Teenage Head

Tough and rugged rich blues album

2/16/2022 Today's Album: "Teenage Head" by Flamin' Groovies - I reviewed this album once before while my flight was taking off from denver and it got deleted by the time I got wifi, so here is a shorter review. This album is fairly decent. It is a lot of straightforward rock beats and progressions with some Velvet Undergound (Lou Reed) type vocals. There is a lot of guitar twang that makes this album feel quite hick-y and bluegrass-y. However, that doesn't totally take away from the technical talent in the guitar work throughout this album. There are a lot of songs that feel quite memorable and that get me bobbing my head, but then there are tracks that are fairly ugly and campy. I think overall, though, they balance these two types of tracks in a way that flows well and keeps my engaged. There are some surefire highlights on this album, like the smooth and warm Whiskey Woman or the rocking cover of Louie Louie. Some of the guitar work on this album is so impressive for how under the radar this little punk project is. There is a dirtyness to the production, but it is relatively clean compared to most punk outfits of this time. It is a great album for some straightforward dude rock and punk. I don't know quite what else to say about it since many other aspects are fairly generic, but there is a lot of personality to the aspects of this album that shine and there are many moments that are very enjoyable. It seems like a great road trip album or just one to have playing in the background of a small gathering. Score: 7.5/10 Pretty Good / Classic Highlights: High Flyin' Baby, City Lights, 32-20, Whiskey Woman, Shakin' All Over, Louie Louie, Scratch My Back

Margt alveg áheyrilegt, en svo kemur smá retró rockabilly inn á milli sem dregur þetta niður. Má hafa gaman af þessu en ég nenni þessu ekki oft.

Solid rock n roll

Kinda fun early 70s rock. Wavering between a more Bluesy sound and a Rockabilly sound. Unremarkable, but not unenjoyable. I don't think I'd ever add it to a playlist, but if it ever came on the radio I would probably go "hey these guys are fun!", not really remembering their name but also not turn it off.

Pretty good rock and rollin'

The Flamin’ Groovies have a good sound which I liked. For me the album is a bit too long. Nothing extraordinary, just a fine album. Favourite songs: - High flying’ baby - Yesterday’s numbers - Carol

For the first 30 seconds I was really excited to hear a full on blues rock album but then I heard the vocals and my expectations were lowered to just another 70s rock album with blues influence. Still not bad tho fav was carol

Seemed pretty typical for the day. Nothong fancy.

It was ok

Way not what I was expecting

Bit of a strange album. Some tracks sounded 70s, some sounded 50s, more covers than I expected. Not great, just odd.

Haha, zelfs Maria (dochterlief) was aan het meezingen

Als een prima one-night stand: luister er nog maar eens goed naar, want dit is de laatste keer dat je ze hoort!

Best grappig, terwijl ik niet eens van garagerock houd.

Dit was best leuk eigenlijk.

Ik hoor hier van alles in: The Rolling Stones en Elvis bijv. Ik kan het goed aanhoren, maar het is bepaald niet spannend.

It was better than I expected based on the album art and the incredibly stupid band name. Seriously, who named this band?? It’s such an immature name and it inspires no confidence. Tunes okay though.

Pretty fun, 70s blues rock. Wouldn't necessarily listen to it again, but works fine as your classic rock driving music

Groovy - 3.5.

I had never heard of this band and when I started to listen, it was not at all appealing. I checked back a little later in the day and it wasn’t as bad as I first thought. It’s bluesy-rock, which I don’t mind, but this band’s version of the style seemed rushed with little soulfulness. It just did not grab me at all.

The earth didn't move but this is ok. I like this general style of music and there were a few stand-out moments. I like City Lights and some of its rhymes: laughin'/autographin', Stetson/gets in, and buildin'/killed him. The line in Have You See My Baby about talking to strangers because I'm a stranger, too, made me laugh. Dr. Boogie is pretty fun. Don't know that I'll play this whole album again but I like some of these songs enough to rotate them into play now and again.

Bloody country & rock'n roll...

