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wow a punk rock album unheard of
Für mich zu punkig
Mediocre early punk.
questi so fregni
Super solid punk rock record!!
it was fun but i am still aussie-phobic
Better than expected. Enjoyed the pace
Decent, candid punk album. Hadn’t heard of these before so lacks the reputation going into it that a lot of the albums on here have. Maybe that’s harsh
This is so much fun! I had never heard of it before but I had a great time. Real punk feel - distinctly feels separate from indie, new wave, etc to follow. Yet it feels smart and punchy in a way that I don't associate with earlier punk. Love that brass.
very good for how quickly it exited my brain.
Solid musicianship. But that voice constantly pulled it down into the basement of the high school talent show.
not bad, surprised i'd never heard of them
This is fine
I can see why, but very samey after the first few songs
It's fine. Didn't really move the needle for me, though.
Não é tipo de gênero que costumo ouvir, mas tem boas batidas, é bem animado, um clássico rock. A segunda faixa é bem mais animada e me identifiquei mais.
Bit repetitive, but fun also.
I appreciate the energy here. The band is talented. But they’re commitment to a particular punk sound gets tiresome over the course of this album — too repetitive. Plus, it’s punk. A 2.
Disappointing
Here's another punk rock album that is fine and would have been enjoyable had you been into that scene back when it was a scene and this album was new and fresh and you were hungering for more stuff that has echoes of The Stooges, but with some melodic outbursts. 48 years later, in the context of this list, it doesn't do anything for me.
Good fun rock n roll with a little bit of punk swagger.
I did not enjoy it.
Mis favoritas en primera escucha son Untitled, Memories Are Made Of This, A Minor Aversion, Know Your Product
Not so important, right?
Mew. Sounds like any other punk band from the late 70s. Some tracks reminiscent of the talking heads
Has lots of punch and energy! Just like the punk rock must be!
As an Aussie I’m embarrassed to say I’d never heard of The Saints. To be fair I was only 2 yrs old when this album came out. I absolutely loved this album, it’s a funky/punky album.
A good album, I liked Memories Are Made Of This and Untitled the most.
Decent tracks,
Kept forgetting I was not listening to the Ramones, which is a reductive review for sure. 2.5
my favorite kind of punk vocals where they draw everything out and make every vowel sound like someone going bluuuaaaarrrrgggghhhhh it just makes things sound more punk rock
I initially thought this was long and repetitive. I was listening to an extended edition :-( I think it was fine enough besides that
Jeg havde høje forventninger. Det lød interessant i beskrivelsen, god albumtitel. The Saints lyder som et klassisk bandnavn. Klassisk er nok også en god beskrivelse, for jeg havde INGEN oplevelse af originalitet. Jeg er selvfølgelig ikke meget inde i kronologien her, og de kunne sagtens have været first movers men med moderne ører var det svært at interessere mig for, da det lød som et miskmask af en masse ting jeg har hørt mange gange før. Jeg må indrømme at jeg synes det var meget kedeligt.
Solid, underrated punk rock
I really like trashy alt-rock and this was perfectly that!!!
It’s alright
Didn't mind it however I felt some of the musical choice to have the vocals down low and the guitars up high quite jolting. 😅
Fun overall. 2nd song is a bop More jangly guitar rock than punk Sounds both of its time and contemporary on some songs?
Pankerica
It was a fun album for the most part. However, after 15 tracks, I'd had enough. I don't think I'll be listening to this album again anytime soon. 3/5
This was a fun find as a part of this process. I hadn’t heard of them and the music is pretty good.
I can't believe I hadn't got around to listening to The Saints before. This album is a blast. It's way more varied than I expected, too. There's piano, sax, and one song has both a country/surf influenced lead guitar part and an acoustic part that reminded me of The Searchers' Needles and Pins. It's the swaggering best bits of Richard Hell and the Voidoids and Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, with a hint of Swell Maps. Chris Bailey's slurred sneer reminds me a bit of Iggy Pop and Mark E Smith. That's not just because I heard The Fall's version of This Perfect Day first.
Vilken käftsmäll till rockplatta. Soul, punk och rock n roll. Jag är inte obekant med the saints och kände till flera låtar som this is perfect day och know your product. Nu ångrar jag alla gånger jag bläddrat förbi denna i skivbutikerna
Punk rock is not hugely our genre but this is decent enough.
Enjoyed it. Would listen again . Stands out for the time
Snotty garage punk from the first wave. Is it ground breaking? No. It's just straight up good fun. Best Tracks: Know Your Product; No, Your Product; Run Down
Agfange met em erschte Song, esches e rächte Banger. Vorallem dä 80er vibe wos eifach abgod esch sehr geil. Dä, obwohls ned nome es Schlagzüüg ond Rockgitarre beenhaltet, wos vermuetlech vorallem so 80er mässig lönd lo töne, sondern äbe au Blöser. Die gönd aber ähnlech fescht ab wie de räscht ond drom passeds au mega guet ine. Wenn de t Stemm chond tönds de zwar weder plötzlech sehr britisch (obwohl t Band en australischi esch) ond erenneret sehr a Bands wie the Libertines. Trotzdem bliibt die Melodie sehr guet hange, halt au we sie i ganz vel verschednigi Teil hed, wo aber au riibigslos zämepassed. För de räscht vom Albom bliibt zwar ned nome t Gschwenigkeit, sondern au de Vibe rächt ähnlech, söscht nemmts aber klar ab. Wie scho im erschte Stock, hend fascht alli e sehr schnelle Beat, ond zwar rächt klar vom Schlagzüg dirigiert. Das god sogar so wiit, dasis fascht e chli langwiilig fende. Sie geäbed de Tackt aber söscht sends doch rächt langwiiligi Patterns. S andere hemmer jetzt halt scho meh als einisch gha, au wenns emmer e chli andersch tönt: Es schlönd eifach alli Intromänt of einisch of eim Ih. Ned dass sie am Afang nochenand wörded cho oder dass sie sech au während em Stock wörded Platz loh, nei es esch wie e Wettbewerb weles am meischte ustestecht. S Resultat vo dem esch alles anderi als Positiv för t Musig: T Melodie sälber god rächt onder, de Sänger esch fascht am schreie was sini, sowieso scho rächt ruuchi Stemm, ned im beschte Liecht lod lo schiine. So fühl ech mech rächt Orientierigslos, was au devo chond dass jedes Lied e chli ähnlech tönt (was wederom of die Ondergehendi Melodie, wo sowieso ned bsonders guet esch, ond die emmer gliichi Intromäntwahl zroggzfüehre esch). Es esch eifach erschöpfend för t Ohre ond ech be froh gse, wos de ändlech döre gse esch. So hani de s Lied "Untiteled" scho fascht weder schön ruhig gfonde obwohls au ned s liisligschte esch. Es ged aber au mängisch e chli Rueh was es scho mega ufwärtet. nichtsdestotrotz heds nome e begränzt gueti Melodie, wo vorallem us es paar Akkörd bestohd, ond so ned wörk hangebliibted. Ech gebe i dem Albom 2 Stärne. Es hed sech vo dem eine, einersiits dör s guete erschte Lied, aber au dörs rächt präzise Instrumentale chönne no eine ufebewege.
