Label: DJM Records (Europe), 832 957-2
Style: Garage Rock, Beat, Pop Rock
Country: Andover, Hampshire, England
Time: 42:02
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 238 Mb
Charts: UK #6, GER #4, US #52.
Another
demonstration of the fact that there was very little actual trash among
the uninventive poppy bands of the mid-Sixties - basically, the Troggs'
debut was pretty obsolete for the standards of 1966 if one approaches
it from a purely musical perspective, but it's still groovy fun despite
all the lightweightness, if only because the music is so fresh,
exciting, and catchy. The bad news, of course, is that the Troggs, at
this point at least, played their instruments with about the same level
of perfection as John Lennon and Paul McCartney played theirs in the
good old days of the Quarrymen, but the good news is that the Troggs
don't actually need to play their instruments in a fine way; arguably,
they were the first band to make it big that didn't give a fuck about
the professional approach.
Who needs professional approach anyway
when the first track on here is 'Wild Thing'? That might be the simplest
song ever written - the classic three chords, plus a staggeringy slow
tempo, and above all, an ultra-stupid recorder solo (or is it octorina?
whatever, I'm not that familiar with exotic instruments) that probably
took whoever was playing it about three minutes of mastering. And, of
course, proto-Ramones lyrics - even if the song itself was written by
Chip Taylor and not by the strut-master Reg Presley. It's little wonder
Hendrix made 'Wild Thing' the blistering conclusion of his show at
Monterey, as the primal sexual energy of the song seems to have appeared
specially so that Jimi would have no choice but pick it up. Of course,
the Troggs' version is tamer and quieter, but what do you want from 'em?
It was only 1966. It was HARD for the epoch.
(full version: starlingdb.org/music/troggs.htm)
01. Wild Thing (02:35)
02. The Kitty Cat Song (02:14)
03. Ride Your Pony (02:27)
04. Hi Hi Hazel (02:46)
05. I Just Sing (02:10)
06. Evil (03:16)
07. The Yella in Me (02:40)
08. With a Girl Like You (02:08)
09. Our Love Will Still Be There (03:12)
10. Louie Louie (03:03)
11. Jingle Jangle (02:29)
12. When I'm with You (02:25)
13. From Home (02:19)
14. Jaguar and Thunderbird (02:02)
15. I Can't Control Myself (03:05)
16. Night of the Long Grass (03:05)
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