Teenage Head

There are some silly sounding moments where put on accents almost sound like parody, but overall a solid album. It's interesting that Mick Jagger apparently thought this album better captured the classic blues/rock and roll sound than Sticky Fingers. Key tracks "Yesterday's Numbers" and "Whiskey Woman"

"Teenage Head" is the third studio album by San Francisco rock band the Flamin' Groovies. It must be my San Francisco week. Garage rock. You betcha! Mick Jagger said they did a better job of capturing the classic blues in rock and roll then the Stones did on "Sticky Fingers." A lot of similarities there for sure. "High Flyin' Baby" kicks things off with a very bluesy, Stonesy guitar. A Bo Didley beat. Great guitar riff. Raw and sloppy vocals. Alright! "Have You Seen My Baby?" is song written by Randy Newman. This rocks a little harder. Slide guitar. Rolling piano. Yeah, this could definitely be on "Stickey Fingers." The second side opens with the garage rocker "Teenage Head." A dirty sounding guitar and vocals. They threw a harmonica in. We have an Elvis sighting in "Evil Hearted Ada." Lead singer Roy Loney doing his best Presley. Reverb guitar. The album closes with "Whiskey Women." The song starts out slow with acoustic and electric guitars. This is country and blues and a sound that 90's alt-country acts (i.e. Uncle Tupelo) were aiming for. A vocal chorus that would not be out of place on a 70's Souther rock song. The pace picks up significantly and we got dual guitars jamming out to the end. Woah! A great song! Hey, is this the long lost early 70's Stones album that never was? Close your eyes and you might think so. This is bluesy, 60's garage and country. A lot to like. I don't know if this had a diect influence on anything in the future but you hear T. Rex, Black Crowes, 70's Southern rock and alt-country. An album that anyone who likes bluesy rock and roll will like a lot.

I definitely hear the co.parisons to the Stones, but I enjoyed the more raw edge and rockabilly nature of this. I was tapping my toe to pretty much every track. Sounds like a bunch of guys just playing music they love in a fun way.

I tried so hard to get into this and it just never worked out, which is unfortunate since "Flamin' Groovies" is a damn good band name

Meh

Not for me

Some good Sticky Fingers-esque jams on here, but a lot of dross and a shite Elvis impression. Noncey title too.

Stones-y, Elvis-y, loose, jangly garage rock. It's fun, and it's quick, couldn't really find a lot to fault this with. Favorite tracks: "Evil Hearted Ada", "Have You Seen My Baby?"

This was an interesting blend of rockabilly, swampy blues rock, and garage rock. It’s a bit sloppy and not particularly groundbreaking but it was enjoyable.

This is THE best thing I’ve listened to in a long time! Wow, I’m blown away. This fucking rips. The slide guitar, the RIFFS, that ramp up at the end of Whiskey Woman, the title track, this is amazing stuff. Can’t believe I’ve never heard of them. This is going right in the regular rotation.

Right down the middle. Strong 2.5

Really cool, especially for a band I never heard of

Good

Decent. Feels a bit like a better take on the Stones’ Sticky Fingers, but I’m no expert.

Sounds like a cover or tribute band that hasn't quite found their sound yet. Fitting that the covers on the bonus disc are the best songs here. Anyway, there are some good songs, but not a complete album. There's just that bit of originality missing. Two donut holes out of five. 🍩🍩

Actually quite enjoyed this.

Like the guitar riffs. Don't as much like the vocals.

Another dud. Tired tracks with nothing close to anything as iconic or entertaining as their soundalike The Rolling Stones. How Mick Jagger can think this is better than Sticky Fingers is truly beyond me.

This band does blues rock better than the Stones of the same era. If their front man had Jaggers swagger they’d probably be an all time famous band. Still their 50+ year career is nothing to sneeze at.

Good

I can see there's a logic to something that was of the era/genre of the Rolling Stones that might have been part of a scene but I don't think this holds up well as an album not to miss.

Rock n roll right up my alley. I enjoyed this sound, very reminiscent of the Stones.

Enjoyable and good runtime, reminded me a lot of the Rolling stones mixed with the Beatles

Was definitely groovy

It's a guitar band and I like guitar bands so this is fine. If I didn't like rock music then this is nothing special. The Sonics were better.

Punkish rock n roll. Just ok.

Exactly an hour - a pleasing length. In this case, it's a bit too long. If I was running a kooky vintage retro shop, I would probably put this album on. As it is, it's kooky retro and vintage, and sounds a lot like other things (Captain Beefheart, Chuck Berry, screaming Jay Hawkins etc...). I'm not that into it, not sure I will be bothered to listen to the whole thing. Oh well. Two stars.

Du rock solide. La petite touche country l’empêche d’être trop générique

Sounded alright, might have to revisit this one to form a solid opinion.

Interesting band. Whiskey Woman was a high point for me. It's got a kind of Neil Young vibe that I dig. Overall, this is a talented early rock band that is surprising for the fact that they didn't make it bigger. Seems like chance and circumstance and bad management controlled their destiny. The low points were the Bee-bop-a-loula and other early 60's nonsense throwbacks. These are just a bit old for my interest and fall more in the generation of my father.

This is a great listen. On par with some of the Stone's stuff from the same era. Putting this into my rotation.