i couldn’t really get into this
Meh. Not a bad sound but feels derivative for 2009
Pretty good Aussie punk album. #AussiePunksFuckOff
Ok ok Aussie Punk. Finally something that's not US or UK based. This album seems way before it's time, with the ska-punk elements of the brass band, and is this the first punk album with a harmonica? Very interesting but I dig it and I think somehow fits somehow. Audio quality of this album is really bad though. A bigger fuller sound would be so great, so that's a bit disappointing. Overall, this is pretty much as punk as you can get. Hard sound, anti-establishment lyrics, and the addition of the brass/harmonica is great. It's even more special since they're from Australia. Not sure how known they were at the time in the US/UK, but they would have fit right in with the punk scene. Is the first reference of "crashing out" in No, Your Product? Kidding, but I do enjoy hearing phrases that have come around and are prevalent again.
I was not familiar with this group but I liked it well enough. Poppy garage punk, I liked the energy and the sound, 3+ stars.
Better than I expected. I'd call it 3.5 for a fun mix of pop punk and garage rock songs. I'd listen to it again and maybe check out the earlier catalogue.
I have a vague recollection of this band from the before times, but certainly didn't really know much of their music. I found this pretty fine overall...
It was good it was a change of pace. I liked it a lot more than the past rock albums I have gotten. No highlights but it was solid through out
Fine. 3.5
Solid post punk album with a killer opening track (Know Your Product).
Pleasant surprise, only knew the name. Some weaker tracks, but sounds more expansive than a lot of punk from the same time. 3.5 rounded up Heard before? Nope Owned: No 16/1001, 16/61 (26%) Will I get? I think so
Great
Lotta ideas and good sounds. Kinda Strokes & Iggy Pop vibes for late 70's and Australia. Had fun listening to it and bet it'd get really good with a few more listens. Not on par with the greats of all time... yet.
Totally solid punk album. I would have no objections if this was being played at the function.
This was pretty good, though I was hoping there'd be more varied instrumentation beyond the first track. It's by far the best track of the album and the only one that says to me "This is a unique group worth listening to". I liked the rest of it too, but I wish they did a bit more. They clearly had the talent. It's basically a pop-punk album, if you can call something that in the 70's. It's not terribly aggressive and while the lyrical themes are mostly in line with punk music of the time, it doesn't have that edge that some of the more popular (or even the more interesting) punk bands did. Like if someone said "make a generic punk album that will get played on the radio" this would be it, minus the first track.
A nice little punk band with horns. Not ska. Bet they are fun live.
Simple and fun punk rock that goes down easy.
Classic 70’s punk rock with hooks and sneer
An enjoyable punk album.
Pretty standard late 70s style punk (though Australian instead of English!) But I like that style of music and I enjoyed this album.
A pleasant surprise of an album. I've never heard of them. This was fantastic. Horns added depth. Various punk sounds & also some surfer vibes too. 4
I enjoyed this Australian flavor of pretty straight forward punk.
Shitty hipster punk
Not bad. A decent early punk album. 3/5 Might listen again
This was quite interesting, more than I was expecting for a 70s rock group I'd not heard of. But still I think unlikely I would revisit. 3.4/5
Only remember hearing "Perfect Day" from them but this is a great example of early punk and I'd listen to it again. It has the advantage of lots of powerful tracks in a short space of time!
Awesome, high energy punk. They must've been one of the first bands to add brass to punk, but it already sounds really complete as a sound, not just an experiment. Playlist.
first listen fun vibe, nothing too standout
One of Australia's top punk bands, the Saints never made a lot of noise in the U.S, but their influence can clearly be heard in a lot of other bands.
eh
Not bad. I generally don't like punk too much. I love the energy and the grit, but I dislike the "proud I don't know how to play this" ethos. These guys know how to play though! Overall it's pretty good. (Especially the horns!) I don't love the guys voice. Mostly it's just Ok, but occasionally he leans into the punk vibe and it's a bit screechy/whiny. I miiight come back to listen to this again sometime. It's a solid 3 for me.
Decent
I can tolerate this, one of the more listenable punk albums but if this project has taught me anything it's that I'm not a punk.
It was fine. Not very memorable. Felt like a chore to get through.
You'd think Punk of all genres would be less formulaic, but no, every single song sounds basically identical. Meh.
Not heard this one before & enjoyed this one a lot. I can see myself listening again.
Never even heard of The Saints. Fun little punk album. I liked it.
Engaging and energetic - can hear their influence in a lot of bands (especially The Strokes in the vocals). The Saints create a compelling intensity that they sustain throughout, and the instrumentation is exciting and an interest meld with the addition of horns. I liked it, planning to revisit.
rock/punk australiano quindi gasa ma da metà album ti stufa un po'
Embarrassed to say I haven’t heard of these guys. Just like Wire, there was clearly more to the punk scene than I have properly explored. This album started and ended in spectacular, and weird, fashion. I’m in.
