The Complete Stiff Years - Dirty Looks / Turn It Up [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Dirty Looks | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Stiff Records
• ASIN: B000KZRKN0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,137 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. They Got Me Covered

2. Love Crimes

3. You Can't Love Me

4. Lie to Me

5. Take a Life

6. Let Go

7. 12 O'Clock High

8. You're Too Old

9. Accept Me

10. Disappearing

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Daddy's Gone

2. Living Alone

3. Carrie

4. You've Got It

5. Do We Need It

6. Animal

7. Turn It Up

8. Deceit

9. Hit List

10. Born Again

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Highly anticipated two CD set. Not to be confused with the Hard Rock band, Staten Island, New York based power-pop trio Dirty Looks (Patrick Barnes, Peter Parker and Marco Sin) signed to Stiff in 1979 after only 10 gigs and have the unique record of claiming Stiff's biggest ever selling album in the US. Their eponymous debut album was released to positive reviews in August 80 - produced by Tim Friese-Green, it included a duo of great singles in 'Let Go' and 'Lie To Me'. Epic released the album in the US where it sold almost 100,000 copies. The second album, 'Turn It Up', followed 12 months later but only after being recorded twice, by Motors main-man Nick Garvey and Roger Bechirian. Label politics meant that the album never secured a US release and this is first CD release anywhere in the world. This re-release is newly remastered and includes sleeve notes by singer/songwriter guitarist Patrick Briody (aka Patrick Barnes), extra b-sides and singles and four never released live tracks recorded on the Son Of Stiff tour. Dirty Looks were one of the most underrated acts signed to Stiff and one of the most requested re-releases through the recently launched Stiff Records site. 31 tracks. Stiff. 2007.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Neglected Classic, September 3, 2007

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J. Kaa (Huntington Beach, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirty Looks / Turn It Up (Reis) (Dlx) (Audio CD)

Overlooked by almost everyone upon its release in 1980, the first self-titled by Dirty Looks is a Post Punk Classic. Coupled with their not quite so great second album Turn It Up, this is a must buy for music lovers who like great songwriting played and sung with skill, passion and energy.
One reason the band was overlooked was that though they had the neo- Sixties look of the immediate post punk era they were unfashionable for at least two reasons.
First of all they were seasoned musicians coming out of the New York area bar band circuit. Yes, they could actually play their respective instruments.
Second, Patrick Barnes' songs were more closely aligned with Rock & Roll of the 50s and 60s than to the Punk Rock of their peers Blondie, Richard Hell and the Talking Heads.
Their attitude was not the snotty Brit punk of the Sex Pistols or The Clash or the fringe attitude of the other New York bands.
And Barnes (Briody)relates the story of his orange Gretsch guitar, a most unfashionable instrument in the late Seventies.
But one listen to songs like Lie To Me or Take A Life is proof of an affinity with both Elvis Costello and The Who.
After listening to CD 1, which includes the first album plus three B-sides and four live songs, I reached the same conclusion I did 27 years ago when I first bought this record- this is great stuff.
My theory of music is this- there is no new music or old music, just music you've heard or music you haven't heard.
Hear this music.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NYC NEW Wave, not the 80/90 metal Band, April 26, 2007

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zphage - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirty Looks / Turn It Up (Reis) (Dlx) (Audio CD)

Classic new wave power pop from NYC, this has been out of print for decades, other than obscure Italian collection.

2cd set includes both their albums with some bonus live tracks.

Herky jerky rhythms spare muscular guitar bass drums sound with punkish vocals. They almost could be American mods, but guitar sound is cleaner than Who-ish power chords.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT CD, July 13, 2008

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L. Howardopoulos (New Rochelle, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Stiff Years - Dirty Looks / Turn It Up (Audio CD)

Dirty Looks was Green Day before there even was a Green Day. Powerhouse music! Why this group didn't make it alot bigger is beyond me. They were great. This is a classic. Buy it, you won't regret it!