Mick Jagger thought "Teenage Head" was as good as "Sticky Fingers." It was not. It was not even good enough to be remembered and preserved by the overlords at Amazon Music. I found a few of the tracks from the original album, and listened to a few other Flamin' Groovies tunes. They're fine, but they're nowhere near the Stones at their best.

Never heard them before, but really dig their style!

I’m a sucker for the blues, especially blues rock. I find it strange that this album is referred to as “Rock,” “Garage Rock,” or “Rock and Roll,” but not blues rock, which it clearly is. My only complaint is that the vocals are muffled or use too much reverb at times. Other than that, I’m happy to have found the Flamin’ Groovies’s Teenage Head. I’m also thankful that they, being from San Francisco, avoided the hippie sound to create this.

literally never heard of this album or even the band. pretty fun album. but overall, a good mix of songs I will and will not listen to again (mostly the latter). solid 3/5

Definitely some cool songs (Whisky woman) and actually will probably listen to some of them again.

A little George Thorogood, Exile on Main Street, Elvis Costello, but ahead of all of them. A lot of range, but mostly in the boogie rock pocket. Probably could have cut a few tracks off this one. Wouldn't choose to listen again, but wouldn't complain if someone else put it on.

Derivative and at times annoying vocals. But a couple of good grooves.

Grooving tunes

Very 60s even though it came out in the 70s. Decent but not great; a bit samey - good cover versions, but they weren't on the original album.

ok, this is what this project is all about. I've heard the name but never listened to this band. And they're great.

Groovy!

This is a solid blues rock album. I will listen to it about as much as I listen to the Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, which is about once a year.

Very raw and bluesy. Strong, consistent sound. No one song really stands out from the crowd. Guitar sound is kind of rattle-y and thin. Singer sounds like an OK-but-slightly-drunk Mick Jagger impersonator. A solid album overall. I didn't listen to the CD tracks. Best song: Yesterday's Numbers?

Great Early Punk Blues album. Very consistent. Favourite track is “Have you seen my baby?” But “ Whiskey Woman” and “Yesterday’s Numbers” are brilliant too. Definitely will listen to again 8/10

It flirts way too much with White Man's blues , but of that genre, its one of the better ones.

I was unfamiliar with this group before today, and I was surprised with how much that I enjoyed it! I definitely will check it out again. I love this project!

Rockabilly con ritmo, muy típico de comienzos de los 70. Guitarrero y con estilo. Sin duda, con marcha

Low priority, LTIL

Probably won’t listen again

Ok

Was this good fun? I believe so! Was it a classic album that dudes and dudettes will rave about? I believe not. Some cracking tunes on it though so will definitely revisit at some point. For now though, I’ll hammer in another 3 star!

This was okay-ish, minus the titular song about a "teenage love machine". ??? The 70s were wild... But yeah, I hope by now anyone reading my reviews has learned that white boys making blues knock offs doesn't really do it for me. Some catchy riffs here, sure, but why would I want to come back to this?

Some good blues rock riff here and there, but didn't love the vocals

Right off the bat I thought I was listening to The Black Crowes only not terrible. I'm surprised nobody was calling them out for just blatantly stealing Teenage Head's style. I will say that Chris Robinson's voice is more "charismatic" and probably what helped carry that band. By the end of the album I was getting some real Cramps vibes but lazier somehow. The last few songs were real dull and lost me even though I love The Cramps and their sound.

This is great. Love the Stones vibe with California injections.

An hour is way too long for this. Nothing that I have to hear again. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding

gets a bit shite / derivative at the end but starts great.

I'm hearing Rolling Stones, Beatles, and even a bit of The Ramones particularly in have You Seen My Baby? Yesterday's Numbers is a groove. I like the guitar crunchiness. It does feel like this is a...less successful/more garage band style of Rolling Stones meets Beatles. It's interesting because it doesn't suck, which soundalikes often do. They've done it. 16 tracks ranging from 2:30 - 6:50 in length. I wonder how they did that back in the day? Getting rockabilly vibes too from Evil Hearted Ada. I bet they were fun to see live. I like the filter effect, wonder if its an Eventide H9000 or whatever? Whiskey Woman is cool. Shakin' All Over has a good groove. Feels like good grooves abound. Feels like the recording got worse as the album continued out. From Louie Louie, to Walkin' the Dog to Carol, there is a lot of microphone feedback and it feels like teh quality has gone down. Wonder if they ran out of money or there's some other reason?

It’s an entertaining album, but there’s a reason that people remember Sticky Fingers and not this one.

This was right up my street Great take on blues rock, I even enjoyed the extra bonus tracks.

What annoys me is it seems like they're just saying to themselves 'ok, this track let's do Velvet Underground. Now let's do Rolling Stones, now Elvis' whatever. I bet this would be a fun live band at a party though.

Mick Jagger doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about. "Sticky Fingers" takes this shit to the cleaners and then some.

I enjoyed the general sound but there feels like there's something missing that propels it further for me. Like, they don't fully have an individualistic sound yet but are so, so close for me. I enjoyed City Lights a lot, reminded me of Velvet Underground in it's thematic delivery. I just wish they had a bit more identity.

