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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: New R & R HoFers |
| Date | Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:48:23 -0500 |
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At Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 07:06:02 Mike Bennett wrote:
>The first album is a classic -- no doubt. But are
>they one of the greatest bands of all-time? Not even
>close by a long shot.
>
>I think Josh stated their case and it's a thin resume.
> It's not that a band can't be an all-time great with
>a small body of work -- for example, The Sex Pistols
>belong due to extreme historical significance alone --
>but a great debut album, only one other undisputed
>good album (Learning To Crawl) and otherwise
>inconsistency -- though at some point they just became
>disposable -- doesn't cut it. Geez, Nick Lowe and
>Squeeze, just to name two contemporaries, have much
>more impressive bodies of work.
And as much as Chrissie Hynde has always maintained the band moniker to
represent the collective unit, the brand doesn't hold up due to its
(in)consistant line-up changes. If anything, Hynde should be the one
nominated (not that I agree with that either).
But, I'm wondering if there was a different first album issued in other
territories. A previous email showed a track list that read like a greatest
hits. The 1980 Sire album I have here reads like this:
1) Precious
2) The Phone Call
3) Up the Neck
4) Tattooed Love Boys
5) Space Invader
6) The Wait
7) Stop Your Sobbing
9) Kid
10) Private Life
11) Brass in Pocket
12) Lovers of Today
13) Mystery Achievement
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye
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