This is an unusual album, but I liked it. I'm more a fan of the Shake Some Action iteration of the Groovies, but I’ve always admired how they did their own thing musically regardless of what was popular at the time. This one is a little ramshackle and garage rocky, with a lot of 70s attitude and just a little of a proto punk edge. Stylistically it is all over the place, to the point where it’s kind of ridiculous. They start out going for a Stones-esque bluesy rock and they end up playing rockabilly. I would ding another band endlessly for this, but somehow, they manage to pull it off. This was a lot of fun. Fave songs: Whiskey Woman, Yesterday's Numbers, City Lights, Have You Seen My Baby, Evil Hearted Ava

Some vaguely Rolling Stones sounds

Generally okay. Some songs were better, some worse. Overall not very memorable to me in any good ways

I don't know man. I really wish I was more into this sort of Classic rock n' roll thing. Like I never really cared for the Rolling stones, but I feel like I enjoyed these guys more to be honest. But yeah, This rockabilly deal is really hit or miss with me. It's not bad though, It has moments where it sounds extremely 70's, tin can style. But it's decent.

It was ok

A band far better live. This is a mixed set of songs with some fine bluesy rock in there.

rock n roll from a bad i'd never heard dof

Decent album. I knew a couple of the songs.

Fun rock n roll, chaps voice gets irritating on occasion

Rockig country

Not bad - I like the band, but the overall album was a take on a genre that I just didn't get super into. There were a few fun tracks on it though so I gave 3 stars.

Real decent groove to this album.

I can understand the appeal of the album but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it- it feels very derivative of contemporaneous musical acts at the time.

Rock clássico com muita cara de Stones.

Surprised I hadn’t heard this before, besides Louis Louis. Pretty basic. Not rushing to replay.

Title track was coolio.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Have you seen my baby?, Yesterda's numbers, Carol

Bluesy rock-n-roll similar to Rolling Stones. Solid album for band I had not heard of before.

Very much blues rock. Ok but amazing.

If the Rolling Stones and The Grateful Dead had a love child.

Good ol fashion garage rock. Would listen again but nothing really stood out to

fun

Song about trimming pubes! 3 stars!

Not bad, got some potential

звучит как Loaded Вельвет Андеграунда, если бы Лу Рид ливнул перед записью, а не после, а Дуг Юл решил, что надо написать побольше песен в стиле Lonesome Cowboy Bill. Но пару норм треков есть: закрывашка, Вчерашние номера, Детская голова. Делюкс трек, где поётся про shivers in my biba тоже прикольнул. 5/10

Дженерик гаражный рок-н-ролл. Вроде не бесит, но скучно. Ухо цепляется за кавер на Louie Louie, но это кавер, да и у Моторхэда забористее как-то опосля вышло.

New to me - some class tracks but a few filler

Not the best but a good listen when doing something else.

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Hieman pikaisesti läpiuiskenneltu levy. Vasta Whiskey Womanin kohdalla heräsi oikeasti mielenkiinto ja pysähdyin kuuntelemaan. Jos koko levy olisi ollut tuon kappaleen tyylistä, niin olisi tykännyt isosti. Nyt tykkäily jäi vain sellaisen keskivertohyvän kolmosen tasolle.

Never heard of this band before! Can sound like the Rolling Stones, Elvis, and the Kingstons.

interesting album and more interesting group. they were all over the place and showed a lot of their influences. i give them three platypuses - hopefully they figure out who they want to be

I'm not a huge fan of this album. However, Louie Louie!?!? Are you kidding me? #rockon

Feels like That 70’s Show

The Rolling Stones meet sixties garage. Groovy record with a bit too much filler. A few killer tracks though

Truck‘n‘Roll im Honky Tonk-Ländle. Ein vertonter Robert Crumb Comic, muckerhaft gekonnt, abwechslungsreich, gut für ne lange Autofahrten bei offenem Fenster 2.8

Erstmal der ganz unmittelbare Anhör-Kontext: was für eine Wohltat hier der erste Song, direkt nach dem Metallica-Quatsch, sofort Punkte gemacht. Dann erstmal leichtes Abfallen, aha - Bluesrock. Machte man damals wohl so, aber zum Ende dann ja immer punkiger, voll gut so die Phase vor und hinter Louie Louie. Solide 3,2 Punkte von mir.