Dug it more the longer I listened. Paired well with the mood I was in (open house night).
This is kind of a nothing album.
alright. doesn't move me at all though
Some cool use of different instruments.
This is my kind of punk. Super tight, fun, with excellent riffs. Love the extra horns and instrumentation. Very happy to have discovered this. 4/5
I can’t do another one of these hair bandesque type
At least it's not a British post punk? Its much more how American punk evolved, but there is one song that sounds exactly like the music on handyman hal and my two year old has destroyed me from that sound. Plus how many punk bands from 1975-81 are needed on this stupid list? Disco exists?
Na trenutke zabavno, većinom ne, zvuči dosta loše većinu vremena. 2/5, 3/10
Australian punk is a new genre for me, but to be honest it’s pretty similar to punk from anywhere else in the world. The album opens with the update “Know Your Product”, a pointed blast at consumer culture, featuring an excellent horn section which definitely adds a bit of pep. The album sags a little after this but there are some nice touches of humour and political savvy. Judging by this album they were unjustly overlooked at the time, but interesting in retrospect and definitely an influence on the second wave of punk bands like the Boomtown Rats and others.
Good, honest punk. Not revolutionary, but everything you can expect from a punk band from the late 70s.
Solid! Crunchy semi-punk I’d never heard before.
Fun ass punk album from the late 70s. 70s punk is hit or miss for me but this was a hit. Basically the first 6 tracks are a phenomenal run of songs. Then the second half while not as strong is still quite good. This album is a good
62/100. While the album sounds good and the playing is tight, there’s a ceiling to how far it goes. The songwriting stays serviceable but rarely striking, and the genre-blending feels more exploratory than fully realized. It’s a solid second effort.
Australian punk goes R&B, what's not to love about this album? One of my favorite classic punk rock albums of all time. That voice, those guitars, those horns....perfect.
What a great album. A bit T-Rex, a bit the Stones, good vibes.
Pretty good punk album nothing too special
Fun little album, nothing that amazing
I like The Saints, but I've got to say a whole album of Chris Bailey's singing does get to me. It seems that the sound engineer on this album had a similar thought as I felt that the vocals were being slowly turned down against the other tracks. Anyway, I was going to give it a 3 but the last song swayed it up to a 4 as it was a fun end to a good album.
I was still in high school and listening to southern rock bands (sometime late in my HS years, I went to a Dead concert which also included Eddie Money and some now forgotten "southern rock" band (.38 special?) at Autzen in Eugene OR). I did start listening to Talking Heads around then. But THIS band? Nope... That was out of my wheelhouse. My bad.... If I had listened to these guys then, man, I'd be (almost) cool. But when you grow up in southern Oregon, you're bound to be at least 20 years behind the times. In this case 45 years....) I missed out. 4 outta 5 stars.
Rating: 2.9 The lost soundtrack to a Tony Hawk game where you play as a kangaroo. Never came out for some reason.
not 4 me
This album rules. The horns were particularly great.
while admittedly much of this album sounds dated, there are some pretty cool songs on here. “midnight” and “body count” particularly stood out to me, the latter of which kicked off his metal side project of the same name. the rest of the album is what one might expect of a gangsta rap album, hyper misogynistic with over the top violence.
At first this felt like a bunch of generic filler songs and by the end, that opinion didn’t change.
Know Your Product This Perfect Day
Interesting usage of a horn in punk music. Reminds me of I can't get no satisfaction.
1978 is way too late to be making this type of music
This is #day384 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... as much as I love this period in music, this record has mostly left me indifferent. At times, I heard echoes of Magazine, the band from around the same time I like, but otherwise, I have little to say. At least I learned that Kurt Cobain included the song "Know Your Product" amongst his top 50 records of all time. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day385.
Not my thing really. Mod rock/punk in style a bit like The Jam. Basic instrumentation, singer not the best
Guy on the cover looks tired. He sounds tired too. Punk without the oomph. At least it's not the British pop girl group The Saints, which is what I feared for from this list when the name came up.
"Punk with trumpets" Tony - 2025
I'd never heard of this band before listening to this album. Pretty solid, but no songs stuck out as something I will return to. A very tight punk band, cool that there are horns on some tracks.
A punk record that gets lost in the flood of 1978 releases. The Saints may have come all the way from Australia, but here the energy feels watered down, the songs blur together, and nothing leaves a lasting impression — especially in a year overflowing with both punk and the first wave of post-punk records.
