Reviews (page 4 of 8)
For 1965 these guys rocked hard, was expecting something a bit more Beatles-esque based on the album cover. Lots of old standbys in here, recognized almost all of the songs but unsure if the Sonics are covering or if these are the originals. I suspect it's mostly covers. Overall good. It's loud, fast, upbeat and has more attitude than anything you'd find from that era.
Raw American 69s garage. Lottsa screaming and sax....some original songs but lots of covers of rock n roll standards..upfront and honest. What it does it does well. Can't justify a 3. It's a 4 from me.
4/5. Great covers record, proto-punk classic. I don’t love every track, but there are many goodies
Yeah I like this… it doesn’t blow me away though. Pretty trend setting in terms of style; very ahead of its time. So it’s a generous 4*
That was delightfully primitive. C
As old as this is, and the band looking like a basic british rock band, this was an awesome album. We got some classics with Do you Love Me and Roll Over Bethoven but a bunch of others were great like The Witch and Have Love Will Travel. These guys were a ton of fun.
This one is interesting, I've never listened to the sonics. This album itself is old as fuck obviously, but it also sounds young? This feels like shit that was made to be counter to a bunch of the bullshit that was coming out then. It's fucking fried, screaming, and distorted as a bitch at some points and I think it worked for me. Can't help but hear the Little Richard influence all over this one.
Old 60s bangers
A find!
This has to be one of the most covered albums ever. Every song was a very recognizable super hit… just not this version.
These guys were more punk than most punk bands.
Ça rock solide. Plusieurs reprises, mais l'énergie qui se dégage de cet album est folle. Tu comprends avec cet album qu'on s'en va vers des bands comme les Stooges dans les années qui suivent. Une écoute vraiment agréable. Pièces préférées: Strychnine, Do You Love Me
50s/60s rock'n roll vibe, surf-rock styled guitars. Classic tunes found in this album like "Do you love me?" and "Roll over Beethoven".
Oh hell yes!
Liked this a lot. High energy raw sounding. 60s garage rock, sounds California
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Do you love me, Strychine
Up my alley but too many covers.
Pretty cool. I would listen to it again sometime
Overall, a great album. Would definitely listen again. Lots of classics on here but my favorite would have to be Walking the Dog. Overall just a really fun and killer sound. Classic.
I like it - raw and rudimentary in execution but this really blows the cobwebs away. I can understand the influence this supposedly had on punk, but what I hear most strongly coming through is the first couple of J Geils Band albums. 'Boss Hoss' especially so, but the cover of 'Money' also seems to have its reflection in the J Geils' version of 'First I Look at the Purse'. Tidied up a little and 'Have Love Will Travel' would've been a monster hit in the 00s for one of the big garage band revival acts.
Lekker, prima manier om het weekend mee af te trappen.
Þessir hljóta að hafa verið aðaltöffararnir í heimabæ sínum á sínum tíma. Mjög hresst og hrátt!
4.3 - garage rocking album full of raw energy that felt years ahead of its time. Loved walking the dog. Will be revisiting.
Sounds like the hives in the 60s
Classics!
The original punk sound was birthed in Seattle by The Sonics. A very important piece of Seattle's rock & roll history.
Great boppy (!!!) little bangers from start to finish.
Surprisingly enjoyed it a lot, fast and exciting
Garage rock
Great garage band. Excellent cover of 'The Night Time is the Right Time'. 12 songs in 29 minutes gets bonus points...
Rock & roll viejuno.
Pretty good. Early punk/garage rock.
Como una cubetada de agua fresca, lo que pudiera ser una banda más que estaba tratando de imitar el éxito de la música de moda liderada por los Beatles termina siendo algo que, a mi parecer, es incluso mucho mejor que los discos de esos mismos Beatles en esa época. Cuando comparas este disco con esos discos iniciales de los Beatles te encuentras que aquí hay una banda con la misma tónica pero mucho más liberados, menos cuidados y más crudos. Se siente cómo aquí no hay un productor estrella que sabe guiar a los muchachos hacia el sonido de las masas y en este caso la música es la que termina ganando. Me recordó a bandas como Screaming Lord Sutch que a pesar de tocar "rocanrolitos" lo hacían con una personalidad enorme.
Qué entretenido disco. Me encantó el sonido rasposo y acelerado que no se siente de 1965. Los varios covers que trae el disco son muy buenas versiones y las originales de hecho valen la pena. Curiosamente, los covers así rasposos suenan como a una de esas bandas mexicanas de los 60, rockeando no más por que sí.
A fun mix of blues, rock 'n roll, and punk. I really enjoyed the explosive wails of the singer.
Roll over Beethoven is such a jam
Good for the time but a little too lo-fi for me.
Its alright. Early punk.
Thanks s was excellent fun. It was mostly covers though. But still, can't deny it.
This is a really great album of a lot of good covers. If these were all written by the band it'd be an easy 5.
Como los Beatles. Un 4.
Mostly covers, sounds like it was recorded in an old oil drum. But the sheer energy and power at play here can't be denied, and the original tracks are the clear progenitors of garage punk. A blast!
Some classic toons
pure fun!
Great 60s album loved the grittier tracks.
I didn't expect to like this album as much as I did. Garage rock isn't usually me thing and I'm not into bands like the White Stripes all that much. This album was a great listen from start to finish though. I enjoyed their originals just as much as the cover tunes. I can totally see why this one is on the list!
Weird that people were making this kind of music in Tacoma a Washington in 1965. Pretty enjoyable and the original songs were good 8/10
60s punk before punk was a thing. A lot of covers that, while pretty straight, are still given a hard edge and a little more shouting than the originals. A quick and fun listen to boot.
Very enjoyable. The golden oldies done really well. We had a good dance around the kitchen
Loved it.
Fun energetic garage rock. Way early 60s. White covers of 50s R&B. Raw sound. A level up in recording from Louie Louie but just barely. Tacoma meets the first Beatles LP, without the ballads.
They were wild!
It was good. 3.5 stars. Golden pop oldies but with a punk vine a la the hives or the vines. But are these all covers? I think I need more context for why this is a classic album.
Il suono distorto del disco li rende scoppiati e si sposa benissimo con la loro energia. Per me questo sarebbe un 3.5 però voglio premiarli perchè comunque mi hanno stupito. Sembrano un gruppo punk che fa musica anni 60 e questa cosa mi piace.
A nice album for the nice weather. Annoyed me that he screamed at every song though
Honestly, sometimes I think people had it all figured out 60 years ago. Garage rock does not get wilder or better than this.
