Teenage Head

Teenage Head This sits nicely in the venn diagram of The Stones circa Exile and Safe As Milk. High Flying Baby has a touch of All Down the Line and a touch of Electricity and is a belter of an opener. The looseness of Exile and specifically Sweet Virginia continues on City Lights, a great country blues with some excellent backing vocals, and a lead vocal with a definite Keith quality to it. Yesterday’s Numbers is excellent too, as is Teenage Head, which has an element of Barracuda to it, and there's yet more country blues on 32-30. They bring in a bit of Elvis and boogie with Evil Hearted Ada, and continue the boogie and Jaggerish vocalisms with Doctor Boogie. Although enjoyable enough these two tracks are a little bit of a dip, but it finishes exceptionally with Whiskey Woman, a brilliantly forlorn song and the standout track. I didn't realise until the 2nd listen that this predated Exile, which is quite remarkable. They sound hugely influenced by the Stones, but then point to the louche country blues the Stones would go on to do. That loose, garage band countrified blues is what sets them apart from a lot of contemporary blues plodders and turns this into an charming and excellent 30 minute gem. 4. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Playlist submission: Whiskey Woman

Just when you are about to give up on this list, you uncover a little gem like this. Great? No - but fun to listen to. I enjoyed it - kind of Rolling Stones lite.

I want to say "I really enjoyed Teenage Head", but there is absolutely no way I could say that without it sounding awful. So I will most definitely not say that.

At least it was short.

Solid classic/garage rock.

Georgia Satellites kind of groove

pop rock tipico de los 60, nada especial por el momento, no es mi rollo, estilo boogie y cosas así, no es malo, pero meh

can't tell if this is how it should sound or if it's just my shitty gas station headphones I had to buy during my lunch break, but I like the fuzziness of this whiskey woman best song on the album in my humble opinion. some songs kinda had an Elvis vibe??? don't know how I feel about that as a certified Elvis hater but since it's not actually HIM I can look past it. Can we talk about how fucking weird the album name is?? Overall this is not really my thing, this era of rock and roll is not one I have a lot of love for but it's easyish listening

Not for me. These feel so loose and simple, nothing really stood out to me. I also didn’t realize there would be so many covers! Classic rock like this is a genre I have respect for, but can never really dive deep into unfortunately.

The music is as annoying as the band name

Yes the comparisons with The Rolling Stones are obvious. Good solid record, whch would rank to be one of the better Stones albums. When starting with this list (and 100+records on the way) I thought there would be more of this kind of records. Forgotten names. To date I heard a handfull of new discovered artists, Back to this record. As I said a good solid collection of blues rock songs. Not entirely my genre, so I rate a 3-stars, but a nice find in this list nonetheless.

Another weird coincidence involving this list. The local radio station has a Saturday morning show called Teenage Kicks and they play tunes from the 70's-80's-90's. So last Saturday a cool song called Shake Some Action comes on and it's by a band called the Flamin' Groovies, who I've never heard of before. I made a note of the band/song as I wanted to add it to my playlist. Then two days later I get this album - so weird. Anyway, this album is fine. It really reminds me of the Rolling Stones, who apparently were big fans of this band. Whiskey Woman was definitely the highlight, but I also really liked their cover of Louie Louie.

Sold rock album but not really my thing.

I don't know - could see this sinking to a two - bluesy Rolling Stone 1970 sound. I think Whiskey Women is the most redeeming song - interesting selection - 'before I die' hmmmm

Ceci était très très bien

2.5 that got rounded up, fine album but nothing that stands out or hasn't been done better somewhere else. Pretty forgettable but inoffensive.

I mean- with a name like Flamin' Groovies, what else could they be but flamin' and groovy? honestly they're cute and upbeat but rather bland all things considered. my god is this a long album for what is very truly not a ton of substance.

This was a discount led Zeppelin. Some fine moments but utterly forgettable. 2.5/5 -> 3/5

Whiskey Woman is a fantastic song, and it’s singlehandedly saving this album from being a 2. I don’t believe something has to be innovative or unique to be good, but this really sounds just like pretty much everything else did at the time of its release. I don’t ever see myself reaching for this over The Rolling Stones.

I definitely liked this actually! Whiskey Woman is a KILLER track. More like a 3.2, but I just don't see returning to it

These guys are a rock/blues rock band from San Francisco who started in 1965 and are still in existence. Their album has unpolished sound of a garage band, while the tracks are somewhat quirky. Once again, another one that can’t quite reach four stars.

Now this is like a parody of the prototypical album of the list. Be so for real, 1001 albums site. There is nothing I want less right now than to listen to the """Flamin' Groovies""". At least it wasn't super long. Slur count = 1. Highlight: 'Yesterday's Numbers'

Great enjoyable sound. Sometimes I heard a little of country and it did fit the vibe.