Ah, les Saints… Pour une bonne partie du monde, et surtout pour les punks à crête qui refusaient de voir plus loin que le bout de leurs Doc Martens éventrées, The Saints, c’est avant tout un album, un seul : "(I’m) Strangled". Une mandale sortie de nulle part en 1977, un concentré de rage australienne, brute, morveuse et aussi subtile qu’un parpaing lancé à travers la vitrine d’un disquaire. Un disque essentiel, un classique, le genre de truc qui vous file une pêche d’enfer et vous donne envie de renverser des poubelles. Et puis, un an plus tard, en 1978, débarque ce truc : Eternally Yours. Et là, c'est le drame. Du haut de mes 8 ans à l’époque, je n’ai évidemment pas vécu le schisme en direct. Mais des années plus tard, quand je travaillais dans une boutique de disques, j’ai vu défiler les puristes, ceux qui venaient chercher le premier album et qui regardaient la pochette d’Eternally Yours avec le même dédain qu’un végétalien devant un stand de merguez. Il faut dire qu’il y avait de quoi les faire hurler à la trahison. Pensez donc : des cuivres. OUI, DES CUIVRES ! Sur un album d’un groupe punk ! Un sacrilège absolu pour la chapelle du "No Future". Le morceau d'ouverture, "Know Your Product", est un cas d'école. Ça commence comme un brûlot punk bien nerveux, et puis, sans prévenir, une section de cuivres rutilante vient tout défoncer, pas pour adoucir le propos, non, mais pour lui donner une ampleur soul, une patate quasi Stax Records. On imagine la tête des mecs en 1978 : "Qu’est-ce que c’est que cette merde ? Ils se sont vendus !". Pour eux, le punk, c'était trois accords, de la sueur et une colère sourde, pas un big band sous amphétamines. Et c'est précisément là que The Saints ont prouvé qu'ils étaient bien plus qu'un simple groupe de punk. Ils étaient des musiciens, des vrais, avec une vision qui dépassait le cadre étriqué du "punk pour les punks". Ils avaient compris que l'énergie brute pouvait être canalisée, arrangée, et qu'elle n'en serait que plus puissante. La voix de Chris Bailey, éraillée, insolente, reste le fil conducteur. Le mec ne chante pas, il crache ses poumons, qu'il y ait une trompette ou un saxophone derrière lui, ça ne change rien à son urgence. Et pour l'urgence, elle est toujours présente car le disque a sacrément bien vieilli. Mieux, en fait, que des dizaines d'albums de punk de la même époque qui sonnent aujourd'hui comme des démos enregistrées au fond d'un garage humide. Pourquoi ? Parce que les chansons sont là. "Private Affair", "A Minor Aversion"... Ce sont des putains de bons morceaux de rock'n'roll, point barre. La production est plus ample, plus léchée que sur le premier, mais elle ne dénature jamais la hargne du groupe. Au contraire, elle la met en valeur. C'est l'album qui fait le pont entre le punk primal et ce qui allait devenir la new wave ou le post-punk. On sent une intelligence, une ambition qui manquaient cruellement à beaucoup de leurs contemporains. Quand je réécoute ça aujourd'hui, en 2025, presque un demi-siècle après sa sortie, je me dis que ce disque est un formidable "doigt d'honneur" à tous les dogmes. Un doigt d'honneur aux puristes, un doigt d'honneur aux catégories bien rangées. The Saints ont fait ce qu'ils voulaient, en se foutant royalement de savoir si ça allait plaire à la police du punk. Ils ont mélangé le feu de la soul et la fureur du rock de garage, et le résultat est un cocktail Molotov sophistiqué. On est loin de la perfection, entendons-nous bien. L'album a ses moments un peu plus faibles, il flotte parfois entre deux eaux, ne sachant pas s'il doit cogner ou séduire. Mais c'est aussi ce qui fait son charme. C'est le son d'un groupe en pleine mutation, qui se cherche et qui, dans cette quête, trouve des moments de grâce absolue. C’est un disque qui a des couilles et un cerveau, une combinaison finalement assez rare. Le 4/5 est donc amplement mérité. Ce n'est pas le disque le plus important de l'histoire du punk, mais c'est l'un des plus intelligents et, rétrospectivement, des plus audacieux. Une preuve éclatante qu'on peut évoluer sans se renier.
'Know Your Product' blasted through my Bluetooth speaker and I was automatically excited about this album! The horns were absolutely pumping! The rest of the band (singer included) reminded me of generic punk bands of the 70s-80s, a kind of groany/flat voice and that guitar sound/riff type that is prevalent in that era. Sadly, the rest of the album is fairly generic. The horns waved goodbye and I don't remember hearing them again. A harmonica turned up at some point. There were small areas of catchyness and you could tell they were trying to vary the tone throughout. I'm sure if 'I was there' when this album was big, I'd understand more. But, like a lot of albums/bands of this time ('The Replacements', I'm looking at you!), I didn't buy the hype. 3 Stars.
This is like having your own unique personality but then going to school and finding out the things you like aren’t cool. So you stop collecting Warhammer 40k and start doing what the cool kids are doing, in order to fit in. You manage to keep up appearances and fit in with the popular crowd, but your heart isn’t really in it.
Enjoyed this. A nice change up
This is pretty standard late-70's punk, but on the catchier end of that spectrum. It's good stuff, but not much to set it apart from similar-sounding bands from that time. Standout Track(s): Lost and Found, Memories Are Made of This, New Centre of the Universe
Eternally bores Maybe I'm asking too much of punk as a genre, but do all of the apparent "must listens" have to sound exactly the same? I know there's better stuff out there, I've heard it
All very fun, but all SO samey like sooooo samey. Liked the little laugh near the beginning of International Robots.
interesting album, enjoyed the trumpets. enjoyed it less after hearing the vocals.
I liked the first part it sounded great I liked sax and trumpets. Than album slows down and I think lost that energy even though it had This Perfect Day in the middle. But after that returned to being mid. Overall I think it's a good punk rock album for it's time I also think sax and trumpets are definetly interesting. Will I listen it again? I highly doubt it, but I definetely found few songs that I liked. Fav songs: Know you product Lost and found Memories Are Made of This This Perfect Day Orstralia 3 or 3.5/5
First listen, and while I don’t particularly like the horns on the first track, I did enjoy this album. Some of it is very Ramones-esque in its rhythm, with a bit of Stooges in there too. The Hives have drawn from these guys quite a bit. It’s a cool album, with lots to like. There is energy in the music, a bit of bite in the vocals, and mercifully few horns. It’s less consistent, and more eclectic, than I expect punk to be, and there is a pretty cool pop vibe on there that lifts it from being too Ramones lite. Enjoyed it a lot and will definitely revisit.
Ok
Loud and discordant. Not a fan of punk.
You know 5/10
Never heard of them before, but great to hear a band prove you can be punk and be good musicians. They deserve to be better known. Not completely sold on the inclusion of a horn section, but I appreciate the variety.
I started this thinking it would be ok, and the brass was a nice touch, but it quickly got dull. Punk shouldn’t be this shiny and clean imo.
Great energy and rhythms on this record. The guitars are great, vocals get me moving and the overall sound is really appealing. Digging this record a lot and will certainly explore more from this group.