Okayish luke & luke vibes

Nice vintage rock'n'roll, but not something I'm to keen on listening to. Actually, I didn't even know about this band, but the resemblance to the Rolling Stones is striking. And I'm not that much of a Stones' fan... :-P

Besser als erwartet - 3

I think I’m kind of hoping for a classic now in this list. This one is okay. I liked a couple songs but maybe only really liked one

Pretty alright, definitely have never heard of it before. My first exposure to this group, and I may look at their stuff again, but it's not at the top of my priorities

Good first half but fades on Side B.

Cross between the cramps and secret affair! Not bad.

decent

Not sure if I liked it or not

Fav Song: Teenage Head

Early Bowie mixed with the Links and Love. Need a relisten

very groovy

Loved it and love the nana

Cool bluesy rock. All of it is pretty good, but few stand-out hits.

Decent garage rock, rock and roll sound, but nothing special or standout. I feel like this genre was out of date even when it was new. Led Zeppelin IV came out the same year and is a million times more interesting.

Decent album in line with early rolling stones

Good

Fun band.

I have never heard of this album nor this band. "High Flyin' Baby" - music sounds like Rolling Stones, voice is annoying. Not a great start. "City Lights" - better - sounds like Stones when they do their folky/country thing. "Yesterday's Numbers" is similar. "Evil Hearted Eva" - sounds like goofy imitation of Elvis. "Whiskey Woman" - probably best song on here I ended up liking 3 songs: "City Lights", "Yesterday's Numbers" and "Whiskey Woman". I mean, this whole album is just OK. There is nothing really that unique or super interesting about any of this. I liked a few songs - so I guess that's cool. Liked songs on Spotify: 3/9 Rating: 2/5

I know why I've never heard of the Flamin Groovies

Yeah. This is a mediocre bar band. Idk. Supposedly important punk influencers. Supposedly appreciated by Mick Jagger. I find I don’t care today. And the covers at the end don’t help. I felt like maybe I should go 3? But then no. This is a 2 listen that I want to end so I can move on. 2 Boolean: False

This is mid af. I'm really not a fan of the vocals, and I find that the mixing is really not helping. Look, it's not offensive to listen to. It is just very bland and boring, and I've heard this album 50 million times before this. I don't really get any sense of character from it and it feels a bit like a chore to get through at points. I'm really not sure what it's going for. There's a lot of styles that just don't make sense to me, like, why are we doing an Elvis impression in the middle of the album? I do not follow. I'm just bored. I've heard this before. I'm bored. Fav Track: Carol

the venue manager's cousin's band, who got booked as the pre-opener as a favor, and who haven't done anything poorly enough to give an excuse to kick em off the lists (but are singlehandedly responsible for people not showing up til half an hour after opening time), somehow managed to gather enough cash to rent a studio and do some recording. it's about as good as you'd expect, and they made it even worse with the name.

Really don’t know how essential this feels, it absolutely just feels very in the pocket next to the contemporary Stones work and I might even like it less because most of the tracks, despite supposedly covering blues and country and rockabilly subgenres, do just seem to blur together into a garage rock mush until you finally get to the last track and suddenly it’s worse Neil Young & Crazy Horse instead. I would really like to get off Mr Bones’ Blues Rock Revival Ride some time soon.

this was okay. i can appreciate certain aspects—guitarist went crazy—but nothing really stuck out to me. the back and forth with some country sounds didn’t appeal to me.

Flaming Groovies This was an alright, ok, listen. But that was all. Sometimes music just gets lost and left in its time, and I reckon that is what has happened here. Suppose that is why some music is timeless and some ain't. At least it was only half an hour long, so that's an improvement on most modern releases. Best Track - Whiskey Woman Worst Track - Evil Hearted Ada 3.5/10

Beatles wannabes. Their most popular song was better as a cover on the Clueless soundtrack.

Boring boogie - blues Award for worst band and album name. Not for me 2.1

It's alright but just basic stuff

Not offensive but not my favorite.

If it weren't for the pedophilic, misogynistic lyrics, this would've been quite a pleasant listen. They're like red-pill Rolling Stones.

Dnf got halfway through! Not something I’d turn on but it was still pretty cool! I’d def let this run in the background if I was cleaning or something.

not my thaaaanggg

I already wasn't the biggest Rolling Stones fan, so this really didn't do much for me. They sounded like they were having fun though.

le canzoni sono troppo lunghe e, a mio parere, troppo simili

Just reaffirms for me that I don’t really like the blues all that much. This was a chore to listen to for me, just can’t get into any of it. Not abrasive and boring so it doesn’t get a 1 but i can’t go above a 2

Every song sounded exactly the same and like a ripoff of The Rolling Stones

The genre switching was fun, to a certain degree. I just wish this had some higher production quality.

