The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

Lee Newman said:
To clarify my point, I don’t think his last three albums were informed by modern rock radio. I think they were informed by his brain short-circuiting.
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I understand, to clarify further, I was saying his solo work immediately following the White Stripes, Blunderbuss and Lazaretto (combined with his post white stripes Reconteurs, and Dead Weathers work) was driven by a desire to make modern rock radio hits which he succeeded at. Unfortunately that music was of little interest to me and I didn’t stick around for the albums that followed.
 
Lee Newman said:
11.13.23

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The White Stripes - White Blood Cells



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White Blood Cells by The White Stripes released in 2001. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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This is the only White Stripes album I've actually listened to quite a bit. I still dig it, but I'm also in the "Jack White is overrated" camp. Score 4/5

Now onto Undertones! This is such a great album, right in the sweet spot between punk and pop. "Teenage Kicks" is the anthem here, but the whole album is a gem! Score 5/5
 
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Lee Newman said:
Never Heard of them. Paging @Joe Mac
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Me neither.
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I’m really shocked neither of you have heard teenage kicks but them maybe it’s ubiquity isn’t replicated across the ocean? It was John Peel’s all time favourite song.

In all honesty they’re not a band I am hugely into outside of singles but they have some damn good singles, My Perfect Cousin being another.
 
Joe Mac said:
In all honesty they’re not a band I am hugely into outside of singles but they have some damn good singles, My Perfect Cousin being another.
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Yes, and they are similar to The Buzzcocks in that way (I mean, "Singles Going Steady" is Buzzcocks best album, and it's a singles comp). But I do think their debut is the exception here and works great as an album. I think there's almost a Ramones-like quality to it, in that every song just sparks!
 
Lee Newman said:
11/14/23
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The Undertones - The Undertones



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The Undertones by The Undertones released in 1979. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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I have known who Feargal Sharkey is forever, but I didn't know he was the singer in The Undertones for some reason.

John Peel really liked 'Teenage Kicks', it's a good song.

It is a bit samey, but a good samey?? It's a good three-chord pop-punk song they play 16 times!

2.5 stars / 5 stars.
 
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