I'm Stranded

Saints | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1977
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Amsterdamned
• ASIN: B000000P7B
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,496 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. (I'm) Stranded

2. One Way Street

3. Wild About You

4. Messin' With the Kid

5. Erotic Neurotic

6. No Time

7. Kissin' Cousins

8. Story of Love

9. Demolition Girl

10. Nights in Venice

11. Lipstick on Your Collar [*]

12. River Deep, Mountain High [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not the most important punk album, but probably the most fun, May 4, 2000

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"leoparddog" (Dallas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'm Stranded (Audio CD)

Absent is the cartooniness that made the Ramones impossible to take seriously. In addition, another thankful omission is the overbearing rage and political grandstanding that make people take the Pistols and the Clash too seriously. Basically, this is arguably the best garage band ever(at least on this album), and they're flooring it on almost every tune with a punk energy that's rarely been rivaled. "(I'm) Stranded" is a great song, but "Messin' with the Kid"(slow, grungy rocker), "Erotic Neurotic", "No Time", the cover of "Kissin' Cousins", and "The Story of Love" are its equal. The best tune - in my opinion - "Night in Venice", buries most punk songs with its potent, chord-ripping fury, and makes a great finale to a great album. The extra songs are good too. There's not a weak track here, and for a punk rock album, that speaks volumes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the original punk rock artifacts, March 30, 2003

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Roy Pearl (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'm Stranded (Audio CD)

Sure, it sounds like it was recorded on a RadioShack C-120 cassette in an aluminum shack during a hailstorm with the treble turned up to ten, but what a buzz this album still delivers! The cranked momentum of the manic title song amazingly leads into more dementia, stopping for a breather only during the six-minute stomp of "Messin' With the Kid" and the (comparatively) Dylanesque "Story of Love", and then racing to the finish line with the mind-melting Stooges-style riff-insanity of "Nights in Venice". Ed Keupper's lead guitar is all fuzz and treble throughout, spinning flashy solos where punks weren't supposed to do such things, and Chris Bailey's gruff howl attains a tuneful charisma seemingly through the force of will. It was a pleasant surprise in '77; it sounds even more surprising now.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars blistering, nosiy, exciting album, October 12, 2000

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Vince Cabrera (Wellington, NZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'm Stranded (Audio CD)

Huge slabs of chainsaw fuzz guitars, lyrics that invariably include "C'mon" and "Awl Right" and a great big helping of that rough and ready DIY fun that made late 70s punk so much fun and kept it fresh all these years. There are lots of hints that this band was going to be much better than the vast majority of its contemporaries: Ed Kuepper's forceful but oddly understated guitarwork and Chris Bailey's rasping world weary voice are obvious examples.

As other reviewers have pointed out, this is not the politically correct Anarchist punk that exploded in the 80s, this is real "garage band" stuff, with rather obvious nods to the Rolling Stones, The Who, The Stooges et al. For an interesting experience, compare "Messin' With The Kid" with the Stones' "Sway" on "Sticky Fingers".