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I had a good time with this. Nothing special but better than a lot of others on this list.
Rolling Stonesesque old fashioned blues rock - I don't much care for the stones and I don't much care for this
NAH
Fun.
я не буду слушать этих мужчин. одной песни хватило
Someone may have needed to hear this before they died, but it wasn’t me.
Sticky Fingers' little brother. Never heard of this band before. It's fun and groovy, but drags a bit. 3/5.
Fun early 70s rock, that goes from Stonesy to influencing the cramps.
I always hope that when an album or band appear that I haven’t heard of before that it’s gonna be good and I will discover something new and awesome that I will start listening to more of. Unfortunately, for me this is not one of those records.
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.
Seemed like this would be kinda fun and different but then it just ended up sounding like generic 70's white guy blues rock. I listened to Mojo Nixon after and I'd give him 10/10 though
I’m about 135 albums in and I would say this is my favorite record I’ve encountered from an artist I never heard before. They feel like a missing link between like six of my favorite bands, some before their time and some after. But at the same time, the covers make clear that it’s just some guys noodling around. On some level all our favorite bands are that, even The Beatles and Radiohead. This album feels like they didn’t mind sharing that secret and it wasn’t even that big a deal to them, the same way Tom Bombadil isn’t all that impressed by the ring. I’ll definitely listen again and seek out their other stuff.
- 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).
This is not an album you absolutely have to listen to before you die because there is many albums out there that sound exactly the same. I am not knocking the band tho the songs are okay.
Their ability to seamlessly jump around styles does make them sound like a pub cover band (and indeed the extended version is mainly covers) but some solid guitar rock fun in here.
Great blue rock album from the early 70s
577/1001 2026.03.24
Found this quite unremarkable tbh
Really only knew them in name. Silly me for sleeping on listening to a full album. Killer!
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'm a bit confused...how is this any different than listening to the artists these guys are imitating? Nothing but a lazy rolling stones rip off and a little jab at Elvis? What is the point of this? If I wanted the stones I'll listen to the stones why the hell am I wasting my time on this?? Just because Mick Jagger gave a nod to this the same year STICKY FUCKING FINGERS came out!??! "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" alone dog walks this entire album by a mile. Come on now. How the hell is this siting at a 3/5 ranking when its all shit we've heard before from people with actual talent and longevity? I find it frustrating how often this generator focuses SOOO MUCH on this era of music, primarily rock n roll. I know its iconic and in some instances fundamental to modern music but MY GOD!!! Theres a point where it becomes exhausting,rehashed,and LAZY and this album is the perfect example of that. If all the reviews are saying this sounds like the stones, that isnt a compliment btw. Shows a lack of talent from the group and boredom from the listener. Just a serving of crumbs from someone else's plate.
I can’t exactly explain it, but these guys just give off sex offender energy. Music wasn’t bad though.
Enjoyed this way more than I was expecting. A couple full listens through, a completely new band to me, makes for a nice discovery.
All a bit cliched really, I remember picking up a Flamin’ Groovies album at Woolworths once and thinking they were shit, this one isn’t that bad but the stand out tracks are the covers and Horslips did a better cover of Shakin’ All Over
3 Stars (8/15)
Y’know, starting this experiment, I thought that, in my first few weeks, that I was too nice, too forgiving. Thankfully, I’ve been able to disprove that in the past week or so, because I’ve been getting almost exclusively bad/mediocre records. And this, a torturous endeavor of trite, sloppy and annoying blues and 50’s rock pastiches, where the only acceptable song is a cover of a Robert Johnson song that I’d much rather listen to, might just take the fucking cake as the worst so far. The only positive is that it’s only 30 minutes, so I can be done with it sooner than later.
Haven't heard these guys since high school when I bought a compilation on spec. Fun then, fun now.
I only knew the groovies as a great punk/new wave band and had never heard their bluesier stuff. This is the best record the Stones never made. Really top-notch stuff, and I can certainly hear how they truene into more of a punk band.
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.
Better than the Stones IMO
A surprise. Its got an early Stones feel to it. Sloppy, dirty but genuine. From the cover, I don't think they bathe.