Not only are they insanely important in the history of music, but they rock harder than any band at the time. Clocking in at just under 30 minutes, they also don't overstay their welcome. I'm willing to bet that with slightly more nuanced songwriting that they'd have more barn-burners like The Witch, but some crazy guitar solos make it seem like music your parents would hate. And that's awesome.
loved this - just a really good racket!
I had no idea that this was the band who did all those classic songs, but I loved it! It was good vibes and fun music :)
The cover art did not prepare me for what I heard! I liked it a lot, and surprised it's so old tbh
I have heard covered versions of lots of these songs but didn't know that they could all be attributed to one band. It was good to hear the originals but the lead singer has a crutch on that woo scream and every single song
Rock & roll viejuno.
Nettmmm
Belle surprise, bon band et en avance sur le rock punk. J’ai aime tout l’active. 4.25*
2-3 songs dabei, die mir gefallen. Das reicht heute für eine 4.
Amazing album. The drum sound on this album is insane. 8/10 1. Have Love Will Travel 2. Strychnine 3. The Witch
Very nice garage rock'n'roll. There's a good mix of really good covers of classic rock'n'roll songs and a couple of original arrangements which are plenty good themselves.
3.5 rounded up. Great energy, interesting covers. Glad to learn about these guys!
The Witch is one of the creepiest songs of all time and I GOSHDARN LOVE IT. The Sonics have to be one of the coolest bands of the sixties. Love Gerry Roslie's maniacal rasp as well. I start to lose interest a bit when they cover the Rock n' Roll standards.
Really enjoyed this, surprisingly! Short and sweet.
makes me want to play it as loud as i can in an actual garage. weird (and great!) to hear ray charles song in this context. fav track: good golly miss molly
Nice old school music, really energetic. Good music to wake up to, even if you wake up in the PM.
Lots of classics here. This album was pretty great!
these guys are wild
Only a few original songs on this album but good covers too
Proto garage rock, a pioneering album
Points for proto-punk, but this feels more like an academic listen just to understand that influence more than something that’s on the list because people genuinely enjoy it. I probably would have enjoyed it if I was around in 1965 though.
Not so bad
Middle of road
Raucous fun. Harmless to good. They succeed at the age old pursuit of capturing a live energy in studio and making it feel vibrant. I get the influence - and influences. They provide an attitudinal and sonic (if you will - and i just did) roadmap that would be followed by future artists. Sometimes it's not what you do but how you did it.
Not bad
Enjoyed the sound, but also thought the original versions of the covers were superior
It was ok, nothing special. Covers were fine.
A dozen songs in under half an hour. The covers are a bit stronger than the original songs, but enjoyed this
ok
The performances are incredibly ahead of their time and the song structures are downright retro (a given, at least because of the choice of covers). This mixture creates a very unique and enjoyable sound, which does have its limits, but it's still very impressive. It's definitely one of those records I appreciate more than actually love, but the ride is short and sweet, with some great highlights along the way. Favourite track: The Witch
Medium
Pretty basic 60s garage rock.
A bunch of classics, but they're all covers.
Rougher than the Beatles, not as blues-y as the Rolling Stones, not as lyrically complex as the Kinks, and more "garage" than anything that seems to have come before it. There are decent originals and very competent covers of popular songs. How much different from other 60's bands that were out at the time? I'm guessing it's a bit louder with a bit more yelling, so perhaps that merits placement in this list. They were also an influence on Creedence Clearwater Revival, as this album covers two songs that CCR eventually also covered. It feels like CCR brought the "swamp" to the garage sound. This is another example of an artist that is in the book just because they influenced the sound of superior bands. My favorite songs: The Witch Dirty Robber Have Love Will Travel Money Strychnine
i like that this had a still very identifiable classic 60s sound but it was a bit harder…you could really hear the foreshadowing of punk (hence proto-punk). it’s not particularly my style or anything i’d reach for, but i liked hearing this building block in rock history.
This is the second time in a week I've got an album full of covers. Cool sounds, lovely raw production and playing styles, love the proto punk vibe, but not overly fussed to hear the same old staples in yet another genre. 1,000,000 songs in under 30mins is the story of efficiency I can get behind though.
Sometime around the halfway point things picked up - I found their energy caught my ears really well. Prior to that, things sounded quite dated. I'd rather give this a 3.5 if possible; I feel better with it being a 3 rather than a 4.
I'd never heard of this group before. A good collection of covers and some good original tunes. I don't think I preferred their version of the songs over the original artist, but it was a fun listen overall.
Here we find something that definitely sounds like a prototype for the entire punk music genre. It's kind of interesting to hear popular tracks from other artists ground up and growled out along with punchy guitars, and the music exists in this strange in-between state between there and the more typical 1960s rock sound. What results is an interesting contrast, but it is almost more interesting to me for its place in the development of music than for its actual content. Favorite track: "Strychnine," maybe
Here are the Sonics: Earlier this year I splurged and bought a really solid set of headphones. Music that sounded good before sounds even better with these puppies. So it’s with that evidence that I can say: this album is mixed as bad as any album I’ve heard. The singer’s voice is peaking for at least half the album, and I can’t listen to it without that grating against me. And that’s a shame, because for a mid 60’s album this is brimming with energy and recklessness. It would be fun to listen to but I can’t get over the production errors. I’ll throw a 4.5/10 its way today.
Sounds like Beach Boys meets the Stooges.
Has a fair share of songs I wouldn’t replay but others that sound great. I’m starting to notice 80+% of my scores are a 6/10.
WWWWAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!1 Kinda lo-fi American Beatles? Sorta. Not terrible.
An interesting collection of songs. Better than the what the Beatles were doing in 1965. Still a lot of covers
I didn't think I was familiar with the Sonics, but I've definitely heard "Have Love Will Travel" and "Psycho" before. When the album started I was not expecting that voice to come from any of the guys pictured on the album cover. Absolutely none of them look like they'd sound like that.
Short, sweet, loads of famous songs. Good
Fun album but I'd rather listen to The Beatles or Little Richard instead.
The Witch Boss Hoss Have Love Will Travel Psycho Strychnine
I can mash potatoes, I can do the twist 🗣🗣‼️‼️ Fave track: Have Love Will Travel
Very much alike the beach boys! Respect for having a dirtier and distorted sound tho!
This was way heavier than I was expecting an album from 1965 to be. I dug it.
Solid tunes here. The covers are a bit odd after hearing other versions for so long, but they're not unwelcome.
Old school psych, it was ok
solid album i would say
Overall Rating - 3.13/5 (6.25/10). It's definitely 60s garage band music. But it's *good* 60s garage band music.
60-luvun särörokkia rupisilla soundeilla. Tämä oli ihan hyvä levy, vaikka kaikki biisit eivät olekaan loistavia.