Meh

Ihan jees

Enjoyable listen of a band I don't recall recall hearing about before, but so derivative of the Stones (who had definitely arrived at the territory earlier), and I'm not convinced are adding anything new or essential.

Just ok, the honky tonk tracks didn't do it for me, bit some of the rocky ones were alright. Would give it 2.5* if I could. Probably won't listen again so maybe 2* is more fair than 3*

One of the greatest albums ever recorded.

Fun (garage rock?) that's definitely more on the blues end of the spectrum. Actually, I do know a bit about this band. Especially interesting cause they started out blues rock, changed frontmen, and then were more popular doing British invasion-y stuff. Very fun, although apparently, Jagger thought it was a "better take on blues-rock" or something than Sticky Fingers. I don't know about that. Glad I listened to it tho.

Groovy for sure

This was really fucking good

Way bluesier than I was expecting, good stuff

7/10

Too much rocking and rolling for me

pretty good album, enjoyed it!

It’s a good early 70’s rock album. I wouldn’t say it’s that great, but for the higher quality than the other 3’s I’ve given, I’ll barely give it a 4.

Catchy, but not something I'd seek out to listen to again.

Huh, this was a cool listen. Kind of like a rougher, rowdier Rolling Stones. Like, if they recorded all their stuff in a well-equipped garage. Bluesy and folksy in equal measure. I've never heard of them before, but this album makes me wonder why not.

2.5/5 ok rock but boring

heard them before

Mezcla de Rolling con Beatles, con punk, con 50s. Louie Louie

Listened Before? N Pretty jammin, pretty bluesy, and pretty classic sounding. Stones-ish stuff that I thought was very easy to listen to while working. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Whiskey Woman

Kind of sounds like stones but not as good. I did not like this singer. I would rather listen to better blues musicians than blues inspired rock. A band like this needs a really good lead guitar player or a special leader singer. The mick jagger quote on Wikipedia made it sound like they were a great English blues band in 1970. There was so much better music that came out that year from England - I would much rather listen to Elton John’s Tumbleweed connection, or Joe Cocker, or the Stones or Zeppelin. Pretty mediocre in comparison. Also way too many songs- why do they need the Buddy holly cover, Louie Louie, and the Elvis type tune?

I’m only rating the original release, not the 7 cover tracks at the end I didn’t really get into it for the first half, but side B I really enjoyed! Doctor boogie has a really sick groove Randy newman’s version of “have you seen my baby” is a trillion times better Cool slapback vocals on evil hearted Ada, very elvis-y cool slide blues and saloon piano on 32-20 Whiskey woman is fun, chorus reminds me of Neil young helpless

I liked this at the beginning and then felt like I was listening to a shitty cover band. Whisky woman was my favorite.

Pretty cool. Bluesy rock/rocknroll/rockabilly/garage stuff.

Not very good.Most of this album is just boring blues soloing.Vocals aren’t great and none of it is very catchy or original.The best songs are covers of songs that are already good.Don’t understand why this is on the list.Apparently Mick jagger likes it?Hes wrong.

You look at their name, you look at the cover, and their music meets expectations.

Meh. It's early rock and roll, but it's just not doing it for me. I feel like a bunch of the bands that I love from the 80's and 90's would probably quote this album as important to them, but I'm not quite getting it. In fairness, my own lens is probably getting in my own way. It's almost delta blues, but it's not. It's almost southern rock, but it's not. It's almost Elvis, but it's not. It's almost boogie-woogie, but it's not. I could easily be struggling between several well-tread paths and not quite able to place it in my own pantheon. This is also 10 years after the Kinks and the Velvet Underground, which I think blows this out of the water in terms of rock and roll before it was classic rock or southern rock or any of those other subgenres.

Reaaally not something I could hang with. I Listened to maybe half the album hoping there would be at least 1 song I could jam to, I think the eponymous track was pretty solid at least. Other than that, the music is OK, but the mixing is pretty bad and I'm constantly trying to ignore the vocals.

No thanks!

Not much happening with this

It starts off as the link between Kings of Leon and the Rolling Stones beggars banquet. However, it’s not long before to descends to some Johnny Cash and then a bad blues Brothers before returning into some psychedelica

Top 3 Songs: 1 - 32-20 (6) 2 - Whiskey Woman (9) 3 - High Flyin' Baby (1)

Tasty, greasy, dirty rock 'n roll nestled somewhere between The Stooges and The Rolling Stones. Wonderfully rattling and rolling and played with style and knowledge of sound and instruments.

If Mick Jagger thinks you did "Dirty" better then you are doing something right, It obviously sounds very much in the vein of the Rolling stones but I enjoy the energy and a strong showing for the first time hearing the band. Favourite tracks- High flyin' baby, Have you seen my baby, Teenage Head

Couldn't quite pin this one down. Is it rock, is it Blues, is it full of covers? It all amounted to a forgettable experience.

I'd never encountered the Flamin' Groovies, these guys ROCK. Shades of the Stones and CCR. Good find.

Solid album. I'm a little worn out with blues and boogie though. Still a good listen nonetheless.

70s rock/blues with some good covers in there. Raw but average

This was a fun album.

2.5/5

Dug it!

