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Better than the Disc 2 B-Sides
Never heard of Flamin' Groovies before, but I have to say I liked this one! It's just some fun, groovy and bluesy 70's rock-and-roll. Not everything here was that interesting to me, but this was just a fun album that I'd happily listen to again. Favourite: High Flyin' Baby
I've somehow never heard of these dudes but come on they're called the Flamin' Groovies how could this not go hard. Nothing really stands out to me but it's all solid blues rock all the way through, I could easily listen to this album any day of the week.
Very good garage/blues rock.
Everyone naturally compares them to the Stones which is fair enough. They are very similar, but they do it very well. It's a good album - I like their flamin' grooves!
This was really fun don’t know how much I’ll return to it but I love that kind of warped classic rock feel almost sounded like a modern band playing classic rock bjm style
There are some silly sounding moments where put on accents almost sound like parody, but overall a solid album. It's interesting that Mick Jagger apparently thought this album better captured the classic blues/rock and roll sound than Sticky Fingers. Key tracks "Yesterday's Numbers" and "Whiskey Woman"
"Teenage Head" is the third studio album by San Francisco rock band the Flamin' Groovies. It must be my San Francisco week. Garage rock. You betcha! Mick Jagger said they did a better job of capturing the classic blues in rock and roll then the Stones did on "Sticky Fingers." A lot of similarities there for sure. "High Flyin' Baby" kicks things off with a very bluesy, Stonesy guitar. A Bo Didley beat. Great guitar riff. Raw and sloppy vocals. Alright! "Have You Seen My Baby?" is song written by Randy Newman. This rocks a little harder. Slide guitar. Rolling piano. Yeah, this could definitely be on "Stickey Fingers." The second side opens with the garage rocker "Teenage Head." A dirty sounding guitar and vocals. They threw a harmonica in. We have an Elvis sighting in "Evil Hearted Ada." Lead singer Roy Loney doing his best Presley. Reverb guitar. The album closes with "Whiskey Women." The song starts out slow with acoustic and electric guitars. This is country and blues and a sound that 90's alt-country acts (i.e. Uncle Tupelo) were aiming for. A vocal chorus that would not be out of place on a 70's Souther rock song. The pace picks up significantly and we got dual guitars jamming out to the end. Woah! A great song! Hey, is this the long lost early 70's Stones album that never was? Close your eyes and you might think so. This is bluesy, 60's garage and country. A lot to like. I don't know if this had a diect influence on anything in the future but you hear T. Rex, Black Crowes, 70's Southern rock and alt-country. An album that anyone who likes bluesy rock and roll will like a lot.
Stones-y, Elvis-y, loose, jangly garage rock. It's fun, and it's quick, couldn't really find a lot to fault this with. Favorite tracks: "Evil Hearted Ada", "Have You Seen My Baby?"
Really cool, especially for a band I never heard of
Decent. Feels a bit like a better take on the Stones’ Sticky Fingers, but I’m no expert.
Rock n roll right up my alley. I enjoyed this sound, very reminiscent of the Stones.
Never heard them before, but really dig their style!
I’m a sucker for the blues, especially blues rock. I find it strange that this album is referred to as “Rock,” “Garage Rock,” or “Rock and Roll,” but not blues rock, which it clearly is. My only complaint is that the vocals are muffled or use too much reverb at times. Other than that, I’m happy to have found the Flamin’ Groovies’s Teenage Head. I’m also thankful that they, being from San Francisco, avoided the hippie sound to create this.
Definitely some cool songs (Whisky woman) and actually will probably listen to some of them again.
Grooving tunes
ok, this is what this project is all about. I've heard the name but never listened to this band. And they're great.
Groovy!
This is a solid blues rock album. I will listen to it about as much as I listen to the Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, which is about once a year.
Great Early Punk Blues album. Very consistent. Favourite track is “Have you seen my baby?” But “ Whiskey Woman” and “Yesterday’s Numbers” are brilliant too. Definitely will listen to again 8/10
I was unfamiliar with this group before today, and I was surprised with how much that I enjoyed it! I definitely will check it out again. I love this project!
Ok
This was right up my street Great take on blues rock, I even enjoyed the extra bonus tracks.
Way bluesier than I was expecting, good stuff
pretty good album, enjoyed it!
It’s a good early 70’s rock album. I wouldn’t say it’s that great, but for the higher quality than the other 3’s I’ve given, I’ll barely give it a 4.
Huh, this was a cool listen. Kind of like a rougher, rowdier Rolling Stones. Like, if they recorded all their stuff in a well-equipped garage. Bluesy and folksy in equal measure. I've never heard of them before, but this album makes me wonder why not.
I’m only rating the original release, not the 7 cover tracks at the end I didn’t really get into it for the first half, but side B I really enjoyed! Doctor boogie has a really sick groove Randy newman’s version of “have you seen my baby” is a trillion times better Cool slapback vocals on evil hearted Ada, very elvis-y cool slide blues and saloon piano on 32-20 Whiskey woman is fun, chorus reminds me of Neil young helpless
Pretty cool. Bluesy rock/rocknroll/rockabilly/garage stuff.
