Why Pick on Me

Standells | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 30, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B000003GXH
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #562,017 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Why Pick On Me

2. Paint It Black

3. Mi Hai Fatto Innamorare

4. I Hate To Leave You

5. Black Hearted Woman

6. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White

7. The Girl And The Moon

8. Looking At Moon

9. Mr. Nobody

10. My Little Red Book

11. Mainline

12. Have You Ever Spent The Night In Jail

13. Our Candidate

14. Don't Say Nothing At All

15. The Boy Who Is Lost

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Standells - 'Why Pick On Me' (Sundazed), October 25, 2006

By 

Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Why Pick on Me (Audio CD)

Looks to be the garage band's third(?)actual lp. May be a compilation,sort of hard to tell. Either way,'Why...' is a good fifteen track CD reissue. Tunes I was quite impressed with were the title cut "Why Pick On Me",their Stones-inspired "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White" (like the Cramp's cover of this song as well),"Black Hearted Woman","Mr.Nobody",the catchy "Mainline" and the somewhat humorous "Have You Ever Spent The Night In Jail (Well I Have)". Overall,a worthy catalog title by the Standells. In this fan's personal opinion, they never did get their 'just due'. A definite should-have.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You don't dig this long hair? Get yourself a crewcut, baby!, February 13, 2007

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Why Pick on Me (Audio CD)

The Standells were one of the best, if not the best, garage bands of the 1960s. This was their second album for Tower Records. It features two of their great singles that should have been hits, but weren't; "Why Pick On Me" and "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White". Besides those classics, there are some other great songs like "Black Hearted Woman", "Mr. Nobody", "Mainline" and "Have You Ever Spent the Night in Jail". Most of the songs are good, but the group doesn't fare too well on the ballads, including (oddly enough) an Italian ballad which was written by the group's guitarist (it's called "Mi Hai Fatto Innamorare", which means "You Enchant Me"). Overall, this is a very good album which fans of the '60s garage band sound will enjoy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars next to iron Butterfly, Seeds, Buffalo Springfield. Stand UP, January 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Why Pick on Me (Audio CD)

these guys were the Stars of the Palladium in Hollywood in the 60's... a friend of mine wrote "Blackheated Woman" (Mike)he was also in an LA group called "Chosen People" see Mark Spiwak at West LA music, bass player in same band many light years ago.... any fans of early LA rock needs this album next to "psychedelic collections" also any attendants of the Original Monterey POP festival can comment Happy Trails... Don and if you know his whereabouts, plese have him contact me email [e-mail]