Prison | 
 enlarge | Artist: Steven Jesse Bernstein
Label: Sub Pop
Category: Music
Buy Collectible: $74.89
Rating:  10 reviews
Media: Audio Cassette
UPC: 098787010145
EAN: 0098787010145
ASIN: B0000035EW
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Genuine Sub Pop advance cassette. Not a bootleg or reproduction. Way-rare. Reliable seller. Ships First Class from KY.
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| Tracks:
| • | No No Man, Pt. 1 | | • | Morning in the Sub-Basement of Hell | | • | More Noise Please | | • | Sport, Pt. 1 | | • | Party Balloon | | • | Face | | • | This Clouded Heart | | • | Man Upstairs | | • | Sport, Pt. 2 | | • | No No Man, Pt. 2 |
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| Customer Reviews:
 An important but forgotten artist October 14, 2008
David Louie (AZ)
Quite simply put, Steven Jay Bernstein (his real name) was one of the most fascinating and talented poets in the last half century. That his career was so short is a real tragedy. I have listened to Prison thousands of times since its debut and I have never stopped being disturbed, moved, and awed. To most, his voice alone is offsetting. I used to put this on at the record store I worked out to clear everyone out at closing. Get past his sort of droning monotone, however, and you'll appreciate Bernstein for what he was -- the inheritor of the Beats and an important but forgetten artist.
 About the album July 3, 2007
Annie Andifers (Kaukauna, Wi USA)
I am a big fan of Steven. The background music kills the cd.
I cant picture it being much better if they used the Johnny Cash folsom prison music. I would have enjoyed it much more if it was just spoken word. Thats just me though. Listen to the samples.
insane genius March 8, 2007
capital P (earth)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Steven Bernstein was completely unhinged and used that freedom to observe the world from strange points of view and with a level of perception and honesty that is a little disturbing. awesome.
 The noise competes with the poetry June 27, 2003
0 out of 17 found this review helpful
Some poetry is born to be also music (e.g., Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen). Some other poetry is born to be read as poetry and the addition of music is only the addition of masking noise. I had the hope of hearing poetry; instead, I got some horrible noise that at times made the words unintelligible. What a waste of poetry! I wish somebody could publish Bernstein's poetry readings free of noise.
 Squirm in the hostile element December 30, 2001
Ronald Battista (Colorado Springs, CO)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
with Jesse for a while, youll be glad you did. Like rap music for people with a brain. Challenging and thought provoking-this is my only real foray into spoken word thingies-I just got into him because he was at Big Black's last concert, reading poems to warm up the crowd. Someone there yelled,"Where's the music?"and Bernstein curtly replied in a rising voice, "This IS music, ...!"and then at that precise second Big Black came roaring on. It was beautiful, wish Id been there. But anyway, this is him in all his cranky beat glory, backed up by a sound composer that does a fine job bringing further menace to Bernstein's apocalyptic delivery and subject matter. Poverty, drugs, self hatred, misogyny, its all here if you like that sort of stuff.And who doesn't?
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