Teenage Depression [Import]

Eddie & The Hot Rods | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B000006NR3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #789,480 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Get Across To You

2. Why Can't It Be?

3. Show Me

4. All I Need Is Money

5. Double Checkin' Woman

6. The Kids Are Alright

7. Teenage Depression

8. Horseplay (Wearier Of The Schmaltz)

9. Been So Long

10. Shake

11. On The Run

Editorial Reviews

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Over the course of the long, hot summer of 1976, it seemed that Eddie & the Hot Rods were embarking on a one-way trip to superstardom. Considered to be a younger and more exuberant version of gritty, R&B pub-rockers Dr. Feelgood, they were smashing attendance records during a prolonged residency at London's Marquee Club. Yet, to echo their debut single, there was already a good deal of "Writing on the Wall" for the Rods, as their Marquee support band, the Sex Pistols, were about to consign them to the cultural dumper. This debut collection, however, catches the quartet on the crest of an upwardly mobile wave where everything still seemed possible, and their edgy, blazing energy is both tangible and infectious. From "Get Across to You" to "On the Run," Teenage Depression remains a hot-and-sweaty, rough-and-ready pub-rock classic. --Ian Fortnam

Product Description

Reissue of 1976 album, now available on CD with 12 bonus tracks. Includes the hit singles 'Teenage Depression', 'Writing On The Wall', 'Wooly Bully', 'Live At The Speed Of Sound' & the 'Live At The Marquee' EP. Comes complete with originalartwork, liner notes & pictures. Bonus tracklisting 'Writing On The Wall', 'Cruisin' (In The Lincoln0', 'Wooly Bully', 'Horseplay' (Single Version), '96 Tears' (Live), 'Get Out OfDenver' (Live), 'Medley, Gloria/Satisfaction' (Live), 'On The Run' (Live), 'Hard Drivin' Man' (Live)', 'Horseplay' (Live), 'Double Checkin' Woman' (Live) & 'All I Need Is Money' (Live). 2000 release. Standard jewel case. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First rate early punk rock, April 25, 2005

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Joel W. Barnett (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teenage Depression (Audio CD)

The Hotrods were an early UK punk group, high energy, but essentially a revved up mid-sixties sound. They were not a revival group, nor were they a full blown "punk" group ala The Damned or The Ramones. It's difficult to explain, but this is a great record, including early 45's, first LP, and several later singles.

I bought the USA version of the LP when it came out in 1976 and still love it. If half way between Dr. Feelgood and The Damned's first LP means anything to you, you'll know why this is such a good record.

If you like punk rock from 1976-1977, this is essential.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As fast and snarling as a hot rod!, May 20, 2006

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Scott Mcgredy "srelay" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teenage Depression (Audio CD)

If you like the Undertones and the Buzzcocks, you'll love this - Blazing rock'n'roll recorded live at the Marquee and in the studio 1976. I played my orginal vinyl LP to death, so it's great to finally have this on CD. The LP had 12 tracks; This has those plus 11 extras. Brits Eddie & The Hotrods- Barrie Masters (vocals), Dave Higgs (guitar), Steve Nicol (drums), Paul Gray (bass) played pre-Punk R&R with a hint of Pub Rock and more than a nod and a wink to '60s garage bands, plus sped-up covers of ? and The Mysterians ("96 Tears"), The Who ("The Kids Are Alright"), Van Morrison/Stones ("Gloria/Satisfaction" - yes, it works!), but the real surprise is a driving version of Bob Seger's "Get Out of Denver". Their original numbers are not too shabby either; "Get Across To You" should/could have been a hit single. 8-page booklet is informative. No frills rock'n'roll!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars British Pub Rock, fast and loud!, June 21, 2005

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Joseph P. Ulibas "Captain Couth" (Florin, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teenage Depression (Audio CD)

Eddie and the Hot Rods were a pub rock band. But their style of classic old school rock made them popular amongst punk bands such as The Damned. They even toured with each other during the early days of the U.K. punk movement. One of the members of the Hot Rods (teenage bassist Paul Gray) would later join the Damned!

Teenage Depression is a strange disc. Half of the tracks were recorded live. Several cover tracks (live) are covers whilst the others are studio tunes written by Douglas, Gray and Hollis. The music is classic rockabilly, nothing flashy or ground breaking. Rocking sounds that'll keep you bumping and a bopping! This is the band's best disc in my opinion.

Highly recommended!