9.17 | Station to Station / David Bowie
8.92 | Daydream Nation / Sonic Youth
8.63 | Maggot Brain / Funkadelic
7.60 | KE A H** (Psalm 69) / Ministry
7.45 | L* iege and Lief / Fairport Convention
7.00 | Licensed to Ill / Beastie Boys
6.24 | The Slider / T. Rex
5.90 | Very / Pet Shop Boys
At least two Simpsons pre-references in the tracklist, letās go.
Only really know Know Your Product from various stuff, think of them as Iggy and the Stooges rip offs but those horns are quite something. Will give the record a go.
Not familiar with this one. In fact, the only thing I know about The Saints is the singer guy turning up on Nick Caveās āBring It Onā. Will give it a blast later.
I only know Iām Stranded, which pops up on lots of compilations. I know they are supposed to be one of those influential early punk bands but Iāve never felt the impetus to investigate them.
these are a band Iāve always meant to explore having only heard āiām strandedā. It sounds good on first listen, didnāt blow me away but Iāll abstain on voting as I wonāt get to listen to it enough to give it a fair mark.
it does remind me a lot of that last Iceage album the way they mix horns with rock n roll riffs.
Gave the whole thing a go, mostly disappointing tbh. Not really enough hooks, not enough grit, really annoying hackneyed Iggy vocals with basic lyrics. The (far too few) horns being the only saving grace, along with a nice driving pulse to some of the tempos. A 5.
Never heard of the band or album before so went in completely blind for my first listen. A couple of good tracks for me but a lot of just OK songs as well. Nothing awful but nothing to really get that excited about. The definition of a 5/10 album for me.
As others have said, one of those bands I was aware of but didnāt really know. Which I suppose is kind of the point of this exercise. Not a bad record, quite taken with the horns, but itās not a great one either, and Iām unlikely to listen to much more tbh.
The Saints are from Brisbane (although had moved to London in 1977 before Eternally Yours) and grew up, formed, tried to play gigs and released their first album when Queensland was essentially a police state under the corrupt extreme right wing premiership of Joh Bjelke-Petersen who got into power through lots of rural votes in the late 60s and stayed in power through some solid gerrymandering until a corruption investigation led to his downfall in 87. He and his government were prejudice in pretty much every way you could imagine and effectively banned the right to peaceful protest, broke up most gigs, tried to shut down radio stations with alternative views etc. Absolute sack of cunts. This album isnāt terribly interesting but the story of the music scene in Brisbane through that period and beyond is, thereās a book written by a local music journalist called Pig City if anyone was interested in finding out a bit after the Australiaās best bands thread.