It was fine. Half the album is covers and the rest just wasn’t my cup of tea. But I do appreciate the album for what it is.

Looks ridiculous, comes across as pretty okay. Kinda Stonesy, kinda Dead-y, but wholly bluesy.

People, including Mick Jagger himself, say they hear Sticky Fingers on this blues-rock record, but Teenage Head is also adjacent to Safe as Milk. For one, Cyril Jordan is more experimental than Jagger. For another, the blues is the matrix of Teenage Head, not just the base as it is for Sticky Fingers. Finally tho, the Flamin' Groovies are their own thing entirely, a damn good time & an impressive venture into living large & positive. 'But I'm a fool to go on wishing / Might as well go on w/ my fishing.' One hears rumblings of classic rock radio, e.g., Tom Petty, as well as very early furnishings of punk blues via The Jon Spenser Blues Explosion. It's really very, very good. My only grumble is that the production is sometimes thin. Still, quite an album.

If you want a cover of every music style prominent in 1971, this is the album for you. For everyone else, prepared to be underwhelmed.

It’s not awful, but if a mediocre album lasts a full hour I am going to resent it by the end.

More just fine 70s rock. Nothing noteworthy but nothing prompting any negative response either.

Blues-rock. Meget Rolling Stones-inspireret, men der mangler sange, der rigtigt skiller sig ud.

fun. almost feels like a parody of rock and roll. Reminiscent of the Rolling stones.

Continuing the bizarre trend with this exercise where I explore the band of the day and, regardless of original era, find they will be playing a show in Chicago soon. Flamin' Groovies with The Damned on Oct 31. I mean, this was ok. Nothing stuck with me tho.

First listen. It’s ok. I can only take so much white man blues. I’m also not a fan of the sleaze.

This was a great discovery, good ole bluesy rock. It's hard to tell if this influenced the stones or if it's the other way around.

Listening to this album I keep thinking of the term "New Old Stock." An item that is vintage in age but new as far as use goes. I'm very much into this kind of music - peak-era Stones, The Stooges, MC5 et al. and I have never even heard of the Flamin' Groovies before. But this album is very much a part of that proto-punk scene, and I really enjoyed hearing it. While the easiest parallels are to the Stones's *Sticky Fingers* album, released the same year incredibly, it drifts into rockabilly, early punk, and ends on a clear Neil Young homage. None of those comparisons would matter if the songs weren't good, but thankfully they rock. Full of raw energy and youthful exuberance. The only song I didn't thoroughly enjoy was "Yesterday's Numbers," and even that was totally fine. Really impressed. This is why we do this project! FOUR STARS

This is honestly just The Rolling Stones. And given I'm pretty ambivalent on the Stones to begin with aside from their singles, I'm pretty ambivalent on this. And given that the only things of note regarding this album are that Mick Jagger name dropped it as good, and it's on the 1001, this will be added to my list of albums that should be removed from the list. As I say for all Stones albums, the non-bluesy tracks are good, not huge on the bluesy tracks. So yeah, decent album, with some garage rock-y moments. But that's all it is.

I expected generic hippie music, and this was more than that. Still, it was hit or miss.

I think this one was ok

Yea... old school rock. Gets quite repetitive though

It is flamin', and it is groovie. This is not great in any category and probably doesn't belong on the list. But it was really fun, and I'm glad I heard it before I died. If all the two stars here were like this, I'd have +1 pt average rating and be much, much happier with the project.

Really not all that bad, surprisingly. Definitely only in here because a Stones liked it and praised it, but a few songs were alright. I disliked the title track a lot though.

Very interesting album. Songs were varied tones and cadences. Ultimately not for me but glad I was exposed to it

I enjoyed this alot. Terrible band name and terrible album name. Very stones adjacent - with a great groove although vocally / song quality not at same level as the Stones. The lo-fi fuzzy recording quality adds to the atmosphere. The covers did not really add much to the party (but I think are mostly a CD extra). A great and surprising discovery.

A fascinatingly eclectic mix of songs and genres. Fun.

I’m nearly 300 albums in now and I’ve heard original and innovative work that I’ve found really interesting. This is neither original or innovative but that doesn’t matter because it’s shambolic fun. Yeah musically it’s all of the place and the vocals are quite… derivative but it’s rock and roll and it’s energetic, visceral and takes you with it

If the Rolling Stones sucked it would be this.

fun. Maybe it's not my type, not particularly relevant anyways

Teenage Head (the song) is the best here. 3.

The Rolling Stones if they were completely inoffensive

That was a fun album. The cover songs were excellent. I’ll definitely give this another listen.

So. Fucking. Good.