Tasty, greasy, dirty rock 'n roll nestled somewhere between The Stooges and The Rolling Stones. Wonderfully rattling and rolling and played with style and knowledge of sound and instruments.
If Mick Jagger thinks you did "Dirty" better then you are doing something right, It obviously sounds very much in the vein of the Rolling stones but I enjoy the energy and a strong showing for the first time hearing the band. Favourite tracks- High flyin' baby, Have you seen my baby, Teenage Head
Solid album. I'm a little worn out with blues and boogie though. Still a good listen nonetheless.
This was a fun album.
One of the best albums the Stones ever put together was not actually by the Stones. Most excellent blues rock. (prior listen)
Great stuff, and I'm convinced this would have a higher overall rating if A) the band's name were The Rolling Stones, and B) the album art weren't so terrible.
For some reason, I did not think the band was so old. Even with the name Flamin' Groovies. At first the music sounds a bit dated. But I actually liked it because of that. The production being so garage-y worked for them, it became less dated if that makes sense. The actual album is only 30 minutes. Again, I keep forgetting that albums could be pretty short... The music itself reminded me a lot of a cross between the Who and the Black Crowes, actually. I liked it a good deal. I could tell they were having fun, particularly on the live bonus tracks, although they sounded sloppier there (I know they don't really count). Anyway, the opening and closing tracks I really dug. The stuff in the middle was good, too. But the opening grabbed me, and usually if that happens, that sells me a lot on the album. So yeah, it would probably be a high 3 for me, rounding up to a 4.
Fun bluesy stuff, but nothing that really strikes me any more than the Stones typically.
This one's a lot of fun.
Favorite quote off the whole album: “you’ve got to mow the lawn if you wanna get it on with me”. I mean at least he’s honest! For real though this was a fun one
I broke this up over way too many days but the Flamin’ Groovies are a fun listen
Mick Jagger was awfully nice and gracious when he praised *Teenage Head* as an album that was actually better than the Rolling Stones' own *Sticky Finger*, out in the same year. But as good as that Flamin' Groovies album is, it's still a notch under the Stones' magnum opus. Side 1 is almost perfect, but three tracks in the middle of side 2 make the album lose its momentum somehow. Those cuts are not horrible, but they are a little too derivative just as they go to older types of rockabilly and bluesy numbers. Fortunately, the record ends on a very high note with Whiskey Women. As already noted elsewhere, this album is also very interesting for Cramps fans: the title track and "High Flyin' Baby" have clearly inspired Lux Interior and Poison Ivy for their own twisted take on good ole rock'n'roll. Does all this make *Teenage Head* an *essential* album, though? The jury's still out on this one. Number of albums left to review: 724 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 135 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 66 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 76
Fun fact: High Flyin' Baby is Robert Plant's favourite track from this album. He bangs babies. He also LOVES Have you seen my Baby? The man loves touching babies.
This was unexpected as I had never heard of this band and didn't know what genre it would be. I loved the guitars but the vocals weren't completely up to snuff. The production also really sounded modern. Definitely will be adding some of these songs into my rotation since I enjoy me some old blues rock.
Very listenable.
It's pretty dang groovy. As much as I push back against horrible bluesy acts of the 60s-70s that can't seem to figure out how to do the blues right... I think this is very good.
4.4 - I can see why Mick Jagger thought this was a more successful blues rock record compared to "Sticky Fingers." To Jagger's credit though, this record doesn't have the same "Wild Horses" level climax. Some great cuts including "32-20", "Evil Hearted Ada" and "Whiskey Woman."
This was a good one.
This was dope. Quality garage rock. A harbinger of what was to come.
A band I was not familiar with at all. Really good stuff, will be listening to it again. Lots of comparisons to The Rolling Stones, but I think the Groovies did it better.
Very hard rocking modern rock n roll, way better than I was expecting.
Buen rock. Mi única queja es la hora que dura. Sólido 4.
Initially I was hoping to find "Shake Some Action" on this album, since it's the only FG song I knew, but when I got into it I liked the bluesy, rockabilly-with-edge feel. The title track sounds very Howlin' Wolf. It's hard to tell from the Wiki notes if the lead vocals are shared, but if they're not, they certainly have one diverse vocalist. I guess you'd have to add FG to the list of the first (pre) punk bands, sticking to rock n' roll when hard rock and prog was all the rage.
Wantlist
Thoroughly enjoyable rootsy/country-tinged RnR. Contemporary comparisons to Sticky Fingers are very apposite. Liked it a lot! bonus tracks are uniformly poor however
Cet album de rock gentil passerait presque pour un chef d'œuvre grâce à la bousasse qui l'a précédée (celle de Throbbing Gristle).
Loved it. Never heard of them and want to know more. Sound like a test tube baby of the Beach boys, early stooges, the Stones etc. 4*s
Fun throughout Best song was Whiskey Woman. The chorus sounded a lot like knocking on heavens door but I think this song is older than that one
I'm a member of the FEELIN Groovies after listening to this!!