Some great guitar licks and cover versions here. 3.5 stars
Champagne Friday is back
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.
Overall a 2. Some catchy songs here but nothing I'm too excited about.
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.
Second side was better than the first.. but overall, just another of a similar kind
Really didn’t enjoy not my thing.
Before even listening I have my doubts. A band with a name as cool as "Flamin Groovies" can't possibly live up to their full potential. That is, unless they are a rock solid mish mash of Stones and Creedence with a pinch of Beatles. But what are the odds of that happening? ... Nice
Se me hizo eteeeerno. Capaz es porque dura una hora y entre una cancion y otra tenés apenas una pequeñísima variación. En un punto ya no podía escuchar ese riff, se me hizo insoportable en algunas canciones. No descarto que tenga canciones buenas, pero como álbum se pierden en el montón. La canción que más destaco es Whiskey Woman. Sumado a esto, tampoco siento que tenga algo muy especial que me obligue a tener que escucharlo. Un álbum que tranquilamente podría no haber escuchado y no cambiaría absolutamente nada en mi vida.
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
I'd say 2.5 I like the country twang and almost wolf mother sound, but I think there are better options
What kind of band name is that? Favorite track: Doctor Boogie
Includes quite a few covers but even still was overall fun 60s rock
Great stuff, I loved this find.
Raw and electric, but I feel like there are better examples in the genre of garage country band. Whiskey Woman was about the only song that caught my ear. 1 - doesn't deserve to be on this list.
Meh
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.
When I saw this band name and album title I assumed it was yet more 90s Britpop that didn't need to be remembered. Instead it was more late 60s psychedelic SF rock that didn't need to be remembered. There's some good entries in both of these genres but most of the ones on this list are not. Thank you 1001 for helping me focus in on what I really don't care for.
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
Tönt eif s meist nach generischem Rock and Roll
Gsehn kein grund warum das uf dere liste sii muess. S album isch kein classic oder irgendwie revolutionär sondern eif es avg rock album.
Really liked this one! Bluesy and fun!
It’s fine, I don’t think it really needed to be an hour long tho.
Probably the worst white boy blues album on the list that I've listened to.
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
It started out sounding like the Rolling Stones, at some point near the middle it drifted into sounding like an Elvis tribute band, and by the end it was starting to sound like Vic Reeves club singer in Shooting Stars. It wasn't bad, but there was nothing on there that was amazing. There wasn't even one standout track, like a lot of albums seem to have. It's only 2 stars for me.
Sounds like the lofi stones from Exile. Hip, damp and teenaged.
these guys sound A LOT like The Stones. 3.75/ 5
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.
I really like the instruments and production, however, at times I really hate the singer, especially in "Teenage Head" and "High Flyin' Baby". How did we go from the vocals on those songs to the Elvis impression on "Evil Hearted Ada"..... Songs I would maybe go back to: - Yesterday's Numbers
Teenage Head? I feel like these guys should be on a different list if you know what I mean. This is the first album I couldn’t finish.
It was okay. A little Creedence mixed with some Syknyrd.
Not horrible but not something I'd chose to listen to
Old but nice
This is fucking dull. Blues rock in this style is a bit of a toss-off genre for me nowadays anyway, and when it's as dull as all this, even more so. On top of that, the overt references to having sex with teenagers, the fact that it somehow made THIRTY MINUTES feel too long, the only good song being whacked right at the end, and that god-awful Elvis impression on Evil Hearted Ada... it all adds up to a very low score. What a dismal week it's been.
I don't know why this got compared to Sticky Fingers cuz Sticky Fingers was good and this was bad. I mean not even close to good. They had some glimpses of cool instrumentals that never really went anywhere. The guy singing, if it's the same guy in every song, tried doing several different impressions of popular musicians, and by the time he got to an awful Elvis attempt, they completely lost me.