The Rolling Stones comparisons are all very well, but they're more like a photocopy of a photocopy of a Stones Tribute act. It's old fashioned foot stompin' good time music. They take a song like Have You Seen My Baby - which Randy Newman sang on his 12 Songs album with a sort of defeated resignation and turn it into a rollicking barn stormer. On Evil Hearted Ada they simply channel Elvis's great Mystery Train, only not as well. Their rewrite of Robert Johnson's mean spirited 32-20 Blues brightens it up and turns down the nastiness, not to its benefit. Sure it's a good time, but it's no Exile on Main Street.

Þetta er bara nokkuð öruggt gamalt rokk og blús.

I had never heard of this band or any of these songs. Definitely reminds me of the Rolling Stones with a little more blues to them. I enjoyed most of the songs, but there were 1 or 2 that I thought were just really bad. So, definitely not an album I'd listen to again. Just not my personal style, but it was fine to listen to. Another album that I'm a bit puzzled as to how it got on the list though.

Album was aight. Kinda generic late 60's rock, heavy blues influence. Not sure this qualifies as an album I had to hear but I'm not bothered.

Reminds me of Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. It's alright but I'll have forgotten everything I've heard by this time tomorrow Standouts Yesterday's Numbers 3/5

if this was in a movie I would be enjoying just not playlist worthy

Feel like im on a farm or something not for me

no.

Just a great album. A mix of rockabilly and throwback rock and roll. They do some great covers including Randy Newman's Have You Seen My Baby?, Johnny Kidd's Shakin' All Over, Buddy Holly's That'll Be The Day and Robert Johnson's 32-20. Their original material is really strong on this album as well. Just an all around excellent rocker of an album. Very counter to the zeitgeist of the day for sure.

I heard Whiskey Woman years ago, loved it but never explored more of this album until now. Can’t say I feel like I missed much. A few tracks stand out (Teenage Head, Whiskey Woman most notably) but aside from that it’s just classic rock, moving a little towards punk. As far as proto-punk goes, I’d rather just listen to The Stooges.

It's alright. Not much else to say. 3.5 bumped down to 3.

I’m at a 5. It just felt fun, really. These guys are obviously pretty technically proficient, especially in their guitar work. The recordings really emphasize the drums to add a lot of kick that cuts through the upper tones, and while I wish the bass had a little more oomph to it, I don’t think it really matters that much, given the nice blues-y rasp that’s often present in Cyril Jordan & Roy Loney’s vocals. I’m focusing on the technical stuff because these guys make it sound so simple, just like the ‘50s artists they’re clearly doing a lighthearted riff on. This feels like a tribute album in a way that still manages to carve out their own niche. I don’t know if Mick Jagger was necessarily right when he said these guys did their modus operandi with “Sticky Fingers” better, but that feels like a hell of a compliment regardless. It’s very hard to describe why this album works so well because it’s just something you’re meant to feel; there’s an infectious energy to everything. They set up the point of each track lyrically, and then just let the instrumentals & their vocals ride the rest of the way, knowing when to turn up everything in a way that lets each song fly by. The only track that could turn up the tempo a bit more is “City Lights”, but I don’t mind given the yearning in that one. At a certain point, this album kinda coasts lyrically, but at that point, the tracks with a milkman stealing his girl, one threatening to shoot a cheater & a blatant Elvis pastiche have lightened up the mood enough that something as silly as “mow your lawn” or “walk your dog” as nonsensical sexual metaphors is easy to smile at. “Whiskey Woman” is an especially good closer; there’s a nice CSNY energy to it that clicked for me, and I honestly think the tempo they kick into before the song closes could’ve gone for another few minutes. There’s moments like that throughout the album where their proficiency really kicks up & reveals a punk-ish side that they could’ve tapped into way more often. It’s a mark of a band that knows what they’re doing, & knowing that they’re using it to make tracks that just kinda feel silly, goofy & very human just feels nice. Hence, a 5. I just found myself really drawn to this one, and it carries a really nice flow throughout. I can think of plenty of worse albums we could’ve gotten for our 1,000th, and getting a welcome surprise like this is exactly what going through the list is all about. I recommend it a lot & I’m very glad it’s on the list.

Meh

Same release window as Sticky Fingers huh? Let's see. High Flyin Baby definitely has that type.of sound Overall album is pretty good. Back end has a surprising number of covers. Well ok, those are bonus tracks. Still, enjoyed them.

cool

Rolling Stones vibes, recreating the lost magic of the 50s and early 60s. Old time rock n' roll doesn't really do much for me to be honest.

this sounds really cool I like the 70s rock style. some lean into a more 60s Elvis style, but cool nevertheless.

Out of place in its time, from 1976, and a five year wait from their previous record. This has pop gems on it which feel like the mid 60s meets the mid 70s. Unique and it day and still sounding really solid. Four stars.

They sound like the covers band in bar. A band I’d like to be in.

Aren’t Rolling Stones

Sort of a blues-y stripped down Rolling Stones sound; a mix between Jagger and Dr. John vocals. Solid 3.5/5.0.

