Album: Listening In Radio Sessions 1978-1982
Year: 2004
Style: Punk
Similar Bands: Clash, The Jam, Buzzcocks, The Adverts, Monkees
"One-Word" Review: Standard Punks Who Became Musicians
Based Out Of: Derry, Northern Ireland
Label: Sanctuary Records Group, BBC Music, BMG
Listening In Radio Sessions 1978-1982 (2004)
Members & Other Bands:
Album Review: This is a nice compilation that travels the evolution of the Undertones, one of the biggest bands from Northern Ireland's, sound. Starting with their first John Peel session in 1978, where Peel had to foot the 70 pound studio bill for the broke band, through to their final (7th) session in 1982, which apparently the band barely remembers doing. It shows the band's growth from a three chord angsty punk band, the standard first origins step for any punk band. The wavering and harmonized vocals took the Beatles sound, sped it up, and overlaid aggressive guitars over the generally catchy hooks and backing beat. Again, I'm not discovering anything new here, it is a stereotypic start for the genre. Over the sessions, the songs got longer, and more intricate and added in more themes of 60's Psychedelia, Motown and Gary Glitter.
Label: Sanctuary Records Group, BBC Music, BMG
Cover, Sleeve Back
Liner Notes, CD Back
Liner Photo, CD, CD Tray
Liner Notes
Liner Notes
Liner Notes, Song Details
- Get Over You 2:54
- Top 20 1:59
- She Can Only Say No 0:36
- Male Model 1:52
- Listening In 2:15
- Family Entertainment 2:35
- Billy's Third 1:51
- Here Comes The Summer 2:01
- Nine Times Out of Ten 2:34
- The Way Girls Talk 2:42
- Whiz Kids 2:38
- Top 20 2:02
- Girls That Don't Talk 2:22
- Tear Proof 2:17
- What's With Terry 3:17
- Rock n Roll 3:07
- The Positive Touch 1:55
- You're Welcome 2:11
- When Saturday Comes 2:47
- Like That 2:57
- Bye Bye Baby Blue 3:23
- Beautiful Friend 3:05
- (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet 2:03
- Untouchable 3:16
- The Love Parade 4:11
- Luxury 2:35
- The Sin of Pride 3:45
Members & Other Bands:
- Michael Bradley - Bass, Vox (The Wesleys, Bernard Lenoir, Ash)
- Damian O'Neill - Guitar, Vox (The Wesleys, That Petrol Emotion, The Monotones, Everlasting Yeahm Wavewalkers, A Quiet Revolution, Tommy Tate & the Torpedoes, X-Valdez, Bernard Leonoir, Qu4tre, Ash, Rare, Mimi, Aujord'hui Madame, Die Toten Hosen, 5 Billion in Diamonds, Eileen Gogan & the Instructions, Baby Shakes)
- John O'Neill - Guitar, Vox (That Petrol Emotion, Rare, Bernard Lenoir, Wasp Factory, Blink)
- Feargal Sharkey - Vox (The Assembly, Peace Together, Kiki Dee, Bernard Lenoir)
- Bill Doherty - Drums (Bernard Lenoir, Baby Shakes)
- Vincent O'Neill -Backing Vox
- Steve Hammonds - Release Coordination
- Joe Smith - Release Coordination
- Hugh Gilmour - Artwork & Design
- Larry Doherty - Photos
- LFI - Photos
- Jill Furmanovsky - Photos
- Andy Ferguson - Mgmt (Cracks 90 Ltd.)
- Dave Richings - Recording
- Mick Houghton - Liner Notes
- Bob Sargeant - Producer, Engineer
- Dale Griffin - Producer, Engineer
- Dave Dade - Producer, Engineer
- Mike Engles - Producer, Engineer
- Stephen Nelson - Producer, Engineer
Album Review: This is a nice compilation that travels the evolution of the Undertones, one of the biggest bands from Northern Ireland's, sound. Starting with their first John Peel session in 1978, where Peel had to foot the 70 pound studio bill for the broke band, through to their final (7th) session in 1982, which apparently the band barely remembers doing. It shows the band's growth from a three chord angsty punk band, the standard first origins step for any punk band. The wavering and harmonized vocals took the Beatles sound, sped it up, and overlaid aggressive guitars over the generally catchy hooks and backing beat. Again, I'm not discovering anything new here, it is a stereotypic start for the genre. Over the sessions, the songs got longer, and more intricate and added in more themes of 60's Psychedelia, Motown and Gary Glitter.
Although this is an Undertones compilation, it lacks their most popular track, Teenage Kicks, missing because, as the band states, they recorded it as well as they could have hoped, and felt no need to replicate it (even if Top 20 is on here twice). They broke up after their fourth album in 1983, but reunited in 1999 for Derry reunion gigs, minus Sharkey, who decided against rejoining. They are still an active band (as of 2021) and i would have seen them last year for the first time, it it weren't for that meddling covid.
Stand Out Track: 78 Peel Session (Get Over You / Top 20 / She Can Only Say No / Male Model)
Links:
Wiki
Stand Out Track: 78 Peel Session (Get Over You / Top 20 / She Can Only Say No / Male Model)
Links:
Wiki
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