They've got some really cool stuff going on in that 1970s bluesy rock space, which makes me wonder why they're not more well-known. Maybe their marketing department sucked? Maybe it's the dreadful band name? Maybe it's the ill-advised, super terrible Elvis impersonation? Best track: Whiskey Woman
Excelente album de un grupo que no había escuchado
Apparently, Mick Jagger said that this album was a better take on a modern updating of blues and rock 'n roll than the contemporarily released "Sticky Fingers". Mick is right.
7/10. Pretty good
This proves that The Rolling Stones are one of the most overrated bands ever. 7/10
Head
Possibly their best album, either this one or Shake Some Action. I'm not usually a big fan of covers but these guys are really good at it.
Great sound- great covers. Can hear why the Stones liked them.
Fine enough blues rock
This.....is..... AMAZING! It’s like the Stones with a little kiss of punk. Love it so far Fav Tracks: "High Flyin' Baby" "Teenage Head"
leuk bluesey rock and roll album
According to wikipedia, Teenage Head was released the same year as the Rolling Stones' album Sticky Fingers, and Mick Jagger reportedly noticed the similarities between the albums and thought the Flamin' Groovies did the better take on the theme of classic blues and rock 'n roll revisited in a modern context. I tend to agree. it is like a rougher version of Sticky Finger s(one of my favourite Stones albums), so this is a revelation. Loved the slide playing, the rough boogie, and the grunt. Fabbo, and definitively going on my want list.
Punky, Ramones achtig, goed
I know more of this than I thought. I but dated in places mind.
Surprenant, bon blues rock ca sonne craimemt birn. 4.
Classic sounds. Enjoyable and fresh. Will listen again!
What a surprise this was. I was completely unsure what to expect. The band name and title made me a li’l nervous. But then there was some good ol' bluesy, old school rock 'n' roll sounds that I really liked from the first time through…the whole thing, in fact. The vocals are sometimes a little wonky, and I jumped when they started screaming in "Yesterday's Numbers," and I'm not a big fan of gun violence threats against girlfriends (which seem to be very common in several genres of popular music). But I love all the varied guitar sounds in this. I love the bass in the title track. Each of these songs is just a little jarringly weird, and I really like them.
surprisingly decent
7/10
Really enjoyed this. Raw guitar sound is great. Simple, balls out rockin.
One of the best albums the Stones ever put together was not actually by the Stones. Most excellent blues rock.
Thoroughly enjoyed it; some classic rockabilly tracks to lighten the mood. 4.5/5
Groovy is an apt description for this album!
WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS BAND?! Funky slidey Southern Beefheart grooves. Makes Television make sense. Evil Hearted Eva channels Elvis through a rockabilly sound.
Really cool bluesy style with a distinct 70's production and vocal style. Really fun to just put on and jam out to!
Hey this album whips ass. I enjoyed it from front to back and will be listening to it again. This is some great rock with an energy all its own.
Slidetastic, Stones turned up to 11
10th June 2021 Listened on my phone through the day - Jen still recovering from Covid and busy workday. Very hot. Had it saved on Spotify previously, I love the firdt half but not sure about the British invasion covers. Some total bangers on here though.
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really good, Rockn'Roll!! 4.0
Yea I liked it. There was some Elvis vibes. I can abide.
Flamin and groovy! Groovy 70's rock, nothing bad about it. Whiskey Woman is my fav
Ihan uusi tuttavuus tämäkin. Mielestäni kelpo rokkia tuolta aikakaudelta. Kivasti eri tyylisiä kappaleita levyllä, ei käynyt yksitoikkoiseksi, vaikka levy olikin täyden tunnin mittainen.
Het heeft een paar goede nummers maar ik vind het verder veel lawaai.
7.5
Rockzinho lá de outros tempos né, bacana, acho que até conhecia alguma, mas nada que mds adoro ouvir não.
Not bad
cool cool cool
Ô Meo, toca Ramones, meu!
Rockabilly surf-music, folded into some more mellow blues-y jams. Good stuff
Bem legal mas mt longo
se creedence e ny dolls tivessem um filho
Favourite band name so far. This was a big fat Jam loved it all, especially Doctor Boogie and Shakin All Over. Whiskey Woman was my highlight though - surprisingly beautiful. Also a great rendition of Louie Louie.
american equivalent to Sticky Fingers is good, but not better than Sticky Fingers! come on, mick! fav track: whiskey woman
Fairly fun-- very much a Rolling Stones sound. Would listen again.
Great discovery, didn't know them at all, will certainly listen to it again.
I didn't know the band, but I was happily surprised. I know they are supposed to play many styles, but this album is a good rock album. It reminds me of newer rock bands like The Sheepdogs.
Quite a mixture of sounds. Enjoyed the first half more but was good
Boy, that sure is some rock. With some thwanging guitars and surfer anthem energy. Gee whiz, talk about rock n' roll!