One of the best albums the Stones ever put together was not actually by the Stones. Most excellent blues rock. (prior listen)

There are some hits on this album. Dk if I could listen to it all the time though

Great stuff, and I'm convinced this would have a higher overall rating if A) the band's name were The Rolling Stones, and B) the album art weren't so terrible.

For some reason, I did not think the band was so old. Even with the name Flamin' Groovies. At first the music sounds a bit dated. But I actually liked it because of that. The production being so garage-y worked for them, it became less dated if that makes sense. The actual album is only 30 minutes. Again, I keep forgetting that albums could be pretty short... The music itself reminded me a lot of a cross between the Who and the Black Crowes, actually. I liked it a good deal. I could tell they were having fun, particularly on the live bonus tracks, although they sounded sloppier there (I know they don't really count). Anyway, the opening and closing tracks I really dug. The stuff in the middle was good, too. But the opening grabbed me, and usually if that happens, that sells me a lot on the album. So yeah, it would probably be a high 3 for me, rounding up to a 4.

I thought this was an album by Teenage Head (in following up, I learned that band's name was inspired by this album's title). I really dug the opening track High Flyin Baby - great pace and bluesy rock sound. While I also enjoyed tracks like Have You Seen my Baby? and the title track, most of the rest of the album didn't measure up as well and/or was less able to hide their flawed vocals. Tracks like City Lights, Yesterday's Numbers, and 32-20 were too plodding for me and Evil Hearted Ava sounded like a weird combination of Elvis and Suicide. I'm undecided on the final (maybe most well-known?) track Whiskey Woman. The album has promise but comes up a bit short.

Some pretty good garage rock here. I like their overall sound, especially the use of the slide guitar. This style is normally not my thing so I wouldn’t rush out and buy their entire discography, but I can certainly see why this on the list. The last track album “Whisky Woman” was my favorite and stood out from the rest. The bonus tracks afterwards I enjoyed as well although I tend not to count bonus tracks towards my reviews. A solid 3 stars for a fun rocker that I’m glad I heard but don’t really need to listen to again.

не обманули - классический рокнрол, не для меня)

It's alright, fairly formulaic 70s rock and roll, but nice in places. Whiskey Woman maybe my standout track.

This is quite fun, a quick, tight half an hour of blues rock with a few changes of pace. As has been mentioned a few times, it's very similar to the Rolling Stones. I like it but don't love it, it's all good but there's no standout track. 3/5.

Just some classic rock doing classic rock things.

Fun bluesy stuff, but nothing that really strikes me any more than the Stones typically.

This one's a lot of fun.

Favorite quote off the whole album: “you’ve got to mow the lawn if you wanna get it on with me”. I mean at least he’s honest! For real though this was a fun one

Solid album 3.45

I broke this up over way too many days but the Flamin’ Groovies are a fun listen

A Rolling Stones tribute band. Pretty good, to be fair, but not very original.

Mick Jagger was awfully nice and gracious when he praised *Teenage Head* as an album that was actually better than the Rolling Stones' own *Sticky Finger*, out in the same year. But as good as that Flamin' Groovies album is, it's still a notch under the Stones' magnum opus. Side 1 is almost perfect, but three tracks in the middle of side 2 make the album lose its momentum somehow. Those cuts are not horrible, but they are a little too derivative just as they go to older types of rockabilly and bluesy numbers. Fortunately, the record ends on a very high note with Whiskey Women. As already noted elsewhere, this album is also very interesting for Cramps fans: the title track and "High Flyin' Baby" have clearly inspired Lux Interior and Poison Ivy for their own twisted take on good ole rock'n'roll. Does all this make *Teenage Head* an *essential* album, though? The jury's still out on this one. Number of albums left to review: 724 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 135 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 66 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 76

the name is far better than the band. they're a bit of a rolling stones lite with a side of elvis thrown in. their most interesting tracks are the rockabilly cramps style stuff.

Fun fact: High Flyin' Baby is Robert Plant's favourite track from this album. He bangs babies. He also LOVES Have you seen my Baby? The man loves touching babies.

This was unexpected as I had never heard of this band and didn't know what genre it would be. I loved the guitars but the vocals weren't completely up to snuff. The production also really sounded modern. Definitely will be adding some of these songs into my rotation since I enjoy me some old blues rock.

Very listenable.

Du blues rock ben ordinaire. Belle énergie par contre.

J'étais pas sûr au début. Un peu beaucoup de Rolling Stones, un peu de Kinks, un peu de Trashmen. J'ai pas vraiment aimé les 2 premières chansons. À partir de la 3e, je commence à embarquer. J'aime le petit côté on se prend pas trop au sérieux et on a du fun. On est aussi plus rock que les Stones. Arrive à la fin Whisky Woman. Wow, on est vraiment ailleurs avec cette pièce. J'adore la groove. Jusque là je me disais qu'il n'y avait rien de bien original, mais ici j'ai vraiment accroché. Je ne sais pas si le reste de leur disques ont suivi cette voie, mais on s'en allait vers quelque chose d'original. Les pièces suivantes qui sont un bonus sur l'orignal sont inutiles et ces reprises sont inintéressantes. Pour Whisky Woman, l'écoute valait la peine. Pour le reste, on aurait pu passer à côté.