A '71 album emulating the 60s... it could have been cool with the right execution, but no, this just sounds bland and uninspired. And my god....... the Elvis impression, it's atrocious...... 🥀🥀
On second listen I was actually able to appreciate some of the country, bluesy, honky tonk style stuff at the beginning of the album but it falls apart so fast.
glorious rock and roll, perfectly sloppy and swinging
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.
OK musically decent, fair enough, but let down by the singing, don't think you have anything to worry about Mick.
Fine. Not better than the stones.
Not bad but it's just the Stooges and the Stones
Bunch of blues standards, it's fine but not needed
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
Never heard of this group. Probably overshadowed by the plethora of hard rock and UK rock bands from the time. It's an OK album, bluesy rock reminiscent of the Rolling Stones (but not close to the quality of the Stones) with some garage rock elements in the production. Nothing special at the end of the day, however, which can be said for roughly 1/3 of this list.
Look is it up there with the greats, no. Is it a really solid vibe of blues rock that just gets the feeling right? 100%
I’ve heard some of these songs but wouldn’t have recognized the band name. Shame on me for that.
Whiskey woman is a great song but this sounded very of it’s time
Best Track - "Yesterday's Numbers"
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.
There is a world where Evil Hearted Ada and Whiskey Woman are overplayed classic rock radio staples. It's not the world I live in, but it's easy to imagine.
Well all right! Thank you!
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..
Not sure how albums like this make it into such a list. Guessing they've skipped a lot of genres to keep stuff like this in
This was fun. I liked how the voices ranged from Mick Jagger to Elvis. Definitely a Stones contemporary. Solid blues rock and I enjoyed the covers.
This could easily have been a Rolling Stones album from the same era. Good rocking stuff! I liked all the covers but just not sure why they completely shifted in that direction for the final 6 tracks. The original material was strong on it's own.
Sounded exactly like the stones except for the song they sounded exactly like Elvis. The cover of “Louie Louie” was awesome.
"Teenage Head" is an album of unadulterated rock 'n' roll - no more, no less. As a clear precursor to The Cramps, it laid the groundwork for their psychobilly sound, albeit with a slightly more refined touch. While it never feels quite as 'dangerous' or depraved as Lux and Ivy’s output, its swagger remains undeniable. A four-star fun record. 1 "High Flyin' Baby" (4/5) 2 "City Lights" (4/5) 3 "Have You Seen My Baby?" (Randy Newman) (3/5) 4 "Yesterday's Numbers" (3/5) 5 "Teenage Head" (4/5) 6 "32-20" (Robert Johnson, new lyrics by Roy A. Loney) (4/5) 7 "Evil Hearted Ada" (Loney) (4/5) 8 "Doctor Boogie" (4/5) 9 "Whiskey Woman" (4/5) Total - 34 Average - 3.78 242/1001 134/242 albums reviewed were new to me.
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.
I think as a millennial I'm in a position that I don't enjoy that much these classic rock sound nor the music for the new kids (kids here being "born after 1995").
Thought this was the Stolling Rones
I was between 2 and 3 on this one. To help break the tie, I recalled that I gave Sticky Fingers a 3, and decided this album can’t be better. Mick Jagger may claim that this album was better than that, but I don’t agree.
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
Perfect!
Ok rock.
Every fiber of my being should love this & some of it, I like. BUT all of this has been before, better, by a ton of other people. Is it on The List because Mick Jagger likes it & it sounds like him? Is it because they are playing songs that The Who played? Or the not so lovely homage to Elvis? Or Oooo a cover of Johnny B Goode re-written to Carol? It's all so derivative. It makes my blood boil to know that this mediocre cover band is on The List but Stevie Ray Vaughn isn't! The Groovies even shoehorned nursery rhymes like Vaughn. I know the Groovies came first but whatever. Not giving this 1 because I like it if I can turn off my brain & pretend I know nothing about music. BUT I can't. 2
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.
Gives some early Stones vibes. Nothing bad about it, but doesn't feel like it stands out in anyway.
6/10… garage rock / power pop / *1971
How have I not heard this? It’s fun, it’s boogie, it’s garage, it sounds like the love child of the stones, Alice Cooper and Canned Heat. Final track Whiskey Woman is incredible.