Pre Listen: I like the fonts on the album cover, they goofy. Haven't heard of them before, no expectations. Notable Tracks: Whiskey Woman - My favorite track. I love how the song progresses and changes as it goes. Good sound. City Lights | Teenage Head - Two highlights I quite enjoyed. Gritty sound, sounds very similar to the Rolling Stones in a good way. Evil Hearted Ada - My least favorite song. Sounds like discount Elvis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXp6a66KRjw Post Listen: What a difficult album to put a score to. I really liked a lot of this album. I was lightly bored by a good portion of it too, but it wasn't suffocatingly so. The instrumentation, especially the guitar, was great. It reminded me of The Rolling Stones, whom I love. The occasional piano was very complimentary, and I liked the honky-tonk sound on quite a few songs. That said, I just don't think this album is very memorable. It didn't feel memorable as I listened, but I can't really discern why. Teetering difficultly around a 3 or a 4, may come back and edit the review after thinking on it, and possibly re-listening though. 3/5.
It’s good. Nothing remarkable.
Fun enough but not something I'd want to revisit
Not the most original thing I’ve ever heard, but still a fun listen
Rate: 7.5/10.
Gute Band die kannte ich noch nicht... Im Kielwasser von CCR und Stones 3-4
Cool blues rock album
This was decent enough, the only problem was that their reinvention as a power pop outfit with Shake Some Action aligns more with my taste. Give me a jangly Rickenbacker and I'm content so I wanted this to be closer to their later sound.
It’s fine, easy to see why the Rolling Stones are remembered and they aren’t.
Basic
When Rolling Stones meets ZZ Top and New York Dolls - inviting Elvis for one song.
Not mad at San Fran rock Highlights: "Have You Seen My Baby," "Louie, Louie"
Just a bunch of nerds in the 70s who were stuck in the 50s/60s. Even includes a couple covers. I kinda like it though, and Dani liked it enough to pull it up to a 3.
Rating: 5/10 It just seems like a pretty average mostly indistinct bluesy garage rock & roll album, in just enough of a more modern sound? But almost like these guys are still stuck in the 60's. It's fine and could maybe grow on me more if I let it. I tapped out after the 9 track standard album because I fear my opinion would only further sour if I listened to all those bonus tracks. Plus I decided to end it on what was actually a good note with the closer Whiskey Woman. Good enough to be a 3
This could be any album released in the late 60s. This could be any album released in the mid 70s. It could be anything Jack White has ever released if Jack was more tuneful. It's the music playing before the rock concert, you know, the song you don't really know that just sounds like what you'd hear waiting to hear the band you paid for? This is that. I guess it's cool if you are in fact needing 30 minutes to swap out drums and take a piss before your show but don't want to make a Playlist. But it's the definition of a pure 3*. It's just not offensive enough or interesting enough to land anywhere else.
Started off strong, made me optimistic - but that slowly tapered away as the record eventually finished with nothing but duration as a hint that the record should be over. I’m not sure about firsts, but I suspect a few firsts took place on this record - one guitar riff, some drums - that later became staples of other bands. But then the energy isn’t spread out right. It’s not a truly great record.
Favorite Song: Whiskey Woman
pretty basic
funky and weird. 50's inspired vibes. favourite song: whiskey woman
Very groovy. I’ve only ever heard one song from them, so it was nice to discover more.
i've already listened to this prior to using this site to track progress. however, i never bothered to give it any sort of rating. i don't recall liking this all that much, but we'll see if my opinion changed within a year or so High Flyin' Baby - 3/5 City Lights - 4/5 Have You Seen My Baby? - 3/5 Yesterday's Numbers - 4/5 Teenage Head - 3/5 32-20 - 3/5 Evil Hearted Ada - 2/5 Doctor Boogie - 3/5 Whiskey Woman - 5/5 Average score: 3.3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
goeie eigen songs, maar beetje te veel covers op het laatste...
16 songs Added to liked: -Whiskey Woman
It's ok, close to pretty good but just not quite there.
Guitar on verses of High Flyin' Baby sounds like the This Old House theme from the '10s. A little rough but still working the rock/abilly vibes of the 50's. Kudos to them for bucking the psychedelia of 60's SF, that time must have been rough if you weren't into space travel.
The wiki leaned on the similarities to Rolling Stones, and they were correct. I didn't find it immensely original but did enjoy, but as with many albums, it began to overstay it's welcome in the last 15 minutes.
Mick Jagger said this was better than Sticky Fingers. He must be a very humble man. Sticky Fingers is a great record, while this is Average: The Album. The only reason it’s not a 2 is because it isn’t boring to listen to. 3/5
Never heard of them. This was fun—like listening to a decent bar band. Which is not a bad thing, but I don’t see the necessity of having listened to it before I die.
There are some great raw and bluesy rock songs here but it overstays its welcome with too many filler tracks.
Flamin’ turd.
