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A little too pop'y punk for me.
It’s pretty good from an immature, me n the boys out chasing the muff around kinda place. Not the highest quality but a good bop. 2/5
Don't care for punk but at least the vocals on this were not the typical british shit. 1 star extra for the clearer vocals
Was just alright.
All songs sound the same to me
Sometimes melodic, sometimes edgy. The lead singer’s thin, trembly voice can barely keep up sometimes.
It was fine, all sounded rather similar...?
This album is good it’s just that there’s much better punk stuff than this
They listened to The Clash and The Ramones didn't they
meh
Okay at times
It does not spark annoyance, it doesn't spark much joy either.
Nothing that is going to blow anybody away but I do appreciate that the lyrics are more fun than you normally get on a punk record from this period.
Name like The Undertones there is no way this isn't punk. I listened, but I really didn't care. I enjoy punk in certain varieties, but this is not my cup of tea. 2 / 5.
Nja
Fun punk sound. Every song oozes with youthful energy without the punchy, snarling aspect of The Ramones. In fact I’d hazard to say it has a bit of surfer rock in its sound. There is also some New York Dolls in their sound. As the album drags on it becomes a little repetitive with its song structure, but then again, many punk albums suffer this same fate. In the end I fell asleep in the middle of the listen. It’s just nothing. Filler music in a movie or tv show.
An okay pop punk album with a few good hits in Teenage Kicks, Family Entertainment, and I Know A Girl. Not a huge fan of the undertones on a lot of these tracks however.
that sure was some punk with some light new wave thrown in
If this album came out 15 years earlier, it would've Been regarded as one of the most important album of the decade, revolutionizing the sound of the 1960's while still sticking to its essentials. it would've served as inspiration for giants like The Rolling Stones and deep purple. However, this album came out in 1979. Other than the subpar production quality (it also sounds like the 60's in terms of microphones), this album suffers from its creators' attempt to replicate the music of their childhood, resulting in what sounds like if The Beach Boys hadn't taken any drugs. Another reason one might think this album came out in 1965 or so is the blatant pedophilia and weird misogyny the lyrics suggest. To sum it up: this album wants to sound like a new take on the 1960's, but instead sounds like an unsuccessful teenage band from the time (other than 'Jimmy jimmy', which simply sounds like a generic 60's local radio hit). Worse than that, it is mostly very boring. The only reason this album doesn't completely crash and burn in terms of the score is its (very) few redeeming qualities: - The aforementioned 'Jimmy jimmy' - 'Jump boys' does have a fairly good baseline - 'Get over you' is actually a pretty good song, though it does sound like it belongs in a different album Score: either 4 or 5 out of 10
Slightly forgettable punk
This is kind of fun for a couple of songs and Teenage Kicks is a bit of a banger but this album got a bit samey for me. I don't know if that's because I switched off and missed something but I did switch off from it. It seems to all hit the same note and then a couple of songs is great, but more is boring and I missed it if any of the songs had any depth to their lyrics or variation in the sounds.
Inquietantemente similar a The Clash. Si lo digo así, parece que estoy apuntando a que hubo un plagio o algo. Obviamente no es el caso. Y me faltó agregar "similar a los discos más pedorros de The Clash", porque en serio que me parece la mejor manera de describirlo. Las canciones son prácticamente todas iguales entre sí, honestamente no entiendo por qué por ejemplo 'Teenage Kicks' fue escuchada 69 millones de veces y 'Jump Boys' no llega a 300.000 (en Spotify). En general, la música es muy básica, y no hay muchos matices, por no decir ningún matiz en muchas canciones en términos de instrumentos o melodías. Ah, y cabe destacar que para llegar a estas conclusiones, solo escuche 17 de las ¡¡26!! canciones (todas de 1 minuto y medio más o menos, así que no es tan grave como parece) que presenta el disco. Muy hater la review pero bueeeeeeeeeeeeee 3/10
Bit before my time, seems like it's a bit of a cult thing, not an incredible album, just lots of very similar short songs.
It’s dull
I don't know why I originally considered giving this a 3 it's not that great.
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The Undertones should reach out to the Pogues to thank them for making their job miles easier. Nothing really stood out ab this one, and I wish they could commit to a fucking song and make it more than 2 mins. Right as I’d start to like a song it’d fade out, like my interest. 2.5 stars at best
I know I’ve listened to a good deal of punk at this point, but this was some of the least original music I’ve ever heard. I genuinely feel as though I’ve heard this entire album before, only by a different band and with a different album name.
