Teenage Head (Flamin' Groovies album)

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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies Teenage Head.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1971 (1971-03)
RecordedJanuary 1971
Studio Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre
Length30:45
Label Kama Sutra
Producer Richard Robinson
Flamin' Groovies chronology
Flamingo
(1970)
Teenage Head
(1971)
Shake Some Action
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Alternative Press 4/5 [3]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
Christgau's Record Guide B [6]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Spin 9/10 [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Teenage Head is the third studio album by the San Francisco rock band Flamin' Groovies, released in March 1971 by Kama Sutra Records. [11]

Contents

Released the same year as the Rolling Stones' album Sticky Fingers , Mick Jagger reportedly noticed the similarities between the albums and thought the Flamin' Groovies did the better take on the theme of classic blues and rock 'n roll revisited in a modern context. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Cyril Jordan and Roy A. Loney except where noted.

Side 1

  1. "High Flyin' Baby"
  2. "City Lights"
  3. "Have You Seen My Baby?" (Randy Newman)
  4. "Yesterday's Numbers"

Side 2

  1. "Teenage Head"
  2. "32-20" (Robert Johnson, new lyrics by Roy A. Loney)
  3. "Evil Hearted Ada" (Loney)
  4. "Doctor Boogie"
  5. "Whiskey Woman"

CD bonus tracks

  1. "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd, Guy Robinson)
  2. "That'll Be the Day" (Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty)
  3. "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry)
  4. "Walkin' the Dog" (Rufus Thomas)
  5. "Scratch My Back" (Slim Harpo)
  6. "Carol" (Chuck Berry)
  7. "Going Out Theme"

Personnel

Flamin' Groovies

References

  1. 1 2 Sisario, Ben (2004). "Flamin' Groovies". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  301–02. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  2. 1 2 3 Deming, Mark. "Teenage Head – Flamin' Groovies". AllMusic . Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. "Flamin' Groovies: Teenage Head". Alternative Press . No. 136. November 1999. p. 100.
  4. Beets, Greg (August 27, 1999). "Flamin' Groovies: Flamingo (Buddha/BMG) / Flamin' Groovies: Teenage Head (Buddha/BMG)". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  5. Popson, Tom (July 27, 1990). "An Intriguing Dash of Dots Eccentricity". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  6. Christgau, Robert (1981). "F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN   0-89919-026-X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  7. Sinclair, Tom (August 6, 1999). "Teenage Head". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  8. "Flamin' Groovies: Teenage Head". Q . No. 168. September 2000. p. 123.
  9. Strauss, D. (November 1999). "Flamin' Groovies: Flamingo / Flamin' Groovies: Teenage Head". Spin . Vol. 15, no. 11. p. 194. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  10. "Flamin' Groovies: Teenage Head". Uncut . No. 39. August 2000. p. 103.
  11. The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion. Canongate Books. 2007. p. 236. ISBN   978-1-84195-973-3.