Teenage Head

I’m about 135 albums in and I would say this is my favorite record I’ve encountered from an artist I never heard before. They feel like a missing link between like six of my favorite bands, some before their time and some after. But at the same time, the covers make clear that it’s just some guys noodling around. On some level all our favorite bands are that, even The Beatles and Radiohead. This album feels like they didn’t mind sharing that secret and it wasn’t even that big a deal to them, the same way Tom Bombadil isn’t all that impressed by the ring. I’ll definitely listen again and seek out their other stuff.

Se me hizo eteeeerno. Capaz es porque dura una hora y entre una cancion y otra tenés apenas una pequeñísima variación. En un punto ya no podía escuchar ese riff, se me hizo insoportable en algunas canciones. No descarto que tenga canciones buenas, pero como álbum se pierden en el montón. La canción que más destaco es Whiskey Woman.
Sumado a esto, tampoco siento que tenga algo muy especial que me obligue a tener que escucharlo. Un álbum que tranquilamente podría no haber escuchado y no cambiaría absolutamente nada en mi vida.

Probably the worst white boy blues album on the list that I've listened to.

From the very first song, you can tell that Flamin' Groovies loves old blues and The Rolling Stones, who adapted it for their time. Mick Jagger himself is said to have praised this album after hearing it, even saying it was more interesting than Sticky Fingers, released the same year.

It really turned out well, blending blues-rock with a dirty garage sound, similar to that of The Stooges. Unfortunately, in the band's native California this kind of music proved unpopular, the singer left, and the band refocused on British power pop, but that's another story.

Jagger's praise impressed the band so much that in the reissue of the album, which is now available on all streaming services, they added a whole second part of covers of rock 'n' roll classics. You can listen to that part, but it's not necessary.

A '71 album emulating the 60s... it could have been cool with the right execution, but no, this just sounds bland and uninspired. And my god....... the Elvis impression, it's atrocious...... 🥀🥀

Look is it up there with the greats, no. Is it a really solid vibe of blues rock that just gets the feeling right? 100%

Possibly the lowest point of the 70s music. Which says a lot about the genius of the 70s considering it was a pleasant album.

𝘛𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 is easy to appreciate historically but harder for me to enjoy. Its raw, Rolling-Stones-styled blend of garage rock and blues just isn’t a sound I connect with, even though the band plays it with real grit and conviction. Still, the album has genuine interest as an overlooked piece of rock history — one of those records that quietly shaped later punk and garage scenes even if it never broke through at the time. Worth hearing once for context, but not something I’d return to.

Hyvä joskaan ei erinomainen 70-rock-platta.

When I was a kid at Christmas in the 70s, there was no shortage of holiday specials to choose from on television. Understand that this was prior to today’s classic fare of Elf, Polar Express and the live-action Grinch. The finest of them all,in my opinion, and the one I looked forward to watching on repeat each December was a movie made with puppets called Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas.
The story follows a poor family of otters that are trying to make ends meet and still find a way to buy presents for each other at Christmas. Salvation comes in the form of a talent competition where first prize is $50. Emmet Otter decides to enter so he can win enough money to buy his mother a piano for Christmas. He grabs a muskrat, a beaver and some other river animals and together they make a band. They practice hard and are ready to win it all, and they would have except that, at the last minute, an unexpected entry at the talent show upends everything: The Riverbottom Nightmare Band.
Comprised of a weasel on guitar, a snake on bass,a mink on keyboards,and a lizard on drums, The Riverbottom Nightmare Band shows up and slays with predictable heavy metal thrashing. They win the competition and the $50 and Emmet and the boys go home with nothing.
Now, if you’ve never seen the movie, or if it’s been so long that you don’t really remember it, you’re in luck. The Flamin’ Groovies sound exactly like The Riverbottom Nightmare Band, which is to say puppet animals playing campy hard rock. The shriekingly humorous vocals splayed out over simplistic single note runs are lifted almost directly from the Riverbottom catalogue. That said, I don’t think the Flamin’ Groovies would beat either TRBNMB or Emmet Otter and his jug band in a talent show. I’d put my money on the puppets every time.

Not bad at all

Буги вуги как есть

There's a review on here that says this album is basically a collection of songs imitating other artists. I was skeptical at first, but it turns out that that is exactly what this is. Everybody from Robert Johnson, to Elvis, to Chuck Berry, to The Rolling Stones are imitated here. It's OK for what it is, but I'll stick to listening to the other artists.

2.5/5.0: Mixed

decent blues rock

A Poor Man’s Beggar’s Banquet, but a fun listen.

Teenage Head was certainly an enjoyable one. When it is done right, psychedelic rock can be a rather fun genre to listen to and this album is absolutely no exception. It gets to a point where it even gets a sound that is very similar to The Rolling Stones (Especially considering Sticky Fingers came out the same year and Mick Jagger even pointed out it's similarities and preferred this one). As much as i enjoyed Sticky Fingers, I thought this album was better as the songs here just felt that much more fun and had real show stealers with the melodies. There are a few vocal things i don't like with this album but i still really liked my time with this album.
Best Song: Doctor Boogie
Worst Song: Evil Hearted Ada

It’s not a terrible album, but I wasn't really into it. I think Jagger is wrong on this one.

Like many, I misread this entry as the Flamin' Groovies by Teenage Head, not the other way around and, wow, the Flamin' Groovies is just a terrible band name.

As for the music, I dig it, it's pretty solid blues rock that doesn't overstay its welcome (at least the original track listing of 9 songs in 30 minutes doesn't). Seems this is frequently compared to Sticky Fingers since it came out the same year and Mick Jagger was a fan. I get the comparison because this sounds like a bit of a rougher and more natural Rolling Stones with a bit of Elvis thrown in for good measure.

I'd throw this album on again when I'm in the mood, but I'm probably not going to do a deep dive through their discography as it's not quite my preferred genre of music any more.

Groovin'. I enjoyed this one; pretty fun. 4/5

I’d never heard of Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies before this challenge, but I really enjoyed it. It’s exactly the kind of discovery I was hoping for when I started.

My first reaction was how much it reminded me of The Stooges and The Rolling Stones. I later read it came out the same year as Sticky Fingers, and that Mick Jagger was a fan, which makes complete sense. It has that same gritty, swaggering Stones energy that’s hard to replicate.

The band have a brilliant, raw, guitar-driven sound that runs right through the album and keeps it engaging from start to finish.

Favourite track: The bonus disc covers stood out for me, all superb
Least favourite track: Nothing really, it’s all worth a listen
Album artwork: Great cover, really striking