I am BEGGING for no more psychedelic rock
I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would.
What I would call country
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
I guess this was alright, but theres so many other albums from this era I would sooner recommend. For early 70s rock/blues/rockabilly it was fine, not a fan of the lead singer, too weird and out there. Idk, maybe I'm not a fan of this style of music. I'm surprised to hear Mick Jagger thought this album was better than Sticky Fingers. Whiskey Woman is great. I think you can skip the rest of this album though.
Pretty okay, some standouts here but didn't really have enough consistency of voice.
Yeah nah
Okay, I would call this very inessential. Not sure what it's doing on the list. Not very interesting and I am not blown away by the sound. I was only vaguely aware of them before, and don't expect to revisit.
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Didn't hate it, but didn't really like it much either.
Good niche rock album from the 70s to have
Really fun album! I wish there was a version without all the covers tacked on to the end, but I did like it all the way through, even if the covers did bloat it a bit. Very high energy and proto-punk-y.
First listen
Fun listen!
Feels like this band fell through the cracks somehow. The music is every bit as good as the Stones.
ok :D
Meh
I can't think of one single reason why I had to listen to this before I die.
Possibly the lowest point of the 70s music. Which says a lot about the genius of the 70s considering it was a pleasant album.
No private session used for Spotify. Definitely hear the Stones is this album, but I have no love for the Stones.
Not really my bag
It was cool
Better than the Rolling Stones? 4.4
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
evil hearted ada just completely took me out just what the hell 💀 don't think I'd ever go back to this album, just not super memorable to me
Most of this just feels derivative of Elvis to me. Liked Whiskey Woman at least
It was fine ig nothing special
Alright. Classic.
φουλ rolling stones vibes
This album was so fun because I didn't know the band by name, but I know them by music. It's always fun to find you know more music than you realize.
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 was OK
𝘛𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 is easy to appreciate historically but harder for me to enjoy. Its raw, Rolling-Stones-styled blend of garage rock and blues just isn’t a sound I connect with, even though the band plays it with real grit and conviction. Still, the album has genuine interest as an overlooked piece of rock history — one of those records that quietly shaped later punk and garage scenes even if it never broke through at the time. Worth hearing once for context, but not something I’d return to.
Excelente álbum, más que nada el lado B que serían desde la quinta a la novena canción. Hay variedad y te mantiene siempre disfrutando. El lado A tiene demasiadas similitudes con los Rolling y no soy tan fan, aun así suman y no restan.
Boring and unoriginal
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.
Fantastic mostly covers of rock classics. These guys had taste! 3.8
Lots of genres touched on here. You can hear The Cramps in there.
Enjoyed the sound of the album as a whole and there were a couple standout tracks that I enjoyed more. Overall pretty good
- so underrated - perfect kinda sound im alwats searching for - groovy asl -has slight rockabilly aspects
Nothing integral but still pretty fun
361/1089 - Very simple but also very catchy and fun. Liked this more than I thought I would.
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
so many apostrophes
surprisingly good
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 really enjoyed their sound. I particularly enjoyed Yesterday's Numbers. I can hear a lot of country mixed with rock and roll in this album. The Evil Hearted Ada sounds like they are channeling Elvis. The only songs I recognized were covers, but they were pretty jamming. I would listen to them again.
The Flamin’ Groovies sound like a band you’d hear at a backyard party with the local kid who thinks he could be a star singing lead vocals. Jokes on me, I guess he did kind of did become one.
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.