Meh. Not a fan of the lead singers voice. Got annoying pretty quickly. 4/10
La letra de cada una de las canciones es fascinante y te sumerge en cada una de ellas haciendo que de alguna forma de identifiques y digas “A huevo así es este mundo” Diría que mi favorita fue Memories are made of this
Oddly, I enjoyed this album. I’m a big fan of late 70’s punk but unlike the Sex Pistols or The Ramones, The Saints had slower more complicated songs. I’ll listen again.
This one surprised me. I usually blow through the punk/rock albums offered up here but I actually listened to this album all the way through. I liked the energy and the songs with horns. There was enough variety in the songs that it didn't get to sound too same-y. I ended up rather liking this one. 3.5/5
Initial reaction: cool riff & love the brass, vocals not it.
Nice old-school punk with some stylistic flavor that I really appreciate. Gives me some sort of shoegazey vibes at times but still feels like great classic punk.
Lightweight early punk - it’s fine but very ubremarkable.
Engaging but a bit too rowdy for me
I'm sure that this was a seminal album in the punk movement or something, but this is just not my genre. It was alright -- three stars.
4/5
Garage-ey rock
so so ... and how can Punk have all these instruments
I’m meh about this album. Just not overly impressed. I’m sure they made waves when they were around but now this music is dated and boring.
Lots of energy, skilled musicianship and some occasional horns, thought this was a fun listen
Waa ok but needed more trrumpet.
Great opening track but didn't keep it going, all got a bit generic
Noisy boys making noisy noise. I would rate this as standard punk, but was interested to read their first album came out before most other punk.
Listening to this for the first time... haven't we had this before? I guess the difficulty with listening to an unfamiliar band, (on the 1001 list), is trying to establish whether they were inspired by or an inspiration to a particular genre.
An unremarkable but nonetheless pleasant punk album. Nothing life-changing here, it’s neither hardcore nor pop punk - just regular, standard punk music for people who aren’t completely drunk (yet). It lacks a bit of punch and all songs sound pretty similar (as is the case with most punk albums, honestly), but there’s also nothing really bad. Probably won’t listen to it again by myself, but I could at least blast a few tracks at a party without having my friends run away in terror.
I really liked this I thought it was very good
This is a hidden gem. I was surprised by the horns at first, worried this was going to be some kind of proto-ska, but they don't dominate throughout. The album is just filled with really solid punk fused with 50s rock-n-roll. Some songs feel like they could just be by The Stooges or MC5, more Detroit punk than British. I think this must get lost in the saturation of great punk records around 1978, but it should be more in the discussion. Rating 4/5 for now, but I could see this moving to a 5/5 after some relistens.
Australian 70s punk rock. Starts with amazing energy. Horns.
Punk is not really my genre, but this had a couple that were enjoyable.
This is exactly how I like my punk music. Crunchy, melodic, and with a big sound. Love the use of horns throughout the record. Great album!
This album has its moments, but there were definitely "how is this still going," which I think says something about an album that's only 36 minutes long. This was too good for the ⭐⭐ rating I'm going to give it, but not good enough for ⭐⭐⭐. 2.75
This was an interesting blend of kind of punk and rock from 2009 that I'd never heard of before. It did start to get a bit repetitive for me but it was overall a decent 3 star album.
Opening track is alright, with the horns. Didn't care for the rest of the album. I just can't get into punk. 1 star.
Punk clásico de la primera ola (finales de los 70), con dos particularidades. La primera es que no proviene de EE. UU. ni del Reino Unido, sino de Australia. La segunda peculiaridad del álbum es su estilo más pulido que otras bandas contemporáneas, que hasta incluye vientos. Por lo demás, es punky hasta decir basta: una batería que no da descanso, guitarras enérgicas con acordes de quinta distorsionados por doquier y solos infrecuentes y mustios, acompañados por un cantante mediocre pero que le echa muchas ganas. Un estilo muy ramonesco, aunque con menos gancho. Teniendo ya a Ramones, Sex Pistols o Stooges en la lista, la verdad es que este álbum sobra. Pero no puedo resistirme a darle buena nota.
Know Your Product //
Punk bones but college rock flesh, with jangly REM guitars and horns filling out the glam punk NY Dolls inspired sound, a slacker drawl singing style, and some clean power pop hooks complementing the overdriven four-chord garage rock riffs. Extremely effective straight ahead rock and roll, the less said about that harmonica the better though.
Album 849 of 1089 The Saints - Eternally Yours (1978) Rating : 3 / 5 Some fun punk with a surprising splash of horns right out of the gate that grabbed my attention. There’s solid musicianship here—especially the bass work—and the album has a loose, raw energy that keeps things interesting throughout. Not something I would have likely stumbled onto outside of this project, but that’s part of the fun. If punk is in your wheelhouse, this one is well worth a spin.
Favorite Track: Lost and Found
Some of my lowest grades so far have been for punk albums. Maybe it's the Strokes-esque adlib at the start of the opening track, but this was genuinely listenable, to the point where I could imagine myself choosing to listen to this. And while Memories Are Made of This has aged... horribly, I think it's easy to look at punk lyrics and get cynical and eye-rolly. But there's parts of this that reminded me of later works. I have listened to 'Bohemian Like You' a bunch, is it really so different from something like 'Know Your Product?'
liked this a lot! first time listening to aussie punk rock!
Decent album, raw, innovative, early punk with horns. Deserves to be on the list.
Wasn’t familiar with this band but a good punk rock album.
I’ll give them a three for the horns on a few songs. That is all.
I likely wont listen again. I did not like anything about this really. Not the worst, but wasnt good
Decent ‘70’s punk/garage. Sounds a lot like The Stooges & New York Dolls. The Strokes sound like they took a cue off of these guys. Liked it. Not sure about making the 1001 list though
Billy Idol learnt a lot from this, I’d wager.
It's fine, it's just good enough classic punk music, 2.5
Great
Their second album. Punk. Very good musicianship for a 70s Punk band. Plus horns !? Horns in Punk !? It works Ha ! Lost and Found is a good track. This is polished Punk. Trumpets and harmonica in places. They make it work though. At times you can hear The Strokes. Brisbane based Punk band. No, Your Product - Cool track. Orstralia, really good track. This lot are The Strokes twenty five years before The Strokes. Really good album !