An enjoyable listen overall. Based on the cover, I was expecting some doo-wop throwaway, but I was pleasantly surprised by the energy and style. It’s got a raw, fast-paced sound that keeps things interesting. Not really something I’d reach for in my free time, but I can definitely see the appeal.
I was surprised at how many of these songs I knew. I don't like them and I don't dislike them. They're all decent and kind of fun/light, but incredibly generic.
This style was fun but not likely I’ll be back. 3.5/5
Like The Rolling Stones
как-то однообразно, знал только have love will travel до прослушивания, ничего не изменилось после
initial reaction was "ugh here is some shitty early rock covers with muddy production" but after awhile i kind of liked them and thought they were fun. Ears perked up when I heard the Black Keys lineage.
reminds of the tornados but with a louder singer. Pretty wild for a mid 60's release. Not bad but likely more groundbreaking for it's time hence the innovative notoriety/LCD soundsystem mention.
Never heard of this band. Maybe when I hear a familiar track of theirs, I may know it. These guys are pretty cool.
Garage rock, but not overly harsh
I liked their songs very much but why did 60s producers insist that bands fill their albums with mediocre covers
Wow this album sounds like shit!!!!!! (complimentary). Although its mostly covers, they're mostly well done covers. The originals on the album shine, but there just aren't enough sadly!
Notable Textzeile: Oh, lots of things are gonna cure your ills But only one thing's gonna pay my bills And that's money, yeah, yeah, that's what I want Soundmäßig ist das eine passable bis gute Rock and Roll-Band, an einigen stellen etwas roher als andere und ein paar ganz coole Riffs. Auch die Rock and Roll-Standarts spielen sie gut. Dass das aber irgendwie „Sixties Punk“ sein soll erschließt sich mir, auch aufgrund der Songauswahl, Stil, Auftreten nicht. Aber das ist halt Marketing. Ohne das Morketing weiß ich aber auch nicht ob es einen Platz in der Rockgeschichte hätte. 2,5 wird zu 3.
Franchement album vraiment sympa pour du garage rock de 1965. Même si le style est répétitif, je trouve que la force de l'album se concentre dans son énergie et son style presque proto punk qui se retranscrit par contraste dans les reprises comme "Money (That's what I want)", bien plus aggressive que la version des Beatles. Cette explosion qui ressort alors dans de nombreux détails (hurlements de chiens, voix saturées, rythme beaucoup plus élevé...) vient apporter un vrai boost à des sonorités plutôt classiques et répétitive, offrant un vrai exotisme au projet et en l'extirpant de l'effet "Beatlemania" ce qui est un point extrêmement positif.
Has this album not been remastered yet? Cheese and rice the sound quality is terrible. That aside, upon hearing the first few notes, I thought I was in trouble again with some terrible music. But that has turned around quickly. I do find that the covers lack the ability to over power the originals. In my opinion, if you can’t do that then why bother. Regardless of what is their music and what isnt, this album is a breath of fresh air after the trash I’ve been told to listen to from the 1001albun game we are playing. Choice cut: Do You Love Me
A visceral explosion of raw energy that defined the garage rock sound. While the intentional lo-fi distortion and aggressive mixing are technically fascinating for 1965, the album suffers from a lack of musical inspiration. The execution is powerful, but it’s not backed by strong compositional ideas, resulting in a repetitive experience that relies more on attitude than on structural complexity.
Not bad. I see why this is considered proto punk, but it was a little too basic rock and roll for me to care a whole lot. Last track was pretty funny though.
It’s a story as old as the 1960s: a white band breaking through with songs first made popular by Black artists. The appeal is obvious—same sound, just packaged in a way that felt more “accessible” to suburban white audiences at the time. Here Are the Sonics!!! by The Sonics ends up feeling like a missed opportunity because of that dynamic. What could have been a tight, explosive record instead plays more like a four-track EP padded out with eight covers, many drawn from the Motown catalog. To be clear, I didn’t hate it. The band’s raw, unpolished garage sound absolutely rips, and there’s an energy here that’s hard to ignore. But it does raise a question: why lean so heavily on covers when their original material shows they were more than capable of carrying a full LP on their own?
Being added to this list is probably the biggest achievement these guys ever had. This is fine music, but not very original or groundbreaking for the time it was created. I'm sure there were at least 200 other similar groups around that time.
It’s nothing sophisticated - it’s just belting good fun.
Garage rock early influencers. It’s hard now for this to feel edgy or outsider at all. It just feels tame by today’s standards. But they set some standards for tons of love roc bands for generations to come. Respect the roots.
I always like reading the Wikipedia article on these albums because knowing the context behind these albums makes them so much more enjoyable. This album is objectively mediocre -- musically, that is. But when you envision "a live band at the peak of its power, ready to mow down the competition without even blinking twice" (from wiki), the album becomes interesting to listen to. If I loved Seattle and if I loved history, then I would probably love this album. But seeing as I only have a mild appreciation for these things, my appreciation for this album also rests at a mild 3 stars.
Shit-hot rock and roll but too many covers. At times it's raw and primal, other times it sounds like the soundtrack to a 90s movie for kids.
Groovy! More turf than surf, but surf adjacent tones. Made me look up who the original recording artist was for "Do You Love Me" (not these guys). I know they aren't the original recording of "Roll Over Beethoven." So, yeah a few covers. It's rough around the edges.
Lo-fi, sounds like they blew out the microphone, but fun songs.
Good sounds out of an old band.
I feel like this would have felt like hardcore music to the mid sixties audiences. I liked the intensity but the screaming and distorted mics just wore me down too much by the end that I was happy it was over.