Alkoi kivasti, mutta jotenkin jäi ihan taustalle lopulta. Tällainen popahtava punk ei kans kovin usein uppoa. Parista biisistä tuli vähän semmoinen Green Day -rasautus.
Repetitive pop punk
I'm not a fan of this genre. Sue me. 2 stars.
Can't go wrong with a few power chords and a Ramonian twang. Can't do anything very interesting either though unfortunately.
18vee kaverit tehny... lively sound... Lyhyet biisit.. ymmärrän.. Jos oikee mielentila... 4 tähteä albumi... Objektiivinen... kakkonen.. meikäpojalta... TOTUUS!
Not the worst music. Considering that it's the absolute worst genre Boring. But none of it made me want to cut of my ears. good stuff 2
Not a standout
Some old school pop-punk. Was decent but I got tired of it after a while.
4/24, 17%
The worst of ska?
Nice Melodies
Boring. 2/5.
Reminded me a lot of The Ramones. Overall, a fairly forgettable album for me, I thought a lot of songs sounded the same
Sex pistols but unprovocative lyrics and cringe choruses
its like a nerdier version of the clash 2.5
Mid
They are a banb not known. It's not so bad but it's not the kind of music I hear.
Eh, not bad but not great.
Eh, punk.
Teenage Kicks plus some others.
Meh
Ehh
Enjoying some of the rock aspects, but the punk vibes often take away what bits I might otherwise like. Unfortunately it makes many songs feel samey and this retracts from lyrics or feelings I might like normally.
I mean, okay. It's fine. Solid punk album. One of (too) many solid punk albums on this list.
Hressandi. En Teenage Kicks alveg langbesta lagið með yfirburðum.
Ekkert leiðinleg þannig, en myndi sennilega aldrei setja hana á fóninn ef ég gæti valið
Uninspiring (and eclipsed by better performers in the genre)
Jag ville verkligen inte tycka om detta. Och för det mesta hade jag rätt (såklart, för jag känner mig själv efter 26 år på denna planet). Men ibland, när jag zoonade ut och fokuserade på annat, insåg jag att. ja. det är ändå lite bra.
Intolerably boring. Obviously, I'm not the biggest fan of punk. I've heard more unpleasant noises, but never such boring noise. By the second half of the album, I couldn't even get through most of the songs. The Ramones at least had the decency to impart enough "oomph" that you'd have something to listen to, love it or hate it.
I can see why this is on this list. The vocals feel very 70s rock, as do a lot of the instruments, but there are pockets of the chaos that comes with 80s rock. I won't listen to this album again and it's not my cup of tea, but I respect it.
This is nice proto-pop-punk, pretty accessible to the masses with decent energy and catchy melodies. These guys remind me of a blend of the Buzzcocks and the Ramones. Lead singer Feargal Sharkey went on to do more commercial material with the Assembly and Yazoo. Google "Never Never" by The Assembly if you want to hear how far he strayed from his punk roots. But the Undertones straddles the angry sound of the Sex Pistols and the more accessible pop punk that was yet to come.
Enjoyable early punk rock record without a whole lot to say. Seemed derivative, but I'm no expert. The single was catchy.
Kolejny albumik Undertonesow, tym razem debiutancki material, ktory duzo nie zmienia mojego zdania o tworczosci zespolu, bo obie plyty sa tak do siebie podobne, ze gdyby wrzucone na jednego epka, to pewnie ciezko byloby je odroznic,
I can hear their influences in a lot of the later New Wave bands. The songs are easy enough to listen to, but nothing that will stay me.
Anodino. Solo destaca Teenage Kicks.
Mostly it sounds like a not so good, poppier version of early The Clash.
fun but wayyy too repetitive
#notmypoppunk
Ive never been a fan of The Undertones.
Not terribly memorable.
meh
Nothing too special here. It seems the importance of this album comes from being a early punk rock album. The album has td moments of angsty lyrics and hard guitar and drum sections. The choruses on a few songs felt a bit annoying and repetitive. The album was short but with 16 songs it felt like rapid change. 4.8/10
Didn’t really do it for me. All same punk songs. Lots of energy but meh
Its easy to see how the undertones influenced white boy music, but eh
rock adolescente rebelde.