When I was a kid at Christmas in the 70s, there was no shortage of holiday specials to choose from on television. Understand that this was prior to today’s classic fare of Elf, Polar Express and the live-action Grinch. The finest of them all,in my opinion, and the one I looked forward to watching on repeat each December was a movie made with puppets called Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas. The story follows a poor family of otters that are trying to make ends meet and still find a way to buy presents for each other at Christmas. Salvation comes in the form of a talent competition where first prize is $50. Emmet Otter decides to enter so he can win enough money to buy his mother a piano for Christmas. He grabs a muskrat, a beaver and some other river animals and together they make a band. They practice hard and are ready to win it all, and they would have except that, at the last minute, an unexpected entry at the talent show upends everything: The Riverbottom Nightmare Band. Comprised of a weasel on guitar, a snake on bass,a mink on keyboards,and a lizard on drums, The Riverbottom Nightmare Band shows up and slays with predictable heavy metal thrashing. They win the competition and the $50 and Emmet and the boys go home with nothing. Now, if you’ve never seen the movie, or if it’s been so long that you don’t really remember it, you’re in luck. The Flamin’ Groovies sound exactly like The Riverbottom Nightmare Band, which is to say puppet animals playing campy hard rock. The shriekingly humorous vocals splayed out over simplistic single note runs are lifted almost directly from the Riverbottom catalogue. That said, I don’t think the Flamin’ Groovies would beat either TRBNMB or Emmet Otter and his jug band in a talent show. I’d put my money on the puppets every time.
Early 70s hipsters. Band was okay, bluesy, nothing special but good enough. The singer, well, I have never heard such a punchable voice.
The Cramps doing their best Rolling Stones impression.
Excelente disco
Good and absolutely my kind of music but very forgettable to me
A souciant of the Rolling Stones in the vocals. Detuned guitar. If I was alive in the 70s and into the stones and zz top I might have this in my music library, assuming I wasn't skeezed out by the album title, which I am now because I'm a dad. Boy these guys are all over the place. I heard a Beatles riff and now the vocals on this song are an Elvis rip off. Louie Louie. Cover band?
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.
First of all, I had no idea the Flamin' Groovies were this old. Second, this is exactly what I expected: loose, raucous, and lots of attitude. So, you know, fun. I can picture Jon Spencer listening to it and having a light-bulb moment. The bonus tracks are definitely inessential, especially because the closing stretch of "Whiskey Woman" was the perfect way to end the album.
Fun
Sone blues, some jangle, some covers. Pretty standard classic rock
If you had told me that this was your friend’s pub band, I would easily believe you. Nothing about this album sounds like something I have to listen to before I die.
Man, I absolutely loved this. They're like a slightly more punk rock version of the Stones. And look at that album cover. These guys just exude coolness. This is the kind of no bullshit rock and roll that I love and discovering music like this is exactly why I signed up for this challenge.
Not bad for a genre I don't typically like and assume great covers!
Don’t think I ever heard this before. Wouldn’t have missed it.
Sounds just like their name. Fun vintage vibes
Not bad at all
Буги вуги как есть
Not for me, sounds like a lot of the stuff I heard on this list before and honestly i dont think this is a must listening to, my life has been exactly the same before I listen to this record, this is a good stuff if you like this kind of music but nothing revolutionary if you’re looking to expand your music taste. Im sure my dad would have liked it tho.
I really enjoyed the instrumentals but I did not enjoy the vocals.
At it's best I guess it's almost sub-sub(-sub) 'Get off my cloud'-era Rolling Stones. The rest feels a bit covers band, bit dad's in their garage.
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...
Quite unoriginal but not awful, some of the guitar tones were quite nice
Someone said this album sounds like sticky fingers and I can’t unhear it. But definitely not a bad thing at all. Kept expecting a drop in quality on this album (I thought the album was 16 songs because of Spotify) but it didn’t ever happen and I really enjoyed. Favorite song: whiskey woman Least favorite: doctor boogie Looks like most agree, really fun album and I loved the recommendation.
Great rock and boogies but didnt catch complete
70's classic rock - similar to the Rolling Stones. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs
Had its charm but v dated and I won’t listen again.
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
Honkytonk rock almost sounds like Rolling Stones
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.
War nicht meins. Ich fand die Songs irgendwie sehr austauschbar und keins hat mich wirklich angesprochen
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
Really cool 70s rock album. Great vocals and bass and guitar are mixed so well
I was tempted to give this a one as it went on for ages and ended with a load of bad covers. However, I realised that, like so many albums on this list, the version of the of Teenage Head on Spotify was twice as long as the original. As a result, I can't hate it enough to give it a one. Two it is.