Meh, nothing to enthralling for me. Had a hard time focusing on the songs before getting distracted with something else
aussie punk
This is my first time listening to this album. It is an excellent early punk album, and the band is very talented musically. I enjoyed it immensely and have added it to my collection.
Seemed simplistic and a light version of Punk that I really don't care for. Overall, not as bad as most punk albums, more musically tilted than screaming noise tilted.
It was ok. Another one that it hard to remember too much about the next day good or bad.
No salgo del punk con esta app. En este caso, punk rock australiano clásico con ciertos toques bailables, tal y como me gusta a mí este género. Me sorprendió la inclusión de algunos instrumentos de viento, sobre todo en la primera canción. Decente. 3/5
Away from home on walking holiday in Lake District so had to shove this on whilst on the fells in over 25 degrees of heat. Punk not normally my barrow but this album surprisingly helped my yomp. Not your common a garden 3 chord songs but a lot more sophisticated bordering on the best The Ramones managed. All in all good for what I did today but on any other not an album I would buy or listen to again. 2.5/5 10/7/25
Good first impressions, opener is great. Similar style to some stuff I already listen to. the mix of brass with the guitar is wow! Never heard anything particularly similar, very unique. Listening to the International Robot Sessions became a bit of a drag but the main album was good. Early punk rock so its a bit before my taste - cool to see how it has influenced later music.
Really not bad. I enjoyed the listen. Slightly post-punk.
Nice punk album.
A bit repetitive and not my style
The horns are unexpected, the sound is a bit too polished, but the punk attitude is there. It’s not groundbreaking, but I dig it.
First listen to these guys, fantastic.
their sound reminds me a lot of david bowie. i really enjoyed listening to the album.
I had never heard of these guys. Australian punk band, cool. This was a good listen, but probably not one I'll revisit much. I added Orstralia to my playlist because I love the horns.
Nice to discover a new punk rock album.
I enjoyed this so much more than other punk albums that sound basically exactly the same, and I’m not sure what it is that makes it different to my ears. Guess I will never know. (ntm.)
Just not my kind of music
Never heard of them, but this album packs a punch. I like it better than more well known punk bands of the era like the Ramones and Sex Pistols. Simultaneously raw and refined. I would have liked to have seen them live in their prime
sympa en vrai!! j'avais jamais entendu parler d'eux du tout, l'album est quali je trouve, les musiques sont cool. elles sont pas non plus incroyables ou mémorables, mais ça s'écoute !
Highlights: Know Your Product, Lost and Found, No Your Product, Orstralia In a nutshell: fun punk rock. When asked on r/1001AlbumGenerator how Australians learned about The Saints, one user said: "Maybe it's an age thing, but that [is] similar to asking how you learnt about INXS, AC/DC, Jimmy Barnes etc. You didn't learn about them, they just were..." The Saints were one of a handful of 70s bands that fostered generations of Aussie musicians. Too many to name. What some may not know, they can safely lay claim for recording the first punk rock song- (I'm) Stranded- after the Ramones released their eponymous debut. To quote our mate Molly Meldrum, "do yourselves a favour..." Overall: 7/10
This is so much fun.
Good musicianship but it's not my thing
Good punk rock record
It’s ok. The lead seems to really like himself to the point of being smugly insufferable.
I didn’t really enjoy this.
"Know Your Product" is an absolutely scorching hot introduction to the album. And the album itself sounds like a blueprint for the garage rock revival of the 2000s. It's a very enjoyable album, that feels like some young dudes wanting to be like their punk idols and also managing to do something new and fresh.
Like all of the classics that came out of this era that fall under the 'punk' genre there's some samey-ness but the interesting parts are what they did differently than their contemporaries on the the other distant areas of the planet. Definitely a worthwhile listen and might occasionally make it into punk rotations. I'm biased because I love a lot of what was happening between ~1975 and ~1982.
Классный панк, не рамонес, но близко - катать на скейте самое то, такой саундтрек прогулочный)
158/1089 - Solid. Arrangements are the best part. Like the recent Beach Boys album nothing stands out in a way that would make this a 5 star imo. Needs more solid and varied song structure.
Kind of standard grunge/punk really. Nothing stellar but not too offensive.
Not that great lol. But tolerable
Jammin'. Another new to me album. This thing has great energy throughout. High quality early punk rock. Another solid from the generator.
First couple of tracks I thought I was really onto something here. But I did find it started lacking variety and losing my attention halfway through each of three listens. I do quite like the early punk and ska-adjacent vibes but beyond a couple of strong tracks it probably won't stay with me too long.
A fine dose of proto-punk, and another one of those bands where I’m far more familiar with the groups they inspired. Much as I enjoyed the more energetic tracks, it’s songs like ‘Untitled’ that made me appreciate how far ahead of their time they were. That acoustic sound is great - something punk bands just didn’t do at the time but now is obligatory. And the brassy sound in ‘Know Your Product’ was great. Often compared to the Ramones apparently but way more interesting as far as I’m concerned.
Off the cuff remark: a dirty slice of rock'n'roll that must surely be an influence on the likes of the Hives and Birdland Standout track: Know Your Product Relisten?: I would be happy to but in all honesty I don't think I will look for it...
Ganske midt på treet. Fint med litt variert instrumentasjon
Really enjoyed this. Would listen again.
Sounds like they missed the 70s British Invasion… did not like this.
Horns and punk rock? What a concept.
Oh wow I was not expecting this at all lol
This was a solid album. None of the songs made it to my favourites playlist, but I didn't hate any of the songs either.