Not at all familiar with this artist or album. It was fine. Whiskey Woman I felt was the best track on the album, and given the difference in tracked plays I can see that others feel the same. The rest of the album has incredibly low play counts for something I would put on a list of essential listening. Overall it didn't feel inspired or essential but it wasn't actively difficult or unpleasant.
This would have knocked their socks off at the enchantment under the sea dance
This had me Shakin’ All Over.
If you are a fan of late 60s blues rock, like the stones, yardbirds, the Bluesbreakers etc, you will love this album. Is it better than any of those? Nope. Is it good? Yes. Is it something you need to hear before you die? No. Is it a great example of a deeper cut of a specific subgenre? Yes
Are they a multi-genre cover band? Are some original songs inspired by other artists?
Bitvis rätt bra och vildsint rock’n’roll. Tyngre och mer södernhårdrock än jag trodde. Bra gitarrljud och Shakin all over var toppen! Men det var också rätt ofta tråkgubbigt och skivan är för lång.
Drôle que je les ais eu après les Beatles, ils se ressemblent un peu. J'aime bien!
🎧Alright, not bad, a side of the FG’s I haven’t seen. Ain’t That A Shame should probably be left to Fats Domino.
This was ok. Never heard of the band previously. Nothing out of the ordinary or spectacular, but good solid early 70s rock n roll.
Some really excellent tracks on this (Yesterday's Numbers was my favorite). A few annoying tracks, too. 3.5 stars, rounding down. A good new album for me, ultimately!
3.5
Favorite songs: City Lights, Yesterday's Numbers, 32-20, Whiskey Woman
Rolling Stones light or even The Stooges? What? Is that Elvis? It’s an okay album actually
Kinda weird
Elvis Presley vibes
Twang
The Flamin' Groovies were yet another element of the American garage rock scene of the late 60s and early 70s. a later incarnation of the band would see them turning towards the future with more of a power pop angle, but what we have here is a look at the past; roots, the blues, that freewheeling spirit of rockabilly at its most untamed. if you're into that sort of thing, you'll have a good time; however, outside of the closing track "Whiskey Woman", I feel like the songs themselves are kind of plain. light 6/10.
Habiendo tantos albumes que si valen la pena estar una hora escuchando ideas y variaciones en canciones generos y perspectivas, escuchar un rolling stones 2 es bastante loquillo
I agree it’s better than Sticky Fingers.
album pas marquant comme la moitié ici
C'était les Stones mais en un peu moins bien que les Stones
Mom: “we have Rolling Stones at home”
perfectly fine blues rock. no strong opinion tbh
Enjoyed listening to this! A couple songs I saved but not sure how much I would revisit the entire record.
rock n' rolllll.
Really good, should revisit
Meh
On this record the Flamin' Groovies work up a decent rock 'n' roll sweat, and the slide guitar and piano give the music some added depth. But I'll be damned if (vocals aside) the front half doesn't sound *exactly* like early 70s Stones. (Coincidentally, this is also where the best songs are.) Back half sees the band playing straight blues, rockabilly and one cut that veers into Neil Young territory. In short, they ain't the most original band around, but the playing here is lively and the production is clean and punchy, so you could do a lot worse.
3.5
They’re a decent band of their era. Biting I had to listen to before I die. The author should have picked great albums instead of so many shitty ones.
fun country rock!
Very neat midpoint between early and classic rock. Feels like a drunken ramble at points and highly tailored at others. Highlights: "32-20", "Evil Hearted Ada", "Louie Louie"
Generic rock. “That'll Be The Day" was fun. “Scratch My Back” is catchy. “Carol” sounds like “Johnny B Goode”.
Tops: Shaken All Over
It’s fun but nothing too memorable.
Rock ‘n roll baby!
fun, perfect vr een bbq
best wel leuk
Fun.
Sticky Fingers' little brother. Never heard of this band before. It's fun and groovy, but drags a bit. 3/5.
Glad I checked, but the bonus tracks were going to bring the rating down. The 9 song original album isn’t bad, nothing special.
Some solid blues rock.
Usually, this is the kind of music that plays before local rock bands go on stage in pubs.
- This is enjoyable enough. It's a psychedelic blues sound, but basically feels like everything from the 70s (plus the obvious Elvis reference). Did it feel fresh in '71? Maybe, but it doesn't feel very unique today... - Yesterday's Numbers is my favourite, and it sounds like Skynard stole the riff for Sweet Home Alabama... - Some nice bluesy piano and slide guitar. - The singer's voice is charismatic and cool. - The lyrics are kind of nothing. - The 50s/60s inspired songs (Ada, Boogie) at the end were dull. - I like that the album is nice and short (if you listen the version without the extra songs).
577/1001 2026.03.24
not my cup of tea but pretty good stuff
groovy indeed
Couple of good tracks, but nothing more than that. Not a fan of the era, like I've said so many times. It's the same thing just done again.
I can’t exactly explain it, but these guys just give off sex offender energy. Music wasn’t bad though.
3 Stars (8/15)
Haven't heard these guys since high school when I bought a compilation on spec. Fun then, fun now.