Yllättävän freesi 70-luvun levyks. Ihan hauska rallattelu, mut ei iskeny kuitenkaan
most of this album just merged into one song. I didn’t even notice when the next song came on. I like ‘Teenage Kicks’ but that’s pretty much it. the second half had a bit of range but I’m still bored. 2.5
Pretty average, nothing out of the ordinary
Very much a poor mans sex pistols. The Irish were never very good at copying the English. I mean they are ok I guess, but Michael Barrymore was ok and he ended up with dead gays in his pool. I may have a doll hand but I don’t kill the gays in my pool
Als twintiger knaap wil je natuurlijk gewoon lekker lawaai maken. Dat konden ze wel aardig. Maar Sex Pistols, The Damned en The Ramones deden dat beter. Vind ik dan.
Before my time, so I missed this era of three chords and 2 minute songs. I'm told it's all about the being there, and the attitude. To me it sounds, like young lads with limited musical skills, having fun, And no more. They seem to have the uncanny ability to write 90 second songs, that outstay their welcome. Pink Floyd it ain't.
Teenage kicks is good the rest is boring
Its not bad, but again not great, its just a simple London rock band which has nice songs but many of them seem repetitive and mundane,
Not really for me, although it did grow on me. The lyrics / motifs were short but pretty repetitive, and I'm usually not fond of the fast-drums fast-riffs style of punk rock. Would go to a live show with friends though.
I really hate punk, so of course I didn't like this one. But for punk it wasn't all too bad. I guess it didn't sound as angry and chaotic as most punk. More pop-punk than punk-rock as well. So anyway, 2 stars is a good rating for a punk album from me.
Ik vind die stem wel lekker, maar Teenage kicks is toch met stip mijn favoriet.
Niet goed geluisterd... dus geen echt oordeel.
Nahh
Too much filler not enough Killer. Teengage kicks is obviously a worldy but the rest is pretty average. 2/5
4.5
Album écoutable mais très répétitif. Je n’ai rien trouver de spécial et je me questionne pourquoi il fait parti du top 1001. Je l’évite jump boyzzz tayeule, la voix du chanteur très mince, le drum de hamster Je lévite pas grave chose mais après Sinatra il profite de ça pour avoir un 2
Classic 70s punk music. It's alright. 4/10.
Grupo que recuerda mucho a sex pistols, pero con algún toque de grupos americanos como the offspring, no me ha gustado especialmente no es mi estilo.
As short as this album is there’s such a sameness to so many of these songs. (Especially lyrically; good Christ, if there was a drinking game to the word “girl” you’d be legally dead before side B…) I really liked some of the guitar tones though and can see the appeal to a teenager at the time of release. Unfortunately, every time the singer broke out that goat boy vibrato I just wanted to rip my headphones off and give them to the homeless. Just cannot deal with that. Why did the rest of the band let that slide? Could no one have said, “Hey, you sure you want to sing “Jump Boys” like that? You know you’re going to have to do that every time we play this. Every single time.” Somebody should have stopped him. Anyway, is this pop punk? Genuinely curious to know what the hardcore punkers thought of this band at the time.
Pretty average. Production isn't that great, the nasally singing is quite annoying, the instrumentals feel hollow
Punk pop
Just punk
Meh, it was ok
Nah. Another punk album
Laaangweilig. Das Vibrato in dem Gesang von Feargal Sharkey nervt gewaltig. Gerade so 2 Sterne.
Appreciate the style; not something I'd come back to.
Meh. Punk
70’er punkrock/pop, irsk, ligefrem, guitarhooks
didn't care for this, seemed rather generic.
like a bad version of the buzzcocks. unenjoyable. irritating. too many songs. generic. basically the same song in slightly different formats. that being said true confessions was my favorite
I listened to it once. That was more than enough. There's no imagination in this - as bland as can be.
Big love to Feargal Sharkey for all his work on water renationalisation! Sorry Feargal though I hate your music x
I think that the only new thing this band brought to the passive, boring, pop punk formula of the late 70's was not finishing their songs.