Not a fan of these kinds of blues sounds.

Album starts off as generic rock, then transitions into generic rock covers.

Interesting.

Nothing special, really. A poor man’s Rolling Stones? I like the blues-y-ness, of course. But nothing here is especially memorable. 2.5?

Meh. Would be a 3 but the many covers and length of the end drags it down.

Fine in places. Off putting in others. Not really doing it for me.

When to listen: on a sunny summer drive with the top down. I'm not sure I'd categorize this as a must-listen... I liked the covers, I liked the Rolling Stones-esque sound and guitar, but it wasn't outstanding (to me.)

From the album cover, I somehow expected better. Not sure why. But I didn't cotton on to this at all.

Sounds like a polished pub covers band, doing passable imitations of Mick Jagger and/or Elvis at any given point. Competent but unoriginal and uninspiring.

It's surprising Old Micky J did not try to steal royalties from this lot like he did with the Verve as they did sound like a poor imitation. Maybe the Stones thought to themselves, that their songs were far more superior and gave them a break. That said, this was on the right side of the fence to be entertaining, there is more chance of me listening to this again, than any Stones LP. They gave it all plenty of energy and their tunes were halfway decent to my ears, better than a 1 star, just.

The most interesting thing about this album was in the notes of it on Apple Music. These read, "Mick Jagger noticed similarities between this album and The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers and thought The Flamin' Groovies did a better job of merging rock-n-roll and pure blues." Well, since I just had the Sticky Fingers album less than a week ago, I'm here to tell you that one of these belongs on this list and the other one doesn't, and it isn't the Stones that we should be excluding. While the Stones album hits all the right notes and provides a series of classic tracks, this album left me thinking "why are we bothering listening to this." There was only one track on here that I found decent which was Whiskey Woman, and because of that, this is not an irredeemable collection. But it's close. Two stars, and that's being generous.

Boring

I'm just over this era of music. Also knowing their peers, naming an album Teenage Head is a red flag. 3/10 why is there so many damn covers?

What is this? Country/classic rock? But off. I don’t know.

Whiskey Woman

Didn’t grab me like I thought it would. Nothing there to keep my attention, bug I feel I should listen again

Meh. This album is very meh.

Every song reminded me of a better band I could have been listening to instead. Whiskey Woman was the only song I wasn't disappointed by.

Very much "We have The Rolling Stones at home." It's competent blues-inflected rock, but if I only kind of like it when the Stones do it, why would I want the Stones-lite version. It's inoffensive, but there's nothing interesting to say about it. I have no idea why this Asylum Films version of Sticky Fingers is on the 1001 Albums list, it's just so inessential. Just listen to the actual Sticky Fingers instead.

(54/100)

Ooh mer San Franscisco, men fan. Ett album med sån här musik kan inte vara en timme långt. Har inte energi för det

whiskey woman!

Not my cup of tea

old school rocknroll mit Rolling Stones Einfluss. Fand ich nicht gut gemacht, nicht mein Ding.

Mediocre stones cover band

2.5 I think they included the wrong Teenage Head in the book

Not a sound that I'm ever going to get excited about Can't really say anything more than that. I'll forget that this even exists in a couple of days

Трохи дефолтний гаражний рок. Черговий випадок, коли я не викупаю чому цей альбом є тут.

Сильно не моє. Хоча кавер на shakin' all over мені подобається!

Country_aah_type_shit_beat.mp4. Nan plus sérieusement, l'album est correct, avec un mélange de sonorités alternant entre Country, le Blues et le Garage rock. Cela se retranscrit d'ailleurs dans les différentes reprises de l'album, avec à la fois les Rolling Stones avec "Carol", mais aussi les Sonics avec "Walk the Dog". On ressent donc énormément les différentes inspirations qui abreuvent le projet, apportant donc d'une part un répertoire plutôt propre mélangeant reprises, compositions originales et même instrumental, mais aussi un aspect très démodé pour l'année 71, qui a énormément de retard par rapport à la période. En effet, l'album reste composé de sonorités certes stables, mais très datées et vraiment répétitifs, avec une guitare très sale qui construit une seconde mélodie sur la base de licks de blues, avec une voix presque hurlée et une batterie qui comble le tout. En résumé, l'album est un plutôt bon projet, mais beaucoup trop homogène et dépassé à mon goût.