These guys would have been the coolest band in your town. Playing monthly gigs at the college and dreaming of stardom. Five years later they’re all working blue collar jobs and drinking themselves into a haze on the weekends reminiscing about the glory days.
hahah, this is so Rolling Stones and like Bob Dylan. I don't think it's necessarily a must-listen, but it's fun.
Some great guitar licks and cover versions here. 3.5 stars
Fun, a little goofy and definitely groovy; the guitars have that very distinct 70s sound that I love. As for the goofiness, I have really come to appreciate a band that doesn't take themselves too seriously, especially if they piss off all the stuffy music snobs on this website. It's a little long in the tooth at 16 tracks, which is always felt that bit more when the band's variation in vibe and emotional tone is little limited. That being said, I found it perfectly enjoyable, with some tracks like "Yesterday's Numbers", "Teenage Head", "Doctor Boogie" and "Whiskey Woman" being personal highlights. Would definitely listen to again.
With the exception of "Evil Hearted Ada," this is a surprisingly listenable album that sounds like The Rolling Stones and pre-cursor to White Stripes with maybe some George Thorogood sprinkled throughout. It's well done within a style that doesn't interest me terribly much. 3 stars.
Similar to many other bands of the time.
Definitely a saturday morning album my dad cleaned the house to. Sounded like a very classic rock album and I don't know if the riffs are original to this album and therefore iconic or if the band took all the iconic riffs and combined them into one album
What kind of band name is that? Favorite track: Doctor Boogie
Another obscure band that nobody has ever heard of. Having said that, I thought this was a pretty good album with a rockabilly feel on most of the tracks. The vocals are really bad on the first track but got better for the rest of the album. Overall, I found it to be a good listen.
The Doors if they weren't depressed
Album #81 Flamin’ Groovies: Teenage Head I actually just discovered this band around a week ago through their song Shake Some Action. I remember thinking that they had the most stereotypical name for a late 60s/early 70s blues rock band, and I didn’t feel the need to listen further despite enjoying that track. But through this album, I think it is clear that they aren’t actually just a run-of-the-mill blues rock band. This album explores many different genres and influences; some tracks sound almost straight-up country rock, others more along the lines of Creedence blues rock, but what stood out to me most were the tracks that were classic garage rock and wouldn’t feel out of place on a Stooges album. I only listened to the 30-minute version of this album, though Spotify likes to do a thing with more obscure classic albums where they just throw on a bunch of bonus tracks and call it the album, so I’m unsure if I should have listened to those as well. But from what I heard, this album is a concise and fun time with some legitimately great tracks on it. Best Songs: Whiskey Woman, Yesterday’s Numbers, Have You Seen My Baby Worst Song: 32-20 Score out of 10: 7
Bueno
What a band name! And what an...interesting album name... The singer definitely has a Mick Jagger thing going on, but the music separated itself enough from the Stones. Whiskey Woman was probably the highlight, but don't think there was really a bad song on the album, although not too many stand outs either
It’s fine, I don’t think it really needed to be an hour long tho.
Not what I expected! Reminded me a lot of the Rolling Stones (upon reading other reviews after writing, this is obvious). Not something I will likely revisit but this was a decent listen, 3.25/5
Sounds like the lofi stones from Exile. Hip, damp and teenaged.
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.
I think most of us can agree that we have never heard of this band and this album has no right being on a must listen list. This album is average at best. Every song here sounds like the most boring song off a Stones album. I feel like I'm being generous giving this one a 3. Low 3.
Decent enough album. Nothing stood out but some songs that would be good tracks on their own, which I feel is the case for a lot of these albums. If this list was "1001 songs to listen to before you die", I think a lot of bands would score higher for me. As it is, the Flamin' Groovies get a 2.5/5.
Nothing wrong with this album, but I don’t understand why this album should be considered an album to which you have to listen. 0 songs added to playlist.
goodish
This one is ok. I'll give it a 3.
Never heard of these guys before. Sounds like The Rolling Stones mixed with some rockabilly, some Credence, and maybe some CSNY.
No me conmueve
This was longer than it should have been which gave it enough time to have lots of bad/mid songs and a few good ones
Whiskey woman is a great song but this sounded very of it’s time
Day772 - some of these albums you listen and wonder why the bands weren’t bigger. i think they can blame the dumb band name for breaking up.
Pretty decent, not something I could listen to all the time but something I would jam to if it came on.
At the right kind of party, this might get four stars or better. Gonna stick a pin in this one and try it again sometime.
Had never heard of these guys, but they strike me as a Great Value brand Rolling Stones. Solid guitar rock with some bluesy licks and energetic vocals. Pretty decent listen.
Best wel leuk album maar wel erg gedateerd..
Barring the atrocious title, it's not a bad album. It's classic Rock music one listens to as a high school partier in 1970s. Favorite Track: "City Lights".
This wasn't what I was expecting when I first saw this album. Flamin' Groovies implied a disco album, and Teenage Head implied some sort of paedophilic rock. This album was neither, and was quite fun, I suppose.