It's pretty dang groovy. As much as I push back against horrible bluesy acts of the 60s-70s that can't seem to figure out how to do the blues right... I think this is very good.

Very Rolling Stones-like with a bit of Grateful Dead, but strangely enough I liked this more than either of those bands (which isn't saying a lot tbh). Probably wouldn't listen again but glad I heard it once. 3 stars.

4.4 - I can see why Mick Jagger thought this was a more successful blues rock record compared to "Sticky Fingers." To Jagger's credit though, this record doesn't have the same "Wild Horses" level climax. Some great cuts including "32-20", "Evil Hearted Ada" and "Whiskey Woman."

Yet another album that's so past way expiration it clearly can't qualify for "an album you just have to listen to". And frankly, I doubt it should have qualified even back when it was new.

It's fun. Utterly unambitious, but well played and committed to it's thing.

I liked this.

This was a good one.

No interest. Why bother ?

Fun playful rocknroll that gets a bit too repetitive with the 12 bar blues

Garage rock. No los conocía... ¡Vinilo!

Fun, rolling stonesque. Very straightforward, road trip album.

I love the Flamin Groovies.. They could have picked the album before or after and I would have been happy too. Dirty bluesy garage rock sound can't be beat.

Amazing record from track 1 to the end - from pure party garage rock to acoustic folk blues. I can imagine that Evil Hearted Ada influencing the psychobilly Lux Interior of The Cramps with it’s circus mirror reflection of Elvis. As for comparisons, I’d listen to this before the Stones every time.

This was dope. Quality garage rock. A harbinger of what was to come.

A band I was not familiar with at all. Really good stuff, will be listening to it again. Lots of comparisons to The Rolling Stones, but I think the Groovies did it better.

Not a huge fan of this, the vocals are hit-or-miss and I feel so many other bands have nailed this genre/style better. Can't see myself returning to this. Favourite Tracks: - Yesterday's Numbers - Whiskey Woman Overall Grade: 1/5

Went in with little to no expectations and came out pretty surprised. Would I ever listen again? Probably not. However, its good background music and reminds me of Elvis and a bit of the beatles. I cant say I love it but honestly not too bad!

lame

Very hard rocking modern rock n roll, way better than I was expecting.

Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.

Glad I listened to it and there were a couple of cool tunes on here but overall this didn't do much for me.

While this is usually compared to The Rolling Stones, I think this album manages to have a unique sound. It could definitely benefit from a remaster. My favourite song was City Lights.

Buen rock. Mi única queja es la hora que dura. Sólido 4.

Muy sorprendente disco. Quizá a ratos no suena de 1971 sino de 1964 o algo así, pero la verdad es que me gustó mucho. Combinación agradable de Rock psicodélico y Blues, transicional de la época. Le doy la razón a Mick Jagger, este disco es mejor que uno de los Stones. Y encima la versión de lujo trae unos covers que tampoco tienen desperdicio.

Pick a sound for God’s sake. Are you a Beatles remake? Elvis? Any folk band ever? Hopefully they’ve decided in the 51 years since this album came out.

Didn’t get to listen to the whole album but I enjoyed what I heard. 3*

Quite generic. Had no strong opinions either way.

Ohhhhh these are the Louie Louie guys! Fun mix of rock, blues, etc. Seems kind of Of The Time in terms of baseline late-60s/early-70s bands.

Meh.

Good, if unmemorable blues/bluegrass rock. The instrumentals are great, the singer is utterly mediocre, and stuck back in the mix.

This was alright - kind of generic rock of the era with some influences of The Rolling Stones, just obviously not as good. 6/10.

Meh

Not bad. Very garage band-y rock and roll. I liked most of it, though it started to get more blues-centric and generic towards the end of the album.

Wasn't bad, wasn't great. I do hear the early punk aspect though. I just don't think it had much sticking power. 3/5

Solid 70s rock with some good attitude but waaaaay too long for what it is.

Wasn’t expecting much out of this, but it’s solid boomer rock, and surprisingly varied. I especially like the Elvis tribute. It’s a breezy listen at a solid half hour, but I also don’t see myself returning to it. C

Nice music, like it a bit more rough though. The extra songs, covers of rock and roll classics were very good.

Yeah these guys know how to play. I get Mick’s comment that it sounds like Sticky Fingers but the Stones were playing styles that were borrowed from others. It wasn’t original but Keef and the boys just executed it incredibly well. Flaming Groovies copied the way Keef plays. So they are guilty but The Stones can’t gripe since they weren’t being original. Some simple but good lyrics like on Doctor Boggie: #You gotta mow the lawn if you want to get along w me.” The cover versions on the bonus tracks are also interesting. The copying of other bands continues since Shaking All Over sure sounds like The Who’s version of that song on Live at Leeds but Pete can’t gripe since The Who’s version sounds like The Guess Who’s version. An interesting aside, in the mid 60s when both The Who and The Guess Who were playing at bars, the crowd would confuse the two bands since their names were similar. The crowd would yell for The Who to play Shaking all Over so they learned the song and added it to their set. Similarly, The Guess Who learned to play My Generation to satisfy requests from bar crowds that didn’t realize there were two different bands. Good fun.