Enjoyed the covers

Sounded like a cover band, I read they were on the outskirts of the psychedelic SF sound bc their manager didn’t get along with -Bill Graham. They went to UK and did a British Invasion. Huh!

pas aimé

Another album that I absolutely did not need to hear before I die. Generic bluesy rock is not my jam.

pretty dull, not doing much for me yet

I liked the tracks until the vocals kicked in.

OK bluesy rock

Didn’t hate Whiskey Woman

Generic 70's rock sound.

It was just fine. I have nothing to say which in a way says a lot.

Didn’t grab my attention

so once again if i wanted to listen to this kinda music i’d just listen to the beach boys… not enjoyable but whatever it’s not offensive

Sounds dated and generic.

Gillade inte set här

Didn’t land with me at all.

Rolling Stonesesque old fashioned blues rock - I don't much care for the stones and I don't much care for this

я не буду слушать этих мужчин. одной песни хватило

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.

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

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.

Found this quite unremarkable tbh

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.

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

Overall a 2. Some catchy songs here but nothing I'm too excited about.

Second side was better than the first.. but overall, just another of a similar kind

Really didn’t enjoy not my thing.

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.

I'd say 2.5 I like the country twang and almost wolf mother sound, but I think there are better options

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.

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.

Probably the worst white boy blues album on the list that I've listened to.

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.

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

Not horrible but not something I'd chose to listen to

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.

Fine. Not better than the stones.

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.

Best Track - "Yesterday's Numbers"

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

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").

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.

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

Gives some early Stones vibes. Nothing bad about it, but doesn't feel like it stands out in anyway.

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.

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.

Didn't hate it, but didn't really like it much either.

ok :D

I can't think of one single reason why I had to listen to this before I die.

No private session used for Spotify. Definitely hear the Stones is this album, but I have no love for the Stones.

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 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.

Boring and unoriginal

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.

Early 70s hipsters. Band was okay, bluesy, nothing special but good enough. The singer, well, I have never heard such a punchable voice.

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?

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.

Don’t think I ever heard this before. Wouldn’t have missed it.

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.

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.

Quite unoriginal but not awful, some of the guitar tones were quite nice

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.

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.

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

I have no idea why this is on this list. There is nothing unique or outstanding about this.

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

frank zappa if he was honky tonk 2.5/5

it was fine, only annoying sometimes

Not for me

I tried but no.

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.

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

It’s not a terrible album, but I wasn't really into it. I think Jagger is wrong on this one.

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"

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..

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.

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

Average at best, poor man's Rolling Stones

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.

Gave me a rolling Stones vibe. Not a bad album

Better than I thought it would be, but still not great.

Meh

Fine! Just did what these things always do.

Misschien ben ik iets te kritisch maar dit is niet echt mn ding

Not my vibe

Early blues with some covers, ok 2.5

Never heard of this band. My tolerance for 60s rock and roll is diminishing. Some interesting songs, the poppier ones I prefer. Otherwise bland. 2.5 rounded down Heard before? No Owned: No: 21/1001, 21/85 (24%) Will I get? No

Best Song: Whiskey Woman. The guitar work here was the best on the album. Worst Song: Evil Hearted Ada. Nobody needs this Elvis impersonation. Overall: This just feels like the Rolling Stones - a band I already don't particularly like - without the hits. I just can't get over how none of the tracks have any of the passion of true blues, nor any of the enery of rock. The worst of both worlds. Mostly boring while being occasionally unpleasant.

Sounds like loud chamomile tea. Not my cup.

I guess if Mick Jagger likes it then it must be good, right? Meh. Not sure how this made the list. 2⭐️

++: Have You Seen My Baby?, 32-20, Evil Hearted Ada, Doctor Boogie +: High Flyin' Baby, City Lights, Yesterday's Numbers, Teenage Head, Whiskey Woman 5,4/10

helt grei rockabilly. tror ikke jeg kommer til å høre noe særlig mer på

Shake Some Action is one of the best songs ever written so I had high hopes for this, but like a lot of other music from the time, the album started strong then fizzled into a bunch of standard covers. Merely fine, and exciting to hear someone say fuck on an album from 1971, but I won’t be returning to this any time soon.