Thought this was the Stolling Rones
I agree it's a better take on Blues Rock than Rolling Stones, but still not a genre I love. This is a tough one for me to rank. It's genuinely solid, and it's a band I hadn't been exposed to before, which is good. But I don't see myself reaching for it again, and so... 3
Ok rock.
was going to write a joke review about waiting for the "Louie Louie" cover to happen, and then the "Louie Louie" cover happened! Can't say these guys didn't know themselves.
6/10… garage rock / power pop / *1971
Very nostalgic sounding. Several interesting covers of 50’s songs. Can definitely hear Beatles and Rolling Stones influences in several songs, though vocals are unique. Worth another listen.
Standard 70s blues rock
Pretty okay, some standouts here but didn't really have enough consistency of voice.
🙂
Good niche rock album from the 70s to have
First listen
Fun listen!
Feels like this band fell through the cracks somehow. The music is every bit as good as the Stones.
Meh
Possibly the lowest point of the 70s music. Which says a lot about the genius of the 70s considering it was a pleasant album.
Not really my bag
It was cool
High Flyin' Baby 3.5 City Lights 3 Have You Seen My Baby? 3.4 Yesterday's Numbers 3.4 Teenage Head 3.6 32-20 3.3 Evil Hearted Ada 3.5 Doctor Boogie 3.4 Whiskey Woman 3.4 Score: 3.388888889
It was fine ig nothing special
Alright. Classic.
φουλ rolling stones vibes
Pretty fun. Not massively impressed tho. Sounds a lot like the Stones but worse and the best tracks were covers. Maybe influential at the time I dunno. 6.5 / 10 Best track/s: Shakin' All Over, Whisky Woman, Louie Louie
It sounds a lot like the Rolling Stones, mixing blues and rock and roll. It's fine, but it didn't inspire me to want to come back for more.
Lots of genres touched on here. You can hear The Cramps in there.
Nothing integral but still pretty fun
Pretty good, enjoyable tracks but I feel like I've listened to them all before. Had to do my research to see if this came out before or after Sticky Fingers
Täähän oli tällästä nostalgiarokkia jos seisarilla vedetään vanhoja stygejä. Hyvin meni pyöräilyä vauhdittaen, mutta ei tämä nyt muuten ehkä kummoinen ollut 3/5
Hyvä joskaan ei erinomainen 70-rock-platta.
I’d never heard of the Flamin Groovies before today and was pleasantly surprised by the end of today’s assignment. It’s not quite Punk Rock but flashes of that style pop up throughout the album. When it’s not a punk jam, there is a very different vibe of rock & roll that works on its own. I found myself, multiple times, toe-tapping to the beat and groovin along. No complaints here and am glad I gave this band a go. The covers towards the end of the album were a nice treat.
The Cramps doing their best Rolling Stones impression.
Good and absolutely my kind of music but very forgettable to me
I don't know. It was fun, for the most part. Seems a bit recycled. I'm sure these guys were tons of fun live. But not really sure why I would listen to them now. Made me think of the Blues Explosion. 2.51 stars.
Fun
Sone blues, some jangle, some covers. Pretty standard classic rock
Not bad for a genre I don't typically like and assume great covers!
Not bad at all
Буги вуги как есть
I really enjoyed the instrumentals but I did not enjoy the vocals.
Enjoyed the covers at the back end of the album, also liked a few tracks that sound like Kings of Leon before they disappeared up their own arses...
Great rock and boogies but didnt catch complete
Pretty good. Not my fave but it was pleasant enough to listen to.
Pretty good British blues rock
Not sure I’ll listen to again but decent enough album.
Wow! The Rolling Stones with Captain Beefheary on vocals! Bit weird this one but it had some enjoyable moments.
Rock & Roll
Rips off Velvet Underground, the Rolling Stones, and a bunch of other late 60’s acts. One song sounds like Elvis. Another sounds like boogie woogie blues. It’s like the AI of the 1970’s. :) Passable attempts to emulate but nothing as good as the bands they are emulating. I can see how they say it was a bridge to punk and the ramones and garage rock.
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
Teenage Head has some variety and groove going for it. "Yesterday's Numbers", "32-20" and "Whiskey Woman" take the cake. I did get a Stones feel from this album and agree with Mick...Groovies did it better. Also some King of Rock influence on "Evil Hearted Ada." I Boogied down with the Doctor while tuned in to this record and had a good time. You got to mow the lawn to get this 3.14 star rating.
I just read that Mick Jagger apparently took note of the Flamin' Groovies' Teenage Head and he commented that they did a better job than the Stones' Sticky Fingers which treads in the same territory. Props to Mick for recognizing talent, but that's also a relatively low bar. This record just has more kick when it kicks. Makes you wonder just how much music was making its way onto the popular airwaves in 1971.
Habilt old school
Jag vet fan inte vad jag ska säga om detta, men det är inte en helt dum energi samtidigt som en del kändes rätt intetsägande. Men överlag lagom najs.