Kinda early punk? Idk it’s ok
It was ok
drei bis vier
How on earth did this Aussie band from my youth get on this list when Midnight Oil, a hundred’s time superior, doesn’t? (Or I couldnt find them on the list, anyway). Headbanger stuff and not very good at that. Forgettable 1
odlično! na neke momente podsjeća me na vajolent fems i na strokse, iako je ovo dakako starije. baš fora
3.5
Fantastic sneering punk rock from Australia. I had only heard a 7" by this band before (I forget the title & I don't feel like going into my music run to dig out my copy) and liked it just fine but never heard anything besides that one single. I'm happy that changed today. I really liked it in fact I liked it so much I heard it four times already! Enough talking I'm going to go hear it again & see what a vinyl copy goes for on eBay & likely order it this morning. Long Live The Saints!
Punky and great. Exactly what I wanted. 4/5
I am not a fan of punk rock. I don't like the vocal and the throbbing beat.
Surprisingly refreshing!
I don't really have that many strong opinions about this one. It's a bit more musical than some other punk-rock bands, but it still feels a bit samey in my opinion. It's just ok.
I could see where someone might say this is a little soft and the musicality too good for true punk, but it hit the right spot for me. Good album!
Same drum beat for every song with some moaning in the background.
Rock and roll. It felt pretty generic to me.
Im not a huge fan of classic rock honestly, highlights were Ostralia, and untitled.
It's a lot of fun, but the singing sucks lol. Replace the singer, and I'm probably having a good time with this album. But the singing is such a problem that I can't even find a song that I think is the best. The horns are a pretty cool addition to an otherwise pretty standard punkish album. Elaborating on what I dislike about the voice: it's just really lazy and poorly enunciated, and it ends up making a really gross end product that makes the album not really worth listening to. Favorite Song(s): Orstralia
Great tunes - thanks!
I was not expecting to love this!
Long album of Australian punk music. One track I liked was 'No, Your Product'
“Eternally Yours suena como si un alma sudorosa, rota y orgullosa hubiera estallado en mil riffs y se hubiera rearmado con saxofones afilados y fauces llenas de nicotina. Es el tipo de disco que te golpea como una lluvia ácida en pleno funeral: lúgubre, sí, pero también vivificante. Chris Bailey canta como si odiara tener que explicar lo que siente, como si su garganta fuera una autopista de vidrio rota y cigarrillos mentolados. ‘Know Your Product’ abre como una declaración de guerra al cinismo: una fanfarria soul-punk que suena como si los Stooges y los MG’s se hubieran embriagado juntos en Brisbane. Y de ahí, todo es un descenso glorioso. A veces torpe, a veces sublime, este disco no quiere agradarte. Quiere sobrevivirte. Como la resaca emocional de una noche con los Buzzcocks y una copia barata de Bleak House. Es punk que se arrastra por callejones oscuros y luego silba baladas con la nariz rota. No es perfecto, pero qué bueno que no lo sea.”
Solid and above expectations - a rare combo of punk band and seemingly actual good musicians. Enjoyed the incorporation of the horns
Fine. Pretty punky.
Doesn't leave a lasting impact, but it's a a simple, enjoyable punk album
Lyrics can be pretty dated but the music is good
2.5 upgraded to 3 because I have a soft spot for music from down under
I enjoyed Eternally Yours more than I expected, it's a more polished punk sound than a lot of stuff from this era and the horn section definitely goes down well with me when used, I've always enjoyed ska-punk and adjacent genres. It's not flawless, the bookends of the album are weaker than the middle, but the run through the middle is really good and No, Your Product is a genuinely brilliant song that sounds 25 years ahead of its time. Think it's a high 3 on balance but there's quite a bit of good stuff on here and a coupla tracks I'd definitely go back to regularly. 3⭐️
Does exactly what it says on the ti 3
A really fun album, remarkably early punk album that combines great tunes, solid musicianship, punk attitude and sneer, and a bit of spice with horns. I had never heard this album before and I'm now going whole hog into the Saints catalog. If you like early punk (Ramones, Damned), you will surely like this.
I enjoyed this album, was great to run too.
Good.
Fun!
I was tempted to give this a four to compensate for how weary I've become of Punk music on this list. I can tell this is one of the better ones, my toe was tapping, the songs didn't quite all sound the same and the band sounds tight. But all the same, in the grand scheme of what's available this isn't that noteworthy.
Ripping album. Belter of an opener and the whole thing shreds from there. Made me want to down a few pints and thrash about in a sweaty pub bandroom. Really scratched an itch for me as have been getting more into punk rock recently. Story is so cool - formed in Brisbane & started out playing in their sharehouse because they couldn’t get any gigs. And basically went on to pioneer the genre in Australia and were even ahead of the emergence of the scene in the UK. It’s wild reading how influential & revered they were in the global punk movement. Can really hear their influence in some great current bands like Skeggs, Chats, Dune Rats & Amyl which have really owned that distinctive Aussie pub/ surfer rock sound which has had a massive revival over in the last decade. Must get this on vinyl. Dad & Dust - both right up your alley!
Never heard it before! Thanks! Perfect punk band! I like it.
This album is like a Tinder date, good first impression, then straight downhill.
Quintessential punk.
There's a lot of punk on this list - and I like punk - but let's be honest, most of this is hard to distinguish between. It's good. Whatever.
All around good rock and roll, but none if the songs are significant or memorable. You can never really know what’s going to carry a song or album to the big leagues, and The Saints never figured it out either.
Sublime. Exactly what I signed up for. A band I'd never heard of that blew me away. Absolutely slaps.
Never heard of this band before, I like them
The first thing that surprises me is the horn section. And then, it’s that there’s less than six months between this record and The Sex Pistols’ “Nevermind…”. And then, for about seven songs it’s just that it gets better and better, right until the cataclysmic crescendo of “No, your product”. (Not that I’m suggesting there’s a drop off in quality – far from it.) This is one of those albums – one that’s an entire genre’s output presented as synecdoche; track after track so completely full of potential for others to unravel. There’s “Know your product” (ska punk), “No, your product” (grunge – Kurt Cobain was a fan of The Saints), International Robots (pop punk, obviously) … whole sub genres sketched out in 3-minute bursts. Aside from what’s immanent and what it portends, it’s also a bloody brilliant punk record. Tune after tune, stomp after stomp – pound for pound as perfect as a punk record is likely to ever be. So while they might not have sneered controversial things toward completely safe targets or bopped their way through any bangers wearing occlusive bangs … The Saints could write, and The Saints could play. Maybe better than any of them. “Eternally yours” is punk’s first triumph of substance over style.
