Stupidity

Dr. Feelgood | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grand Records / Cadiz
• ASIN: B000FS9NOG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #485,341 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Talking About You

2. Twenty Yards Behind

3. Stupidity

4. All Through The City

5. I'm A Man

6. Walking The Dog

7. She Does It Right

8. Going Back Home

9. I Don't Mind

10. Back In The Night

11. I'm A Hog For You Baby

12. Checkin' Up On My Baby

13. Roxette

14. Riot In Cell Block #9

15. Johnny B Goode

Editorial Reviews

Recorded in 1976 this 15 Track Album Reached No One in the UK and features Vintage Dr Feelgood Tracks of the Same Vintage as Down by the Jetty Grandcd5 --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irresistable!, July 8, 2003

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stupidity (Audio CD)

Dr Feelgood was at their best playing live, and even though most of these live versions stick close to the originals, they are played with so much energy and nerve, making this one of the very best Dr Feelgood albums.

Now, live recordings often suffer from a slightly "airy" sound...particularly the drums, which never seem to have the punch of a good studio cut. But on these 28-year-old recordings Dr Feelgood and co-producer Vic Maile have somehow captured the biggest drum sound I have ever heard on a live album - on "Roxette" and "I'm A Hog For You Baby" in particular, the imposing John Martin, "The Big Figure", lays down a thundering beat.

This is down and dirty R&B with crunchy stop-and-go guitar riffs. Lee Brilleaux' vocals sound even more rough and gravelly than usual, and his harp playing is sharp as shards of broken glass. The performance of the band gels perfectly, and on "Stupidity" the Feelgoods actually managed to capture the ferocious power of their live shows.

"Stupidity" is some of the best and juiciest rock n' roll you're ever likely to hear. Why the Feelgoods never made in the US is beyond me.
4 1/2 stars - highly recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Malpractice" Is Out Of Print?, April 10, 2001

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Clark Paull "(Sleepin' with the TV on)" (Murder City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stupidity (Audio CD)

Since it appears that Dr. Feelgood's magnum opus "Malpractice" goes in and out of print on a regular basis, and unless you can find a used copy somewhere, "Stupidity" may have to be where you'll have to discover the guitar genius of Wilko Johnson. Forget the tired old cliches about "pub rock," this is gritty, down-in-the-dirt R&B, featuring Johnson coaxing huge, chunky, fat, boxy-sounding chords from his battered Telecaster in a staggering pyrotechnical display of rhythm guitar. And to think the guy didn't even use a pick... Wow! Add in Lee Brilleaux's croaking vocals and one of the tightest rhythm sections ever in John Sparks and The Big Figure, and you've got quite a potent brew which may prove to be unhealthy for children and small animals. BUY THIS SINCE IT'S AVAILABLE, THEN MAKE IT A MISSION TO FIND "MALPRACTICE."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The missing link between cockney r&b and punk, August 20, 2000

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Agustin Calvetti (El Calafate, Santa Cruz Argentina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stupidity (Audio CD)

This is the chance to hear the most underrated english band of the seventies.Caught between the dinosaur-rock of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc. and the back-to-basics approach of Punk.The feelgoods developed a unique blend of rythm and blues musicianship with protopunk attitude.The first thing that catches your attention is the percusive sound of Wilko Johnson's guitar, a totally original approach to traditional r&b numbers like Chuck Berry's "Talking 'bout you".Then you have Lee Brilleaux's distinctive cockney growl and Sparko and the Big Figure providing the most solid drum and bass combination till the arrival of ACDC.This is a great live recording that captures the Feelgood at their best.