This album really pissed me off

Yeah way too much

This is all fine. A lot of this sounds very modern, I could believe some of these tracks were recorded in the last couple of years. A lot of the tracks sound like other artists, too. Beatles, T Rex, Rolling Stones, loads of garage bands. But it's somehow less than its parts, I was just bored listening, a gut reaction.

Dreary. 2

I think this was a pretty OK rock ‘n’ roll/blues/country style, it really reminded me a lot of the Rolling Stones. Only thing is, I don’t see myself really revisiting this, I didn’t think it sounded much different or memorable enough to revisit. 2 to 3 stars is good.

Whisky Woman er dritbra. Minner litt om de beste låtene til Stones. Resten av skiva svinger mellom helt grei og ganske døll. I 1971 er dette allerede pastiche; muzak for en 50s themed diner. Jeg kan se meg selv på konsert med dem. De er det lokale bandet som spiller musikken de vokste opp med. Fansen deres vrikker løs når de drar High Flying Baby. Jeg synes reaksjonen er litt overdreven, men prøver å nikke på hodet for å ikke se sosiopatisk ut. Fem låter senere orker jeg ikke å late som mer og drar.

Det er ikke vits å høre på Stones når man har dette! Nå er det heller ikke noe vits å høre på Stones i utgangspunktet…

Not bad, but this exact album has been on this list fifty times, man.

Another really forgettable album. I wasn't a fan of this one much

This album is so similar to The Rolling Stones its crazy. Unfortunately I don't love this style.

:/

It was decent but felt quite generic. There were no unique songs / melodies / conceps, just the same generic background music. I think it may have been a product of its time but listening to it now just felt a bit dated

I don't really see why this one is a fundamental listen, it's pretty straightforward rock and roll. I didn't find it too good, just average. The instrumentals are on par for 70s garage rock, nothing really stood out. I liked 2 songs, the most popular ones: "Yesterday's Numbers" and "Whiskey Woman". Edit: The wiki page says this record was praised by Mick Jagger as supposedly being a "better take" than Sticky Fingers on blues/rock n roll. By luck, the next album I got was Sticky Fingers, and I'm sorry but there is no way Teenage Head is anywhere near Sticky Fingers. I'm sure Jagger was just being nice to them, but anyone who isn't deaf can see Sticky Fingers is a far superior album.

The second half of Whiskey Woman is really neat. The rest of the album did not stand the test of time for me.

Is the inclusion of this album simply "isn't it weird this came out at the same time as a much better album by a more famous band?" It's fine for what it is, but what it is isn't particularly noteworthy.

Its okay, its a standard rock album. Find it similar to the Rolling Stones

Day 26 First listen- A decent album, I really liked the guitar and the drums but not very memorable for my taste. (2.5/5)

Excellent last track but mediocre rest of the Album.

Not my thing, it's fine but just kind of generic. 2/5 stars.

Mid-50's revivalism in the early 70's? Sounds kinda anachronistic. I don't understand the deal with this.

I wasn't able to listen to it till the end. Maybe it's good for listening to on the background but idk, something is wrong with it for me

Just kinda bleh throughout, nothing stuck out to me as overly significant or impactful. The mix is also just quiet and muddy and the music is bland.

Their third album. Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Blues. As soon as the opening track, High Flyin', kicked in I immediately thought Rolling Stones ! Also some Elvis rips here too. It's a decent enough album. Standard Rock n Roll and Blues riffs. They do a Shakin' All Over cover which is nowhere near as good as the original.

it's like ok. I like the artist name though!

Pa ono, nije najgori album, ali ni ništa prenapeto. Neka glazba za konobu utorkom navečer da se vrti u pozadini 😁 2/5, 3/10

Questionable lyrics about gay people

Started out ok, kinda country-punky, but it got old fast and soon I couldn't wait for it to be over. The only song I considered above average was Whiskey Woman.

Certainly has a Rolling Stones vibe to some of the tracks and I don't like The Stones either.