Fun 60's pop rock! Its not stellar, falling into the same pits as many of its contemporaries, where every song sounds the same. But at least they sound good! I hate to judge an historical album on its production quality, but wow, its really bad folks 3/5
5/10 The impact of this album feels more significant than the actual quality of the record would immediately suggest. It's a rough and ready effort that feels like the initial step from the rock and roll and rhythm and blues stuff they were covering towards a noisier, attitude-laden and tonally experimental sound that would be furthered by bands like The Stooges and Velvet Underground. To that end, this is a pretty interesting album. The original tracks here are really the ones that stood out as the most interesting, and it's a shame that such a high percentage of the tracks were covers, particularly as so many of them were so frequently covered by other bands, but in those covers you could here the sonic steps they were taking. Sure, it was pretty unrefined and in places sounded like it was recorded through a couple of yoghurt pots and some string, but there was a certain charm to it that helped this to maintain my interest in spite of the limited recording quality. I wasn't the biggest fan of the amount of shrieking and "Wow"s that Gerry Roslie threw in there, but I think that was as much down to an attempt to capture their live intensity as anything else. It was pretty interesting to compare this to the early Beatles, who covered some of the same songs, as they feel like the start of two different musical legacies bursting out from a similar starting point. Ultimately, this wasn't the easiest of listens and I didn't really get a lot out of the more common covers, so it's tough to give this a higher score, but there were definitely bits that I enjoyed and it probably gets an extra mark for it's influence in the beginnings of noisy and experimental musical directions. Witch - This feels like the direct midpoint between old school rock and roll and the punk sound of The Stooges that would follow. It’s simple but has an element of power to it that comes through the grubby, cheap vibe of the recording and the gritty nature of the delivery both instrumentally and vocally. It’s not the most exciting music listening from more than 60 years into the future, but it certain feels like the vibe of it is important for the time. Do You Love Me - And now, just to throw spanner into the mix of what I said about the last track, we get a fairly straight cover. It’s got a bit of edge to it, but all in all it doesn’t have the feel and vibe of the original, the recording sounds pretty terrible and Gerry Roslie starts getting a bit too excited with his screeches. Again, there’s probably something in this from the position of stylistic development of rock, but it’s not exactly bowling me over. Roll Over Beethoven - Great song, recorded by a vast number of bands, but there’s nothing particularly special about this. It’s well performed, but Chuck Berry performed it well too, as did the Beatles and Jerry Lee Lewis.. The recording quality is pretty terrible too. Boss Hoss - An original again, which is nice, but it definitely takes a lot from the Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis sound. There’s a decent energy and urgency to though and it at least feels fresh compared to the two covers that came before. Not bad. Dirty Robber - Another rock and roll cover in which the recording quality continues to be awful and Gerry gets a bit too excited with his Wows. The saxophone in particular sounds like it’s been etched onto a wax cylinder by hand. Have Love Will Travel - This is another cover, but I suspect this is the most well known version. Here they manage to bring a bit of swagger to things that works well. The sax is again offensively poorly recorded, but other than that the groove is pretty good, as is the attitude. Again, this has a pre-Stooges vibe to it, and it’s pretty strong. Psycho - Well this verse is pretty much a direct lift of the previous song, despite being an “original composition” by The Sonics. Unfortunately the main hook isn’t actually as good as the cover, but again, that swagger and vibe is core to it and works pretty well. Money - Another song that was endlessly covered at the time, and this version doesn’t bring much new to the table really. I bet these guys were a blast live, but this is a record and while it’s a decent rendition, I’m just not sure why I’d pick this poorly recorded version over one of the countless other recordings. Walkin' The Dog - Another cover. It’s got decent attitude and drive to it and a bit of swagger, but ultimately it doesn’t drag things far from the rock and roll roots of a track like this. Nighttime Is The Right Time - This is a slower effort that gets too stuck in the shrieking vocals, but is still a fairly routine rock and roll song. I quite like his vocal delivery apart from the over-reliance on shrieking, and it’s not a bad song, but again, apart from the grungy vibe, it doesn’t really feel essential. Strychnine - I’m all for this kind of song. It takes the core from the covers that they do, but adds a bit of their own spin and maintains that grimy, overdriven, attitude filled sound. I’d have been far more accepting of an album with a few more originals like this, even if he does lean a little too much into the shrieking again. Good Golly Miss Molly - Another cliché rock and roll cover. The pace they use is pretty good though and I like the grit and urgency of it, although it’s obviously more of a straight rock and roll track stylistically.
I think there are still some covers here, but loved the energy
I enjoyed this, it’s 60s garage rock with some rock n roll thrown in, largely in the shape of cover versions and some very famous ones at that, which are fun but the original songs on the album are more interesting.
I felt wholly neutral
Dieses Debüt klingt, als stünde man in einem verrauchten Kellerclub der 60er: der Beat hart, das Tempo hoch, die Stimmung elektrisiert. Die Sonics liefern eine rohe, fast ungestüme Form des Rock’n’Roll, die späteren Garage‑Bands den Weg ebnete. Doch zwischen den Highlights schleichen sich Wiederholungen ein, und die Lo‑Fi‑Produktion wirkt heute eher charmant als kraftvoll. Ein Album, das man für seine Energie schätzt – nicht für seine Perfektion.
I had no clue. These guys are great and a true garage band as they’re categorized. A little more raucous than some of the other bands around that time. I actually loved it.
Music for record store guys that have not had a romantic relationship for a good long while. Rock on fellas.
3/5
As it turned out, I got this right after White Stripes, which man be why I’m giving it a 3 instead of a 4. I’m glad these guys did what they did and I enjoyed listening through the first time, but the second time around I heard the strained recording quality and the over reliance on the screams and everything people complain about in the reviews. I’m all for noise, but clearly it’s difficult to do it well. So I’m glad for these folks and everything they inspired, but probably won’t listen again that often.
you've taken my love, then you run away
Noisy garage rock that is pretty good but I’m a little surprised that the majority of the album as covers. The only originals are The Witch, Boss Hoss, Psycho and Strychnine. That’s only 4 originals out of 12 tracks. Even in the mid 60s that seems excessive. I can’t say any of their covers are better than the originals but I do like their energy. I can see how their energy was influential to the punk scene later. Favorite tracks, Strychnine and the Witch.
basic 60s shit
It’s like I’m overhearing a really good house band burning it down next door. The screaming was pretty cool the first five times.
Shit Beatles
a few covers, standard music for its time.
Another's 60's album on this list with a majority of the run time consisting of rock n roll covers. It's fine I guess, providing a window into the very early garage rock scene & sound. It's all controlled chaos neatly packed into a tight package. I will say that their rendition of "Have Love, Will Travel" is what I usually associate as the "definitive" version (although that seems to be common opinion).
3.5 Mostly just some white boys playing some dirtied up covers of RnB tunes, but it’s not bar. Guy’s voice is wild and intense and they’re banging the shit out of their instruments. And it’s like 29 minutes long.
Solid but nothing essential
Yep, tht a lot of loud covers. Not very original. 3/5
Hard to not compare to the Beatles…
Pretty cool. That’s it though. Just cool. Strychnine is awesome though.
ouvi esse álbum na terça-feira de carnaval e gente (17 de fevereiro de 2026)... que momento mais improprio para escutar esse álbum HAHAH (mas vale a pena ouvir, porém não é dos meus favoritos). Uma mistura de the Beatles com petshop boys, sei lá, certeza que meus pais curtiriam. dou 3/5.
Another day, another surprise at how much I enjoyed an album. I think this might be less to do with The Sonics in general, and more to do with it largely being an album of 60s standard classics, but still.