Initially I was hoping to find "Shake Some Action" on this album, since it's the only FG song I knew, but when I got into it I liked the bluesy, rockabilly-with-edge feel. The title track sounds very Howlin' Wolf. It's hard to tell from the Wiki notes if the lead vocals are shared, but if they're not, they certainly have one diverse vocalist. I guess you'd have to add FG to the list of the first (pre) punk bands, sticking to rock n' roll when hard rock and prog was all the rage.

Similar to another reviewer, I thought this was an album by the Canadian band Teenage Head that was called Flamin' Groovies. I wouldn't be surprised if the Canadian band got their name from this album. Overall, this is a solid, straight-ahead rock and roll album. I also immediately thought they sounded very similar and maybe even better than the Rolling Stones and with Mick Jagger his royal-self saying that he thought they did a better take on classic blues and rock and roll who am I to argue. Shaking' all over and Whiskey Woman were standouts for me.

This didn't land for me. I liked the band much better a few years later when they did Shake Some Action. I don't hear any of that tuneful effervescence on this record.

Never heard of this before...this would be an amazing bar band to hear for sure, but as an overall revisiting listening experience...not so sure on that one. 2.5 starts (although it looks like 2)

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The Cramps before The Cramps

It's like the very sleazy 70's Stones...not sure its that great or important but it would sound better after a few more listens and preferably a couple of old fashions.

I didn't like this album. Maybe not my genre

Thoroughly enjoyable rootsy/country-tinged RnR. Contemporary comparisons to Sticky Fingers are very apposite. Liked it a lot! bonus tracks are uniformly poor however

Never really listened to them but I've seen this infamous cover. It's pretty enjoyable. Catchy with nice riffs and some great arrangements.

Cet album de rock gentil passerait presque pour un chef d'œuvre grâce à la bousasse qui l'a précédée (celle de Throbbing Gristle).

J'ai écouté cet album il y a une heure, et ai oublié d'écrire mon review dans la foulée. Vous vous doutez bien que je n'ai déjà plus la moidnre idée de ce que j'ai écouté.

Better than I expected. Very similar to The Rolling Stones. Recording quality is awful, but that might be somewhat intentional.

no….

yeehaw 🤠

Puro rock

Even in the notes it was stated that the rolling stones felt like this was a better version of their album and I partially agree but more so I'm laughing that this guy sounds almost identical to them so really they are just copy cats. I thought I'd get annoyed by this album but I'm enjoying it, only a few skips.

Who? Flamin' Groovies? This can't be a real band. Generic-ass '70s rock band doing mostly blues covers. Don't want it, don't need it. Nothing sounds awful but I don't care about it much. I liked one of their original songs, so that's worth something. But not worth a spot on the list. Favorite tracks: Yesterday's Numbers, Louie Louie. Album art: Band photo I presume. Dude in the front looks geriatric. Nothing special here, just like the music. 2/5

garage rock kind of group. The music was all rock n roll. they did number of covers from other groups, although different from the original but pretty good

OK wow, pretty wild and fun.

Ok, yeah, kind of a fun listen. I was thinking there was something Rolling Stonesish about the whole thing so it was interesting to read on Wikipedia "Mick Jagger reportedly noticed the similarities between the albums and thought the Flamin' Groovies did the better take on the theme of classic blues and rock 'n roll revisited in a modern context" Fave track - The title track is pretty good. Like their cover of "Louie Louie", too...

3.5/5 interesting, i'll have to relisten

This was pretty good. I was hoping I would like it more but it landed solidly in the “good but not great” zone for me. I also wasn’t a fan of the production of this album.

Loved it. Never heard of them and want to know more. Sound like a test tube baby of the Beach boys, early stooges, the Stones etc. 4*s

Fun throughout Best song was Whiskey Woman. The chorus sounded a lot like knocking on heavens door but I think this song is older than that one

I'm a member of the FEELIN Groovies after listening to this!!

They've got some really cool stuff going on in that 1970s bluesy rock space, which makes me wonder why they're not more well-known. Maybe their marketing department sucked? Maybe it's the dreadful band name? Maybe it's the ill-advised, super terrible Elvis impersonation? Best track: Whiskey Woman

Some enjoyable stuff on here, but too often just seems like musical wallpaper. Nothing too complex or risky which leads to a semi-bland record. I guess if I was a big fan of rock and roll then it’d be more appealing but alas… 5/10

Quitando "Whiskey Woman" no me ha llamado la atención ninguna canción. Se deja escuchar y poco más, en el 71 debió de ser un hito pero ha envejecido mal o al menos me lo parece a mí.

Never heard of this band before listening to this album. Pretty good early rock music.

Excelente album de un grupo que no había escuchado

Apparently, Mick Jagger said that this album was a better take on a modern updating of blues and rock 'n roll than the contemporarily released "Sticky Fingers". Mick is right.

7/10. Pretty good

This proves that The Rolling Stones are one of the most overrated bands ever. 7/10

Converse to some other reviews, I think this is a fantastic name that the group doesn't really live up to. Bog ordinary garage rock really

Some fun rocknroll

Canadian Ramones, pass

groovy baby also another louie louie cover

Head

very bland early rock 2.5

Possibly their best album, either this one or Shake Some Action. I'm not usually a big fan of covers but these guys are really good at it.