*An ok album
nope
Ok
High energy garage dirtbag core
not my thing
1. family - 1 2. girlz - 0 3. model - 2 4. gotta - 0 5. kickz - 1 6. uuay - 1 7. jump - 0 8. zummer - 2 9. get - 1 10. third - 0 11. jimmy - 1 12. true - 1 13. runaround - 0 14. girl - 0 15. liztening - 1 16. rock - 0
Punk rock, maar wel wat slapjes Forgettable 1/5
the rapy undertones sure
ehhh not my fav
10 albums in and still waiting for a female artist… Another album that’s just so loud and annoying to me sorry!!! I liked Get Over You
After looking at the album cover, my first thought was "here we go again with another British never-were that was forgotten in the dust bin of music history for a reason." After hearing the first track, and the disgusting lyrics about a family; my second thought was that the first thought was very much confirmed. Every song is the same boring punk power chord arrangement. This is not exemplifying anything important or new from the period that anyone needs to hear before death. I applaud them for discussing the personal instead of The Troubles, but gee whiz, do it with more creativity than power 3 chords. The Police, The Pretenders, Blondie, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Joe Jackson. They all did it better. None of The Undertones belong on this list. They just sound like another bandwagon punk band from 1979.
This gave me anxiety. Like I was truly stressed listening to it
Of all the self-titled debut albums released in 1979, I prefer "The B-52's," which I happened to draw from the list just yesterday. This is a fine album, but it suffers in the comparison. Favorite track: "Get Over You," maybe
Not my thing.
Boring
Unremarkable
Not good. Very generic rock. All sounds the same.
Punk is not my thing, but happy overproduced sing-along punk is the worst. This what I imagine a punk album by the Monkees or the Partridge Family would sound like. It’s very annoying and earns a 1.
What I'm starting to realize is I really don't like this genre very much
Hard to get past the overly nasal affected vibrato of the vocals...plus the solidly amateur musicianship...this works out to a loud clunk for me...
No thanks. 1
Man i hates this album. Only like 1-2 tracks i enjoyed. Just seems so corny and “drake and josh.”
This bleary-eyed listener thought the album cover was a piece of carved flint for the duration of the first three tracks. Didn’t take anything from the music.
Too many songs that sound the same.
Meh
jimmy jimmy was OK. Not bad.
This did nothing to change my opinion of late-70s British punk. Not a fan. Nothing here for me. 1 star.
After a year or so of receiving these albums I need to hear before I die, a handful have been actually great albums. Sadly, the majority of recommendations are not standout works at all—rather mediocre or outright poor albums are the norm, it seems.
First listen. Nah.
don't know the band and I couldn't listen this album
if these people weren't born during the 50s they would've had to get real jobs
(Not) The Clash
I listened to four songs and that was three too many. Nothing creative on this album. I don’t understand why it’s on the list.
Fast pace music that all sounds alike.
Not sure why this made the list. Average forgettable pop punk.
Not into this. It's overdone.
Not worth a spot in the 1001.
It's like if the Beatles tried to be kind of edgy or something. Somehow makes them sound even *worse* than the Beatles
This was bloody awful. Only managed three songs.
Ik ben wel een beetje klaar met dit soort jengelmuziek. Elke keer kruipt er weer zo'n stelletje kneuzen van onder een tegel vandaan. 'Ik ken een meisje, ik zie haar elke dag'. Diepzinnig.
Pure genius!
varmasti influentiaalinen mutta herran jumalan ja jeesus kristuksen ja pyhä henki paratkoon miten voi tehdä 25 biisiä jotka kuulostaa täysin. vittu. samalta. identtinen formula joka ikisessä saatamam laulussa!! ei ole vittu mahdollista että tämä on tykätty albumi???? en ole mikään musiikki hifistelijä eliitti mies mutta ei saatana voi näin yksinkertaisesta mieleä turruttavasta paskasta saada mitään irti youve got my number
Not a fan of this music!!
Did not like
Until the lyrics started kinda thought it was Blondi . Nothing too exciting here. Maybe over “there” it was a big deal.
The very first song is about incest?! Uh…no.
Nothing really stood out for me here. Wasn't a single song where I looked up to see what the song title was so I could listen again later.
Couldn't get through all of it. Feels like you're listening to the same generic punk rock song over and over again. 26 songs of that... nein danke. 2/10
Not a fan
It's ok
most songs are just the same noise. uninspired. one or two songs with a slightly different beat, tone - not enough to save the album
Neeee, niet nog meer van die oudbollige rammelpunk. Dat trek ik echt niet. Kan hier helemaal niets mee.
I didn’t care for it, maybe I’ll give it another try but... not for me.
Ok