Flamin’ Groovies are on fire with Teenage Head! High Flyin’ Baby has that late sixties SF music scene vibe with low slung guitar, tambourine, and hippie vocals. Perhaps a bit of Jefferson Airplane. City Lights comes across as a Leon Russel / Otis Redding mellow ditty. Have You Seen My Baby just kills it. Yesterday’s Numbers has a strong Hendrix influence. These two songs followed by Teenage Head make for a great threefer and get this album on the 1001 Must Hear List. 33-20 brings in a little country western / Johny Cash tone. Evil Hearted Ada sounds like it could be an Elvis cover. Doctor Boogie has a bit of a Beach Boys feel, although a little weirder. Whiskey Woman brings back a bluesy SF sixties groove and the covers (with the Chuck Berry feel) hold up to finish a fun hour. (4.3*s) I was never in SF in the early 70s, but this album brought me right there, literally could see and feel the city by the bay…
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 was surprised to see that this is Flamin' Groovies third studio album as it still sounds really garage-y to me. It's a handful of early blues rock songs, some of which aren't bad. Mick Jagger hit the nail on the head in citing the similarity between this album and other early Rolling Stones blues rock. Never heard of Flamin' Groovies and don't expect I'll run into them again in the future. 2.42 stars
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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.
I have no idea why this is on this list. There is nothing unique or outstanding about this.
Great, rambunctious collection of songs! I hadn't heard of this band before, but I love the garage rock sound. As far as the covers go, Louie Louie was a cool take but I didn't love That'll Be the Day.
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.
It's just mediocre, simple blues rock and I guess a bit of embryonic punk. Along with the constant comparisons to the Stones, I'll add this. Stones albums usually have 2 great songs, 1 pretty good song, and 6 crappy "white boy blues" songs that are just garbage/filler. This album is all of those discards without any of the experimental or interesting nuggets that the Stones came up with occasionally. I almost turned it off a couple of times, but I'm in for the ride, so let's have it all. At 1 hour long, it's about 45 minutes too long. Sadly none of the good 15 minutes are in the same songs. Although I've bagged on this pretty hard, I'm not giving it a 1. The musicianship is ok. I don't find the singing Annoying. I just think it sounds like a decent bar band. It is NOT something that belongs on such a list. Calling it a 2
I can’t believe I’ve never heard this band before because this is fantastic. It’s straight up rock and roll with zero pretension and a lot of heart. Like, lets get the night started kinda feels. Pretty fun from start to finish. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions - Yesterday's Numbers - Teenage Head - Evil Hearted Ada - Whiskey Woman
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.
frank zappa if he was honky tonk 2.5/5
A Poor Man’s Beggar’s Banquet, but a fun listen.
it was fine, only annoying sometimes
Started off pretty meh and a little too country, but Louie Louie and Carol were both bangers.
what a fun discovery. These guys are fun. Right up my alley.
There are indeed some groovy grooves
Good straight ahead rock n roll
If I was growing up when this album came out, I just know it would've been one of my favourites
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.
I like blues based rock, and I quite enjoyed their pretty raw take on it
This project has started disturbing my Apple Music algorithm. Random artists from my previous listens end up in my “radio station”. Most of the time it’s great! Apple knows I’m expanding my knowledge and throws me new tunes from newly discovered faves. But then there are the bad ones. Latter day ABBA. That terrible Beach Boys album. I fear the Flamin’ Groovies are on that list. Not for me. 1/5.
Not for me
Pretty good despite not being my usual genre
I tried but no.
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.
I had never heard of these guys, but this album was awesome. I don't know how they were never on my radar before.
Ik ben verre van een expert op het gebied van dit soort muziek uit deze tijd, maar ik zou in een pubquiz het onderscheid tussen dit en de Stones niet kunnen maken. Ik durf dat gerust toe te geven; ik heb weer andere kwaliteiten. Hoop ik. Het goede nieuws is dat ik dit dus goed kan hebben. De Stones zelf kregen tot nu toe bij mij zowel 3en als 4en. Dit album valt ook daar tussen en dan kies ik in dit geval voor de 4. Het is lekker bluesy, lekker gitarig, met een half uur speeltijd geen seconde te lang, de opnamekwaliteit is dik in orde en het voelt voor mij niet als een huismerk of Action variant. Ik heb zelfs een extra half uur aan bonustracks uitgezeten.