What this singer lacked in skill he made up for in sheer enthusiasm. The whaaaaahhh's were loud and extremely frequent, like he was constantly being stabbed with a needle. I wonder if Gerry Roslie was pleased with the Paste review which described his singing as "deranged squawking"? Away from the... distinctive... vocals we got a lot of fairly standard rock and roll covers plus a small number of original songs. I enjoyed the covers because I like this era of rock, but it was disappointing just how many there are. It's fascinating to me that this kinda thing was seen as completely standard in the 50s and 60s, but an artist trying to do that today would get absolutely torn to shreds for not putting the effort in. I liked the original songs as well. I feel like I should hate this album, but I kinda enjoyed it against my best judgement. It reminded me a little bit of The Hives, just with terrible production quality. Its a surprising: 3/5
A fun album. The funniest sounding saxophone I've ever heard.
It’s fine
Fav- do you love me 3.6/5
01) The Witch - 8,0 02) Do You Love Me - 7,0 03) Roll Over Beethoven - 7,0 04) Boss Hoss - 6,5 05) Dirty Robber - 6,0 06) Have Love Will Travel - 6,5 07) Psycho - 6,5 08) Money (That's What I Want) - 6,0 09) Walking the Dog - 6,5 10) Night Time Is the Right Time - 6,0 11) Strychnine - 6,0 12) Good Golly Miss Molly - 6,0 TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100) Current ranking: 568/823
6 / 10
Oh yeah, a solid three
Like an angry version of 60s Brit pop
I've never really bought into the revised historical importance of this record - in fact I think it is mostly a pointless exercise to go back to the 60s (and even the 50s?) and call early rock & roll stuff proto-punk, because it reduces the roots of punk to very noisy or loud rock & roll and ignores the glam rock and other 70s movements that shaped the attitude and sound of punk. That being said for a rock & roll album from the early 60s this is an interesting artifact, the lead singer has tons of energy and the 4 original songs are all great tracks about ghouls and witches and murder which is pretty awesome. The covers really let this down as they don't carry the same energy or fit as well with the overall sound. But despite this it is definitely worth a listen for Psycho alone which is a 11/10 track.
some good 60's raw rock. it's fun, not brilliant
I have mixed feelings about the album. I like garage rock and I really liked the original songs. The covers did nothing for me. There’s zero value added there. The recording quality was maybe a little too garagey for me, too. The sax sounded like it was being played through kazoo paper. The singer’s yelling kept pushing through the equalizer. (Not to mention he used it like a crutch more than anything). But I will say I’m a little obsessed with the drum sound they got. It sounds a lot like the drums on When the Levee Breaks. Just booming. I love them it. Its inclusion in this list seems to be tied to folks like Kurt Cobain and Jack White lauding them and citing them as influences. But for me they sound like nothing more than a serviceable local band with great energy, young guys having fun making their garage rock. Not their fault they’re on the list - this was a 3 for me personally as a listening experience but I don’t think this is a great inclusion on the list.
me sorta likey
Amazing album. It's fast, raw, loud, aggressive and unhinged. It's punk before punk existed. You can see where bands like the Ramones got their inspiration from. They're kind of the complete opposite of the Beatles, even covering some of the same songs. But where the Beatles are refined and intricate, The Sonics take a sledgehammer to it.
It's good but another candidate for the could do with a snickers award
Érdekes rock feldolgozások. Annyira azért nem tetszett
A bit Beatles-ish.
Surprised by how many of these I knew. Thought the music was fun but the screaming was a bit much on some of the tracks. Had a nice time listening but I’m not sure I’d listen again. Fav song: Roll Over Beethoven Least fav: Psycho
It was good, a nice surprise. Never heard of these guys, three stars
Where? I can't hear them.
I like a good ruckus, and knowing the damping effect of the Pacific Northwest have a soft spot for causing a ruckus there. I don't know if this needed More or if it's just that hard to follow up the White Album.
I like this more than I like psychedelic rock from the same time. Sounds more influential to stuff that I like a lot. These guys were probably a lot of fun live.
Not heard of this Seattle band before but they grunged up a few classics quite nicely back in '65. The album was worth a listen too.
this would sound really fun on vinyl i reckon. had a good time
I guess kinda cool for the time Will I listen to again: 10%
standard 60s fare
6/10
Fine but won't listen again
some familiar classics
Despite sounding like it was recorded on a toaster, this album is pretty solid. These cardigan-wearing white boys got loud. Favorites are actually the loosies from the back half -- Psycho, Money, Walkin' the Dog. Fine enough -- could have died without it though. Low 3
I bet that joint slapped at a diner in the 60's
3.5 (28:48, 12 tracks mostly covers (8), debut, 1965) Garage rock (way before punk, proto-punk) American band (Tacoma, WA), never heard of them. So in a way they are literally the grandparents of grunge. Can certainly see why Stooges, Nirvana, White Stripes, et. al. cite them as influences. Good covers (Do you Love Me, Roll Over Beethoven, Good Golly Miss Molly etc.) Just great drumming and sax. Terrible recording but that enhances the garage rock sound. Did these dorks (cover art could be improved sweaters and punk just don't go together and the kid on far left, what happened?) ever make any money or was this just a hobby? Per Wiki - They had three studio albums in the 60's, one in 1980 and then nothing until 2015. According to Wikipedia they are still touring though it looks like there was a 28 year hiatus from 1979 to 2007 (maybe they retired from their "day jobs?") Looks like the original band never got back together after breaking apart by 1968 but the name and sound drifted on to this day. The closest reformation was 2007. Definitely worth listening to before you die and it's less than 1/2 hour lunch break. Track listing 1. "The Witch" Gerry Roslie 2:41 2. "Do You Love Me" Berry Gordy, Jr. 2:19 3. "Roll Over Beethoven" Chuck Berry 2:49 4. "Boss Hoss" Roslie 2:24 5. "Dirty Robber" (The Fabulous Wailers cover) John Greek, Kent Morrill, Rick Dangel 2:03 6. "Have Love Will Travel" Richard Berry 2:38 7. "Psycho" Roslie 2:18 8. "Money (That's What I Want)" Gordy, Jr., Janie Bradford 2:01 9. "Walking the Dog" Rufus Thomas 2:46 10. "Night Time Is the Right Time" Lew Herman 2:58 11. "Strychnine" Roslie 2:13 12. "Good Golly Miss Molly" John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell 2:09 I don't feel like I can go above 3 because there is so little original material on this album but I bet if I was a teen in 1965 this would have been a 5.0 for me. I can see others being annoyed that these sweater wearing white kids are stealing black music and they we 3 years behind the Beatles formula on how to steal black music.
