weld a broken relationship.
* BrokenBird: "Hotellounge"
--> ''And hoisted the flag''
--> ''but it keeps hanging down''
--> ''You know this place, this hotellounge''
--> ''It's my life, it's my choice''
--> ''And I'm in love''
--> ''with Rickie Lee Jones' voice"''
--> ''Cause it's so hard''
--> ''to keep the dream alive''
* BrokenRecord:
** The word "Friday" in "Suds & Soda" which is repeated ''ad finitum''. ** The line "It's the first draft of the worst case scenario" in "W.C.'s First Draft".
** And the line "So, come on, baby baby, shake your hip, baby, come on" in "Shake Your Hip".
** "Yes, that's the price you pay" in "Divebomb Djingle".
* CarefulWithThatAxe: The background singers during "Divebomb Djingle" and "Great American Nude".
* DarkerAndEdgier: "Suds & Soda" surprised everybody that Belgian rock could be catchy, edgy, fresh and cool and win an audience abroad as well.
* DepartmentOfRedundancy: "Mute"
--> ''Together we saw they were building a... building''
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover.
* EpicRocking: "Suds & Soda".
* HurricaneOfPuns: "Divebomb Djingle" is full of them.
* IncrediblyLamePun: "Morticiachair"
--> ''She's in this state and it's California''.
* {{Lampshading}}: "Let's Get Lost" ends with the funny line:
--> ''It's kinda early but the story's told''
* MinisculeRocking: The very short "Shake Your Hip".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The line "56 Falcon" in "Jigsaw You" is a reference to lead singer Tom Barman's then girlfriend's address in the ''Falconrui'' in Antwerp, Belgium. "Right As Rain" was written after Barman's father had died.
* RhymingWithItself: From "Suds & Soda":
--> ''It's suds and soda, a brain decoder''
--> ''And can I wait for my decoder''
* RuleOfScary: "Secret Hell"
--> ''You should be scaring me''
--> ''But don't I only... scare myself?''
* ShoutOut:
** The introduction is a French text about a rare bone disease and was taken from a medical book.
** ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' once had the duo watch the music video of "Suds & Soda".
** "W.C.S. (First Draft)" contains a sample from Music/FrankZappa's "Little Umbrellas" from his album ''Music/HotRats''. The song was recorded the day Zappa died (December 4, 1993) "with the highest respect to the master", according to Barman. The song also has a sample from Don Cherry's "Base Figurine for Ballatune". The line "do the low yo yo" refers to the song "Low Yo Yo Stuff" from Music/CaptainBeefheart's "Clear Spot".
** "Via" has a refrain taken from Music/{{REM}}'s song "Low" from their album ''Music/OutOfTime'' (1991)
--> ''I skipped the part about love.''
** "Hotellounge (Be The Death Of Me)" has a subtitle referring to the song "Heroin (Be The Death Of Me)" from ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' by Music/VelvetUnderground. Barman also namedrops Music/RickieLeeJones at one point:
--> ''And I'm in love with Rickie Lee Jones' voice.''
* "Let's Get Lost" refers to the 1988 documentary film about jazz musician Music/ChetBaker.
** "Great American Nude" was named after the pop art painting by Tom Wesselmann. It also namedrops Creator/AleisterCrowley and Creator/WilliamShakespeare:
--> ''She had this thing about Creator/AleisterCrowley''.
** "Secret Hell" refers to the nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice".
** Both "Suds & Soda" ("Jimmy Dean is howling ween") and "Divebomb Djingle" refererence Creator/JamesDean and ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'':
--> ''He said: 'Remember James Dean''
--> ''was looking pristine''
--> ''in comes the benzine''
--> ''out goes the rebel without a grant''
--> ''... but with a fanzine''
* TheShowMustGoWrong: During the recording of "Hotellounge" a sound recorder exploded. This was kept in the song.
* SingleStanzaSong: "Shake Your Hip"
--> ''So come on, baby, baby, shake your hip, baby baby, come on''
--> ''So come on, baby, baby, shake your hip, baby baby, come on''
--> ''So come on, baby, baby, shake your hip, baby baby, come on''
* SpokenWordInMusic: "Intro", which is a women reading a text in French, taken from a medical guide.
* WordSaladLyrics: "Suds & Soda", "W.C.S. (First Draft)", "Morticiachair", "Shake Your Hip", "Divebomb Djingle".
** Lampshaded in "Morticiachair"
--> ''By the time of my second car crash I got totally wired''
--> ''Like in the days I cut myself up with a razor-blade''
--> ''Oh nostalgia, lost myself in so many ways''
--> ''I didn't know what to think of him''
--> ''Ah, maybe I think too much, I don't think so''
--> ''Fell madly in love with a couple of beautiful ears''
--> ''It's only a variation''
--> ''Had long and boring conversations about nothing''
--> ''Talked so much, I bored myself to death''
--> ''And the more I talk, the more I turn into a vegetable''
--> ''God, I'm such a fool''
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