Has a similar feel to the Rolling Stones with their take on blues and classic rock-'n'-roll. It's funny that this came out the same year as Sticky Fingers, too. Anyway, not a bad collection of tracks. It has the same vibes as Exile on Main St. in the sense that I appreciate it more than I outright like it. I wouldn't go back to listen to this but there are some awesome cuts that will be on my playlist.

So side one I am there for this, strong vibes of the Stones of the same period which is a good thing and good songs. But the covers that dominate the second half are inessential and Dr Feelgood would come along soon and do this kind of stuff much better.

sounded very generic, not good as background noise

Didn't really blow me away and I didn't enjoy the Elvis impersonation. Also amused by the Rickenbacker in the case an the album artwork. Well done, you made a purchase. Do you want to actually hold that heavy instrument? No? Didn't think so.

Perfectly fine, if a little uninspiring. There are some good grooves here and a few that overstay their welcome. The band had something but they also lacked something, maybe that spark which would have made them pop.

This was just to troll Greil Marcus, wasn’t it, because he included “Shake Some Action” (not pictured here) in his Rock History in 10 Songs (strong recommend). At their best, the FGs sound like the top Stones tribute band in suburban New Jersey, 1971 edition. Not exactly life-changing. Or, more to the point, had one died without hearing this, would anyone have noticed? 2.4 > 2.

Garage rock/Rolling Stones-ish blues/proto punk. Very solid, will make a return.

A more bluesy Rolling Stones

I love the energy of this. I can't stand the band name. None of the songs get under my skin, but if I went to bars, this would probably be the bar band I'd want playing.

Like a less artful Rolling Stones in places. I like the production and the overall vibe, though goodness only knows what the singer is doing on the first track - it sounds like he's gargling his own tongue.

Actually kinda a vibe.

Great sound- great covers. Can hear why the Stones liked them.

Pretty decent.

Fine enough blues rock

It's Been A While I guess, But Life Is Good, You're Doing Well. Keep On Focusing On The Process. And Go With The Flow That You Like.

This.....is..... AMAZING! It’s like the Stones with a little kiss of punk. Love it so far Fav Tracks: "High Flyin' Baby" "Teenage Head"

Teenage Head winds pleasantly towards the strange as it proceeds, and I'm glad the list introduced me to the band. Perhaps I should sharpen my regard given the release date, but I'm not sure if I'll revisit this music over similar expressions.

leuk bluesey rock and roll album

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

What is this Old MacDonald Had a Farm sounding crap and why do I need to hear it before I die? Seems like some random rockabilly album you find for a dollar at a flea market. So insanely boring and average that I don't have anything to say about it. "Teenage Head" was my favorite track.. I think. Hard to choose a favorite shade of gray.

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.

According to wikipedia, Teenage Head was released the same year as the Rolling Stones' album Sticky Fingers, and Mick Jagger reportedly noticed the similarities between the albums and thought the Flamin' Groovies did the better take on the theme of classic blues and rock 'n roll revisited in a modern context. I tend to agree. it is like a rougher version of Sticky Finger s(one of my favourite Stones albums), so this is a revelation. Loved the slide playing, the rough boogie, and the grunt. Fabbo, and definitively going on my want list.

Solid rock n roll

You can draw a direct line from this to my sweetheart Detroit 90s-00s rock scene. Hell yea

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'

Teenage Head by The Flamin’ Groovies (1971) The 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die project presents wonderful opportunities for expanding the musical horizons of the serious listener. There are those albums that are pleasant new listening experiences created long ago—albums that breathe new life into the heart of the listener with their interesting and long-forgotten virtuosity and creativity; albums that you’re eager to add to your collection; albums that inspire deep philosophical reflection on perennial issues; albums that make powerful political statements; albums that were ahead of their time; albums that should have been classics. This album is not one of them. Dropped tempos, sloppy accompanying instrumentals, boring guitar riffs, mechanical bass lines, bad backing vocals, uncreative mixing, mindless lyrics, monotonous interludes, and over the hill rockabilly grooves, all demonstrate that The Flamin’ Groovies are a poor imitation of The Rolling Stones (when they’re not being a poor imitation of the early Elvis Presley [“Evil Hearted Ava”!—yuck]). Compare this album with the Stones’ Sticky Fingers, released the same year, and grab the Ipecac. These guys might have sufficed to play at your high school prom—yours, but not mine. Did you ignore this in 1971? If you did, it was for good reason. 1/5

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

I like the band name. It's pretty basic music unfortunately and nothing special by today's standards

First impressions is that they’re just a budget Rolling Stones. But then going through the album its quite interesting to hear all of their influences mixed in, from the blues to Elvis, showcasing their musicality. Then even touching on a bit of an early punk sound. Then ending with a complete show stopper in Whiskey Woman - Great song. Overall though, I cant get away from that generic pub rock vibe that does little to interest me. 2/5 - Pub cover band vibe with one good song

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.

I love how I started listening to this album and thought "Hey this sounds just like Exile on Main Street," and the one fun fact from the wikipedia page is that Jagger thought it sounded like Sticky Fingers. Well that's close enough. It's classic blues rock with some rockabilly and roots rock. Sounds good, but no outstanding tracks. Would likely never revisit this album outside the context of this list. Would have been 3 stars if they had originality.