Pretty good, reminded me of The Ramones
Meh
This project loses my appreciation when the albums all start to blend together. This is what I thought at first with this album then those horns came in and I went wait wait wait. This perfect day is a fantastic song. I don't normally love punk but this album might convince me otherwise. That being said -- I do think it's a tad too long.
Like the vibe, but got quite boring
Not too shabby, fun listen. Good energy, varied songwriting and instruments, like the acoustic guitars . Not a lot more to say3,5 Star
I can dig it. Sounds a lot like The Strokes to me
Not quite sure on that one...
Punk Rick with instruments? Very nice.
Definitely one of the slightly better punk rock albums on this list. I think what it lacks in originality it makes up for in energy.
Maybe punk isn't good
This was a solid punk record, and the horn section really elevates many of the tracks. Most of them sound very similar, but it is generally enjoyable to sit through.
Fun punk. Could have used more horns! (31 known/63 new)
Whatever, generic punky energy, blends into the background.
uhhhh no
I quite liked it but it hasn’t left much of an impression I think that’s called damning with faint praise
Either it's something to do with the albums included in this list or I'm just never enamored by early punk records. This album is honestly just boring to me.
This fucking rips. It’s like the Dead Boys and Stooges manifested an Australian stepchild and threw them out into the universe. These dudes should be in the punk pantheon for their creativity alone. It’s not a perfect album and there’s some strays here and there, but overall one I’ll come back to.
3.5/5
Proto Strokes. Why haven't I heard this?
More mid. Shame.
A new one for me which I'm surprised about as I liked a bit of punk back in the late 70s. Great album
Smooth! They make it look effortless. A great discovery for me. 4.2
Meh, some bit of this was okay musically but I wasn't a fan of matey's vocals
Decent for punk music, not entirely my taste but it was listenable. 5/10
Felt like there was a little bit too much going on and made it hard to focus on. 2.5/5
Didn’t do it for me. 2.5
I like punk but I don’t see the point of the album on a list like this
pass
I got all patriotic seeing an Aussie band pop up. For those that don't know this is the band that kickstarted Australian punk music, releasing their first single in 1976, beating the Sex Pistols, Clash and the Damned to the punch. Sadly like many Aussie bands they had to move overseas to make it. This is a classic album from a criminally under rated band, that helped shape punk.
Opening track is a banger, decent the rest.
The opening track is the clear highlight, but after that, the album loses some steam. The added horn section brings a punch and energy that really elevates the songs - without it, the tracks feel far less engaging. It’s a solid punk record with some standout moments, but it doesn’t maintain that initial spark throughout.
Australian. Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy. Oi oi oi The saints are a seminal punk band and brilliant. I suspect this is here for American hipsters but5 stars for having taste for once.
A formative part of my musical education was sitting up late watching Rage, the long running, all night music video show that ran on Australian ABC television every Friday and Saturday night. Friday nights were new releases, and Saturday nights were guest programmers, where local and touring international musicians videos from the ABC's extensive library. They would talk about why they chose the various clips, explaining their influences. One of the clips that many programmers frequently chose was "Know Your Product" by the Saints. It's a terrific clip and you should go watch it right now (https://youtu.be/h9M3b9lh-7s?si=7azGljV74j_iB4ZS ). The Saints were massively influential in Australia because they showed that a band from the backwater of Brisbane could be as important and innovative as any London band hyped in the NME. They had a powerful and intense sound (Ed Kuepper's guitar tone is awesome) which was much emulated, along with pioneering the career move of relocating to the UK, later followed by the Birthday Party, the Go-betweens, the Triffids and others. I love this record, and am shocked that I don't own it already. (It's going on my want list). I actually really love the horns, although I know they were divisive at the time. I think they give the album extra punch, without seeming out of place in a punk album. Maybe we are more comfortable with genre cross-pollination these days. I think it also has become clear the extent to which punk was not musical ground zero, but rather a return to the essence of rock and roll, re-imagined in a new way. (Thanks to Simon Reynolds, for that insight). In the same way that the Pistols called back to the Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins rock and roll, the Saints have a bit more Ike Turner in them. International Robots and the (bonus track) of River Deep Mountain High show the rock and roll roots of the Saints. Know Your Product and This Perfect Day are dead set classics, performed (as all of this album) with gusto and infectious energy. Side note: I think that "c'mon" is one of the great vocal utterances of rock and roll. It is an energetic outburst that invites the listener to join in. It is welcoming and inclusive. Chris Bailey is one of the great "c'mon" practitioners, although when he tells it, it seems like an invitation to break windows, kick a policeman and burn down a public building. Well, that sounds awesome, let's go!
I'm not huge on punk, this was fun though. There were some good rifts and you could tell they had fun making the record. They aren't trying to come off as too serious or anything. Pretty good stuff
Wow, what a drag. 'Know Your Product' was the only song that at least had something different with the horns and more of a "grandiose" feel to it. The rest was just fast paced punk that flew completely over my head without any types of hooks or bringing anything different to the table. Like, why is this album on the list at all? Strong 1. Extremely boring and unjustified place on this list in my opinion.
A fun punk album with some new wave influences. Listened to it while I was at the gym which was a good fit. The horns were a nice addition. "Know your Product" was the best track but I also enjoyed the slower "A minor Aversion" stood out. The album breathes of a band having fun and I think it would be great to have seen these guys at a concert. Strong 3!
Haven’t heard of this but liked it! Punky but also catchy. A Minor Aversion was my fave.
Another band I’ve never heard of. Liked this though. Incorporating horns added an R&B feeling to the punk sound. Some of the songs reminded me of the Strokes.