Sure, they might not be the tightest band... And their music might not be the most original... And their band name might be a little stupid... And the album name might be a little sus... And their singer might not be very good... Along with the rest of the band... And their lyrics might suck... And the production might be a product of its time to put it lightly... And the album might be a little long... But uh..... yeah I got nothing.

It was more enjoyable than The Rolling Stones album, but both don't seem to be a significant enough evolution of Blues to Blues Rock, to really merit inclusion on the list anymore. Pleasant enough, but rather ordinary Blues Rock.

It's true, the Groovies do make a better job of making a modern blues rock album than the Stones did but that's not really the whole story. This is pretty good though.

For people who need more Rolling Stones in their life. Generic guitar/blues rock rip off.

I'm just so over this sound - too much of this similar style on the list it becomes generic.

I like a band that's having fun. I don't think this album is particularly insightful/revolutionary/good, but I do like that it's fun.

De verwijzingen naar beatles en byrds ten spijt

fun yeah, not many thoughts about this

Immediately reminds of Rolling Stones. Wiki entry suggests not only person to think that. And given the number of RS albums on this list, really unclear why this album is on this list. Not really much thing. 2/5

Cool rock ‘n’ roll, could have cut twenty minutes out

Three-leaning-four. Pretty funky!

4 fun listen. “Good”

My first thought when I saw this pop up was 'this is gonna be awesome' and then I saw that it's actually from 1971 and not from like 2017 and for some reason I think it will be less awesome now. A modern return to 70s rock would be better than a lot of the actual 70s rock, at least for what's on this list. But a Dan Armstrong guitar and a Rickenbacker bass on the cover (not to mention the boots) - there has to be some great stuff on this record, right? Apparently this gets compared to Sticky Fingers all the time. That's interesting to me because I've always felt like Sticky Fingers is an album that started with a lot of promise but ended up being kind of plain and boring. But yeah I definitely get some Stones vibes from this. Maybe some Iggy Pop thrown in here and there. I think I do like this record better than Sticky Fingers. It's just a better album all around. 3.75/5

High flyin' baby - 3 City lights - 4 Have you seen my baby? - 3 Yesterday's numbers - 4 Teenage head - 4 32-20 - 3 Evil hearted ava - 3 Doctor boogie - 3 Whiskey woman - 3

It's not bad, althouth not everything is that interesting. Enjoyable listening in the end. The proximity to the Stones is rather obvious while that to proto-punk (Stooges, Velvet Underground, New York Dolls, ...) that someone mentioned is very very limited, in my opinion...

I like blues-based rock as much as the next guy, but maybe it has gotten a little too much more of the same for me. Nothing against these guys, but well, okay, enough already. Clean, tight, everyone really on top of their game. Just didn't need to hear it before I died.

Loved this. Stones meets Velvet Underground meets NY Dolls ... something like that.

What if the Rolling Stones had a less compelling frontman? I thought this was okay. The music was often exciting, and it was nice to finally hear this band whose name I'd heard for decades but never bothered to check out. But ultimately, you can see why the Stones were much more famous. Still, I'm glad I heard it.

I was really bored with this album. Also I thought the production was shite. did they want to sound lo-fi and underwater?

Just a standard blues-rock 70s album. I see no reason one "must" hear this album when there are so many similar and better representations of the genre on the list already.

When I was listening to this album my first thoughts were “wow this sounds like the Rolling Stones, minus Mick obviously” which feels rude to say. But if you are being compared to one of the greatest blues rock bands of all time you are probably doing something right. The only real issue is the album did have that “been there done that” feeling to it. There were tracks that felt so run of the mill that I just didn’t click with them and for the first few listens I might have even zoned out for cause they were in a sense boring. But they were never insulting, like there have been other albums and songs where I’m just like “why is this album on this list? It’s so boring or objectively bad and not deserving to be here” I never felt that way for this album, I just didn’t LOVE it. And there were skips but it’s still a solid blues rock album even if I’m not putting it on my “want list”.

This is pretty good fun, scuzzy garage rock. Yesterday's Numbers stood out for me. Will revisit.

***a good, fun upbeat album

Musically 4/5 I really enjoyed the music. Country influences not so much. Vocally 3/5 the singer(s) didn't stand out too much, but what's this "I think I should sing like Elvis on one track" rubbish? Lyrically 2/5 possibly. Nothing really stood out and I do wonder with some better/more inspiring lyrics the tracks might pop a little more. Singing about "mowing the lawn" means what? I can hear a lot of influences here and also where music might be going after this. I get some early metal type vibe from a few tracks.

This one had a few genre switches that reminded me of other early '70s bands

That version of Louie Louie is pretty tight. Some of these tracks are not my favorite but most do the trick. 10 keepers in 16 (63%). 4 stars.

Covers aside, I really enjoyed this.

It was fine.