Teenage Head was certainly an enjoyable one. When it is done right, psychedelic rock can be a rather fun genre to listen to and this album is absolutely no exception. It gets to a point where it even gets a sound that is very similar to The Rolling Stones (Especially considering Sticky Fingers came out the same year and Mick Jagger even pointed out it's similarities and preferred this one). As much as i enjoyed Sticky Fingers, I thought this album was better as the songs here just felt that much more fun and had real show stealers with the melodies. There are a few vocal things i don't like with this album but i still really liked my time with this album. Best Song: Doctor Boogie Worst Song: Evil Hearted Ada
Blind album and artist. I loved this bluesy feel and it is very comparable to Rolling Stones. Whiskey Woman is a great track that stands out very much.
Pretty cool.
It's not bad, but it did remind me of that Kurt Cobain interview where he took great pride in the fact that Nirvana had never jammed Louie Louie. It's kind of like the punk/garage version of pub rock or something? Sounds like they had a good time making it. Not one i'll be going back to.
Enjoyable, but not special.
Not a bad listen or style, but didn’t dig much deeper than that.
Standouts High Flyin' Baby Evil Hearted Ada Whiskey Woman
Fav song: Whiskey Woman Categorically not for me. Also that song about shooting your girlfriend because you think she cheated on you is just weird lmfao
Ei ollut tuttu levy, tai edes bändi. Ihan asiallista rokettirollia. Parhaat biisit bonusraidat ”Shakin' All Over, ”Buddy Hollyn ”That'll be the day”,”Louie, Louie”, ”Walking the Dog” ja Chuck Berryn ”Carol”-coverit.
It’s not a terrible album, but I wasn't really into it. I think Jagger is wrong on this one.
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
Flamin' Groovies are all over the place in terms of quality on Teenage Head. It's a lot of bluesy rock 'n' roll, which at times, can be fun and often draws comparisons to the Rolling Stones, The Groovies play in a couple different styles under that blues umbrella; some that I found surprising and some I didn't care for. Plenty to like if you're into blues, but it's just not for me. Highlights: "Evil Hearted Ada", "Whiskey Woman"
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
A band I should have come across but who has passed me by. Fab album with reminders of the Stones and Elvis even and a foretaste of Zappa and Kings of Leon.
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.
Like many, I misread this entry as the Flamin' Groovies by Teenage Head, not the other way around and, wow, the Flamin' Groovies is just a terrible band name. As for the music, I dig it, it's pretty solid blues rock that doesn't overstay its welcome (at least the original track listing of 9 songs in 30 minutes doesn't). Seems this is frequently compared to Sticky Fingers since it came out the same year and Mick Jagger was a fan. I get the comparison because this sounds like a bit of a rougher and more natural Rolling Stones with a bit of Elvis thrown in for good measure. I'd throw this album on again when I'm in the mood, but I'm probably not going to do a deep dive through their discography as it's not quite my preferred genre of music any more.
It's alright but isn't mandatory in any way.
This gives me vibes of The Doors and that's not a good thing. Sounds like a sloppy drunk approximation of the Blues. Whiskey Woman had something going on.
Not sure what I am missing here - sounds like early punk or a lesser Rolling Stones? Pretty solid rock n roll but can’t see myself re-listening to this album
It was OK - don't really know how it could make it into the top 1001 albums of all time..
Groovin'. I enjoyed this one; pretty fun. 4/5
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.
