Teenage Head

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

This was a fun listen. A lot of nice and, for the time, modernised classic Rock & Roll hits. It's an influential song, but not very outspokenly influential at that. You notice this kind of crazier Rock & Roll style in bands like the Cramps and the later Punk movement. The songs being covers brings some nice variety, but also makes it a bit creatively bankrupt at times. Still fun to listen to.

Van 'Groovies' verwacht ik psychedelisch geluid. Het album is uit het begin van de '70's. Dus wellicht is het voorvoegsel 'Flamin' meer beschrijvend? Dan wellicht wat theatrale power rock?

En al houd ik bij het eerste nummer even die laatste gedachte. De bandnaam zet mij toch op het verkeerde pad. De band baseert hun rock wat meer op de oudere stijlen. Het tweede nummer heeft een country-klank. Het derde is volle rock-n-roll. Het album blijft wat variëren, maar de dansbare rock springt er wel uit. Wellicht ook omdat die volle klank maskeert dat het niet altijd even gelikt is.

Terrible album title and song. Otherwise great.

Really good blues-based rock. Sounds like early Rolling Stones, but a little bit more raw. that being said, it's never capitalized on the way it should be. I feel like this could have sounded like the Stooges with the right direction and production but they just never seem to push for that. It falls a little flat to me because of that.

I've heard this compared to Sticky Fingers-era Stones. That's a tall bar and it just doesn't match up for me.

Mick Jagger admitted this is was done better than his own album so......

"Shake Some Action" er en av verdens beste låter, og de kunne godt hatt den med på alle platene sine. Men Teenage Head klarer seg veldig godt uten også. De har på mange måter nailet bluesrocken bedre enn Rolling Stones gjorde på sine tidlige 70-tallsplater. Men soundet til Groovies er råere, i retning MC5, og det oser av spilleglede hele veien. Favorittlåter er "Yesterday's Numbers", tittelsporet og "Whiskey Woman" er en av de beste låtene i sjangeren slapp kasse.

Liked that.

Favorite songs: Teenage Head, Whiskey Woman, 32-20, That'll Be the Day, Walkin' the Dog, Scratch My Back, Carol, Yesterday's Numbers, Have You Seen My Baby?

Least favorite songs: Evil Hearted Ada

4/5

While I am deciding that I am not that into late ‘60s and early ‘70s blues rock, but there is something here. A lot of people claim this has proto-punk energy, but I’d rather say this is sort of garage rock. Anyways, this does have some real energy that propels it along, and I like it well enough! I don’t have a ton to say about this honestly, it’s alright!

It's amazing that this album was released at the beginning of the 70s. It might have been groundbreaking 10 to 15 years earlier. As it is, it already seems outdated when it was released. I quite enjoyed listening to it, but won't be doing so again any time soon. 3/5

Mixed feelings about this one. There are some definite moments of fun and creativity. Other times, it feels like they're just a pretty good cover band.

Solid rock and roll.

Hippy Americana. It must eco friendly since everything is recycled: second hand blues riffs, reheated country twang, leftover honky-tonk, thrift shop boogie, and a tired Elvis impression. Pretty basic bar band stuff done competently but it's hard to think this was imaginative even at the time and it certainly has little to offer 50+ years later.

This is #day272 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here's to some old school garage rock and rock'n'roll, baby. I imagine this as something Iggy Pop would spin on his Confidential show on BBC Radio 6 Music. Have you heard the show? I like to tune in now and then. So yeah, that's the kind of setting where I wouldn't mind hearing this. Outside of that, I'd pass, I guess. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day273.

Cool riffs and some pretty good songs. Short and sweet!

Some of this is pretty corny, though I liked it more than I expected to. Definitely see the comparisons with the Stones.

Wild that I had never heard of these guys. Almost Rolling Stonesesque...fun listen. 3.5/5

First of all, this album is fantastic. Each track is full of energy and rips right out of the gate. It’s classic rock n’ roll at its best - with streaks of hard blues. It’s an incredibly fun album and fully defines the era - and definitely gives the British Rock clan a run for their money. The only problem is that it almost sounds too much like The Rolling Stones. I however, got over it very quickly. The best track is Whiskey Woman.