If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back [Import]

Saw Doctors | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 15, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Saw Doctors
• ASIN: B0000073LA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,825 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

It was inevitable that someone would emerge from the Irish showband tradition to add rock & roll to the equation. Like all the most profitable ideas though, it only seemed obvious once someone had thought of it. If nothing else, the huge following gained by The Saw Doctors' debut set illustrated what a wide-ranging thing Irishness is. If This Is Rock And Roll plays to the band's greatest strength--a talent for rabble-rousing tunes which detail all manner of small town life. Diversity? Well, here's the occasional lighters-aloft anthem such as "Sing A Powerful Song". Exotic? How about "N17"--a rollicking offspring to Christy Moore's emigrant hit "Don't Forget Your Shovel"? Now add it all together and you've got yourself a national institution. As Irish as a pint of Guinness with a potato in it. --Peter Paphides

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great starter album..great tunes...give it a listen, March 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back (Audio CD)

So happy to be able to get the Saw Doctors CD's. Love the music...very catchy tunes and sweet ballads. They capture their Irish heritage and give it a contemporary flash. Looking forward to more CD's in the future.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great - Irish contemporary music, March 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back (Audio CD)

My Grandmother sent me a tape of this 5 years ago from Dublin. I lost it two years ago and have been looking for it ever since. The songs are stuck in my head and I love them. Give it a try!