4/5
so the opening track fucking rocks until the lead singer comes in, and that remains true for most of the album, seriously, it sounds like they recorded the vocals using the equivalent of a laptop microphone. I dig rock n' roll blues but this is a miss, it doesnt stand out at all and just apes better artists
Yet another example of “1001 albums is obviously too many for the author to handle”. This album is so aggressively uninteresting. By the time the dog shit Elvis impression started I was out. Please remove this one from future updates and replace it with LUX by Rosalia Lonesome Country by Lord Huron Euro-Country by CMAT Ritual in Repeat by Tennis
This is what The Rolling Stones would have sounded like if they were from the west coast of the USA. I don’t really like The Rolling Stones.
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
Thought this was great. Tight blues rock. Some great songwriting. I can see the comparisons to Sticky Fingers. One downside - the bonus tracks don't add much to the experience. Some weaker covers, and too long. 5* for the original album, ending at Whisky Woman, 4* for the extended version.
not bad, rolling stones rip off, excellent band name
“Evil Heated Ada” sounds like Elvis. “Doctor Boogie” sounds like Jingle Bell Rock. I did save "Louie Louie"
Boring white people making boring RnB rock music was all the rage back then. The album’s just ok I guess; but something just doesn’t hit. There’s nothing to set this apart from and expand on their peers; and it’s dreadfully boring. Vocals and guitars are forgettable. Another 70s album buried and never to be recovered.
Just judging from this album, they seem like they would be a better cover band. Appreciate the proto-punk, power pop, garage rock style and normally like those genres but this album was kinda all over the place. Best Tracks: Whiskey Women, High Flyin' Baby, Have You Seen My Baby 2/5 Stars
Sure, it might be better than Rolling Stones but big whoop
Somewhere between 60's folk, classic rock, and punk. Not terrible.
Average at best, poor man's Rolling Stones
Kind of just competent 50's rock revival but I don't understand it's place on the list.
I have heard this album once or twice before. It is pretty good, albeit a bit derivative. It is a blues-influenced rock and sounds like the Rolling Stones from a few years prior. I enjoy it and would listen again, but it is probably not really worthy of being included in this list.
8/10
On first listen I didn't know what to make of it beyond "are they just copying the Stones?" So I listened tonight again followed by Sticky Fingers and I guess I get what they were going for.
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.
24/1001 First listen. Never heard of these guys before. That’s an album cover that says stay away. Yeah, They sound like the stones. I’ll come back to this one again sometime. It’s a jam. 6/10
Not my cup of tea. They try to be blues, but not well. They try to be rockabilly but not well. Thy try to be new wave , but not well.
New discovery for me! No shade, but a more enjoyable Rolling Stones sound.
Een soort reserve-Rolling Stones met een vleugje Creedence, die ook wat proberen de bluesen, en soms raak schieten maar meestal niet. Het soort middelmaat dat je in een lijst als deze niet zou moeten verwachten.
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.
Op de zeer karig gevulde wikipagina over deze band en dit album wordt de vergelijking getrokken met de Rolling Stones, omdat Sticky Fingers ongeveer tegelijkertijd uitkwam. En die vergelijking snap ik ergens wel. Met name het gitaargeluid lijkt heel erg op de Stones. Al is het meer Rolling Stones meets ZZ Top. En dan met de zang van Frank Zappa die in your average punkbandje speelt. Een gek contrast van stijlen. Ik weet ook niet goed wat ik er van moet vinden. Op de albumhoes lijkt de frontman een beetje op Christopher Walken, in die scene van SNL dat ie meer cowbell wil. Het voelt net als SNL meer op een soort van parodie. Misschien is dat wel de beste omschrijving: een parodie op de Rolling Stones. Ik vind het bluesy gitaarwerk wel geinig, maar ik ben geen fan van (een van) de zanger(s). En op een manier dat het me een klein beetje afleidt van de gitaar. Tenminste in de nummers dat er voornamelijk wordt gegromd, zoals High Flyin Baby of Teenage Head. Terwijl de ander dus als Paul McCartney kan zingen, zoals in Have You Seen my Baby en 32-20, of als Elvis op Evil Hearted Ada. Ze zijn wel van alle markten thuis, dat moet gezegd. Al met al beklijft het niet echt moet ik bekennen. Morgen ben ik het weer vergeten ben ik bang. Ik blijf steken op een redelijke 3.