Rubinoos [Extra tracks, Import]

The Rubinoos | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 15, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Wooded Hill
• ASIN: B00000C2MS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #661,078 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Think We're Alone Now

2. Leave My Heart Alone

3. Hard To Get

4. Peek-A-Boo

5. Rock And Roll Is Dead

6. Memories

7. Nothing A Little Love Won't Cure

8. Wouldn't It Be Nice

9. Make It Easy

10. I Never Thought It Would Happen

11. Fall In Love

12. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

13. Lightning Love Affair

14. Drivin' Music

15. Jennifer

16. 1, 2, 3, Forever

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bubblegum power pop for the ages, May 19, 2000

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rubinoos (Audio CD)

Like so many bands that swim against the trend-of-the-moment, the ultra sweet harmonies of the Rubinoos late 70s power-pop never achieved the wide-spread contemporary acclaim it deserved.

Sung against the background of the harder rock of the era, the Rubinoos ended up more popular with the teenage fans of Tiger Beat than the more sophisticated fans of Big Star or the Raspberries. At the time, anyway.

In retrospect, the Rubinoos have gained the sort of noteriety that places them firmly in the tradition that sprung later power-pop artists like The Nerves, Material Issue, and Matthew Sweet.

This debut release from 1977 features their one and only chart hit (a cover of Tommy James and the Shondells' "I Think We're Alone Now"), along with a host of great originals from the pen of guitarist Tommy Dunbar. Jon Rubin's lead vocals are the perfect vehicle for Dunbar's songs, and the band's backing harmonies can induce shivers in the same way as the Beach Boys could.

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Power Pop, January 31, 2007

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Harold G. Meeks Jr. "hal2k" (raleigh nc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rubinoos (Audio CD)

It's a pity that this CD costs so much now. The Rubinoos hit about the same time as punk was taking off in the UK. However, it's not a stretch to see that both the Ramomes and the Rubinoos come from the same place -- 60's pop, condensed and reformulated. Ramones went for stripped down/fast revisioning of hooky pop, the rubinoos went for the tight vocal harmonies aka Brian Wilson. Think Tommy Roe vs. the Surfaris (another stretch).

Anyway, if you want an achingly sweet and great pop music fix that still sounds fresh, here you go.