"Teenage Head" serves as a garage band's take on classic rock n roll, and delivers as expected. The singer's vocal style starts off grating, but over the course of the album settles into a more palatable tone. This is an album that could have been great, but a few shortcomings lead it to just okay.

it’s hard for me to think of bands that have more undeserved imitation than The Rolling Stones

I did not know this band. Run of the mill Rock & Roll garage band

Another attempt at American critics finding a great American rock band. Nope. They’re good. But they’re not better than the stones. Where did mick say that? There’s rock here, but when was the last time you played this? And when was the last time you played the stones? Or given this or the stones for eternity what would you take? 2.5 rounded down because critics.

Bog standard and boring.

Старый рок-н-ролл, не самый лучший

A LOOOTTT of this album is just... super annoying to me. Like a cosplay or parody of other, better musicians.

Not terrible but probably something I won't listen to, very Status Quo-y

Mish mash

Pretty standard late 60's early 70s rock. Did not intrigue me.

Was there a Hamilton band called Teenage Head?

Clearly heavily inspired by the Rolling Stones. Not a bad thing necessarily, but would expect something more interesting than a Stones knock-off album to make this list. Best Tracks: - Whiskey Woman Worst Tracks: - Evil Hearted Ada Rating: 4/10

Rock n Roll. Nichts besonderes. Vielleicht prägt es den Übergang zu härteren Rock, aber ich bezweifel es.

This album should have stayed in the 70's. The songs lack proper endings, with almost all of them fading out in volume, which feels like the guys don't know how to properly end a song. The music itself is uninspired and fails to leave a lasting impression. I will not be listening to this album again.

This is #day272 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here's to some old school garage rock and rock'n'roll, baby. I imagine this as something Iggy Pop would spin on his Confidential show on BBC Radio 6 Music. Have you heard the show? I like to tune in now and then. So yeah, that's the kind of setting where I wouldn't mind hearing this. Outside of that, I'd pass, I guess. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day273.

knock off even worse Elvis

Sjovt nok, svært at høre hvor seriøst det er meningen man skal tage det.

Not feeling it

So, if this gets on this list I can expect to see some Status Quo, yes? Piledriver at least? This is perfectly fine rock and roll. But there's nothing stand out on this. Seems like it's on the list because of what Jagger said about it. He was probably wrong. Just doesn't seem to fit on this list at all.

The Rolling Stones despite their greatness have never been my go to band. So a Rolling Stones tribute band have no chance. 2/5 25/4/25 Lots of 2 and 5’s there. Will have to remember that next month.

Fine yet forgettable 70s grooves

Good guitar riffs and terrible lyrics

Not very outstanding

Everything here sounds like the soundtrack to a bad parody movie. Band name and titles included.

M'eh. Let's just put this album in the "Sounds like everything else" box.

Als dit in de bar opkomt doe ik echt dekseltje over mn drinken

Yesterday’s Numbers was good but I mostly found myself wanting to listen to something else

Like the worst parts of The Rolling Stones mixed with a little Elvis mixed with *insert generic 60s/70s psychedelic sound here*. And too damn long

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Obviously shades of the Stones and others of that era/style with some moments of Elvis and Cash. My top tracks were Have You Seen My Baby and Whiskey Woman. Overall good though didn’t find it anything particularly memorable or special. (2.5 stars)

Sorry boys, but I simply did not enjoy this. It felt very same same to other, better music I had heard. A+ band name tho.

If I worked for a publication and they asked me to compile a list like this and I came back with so many albums full of covers I'd expect to be fired on the spot.

yeeeeeeeeeeha

Un rock básico, pasable, que no destaca mucho.

A couple fun songs, particularly in the first half but most of them were so corny.

I didn’t like it. It was folky in a bad way to me.

Aren't I done with this stupid project and all its stupid mediocre rock albums yet *checks* *994 albums rated* uuuuugghh

Acceptable background noise

Nothing makes me sadder than seeing today’s album be another 70s classic rock. At least this one was a bit more bluesy so I’ll give it credit there. But it’s another pass.

2.5 Fine, I guess. Lots of covers of songs done better by other people. The lead's voice is annoying. If this is supposedly better than the Rolling Stones album, why is that also on the list? Why are there also 5 more Rolling Stones albums on the list? 1001 albums to cover the entire breadth of all music released from the beginning of time, and we have to listen to 5-10 albums each of this guy's favorite 15 bands. I'm sure I will get angrier about this as I move forward.