Tired of Waking Up Tired: Best of The Diodes [Import]

The Diodes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B00000G5LM
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,580 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Noise

2. Red Rubber Ball

3. Child Star

4. Tennis(Again)

5. Blonde Fever

6. Plastic Girls

7. Death In The Suburbs

8. Behind Those Eyes

9. Midnight Movie Star

10. We're Ripped

11. China Doll

12. Shapes Of Things To Come

13. Time Damage

14. Headache

15. Burn Down Your Daddy's House

16. Teenage Nation

17. Photographs From Mars

18. Madhouse

19. Mercenary Flight

20. Tired Of Waking Up Tired

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

All 25 of the Canadian new wave/ punk-pop act's recordings for Epic, each is digitally remastered & on CD for the firsttime. Contains both of their first two LPs from '78 & '79, including the singles 'Red Rubber Ball' & 'Tired Of Waking Up Tired', plus the previously unreleased cuts 'Noise' & 'Dead On Arrival', previously unreleased non-LP versions of 'Mercenary Flight' & 'Terminal Rock' and a cut previously unreleased by Sony, 'Burn Down Your Daddy's House'. 1998 Epic release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this album, October 6, 1999

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nathan radke ([e-mail]) (Thunder Bay, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tired of Waking Up Tired: Best of The Diodes (Audio CD)

Anyone with an interest in late 70's punk should pick up this album. The Diodes were hugely influencial to the Toronto punk scene, but have generally been overlooked. This compilation may change that, as this 25 song collection is nothing short of punk brilliance. The lyrics are fairly intellegent, the songs are well- written, and the performances are hard and tight. A very good album, from a very good and underappreciated band.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Experience the raw roots of punk rock!, May 3, 1999

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[e-mail] (Fonthill, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tired of Waking Up Tired: Best of The Diodes (Audio CD)

Listening to this disk took me back to the live performances of the Diodes that I witnessed in Welland, Ontario, Canada in 1979 and again in London, Ontario, Canada in 1981. The force of Paul Robinson's vocals in Red Rubber Ball, Child Star and Shapes of Things to Come is balanced by the melodies of Tired of Waking Up Tired, Teenage Nation, Photographs From Mars, Jenny's In A Sleep World and Weekend. The pounding beat of John Catto's guitar and Ian Mackay's bass provide the perfect background for Robinson's unpolished but forceful delivery of the lyrics. The raw energy of this group represents the early roots of punk, when making simple, great music was more important than the physical uniqueness of the musicians.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, March 12, 1999

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[e-mail] (Charleston, West Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tired of Waking Up Tired: Best of The Diodes (Audio CD)

This music is a throw back to the early roots of the punk rock and new vave movement. Raw music sung with a passion at the dawn of the disco age. A must in anyones collection of the music of the mid-70's. I used to own this on 8-track and have searched for the CD for the last 10 years. Unfortunatley these guys broke up before their music reached the recognition other artist of there time achieved. Great music from a time when music was testing the boundaries.