I swear the god if he WUUUAAAAGHHS into the microphone one more time I’m going to loose it. 5/10
3/5
The Beatles At Home.
This is probably what my Uncle’s cover band sounded like back in his day.
como unos beatles más gritones y pasados de rosca, me gustó
Some decent songs here but just sounds a lot like the other 60s we’ve had. Psycho was good. High 3.
Fine garage rock. The covers have mostly been better when done by other artists but is probably a fun live show.
cool but a little boring sometimes
Great length. When I was listening I thought this sounded a lot like Little Richard and then the last song was a cover of Good Golly Miss Molly. Also why are they from Tacoma
Have Love Will Travel is the best track. The rest is fine.
2/3. This grew on me as I was listening to it; at first, it was too thrashy and muddy for me, but it got more infectious as it went on. I like the energy of it, and I definitely feel that kind of brash, 1960s spirit of rock and roll thing going on here. Not sure if it's essential listening, but it's enjoyable for its short runtime.
Jocosos los sonidos de los sonicos Sonidos rápidos, bien vanguardista para la epoca
For years I only knew the Sonics by name and reputation as proto-punk cult faves. I still haven't gone deep in their discography, so it was good to hear their debut. I'm all for loose-and-loud, attitude-heavy garage rock. This sounds like everyone was holding on for dear life as they blew through the songs, and I'm into it. It wouldn't work as well if it weren't so lo-fi, but this was a fun listen.
I appreciate the history here. I'm not against garage rock and I have certainly annoyed my fair share of suburban neighbors with my own garage rock in my youth. The dude's voice here is pretty perfect for this kind of thing. But can't say the songs did anything for me.
wouldn't necessarily relisten but if i'm ever making a movie soundtrack im coming right here. pretty cool that he can do the mel blanc bugs bunny scream. 3 stars
Enjoyed this very 60s bit beatlesy a few songs I recognised do you love me, roll over Beethoven was good as well
It's alright. I hear the proto-punk garage rock sounds and I can imagine a world in which I like them but it's let down by the tracks themselves just being mediocre. The first song is probably my favorite, but it really failed to capture me. It's definitely an album that feels more important due to how early it is and what it inspired, then an album that stands on its own
I enjoyed the album itself and I appreciate its influence on garage rock, but in the contemporary context it just looks like a bunch of white dudes covering their favourite black musicians. Also, how many times will this list make me listen to roll over beethoven? It’s been three times already and I haven’t reached album 300 yet…
Early garage rock.
Cool
Awesome early rock and roll. Great takes on some classics and I really love the grainy production. Proto-garage rock. Fun to connect the dots and hear the direct line from this to the Stooges or the Hives.
I really loved the song Witch and appreciated the early grunge sound throughout the album (very protomudhoneyesque), though got bored of all the covers and themes. Cool they covered motown/R&B hits though. 3/5
A decent mix of garage rock/psychedelic/rock-a-billy, that may have bridged those gaps back in the day. Makes for an interesting experience but overall not my cup of tea.
The reason this is here is almost certainly "The Witch," a proto-punk blast that continues to resonate (Sublime, for one, ripped off the main riff for "Date Rape"). But the whole collection is good semi-clean fun, although it suffers from the same issue as a lot of work from its era (lots of non-definitive covers). I don't know if these guys could do better but they could certainly do a lot worse.
The drums sound so heavy and primal. Love the raw energy. Wish there are less covers on the album.
Covers?
Solid 60s rock n roll
Deze verzameling covers klinkt alleen al gedateerd door de opname-kwaliteit. Covers zijn met name van klassieke 'zwarte' muziek, die ver-rockt en ver-'60-t wordt. Ze kiezen er voor om de swingende basis en de zangstijl redelijk intact te laten. Dat zorgt ervoor dat het best makkelijk luistert. Tegelijk voegt het daardoor niet perse iets toe. De nummers die wel van henzelf zijn. zijn meestal best vergelijkbaar met het oudere materiaal (vooral het eerste nummer is een negatieve uitzondering). In die zin, kunnen ze het dus wel.
Ik ben niet bekend met the Sonics, dus in hoeverre ze trendsetters waren of hoe invloedrijk, geen idee. Ze brengen een fijne pot rock n roll, al is het wel ietwat gedateerd. Het is een mix van covers en zelfgeschreven nummers. Ergens zijn covers een beetje valsspelen, maar dat was in die tijd nu eenmaal veel meer gewoon. Jammer alleen dat de covers beter zijn dan hun eigen nummers. Het is met name veel herrie maken en energie in de nummers stoppen. Ik kan me wel voorstellen dat een live optreden in die tijd wel helemaal top was, want het is dan moeilijk om stil te blijven staan. Ik vind het wel geinig om hier kennis van te nemen. Rock n roll zorgt altijd wel voor wat positieve energie. Het geschreeuw had wel iets minder gemogen. Ik ben blij dat ik dit niet op een koptelefoon luister, want dat is elke keer standje gehoorschade. Het past prima op brakke speakertjes. Ik geef een 3, al ben ik blij dat de schelle opname na een klein half uur is afgelopen.
2.5 but rounded up for some hits
You can definitely hear where Garage Rock started. Some good guitar solos. I think I'm giving this an extra star because I never heard of them and glad that I have now, but not sure I would listen to this again.
What a bunch of goofballs. I kinda like it. Could use a few more WAAAOOOOOOOOs.
the album's just so fuckin *cool*, the fact that it's half a century old is crazy. ig they invented screaming and garage bands or whatever. the kind of shit that blows the lid off a baby boomer homecoming dance. favorite song is Do You Love Me. solid 3.49/5, one more banger would put the score over the edge
Rating: 6/10 Maybe The Sonics is exactly the kind of music I should like as a 60’s rock band with a raw and abrasive sound before that was really a thing. But I find it kind of annoying at times and the production (something that isn’t often a barrier for me) sounds like it was recorded through a tin can. Despite that, some raw infectious energy straight out of 1965 is interesting to hear
Just fine, probably a pillar of music from the 60s or something but as far as a 2025 listening experience it's ok 5.2/10
Zu roh für mich
Always funny when the album is here because if one song in particular (me when I am a commercial for insurance) but it also kinda sucks but the rest of the album is good
This was good. It had rhythm and bite in equal measure. One of those albums that sounds its age but has enough going on sonically to still catch the ear. Good proto punk and harder white man blues.
