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Dawn of the Dickies

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First of all, this has to be one of the best punk albums of all time. When my husband introduced me to the Dickies 10 years ago, I had never heard of them (and I called myself a punk! Shame). I was blown away by how consistently good and fun their songs were, how they could get me going in the morning no matter how little sleep I had (just TRY being mellow listening to 'Give It Back' ), and by the cool lyrics to songs like Attack of the Mole Men and Fan Mail.

Now while L.G. Phillips has one of the coolest singing voices of all time, most Dickies songs are so fast and furious that, for me at least, 50% of the lyrics are incomprehensible, and that 's after several listens. "Infidel Zombie" was always one of my favorite Dickies songs, but no matter how many times I listened to it, I could only get like 75% of the lyrics ("well I've been running for a while and I know that I'm the next in line, well she's a (something something a something with a something)" The most extreme example was "I've got a Splitting Hedachi" where all I could get was the first line and part of the chorus "Well it's a chilly chilly evening and I something something something" . I was overjoyed to find this on CD finally, but when we opened up the CD, we were even more overjoyed to find...lyrics! Man, was I ever wrong on some of them, and on a couple, the song even turned out to be about something completely different than I thought. With lots of bands, sometimes the lyrics you come up with turn out to be cooler than the actual lyrics when you find out what they are. Not with the Dickies! I managed to figure out "Where Did His Eye Go" was about Sammy Davis Jr when I first heard it (my husband actually had heard it a lot more, but never knew what it was about) only because I had just finished reading a book about him. Finding out all the lyrics made me love the song even more.

Dawn of the Dickies not only includes the classics 'Where Did His Eye Go'?, 'Fan Mail' , 'Manny, Moe and Jack', 'Infidel Zombie', 'I'm a Chollo', 'Nights in White Satin', 'I'm Stuck in a Pagoda With) Tricia Toyota', 'I've Got a Splitting Hedachi', 'Attack of the Mole Men', and 'She Loves Me Not' but also also has the bonus of having bonus tracks 'Gigantor' and 'Bowling With Bedrock Barney' (I actually danced so hard and fast to this song once I lost my balance and fell over) which before, I only had on vinyl. By the way, at chorus to 'Infidel Zombie' ends, " and I don't believe that there's a bullet with my name on it now".

Even if you already have this on vinyl, I recommend this CD for the bonus tracks and seeing the actual lyrics. One of the best records by one of the most underrated bands of all time.

Yay the Dickies. How can you not like a band with a name like that? While some of the overly serious British Punk Acts of the late 70's churned out their angst-ridden rants against society the Dickies took punk, mixed it with pop to give us deliriously catchy 2-3 minute classics. As a London School-Kid growing up surrounded by all the usual Punk bands of the era the 'Dickies' seemed like they weren't quite taking things seriously & of course they weren't.........thank God! Extremely funny ditties accompanied by fast beaty drums & white-trash vocals. No less than 5 single's on this wonderful album 'Where did his eye go?', 'Fan Mail' (My particular favorite & a wonderfully snide observation on bands relationships with their fans), 'Manny, Moe & jack', 'Nights in White Satin' & the completely daft 'Gigantor'. This is the sort of band that could only come out of America. They were hugely underrated, in part I think because they didn't have the tude' associated with most other punk-bands. But bugger that. For some of the catchiest ditties of the late 70's you couldn't have more fun than with the Dickie's. Go Dickie's!!!

The Dickies album "Dawn Of The Dickies" can be described as an album that was ahead of their time and ahead of the Ramones. This Dickies album sounds like what the Ramones did on their 1980 album with Phil Spector entitled "End of the Century". Were the Ramones influenced by this album? I don't know, but the songs reminded me of "Do you remember Rock and Roll Radio?" by the Ramones. With that being said, the Dickies were original and ahead of their time. The album is full of good songs with good hooks and silly lyrics. This album came out years before those ripoff artists like "Green Day", "Offpspring", "Blink 182" and any other "Boy Band With Guitars" that claim to be "punk" came to be. This is a great lost gem and should be purchased by any fan of good music. Don't let their label (punk) fool you, these guys are much more than that. They write great melodies and music. So don't waste your time and buy this album.

based on the 3 Dickies albums I've heard, this is their "masterpiece". It has some of the most catchy songs of any album I've ever heard. They're fun, silly and absolutely original...never heard anything like it before. The melodies, arrangements, vocals and lyrics are all very interesting and well crafted (unlike your typical "punk" band).

I probably could have done without the hyper-cover of "Nights in White Satin" and wasn't super stoked on "I'm a chollo" or "She loves me...", but the rest of the tunes make up for those by a long shot (no pun intended).

All Killer and No Filler!!

The greatest party album of them all!!

The aural effect of being plugged into an electrical socket.

Should be played mandatory first thing in the morning!!

I bought this album when it first came out (I was 12 at the time). I had no idea what to expect, but I was absolutely enthralled with what I heard from the moment the needle hit the vinyl. It was so completely unlike anything I had heard up to that point. I played it for all of my friends, and none of them "got it". Oh, well - their loss. This is goofy, geeky rock, '79 style. They do it fast, fun and furious, having perhaps the most breakneck pace of any punk/new wave band up to that point. "Manny Moe and Jack", "Where Did His Eye Go?" and "I'm A Chollo" are my eternal favorites on this album. I finally broke down and bought a vinyl copy a couple years ago when I couldn't find it reissued on CD. I'm glad to see it's available for those who lost their old copies, as well as for a whole new generation .

If you know The Dickies, you know this album is one of their best--maybe the best, period. For a long while it was unavailable in CD-format, so Dickies fans were stuck with old cassettes or vinyl. Now, thanks to this Captain Oi! re-release, all these great tunes are back. Of all the older Dickies albums, this one stands out for its hard-driving melody, classic Stan vocals and lyrics, and surprisingly high production quality. To me, this album is the one that defines The Dickies' sound, and is a must-have for any serious or not-so-serious fan.

The Dickies' second LP brings out more of pop in their pop-punk stylings. The songs are a little longer, but the band has lost none of their humor, and nearly every one of the songs is instantly hummable. This was made during their golden early peropd, and while the record itself could be a bit longer (it could be tweice as long and I'd have no complaints), it packs the full range of the Dickies' songwriting style between the grooves. It's too bad that their excellence wasn't recognized before punk became more mainstream.

Fast and furious, yet accessible, a brilliant effort by a seminal group in any punk scene. Doc Martens and a sense of humor. There has never been a better cover song than their version of "Nights In White Satin". I have to hide this CD from myself so I don't wear it out, like I did the LP.

THERE IS NOT A BAD TRACK ON THIS CD. THE DICKIES ARE GREAT. THE BEST SONG ON THIS CD IS PROBABLY I GOT A SPLITTING HEDACHI, ALTHOUGH I'M A CHOLLO IS EXCELLENT ALSO AND WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED MANNY , MOE AND JACK WAS THE SINGLE. THIS CD CONTAINS NO FILLER THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PUT OUT WHEN THE DICKIES WERE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME. THIS IS NOT HARDCORE BUT IT IS EXCELLENT.