Svängde väl lite lagom.
A totally new band to me but one that I will come back to for at least a few songs. While the album definitely shows its age through the mixing and quality its rhythms and the guitars are really good and makes up for the other parts.
Tell me you're the Rolling Stones without actually saying you're the Rolling Stones.
A Poor Man’s Beggar’s Banquet, but a fun listen.
Good straight ahead rock n roll
01) High Flyin' Baby - 8,0 02) City Lights - 7,0 03) Have You Seen My Baby? -7,0 04) Yesterday's Numbers - 7,0 05) Teenage Head - 6,5 06) 32-20 - 6,5 07) Evil Hearted Ada - 6,5 08) Doctor Boogie - 6,5 09) Whiskey Woman - 8,0 TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100) Current ranking: 441/756
Pretty good
Wow, this _is_ better than the Stones.
Another new one to me, this had plenty of energy, tunes, vibes and groove although it veered too much into boogie for me at times.
Not a bad listen or style, but didn’t dig much deeper than that.
Standouts High Flyin' Baby Evil Hearted Ada Whiskey Woman
Like the rolling stones, but the best songs are not as good as the Stones' and the worst songs not as bad.
I like it it reminds me of 80’s dancing for sure
Rolling Stones lite. It's not bad. Tracks are listenable throughout but it feels less authentic?
I like 50s original rock n roll, and don’t mind when there is the occasional revival band/ movement. Quite happy listening to this, even if it just sounded, well like an awful lot of others. Seemed to happily wear its influences and generally was a decent sound doing it, less said about the horrendous Elvis impression the better. Just not sure what is essential listening, it’s rock n roll revivalist sounding, well rock n roll, what 15 years on at the time, it’s not a forerunner to anything particularly, as some are labelling because that would be the original 50s music, (original rockabilly was always a significant influence on punk both musically and spiritually, and garage rock started in the 50s, and yes these were generally 45 releases not albums). So it’s ok for what it was but not essential must hear. 3 Star
Never having heard of this band or album before, I was hoping it’d be something punkier. It wasn’t, although there’s a hint of something like proto-punk. It was kind of a weird mix of genres, predominantly classic rock/rockabilly/blues. It didn’t blow me away. 2.5
Bluesy and......upbeat? The blues part was intriguing, but the other part was just not enough to make me feel anything. Close, but no sticky fingers.
A good early style rock album, in the same vein as The Rolling Stones. A couple of good songs in here also. Best: Shakin' All Over Worst: That'll Be the Day
Well, they intrigued me right away with the “Teenage Head” title, as this a.m. my 18 yr old son was prattling on about being excited to “get back on the creatine,” i said muttered to myself “damned teenage brain.” & comin off of the 1001 suggested Everything But The Girl listen, this was a welcome change. Heard off them before and maybe listened once (maybe in the last 6 mo after seeing the name in Creem) before. Some kinda Stones Exile/iggy reminiscent vibes to start. “shakin all over” cover definitely caught my ear, “that’ll be the day” not as much. The run of covers at the end isn’t bad, just all sounds kinda the same. Makes me curious about the band’s later efforts, which I may check out. After the album, Spotty fed me “Shake Some Action” next, which I think I may have heard a long time ago. It’s “ok” This band aligns with The Pretty Things in terms of really old bands I never discovered before - highlighting the value of this exercise.
These guys sound like they would have been the best band in their highschool. There is some obvious stylistic comparisons between them and the Rolling Stones with this album coming out the same year as Sticky Fingers, but I do feel like Teenage Head lacks some of the magic that The Stones had. I feel like if someone told me to listen to this album and then informed me they later became a massive success morphing into something huge and more refined I would believe it, but as far as I can tell this is amongst the pinnacle of their success and is them in their prime. Nothing against them and I actually appreciate the music quite a bit, but this doesn't particularly feel like it needs to be considered in the same conversation as other albums under the title the greatest of all time.
Hilarious name. Yeah, you know what? It’s perfectly mediocre. Perfectly.
Woh woh woh les moteurs: Mike Jagger pensait vraiment que cet album était MEILLEUR que STICKY fuckin FINGER? What da hell le gros, ai un peu plus de confiance en toi!
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 is like a parody rock group of bands from the 60s. The engineering and sequencing is reminiscent of young high school kids wailing their parents favorite songs - perhaps "Teenage Head" is a hint at that. It's decent overall though and an interesting piece of music history. No strong like or dislike feeling for me.
I don't think I needed to hear this before I die. It's a straight-ahead blues-rock album. I liked the clean, punchy production; as for the music, well the songs are OK, but don't have much in terms of risk-taking or creativity. And in the 'vs. Sticky Fingers' debate, I think the Stones win hands down.
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Jämptiä rokkia. Tällä levyllä on kyllä monipuolisesti 60 luvun rock soundeja. Rock n rollia, sekä blues ja kantri rokkia muunmuassa. Ja hyvin toimii. Parhaat: Whiskey Woman, Shakin' All Over