It's nice to listen to. But it's so typical 60s and so predictable
Pretty rad. Despite being all covers. It is a high strung, pure adrenaline, balls to the walls uncensored rock n' roll with a ton of attitude. Pure analog recording techniques really enhance the sound of this album. There isn't much substance here but this is true rn'r. As opposed the onslaught of phonies who caught record deals in this era.
Liked this early punchy punk vibe. Not sure I'll be listening to it all the time, but glad to hear it a few times today.
Fun and energetic. Not sure about having both "roll over Beethoven" and "good golly miss Molly" and the first track was a bit fuzzy for me. Low 3
Very solid 3 , raw pop rock
Similar material to The Beatles at the time but with more of an edge.
The Sonics get a solid 3 from me, it’s comparable to the earliest Beatles records and I think compares favourably, I like the edge they have. But ultimately they don’t have the original tunes I get from, say, The Monks around the same time which limits this to an enjoyably 3
Loud and intense covers of other peoples tracks. Some of it is pretty cool, but a lot of it is a bit of a waste.
A lot of these songs are covers, but the Sonics were very influential to garage and punk rock, so I guess are deserving of their place on the list. 3⭐️
I enjoyed this one. It’s fun to hear the seeds of punk being sown and I love the lo-fi production style which has influenced many bands since. Unfortunately a lot of the album is covers which I have heard better versions of. Their version of Do You Love Me does make for good listening though. The originals are good, as is album’s sound and aesthetic but there is a limit to how many times I can hear scream ‘whoo’.
This is basically an album of covers. Only 4 of the 12 songs are original material, the rest are covers from other artists, so I won't emphasise on them, but I'll say that the group at least brings some personality with the distortion and rough production of the garage rock sound. So, this leaves me with 'The Witch', 'Boss Hoss', 'Psycho' and 'Strychnine'. Except for 'Boss Hoss', I think they are truly the best tracks of the record, and also believe the 'proto-punk' fits well, due to the high pace, the attitude of the voice mixed with some screams and the riffs, which are some traits that are also noticeable in the covers. But there isn't much to talk about, honestly. I wasn't a big fan of the record. I think it is alright and I get that it is influential, but didn't impact me nor interested me.
I can see the inspiration and influence that this album would have on punk later on, and the covers are decent, but the main thought i get with this album is a resounding "Woooooww!!" by Gerry Roslie, as it is used so incredibly often that you'd think they based the album around it. Otherwise I'd say its a decent listen, but otherwise unremarkable. You have the fuzzy and heavy mixing that would later be used to great effect on other records, and some of the original compositions are pretty solid, though its mostly covers. I wouldn't turn it off, but I also wouldn't be reaching for it either.
It’s not their fault they sound like something my ex would love. That guy ruins everything.
Nuggets like garage rock. Too many covers, but pleasant enough.
This is pretty good garage rock. A little dated but good in small doses
Their debut album. Rock. I saw a documentary on Punk where they also explored 70s Pub Rock in the UK. This reminds me of that scene. Up tempo covers of old two or three minute songs. Its just good fun. Raw, energetic and dancey.
Interessante Versionen von Roll over Beethoven, Do you love me Ansonsten typisches 60er Rock ohne große Highlights 3/5
This album felt like it was ten minutes of covers. The lead singer of the sonics sounds like where Hollywood got the idea of the doofus rock guy. It’s pretty blatant. Pretty fun album. In and out. Good songs.
Good, but didn’t blow my mind
Fun and rocky with a playful element. It reminds me of The Beatles and The Beach Boys. Thinking about the setting in which this album was released in makes it much more enjoyable. Ahead of its time, but not something I would reach for.
She's An Evil Chick 1001 Albums Generator 166 (11/20/2025) !!!Here Are The Sonics!!! is a trip. It's pretty amazing that an album this raw and punky could come out in 1965, a year largely dominated by avant-garde, spiritual jazz and, like, Bob Dylan. Then just snuggled in the middle of all that is this proto-punk album from Seattle. Musically, The Sonics have some really interesting ideas, which is especially evident on original songs like The Witch and Boss Hoss. This album is probably held back by the fact that most of it is comprised of covers of rock'n'roll songs. Some of these covers are really good, like Have Love Will Travel and Good Golly Miss Molly. My biggest problem with this album is that it largely all blends together. The most egregious example of this is when Have Love Will Travel, which is a cover, goes into Psycho, which is an original. The guitar riffs are pretty much the exact same. The vocal yelping also gets a little old after a while. With that said, this is still a solid burst of energy, and at under 30 minutes, it's an easy listen. I'm sure that The Sonics were very influential for the punk movement that they were over a decade removed from, so for that, it's certainly interesting. 3/5. Favs: The Witch Boss Hoss Have Love Will Travel Least Fav: Roll Over Beethoven
Super
Decent covers!
Definitely appreciate this more than I like it.
At it’s best its rowdy, blow-out rock and roll but at it’s worst it’s a bunch of uninspired covers.
The vocals feel like they're blowing out my ears
Nice.
I enjoyed this
I am conflicted here. It's so...in your face, but fun at the same time.
Not my fav
2.5 stars
A good album, I liked Have Love Will Travel and Good Golly Miss Molly the most.
I get why it’s in the 1001 book. There are quite a few hits and real classics on here.
I'm not sure how to feel about this one. It's mostly a collection of covers of rock & roll hits. Their takes on Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" and Little Richard's "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (written by Marascalco & Blackwell) are pretty good but not as good as the originals. A quick perusal of the Wikipedia entry reveals that critics find it an essential influence for later, noisier punk and grunge bands and that the messy, few-mics recording is influential in the garage/DIY scene. I can't help but wonder how to reconcile the honour that they do to the original artists by recording this with the fact that at least some of those artists (at least Berry and Little Richard) just did better versions of this song. The Sonics may have had a somewhat harsher sound but I don't think they were any less likely to spur the Ramones or Sonic Youth. But we should also make more space for our own canon in rock music. Jazz musicians might include standards in their repertoire because the compositions are that good and because every other recording of it is a foil to define yourself against. A sprinter runs the same race every time, they just try to run it better. "David" isn't the only sculpture of a man. Whatever. 3/5. This is Seattle's version of The La's. I listened and thought, 'sure, I guess.' go listen to The Tragically Hip instead. Or Sloan, or Thrush Hermit. Better bands from smaller markets that just didn't get in front of the right people to really make it big in America or Britain.
Interesting to hear one branch of the development of garage rock but it's not the greatest album.
For years I only knew the Sonics by name and reputation as proto-punk cult faves. I still haven't gone deep in their discography, so it was good to hear their debut. I'm all for loose-and-loud, attitude-heavy garage rock. This sounds like everyone was holding on for dear life as they blew through the songs, and I'm into it. It wouldn't work as well if it weren't so lo-fi, but this was a fun listen.
