Saturday, July 05, 2008

The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)


A lot of air-play resulted in The Pretty Things' first hit singles ("Rosalyn", "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Honey I Need"). "Don't Bring Me Down" climbed to an encouraging number 10 in the chart. Mainly because of this Fontana, a subsidiary of Philips, offered the band the possibility to record their first album.In the LP they made during some frantic 48 hours, and especially in the clutch of the dramatic hit singles it contais, they defined a pivotal moment in rocks development. There was already a tradition of white acts making hits from smoothed-out versions of black originals, but the Pretties could actually sound more savage than the models they copied. They were arguably the prototype for a whole generation of garage bands. Even more than their peers The Rolling Stones, The Pretty Things brought the raw intensity of black American music into the mainstream of British pop.
Tracks:
1. Roadrunner
2. Judgement Day
3. 13 Chester Street
4. Big City
5. Unknown Blues
6. Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut
7. Honey I Need
8. Oh Baby Doll
9. She's Fine She's Mine
10. Don't You Lie To Me
11. Moon Is Rising
12. Pretty Thing

2 comments:

Nerkon said...

Muchas gracias por el disco.
Habia escuchado el sorrow y me parecio increible.
vamos a ver como andan estos.
Excelente blog de paso.

Nos vemos
saludos desde mundoeleven.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Μήπως μπορείς να τα ξανα ανεβάσεις κάπου; Το link δεν λειτουργεί.