Maintaining My Cool

Sonics | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1980)
• Original Release Date: January 1, 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jerden
• ASIN: B000001BZY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,529 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The Sonics pioneered a punky musical approach predated and conceivably influenced later 3-chord wonders including The Standells, Kinks, Music Machine, Seeds, Blues Magoos, Stooges, et al. Although never blessed with the commercial successes of some of these, The Sonics were undeniably a musical force with lasting impact. The Original Northwest Punkers are currently touring world wide. Their music lives on.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the first place to start your Sonics collection, January 14, 2003

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reechie (Lebanon, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maintaining My Cool (Audio CD)

"Maintaining My Cool" actually contains most of The Sonics' lone album for Jerden records, "Introducing The Sonics" minus a couple of cuts that Jerden later put out on their "Fire & Ice: Lost Tapes" collection. Actually, it's not bad, decent mid 60's garage rock, but by the time they recorded for Jerden, The Sonics had lost some of the manic punk rawness that makes their Etiquette Records recordings so essential. In fact, the two leased Etiquette tracks, the immortal "The Witch" and "Psycho" make the rest of the disc sound weak and pale, and Gerry Roslie's demonic Little Richard inspired vocals are reduced to a mere sneer here.. Still, "You've Got Your Head On Backwards" and "Maintaining My Cool" are fun garage rock songs worth hearing. Just make sure you've heard "Here Are The Sonics" and "Boom" first.

2.0 out of 5 stars sound quality very poor, August 2, 2010

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Jeff C. Dunford (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maintaining My Cool (Audio CD)

there are some great songs here - "maintaining my cool" may be my favorite Sonics number, but the sound quality of this dvd is inferior to my old record with the same content. A real disappointment.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars it's better than these guys say!, November 11, 2004

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Brian G. Foss (seattle, wa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maintaining My Cool (Audio CD)

i just wanted to say that while this CD is in no way as great as the first 2 sonics albums, it's not as bad as these other reviewers say it is.
yeah, some of the songs are dumb, and yeah, it's not as raw, but this is still a solid CD to have if you love the sonics.
hell, i like the song 'dirty old man'!