I don’t know if this is possible, but is it weird for someone who likes loud music to complain that this was too loud? I feel like this was just your basic 60’s boy band, but these guys had the idea to scream on every track. I mean, for 1965, that’s pretty raw in an age that was pretty much squeaky clean. But I feel like I respect these guys more for their impact, rather than their music. Especially since most of this was covers, kinda of would have liked more of the original stuff. Not bad, but not something I’ll go crazy for. Favorite track: Have Love Will Travel Other hits: The Witch, Psycho, Strychnine
I believe everyone who says they were influential but they still sound like a dive bar cover band to me. A good dive bar cover band. A dive bar where you know the name of all the staff and don't take new friends to out of respect. But in this context, that's still a 2 star album. However they get an extra star for the two glorious minutes I spent thinking they were singing "Titty Robber".
So good but so much unnecessary screaming. Will listen to some songs again, never the entire album.
Heard a couple of tracks before. Fun raw garage rock, the originals are quite good. The innovation is sounding fuzzy. 3.5 rounded down Heard before? Some Owned: No: 24/97 (25%) Will I get? ?
They are the Sonics...just not the SUPER Sonics.
I don’t really the “it’s like the Beatles, except BLANK” reviews that I’ve seen. Seen it on the Kinks: “it’s like the Beatles l, except more British” and I’ve seen it on Oasis: “it’s like the Beatles, except 90s.” Those reviews feel reductive, dismissive. But these guys really invite that comparison, so I can’t help it: they’re like the Beatles, except BLANK.
You can hear the beginnings of punk in here, while still sounding very 60's. It's a fascinating artifact in the history of rock. I don't really like the sound, but it's fine enough, and I respect it.
Well, y'know what, I jived with it. It's simplistic rock n' roll for the most part, but it's catchy. Good enough!
Has a rawer sound than contemporaries but a lot of this sounds the same. The covers also aren't their definitive versions. So it's ok.
Felt like i travelled back in time. The mix was a bit of a headache but there are some good tunes from here.
Interesting little history lesson here - I can see how this became a cult classic. That voice is something else. But I can also see how it didn't become a hit.
Oldies some recognition involved. Idk feels like covers but not sure who the og is
So I had never heard of this band before, but then I realized they have several classics that I had heard many times. It's funny how many of these songs I've heard as covers by other bands and didn't even realize it. It's very oldies sounding, but I have mad respect for them due to how they forged the future of rock.
My issue with this album was that it’s basically all covers. I like the songs, but it’s not their music and it’s just being done with a more stripped back feel. I can totally see the influence here for future punk bands, but it’s hard to balance
Random thoughts: * I'm not sure what is so special about this one that it is included in 1001 * I guess it was so hard for the time it was a precursor to garage and punk bands with influences on many contemporary artists. * I liked it just fine and heard several staples of the 60s rock scene. * It is cool they are from Seattle. Such a storied history for Seattle music scene and this appears to be one of the first influential bands to come from there. * I guess when you compare this to The Beatles or even the Stones, The Who, or any other contemporaries, this does sound much harder, muddled, and messy in comparison. Someone had to go there first so others could take this idea and fly. Usually the innovators never get as much popular success as the influenced.
This was a pretty fun listen for what it is. The Sonics put together some solid covers of the rock and R&B standards from that era, and they played them with way more grit and energy than most bands were doing at the time. You can tell they were rough around the edges, but that’s part of the charm. What stood out most was their original material. It’s raw, loud, and messy, but in a good way. You could argue it laid the groundwork for what would eventually become the Seattle sound. The attitude, distortion, and looseness all feel like early hints of grunge decades before it blew up. Here Come The Sonics might not be a perfect record, but it’s an important one. It bridges the gap between early garage rock and what came much later, and it’s got enough punch to still sound exciting today.
The Sonics are always fun. And of course "The Witch" has been on one of my Halloween playlists for ages.
It’s fun but not much new here, lots of well covered covers, and the rough production is tough on the high end.
Love the energy and the fuzzy bass. Have heard better versions of most of the covers (not least by the Beatles). Not sure its one of the 1000 best albums of all time but gave me joy.
good
Overall not bad, catchy at times.
Solid band, fun tracks. Felt very seen in that 'I need Money' song. But it is another white band screaming like they're Little Richard
Love this kind of music, although part of me can’t help but feel like it sounds like cultural appropriation, especially considering the era in which it was recorded
Interesting listen. Lots of covers but in a very garage classic feel.
can you imagine being the mf that put all those exclamation signs there? thats not even how they work youre supposed to use ¡¡¡, you ass
Some iconic songs on this album. Didn't know that was them. Cool
The Sonics. The Sonics. The Sonics. The Sonics. The Sonics. The Sonics. (IYKYK) This album is good, it sounds more like 50's style rock than I thought it would. The recording quality on this one is really bad though. High 3.
No me he guardado ninguna canción, pero al final he estado todo el fin de semana escuchando sonido garaje. Mejor de lo que esperaba y una clara influencia en todo el rock que vino después.
I like how raw and raucous and wild garage rock is, but a full album of garage rock by a single artist starts to feel like diminishing returns and kind of blurs together. I like Rhino’s Nuggets box sets because the variety of artists makes the sameiness of the genre more palatable. “Strychnine” is a good song but I don’t think that any of the covers on this album are an improvement on the originals. This is pretty good garage rock, and I have no doubt that it was influential, but pretty good garage rock is like pretty good professional wrestling. After a couple of songs, my palate wants something a little more nuanced than amateurish playing recorded in the red and screaming.
Classic it's garage band. Would definitely be liked by conservatives.
I’m catching up and the group chat ripped this album apart. I low key dig the intro song tho. This feels like a band all the members of The Doors like and I’m hearing some Morrison-esque stuff here. I actually dig this. They’re well treaded covers but they feel quite a bit more rough and rock. This feels like songs Quonten Tarrantino writes whole movies for. This feels like music dudes with pompadours listen to when they get slicked up. These songs feel like they’d be featured on a PBS 10 disc compilation of “Sounds from the Sixties, when peace, love, and fun, was a way of life.” The most annoying person you’ve ever met will claim this is one of their favorite bands. All that being said, this might be my preferred version for a few of these songs. I like the vocals, I like how messy it is, I like the lofi feel. It really feels like it paved the way for the garage rock of the 2000s. The Strokes don’t exist without The Sonics.
Overall, not a bad album, quite enjoyable playing in the background, but you can definitely feel that it is a bit outdated nowadays. I'm sure it was pretty cool back in the day, but now it's just a bit meh.
its good but meh at the same time…