What's The Damage, Nick Nack?

The Missionaries | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 2001)
• Original Release Date: March 13, 2001
• Number of Discs: 2
• ASIN: B00005B0ZF
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,184,354 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dream

2. Love Ostrich

3. Mr. Cooper

4. Going Down To Texas

5. Summer On My Mind

6. Love To Lie

7. Sister Lover

8. Dirty Feelings

9. Look In Your Eyes

10. It's Hell

11. Teenage Satellite

12. Sleep

13. I'm Dead

14. Lady Dynamite

15. Gnarly Tonight

16. Shindig

17. Rock And Roll

18. Martin Sheen

19. 100 Miles An Hour

20. Strange Little Girl

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

For the first time ever, this double CD set collects the entire catalogue of The Missionaries late-Eighties output. Twenty-two tracks that showcase the great Philadelphia-area band's raw rock-and-roll sound. Along the way, the boys venture into the realms of the ethereal ("Dream";"Love To Lie"), the funky ("Mr. Cooper";"Summer On My Mind"), and the downright funny ("Love Ostrich";"Shindig"). While many of the songs explore the lyrical and musical territory first mined by the likes of the Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, and the New York Dolls, The Missionaries are careful not to take themselves too seriously. Have fun deciphering the real demons of "It's Hell" and "Summer On My Mind" while enjoying bone-crushing odes to the unlikely duo of Joan Jett ("Lady Dynamite") and "Martin Sheen." Anyone who has ever been lucky enough to catch these guys live onstage—where they truly shine—will be more than happy to have these long-unavailable staples of The Missionaries' set ! collected in one place. There's nothing like the sound of two guitars, a bass, and drums punching out rock and roll from the gutters, garages, bars, and basements where these guys learned it. And a lot of fun to boot.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock and Roll!, June 22, 2006

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M. Kropp - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's The Damage, Nick Nack? (Audio CD)

Kudos to the Missionaries for putting this collection together. Great songs, great playing, great passion. Key lead guitar work by Tom Valentine. Count me in!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The long lost art of rock-and-roll., April 11, 2001

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Johnny T. (Queens, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What's The Damage, Nick Nack? (Audio CD)

Anymore, it seems that the word rock-and-roll is used to encapsulate every type of music from pop to alternative to folk to fill-in-the-blank. But every so often a band comes along and reminds people of what Chuck Berry was really after when he melded uptempo blues tunes together and derived the pure element of rock-and-roll. Through the years bands like the Stones, the Ramones, the Stooges, and the Replacements have played this role of the reminder. And if anyone lived around Philadelphia in the late Eighties, The Missionaries more than fulfilled the original promise and intent of rock-and-roll. Although the self-production on this CD doesn't give these songs the absolute due they deserve, the tunes speak for themselves. This band wasn't trying to save the world or free mankind. The Missionaries simply played loud, fast, and fun rock-and-roll. And forgive me if I'm sounding like one of those music critic wannabe know-it-alls who grace these reviews-because that would be a disservice to this important but largely ignored band. So to put it more succinctly, if you've never been able to catch The Missionaries live, then buy (or steal) this CD, open wide the windows, turn up the volume, and be reminded of what rock-and-roll was always about.

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Great Stuff, April 7, 2009

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W. Cooper "Mr Cooper" (Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's The Damage, Nick Nack? (Audio CD)

Fortunate for me, I had the opportunity to see this band live, many times! Having these great tunes at my finger tips again, words can not to be written to describe how cool this is. I once remember Jim telling me that Love Ostrich was being played on local radio and I for one was hopeful these guys would make it. They truly did! Great tunes, they live on and still make folks feel good. What a great band that will live on in my mind. You must pick up this CD! I often wondered if I had any influence on Mr Cooper? And love to hear Big Fat Rollie Mama once again?
Enjoy.