Fucking great.

Not bad, but nothing really drew me in.

Punky, Ramones achtig, goed

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.

I know more of this than I thought. I but dated in places mind.

Surprenant, bon blues rock ca sonne craimemt birn. 4.

Warmed over Rolling Stones. So what.

Classic sounds. Enjoyable and fresh. Will listen again!

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.

What a surprise this was. I was completely unsure what to expect. The band name and title made me a li’l nervous. But then there was some good ol' bluesy, old school rock 'n' roll sounds that I really liked from the first time through…the whole thing, in fact. The vocals are sometimes a little wonky, and I jumped when they started screaming in "Yesterday's Numbers," and I'm not a big fan of gun violence threats against girlfriends (which seem to be very common in several genres of popular music). But I love all the varied guitar sounds in this. I love the bass in the title track. Each of these songs is just a little jarringly weird, and I really like them.

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.

I enjoyed this bluesy early 70s rock way more than I expected to. The recording sounds fantastic and the music is really well done. The performances are so energized and visceral. These guys are really great here! Loved the rockin' tracks like "High Flyin' Baby" and "Have You Seen My Baby." "Yesterday's Numbers" has a fantastic vocal performance... one of my favorite tracks. The title track's rockin' blues vibe and supporting harmonica runs through this album like a freight train. Great stuff! There's a great bluesy vibe really evident in "City Lights" about a country boy headed to NYC to see 'the empire's tallest building where the plane shot that big monkey, and they killed him.' You also get a dose of the 50s in songs like "32-20", "Evil Hearted Ada" (which could be an early Elvis song) and "Doctor Boogie" (with a particularly fun performance by the lead singer). The last song of the original album release "Whiskey Woman" is a great closer to the album. Love this song. I prefer stopping there for the album listening experience and not playing the six additional tracks added in 1999. Not that any of the additional songs are bad - in fact I liked them - but the album really feels most complete in its original incarnation. Maybe I'm just getting tired of great albums feeling a bit compromised when bonus tracks are tacked on willy-nilly in their re-releases. I really dig this album... happy to welcome Flamin' Groovies aboard my musical library!

I'd like to say "Teenage Head is awesome" and leave it at that, but some people might mistake that review for R. Kelly's life motto.

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

Poundland Rolling Stones

I'm not sure if these were trailblaizers or pioneers of modern rhythm and blues, but they sound like 99% of American rock bands from 68-72. If they set the sound fair enough, but they are buried under better versions.

I'm sure this was very important and groundbreaking in its day and all that. But now it just sounds like the soundtrack to the bit in a buddy movie when the buddies inadvertently get into a fight in a dodgy bar. I suppose someone had to do it first.

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.

surprisingly decent

For a band I've never heard of, this album was freaking great. It's everything I love about The Rolling Stones with a healthy dose of Violent Femmes sprinkled on top. This came out the same year as "Sticky Fingers" even. Apparently, after listening to "Teenage Head" Mick Jagger was like, "Oh yeah. That's what we were trying to do with 'Sticky Fingers' but they did it better." And he's not wrong. Put the two albums up against each other and "Teenage Head" just might come out on top. Absolute monster of an album.

It was ok

7/10

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

Very disappointing. Diverse styles implied a lack of confidence in their music. Won't be listening again and skipped through later tracks on the album.

Really enjoyed this. Raw guitar sound is great. Simple, balls out rockin.

One of the best albums the Stones ever put together was not actually by the Stones. Most excellent blues rock.

Reminds me of a bar band doing covers of late 50's / early 60's rock tunes. Whiskey Woman got interesting, but much of this sounded like style pastiches.

Thoroughly enjoyed it; some classic rockabilly tracks to lighten the mood. 4.5/5

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

Interesting albums with lots of blues and inspiration from other artists. Could hear hendrix, dylan, and elvis in a few songs. Liked the different vibes throughout the album

Decent album. I knew a couple of the songs.

First listen ok

Fun rock n roll, chaps voice gets irritating on occasion

Rockig country

Groovy is an apt description for this album!

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.

Meh

Rolling Clones

Forgettable because it just sounds like everything that had come out already. Doesn't stand out and be it's own thing and instead tows the line for what was already becoming outdated at that time.

Notable tracks: city lights, yesterday’s numbers, whisky woman Notes: blues rock type of album. Was not the biggest fan of the album, on some tracks I do enjoy the actual sound of it. But overall not really impressed (only listened to the original 9 tracks)

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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.

Starts off sounding like the rolling stones and in particular sticky fingers so im curious to know who inspired who... then there are a bunch of rock and roll standards which arent very interesting and their extended jams remind a bit of the doors (particularly on shakin all over), i liked their take on louie louie, but the standards bit of the album is nowhere nearly as interesting as the start. Oooh wikipedia says the original release is only the front bit, the rock standards are bonus from the re-issue, so thats why they are a bit mundane i suppose.

Rock clássico com muita cara de Stones.

not bad but very forgettable.

WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS BAND?! Funky slidey Southern Beefheart grooves. Makes Television make sense. Evil Hearted Eva channels Elvis through a rockabilly sound.