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At a time when rock & roll didn't care about its roots, the Georgia Satellites came crashing into the charts with a surprise hit single to remind everybody where the music had come from. The hit single, 1986's "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," rocked as hard as an old Chuck Berry song, as well as being almost as clever. The Satellites weren't a back-to-basics roots rock band, either -- their… Read more in Amazon's The Georgia Satellites Store

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  • Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
  • Original Release Date: 1986
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Elektra / Wea
  • ASIN: B000002H3W
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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Artist: GEORGIA SATELLITES
Title: GEORGIA SATELLITES
Street Release Date: 07/07/1987
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Genre: ROCK/POP
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't gimme no lines and keep your hands to yourself, December 12, 2003
Twangy southern vocals, an AC-DC power guitar crunch, with a style that brings out a harder edge to southern rock, some rockabilly, and old-fashioned rock and roll, the Georgia Satellites had a brief glimpse of stardom with their breakthrough single about a very prude girl who "tells me the story about a million times, no hugging no kissing till I get a wedding ring" and will not take any hanky-panky before the wedding day. The rest of the album is just as solid and crunchy, every song pumped with sound.

The pounding drums and crunchy guitar of the rowdy "Railroad Steel" is pure rock and roll, and it's clear lead singer Dan Baird is having a lot of fun singing this song.

"You got me tied down with battleship chains/fifty-foot long with a two ton anchor." It's a crime that the second single, the crunching AC-DC stomper "Battleship Chains" didn't do as well as its brother single. Apart from the imagery of the chorus, this song about how being committed to one hampers one's free-spirited ways. "I can't move my legs to chase nobody, to kick nobody but you." or "I can't move my tongue to taste nobody, to lick nobody but you." My favourite track here.

"Red Light" has the ambience of the swamp-type rock done by CCR and John Fogerty, say, "The Old Man Down The Road," mixed with their fast-paced rock and roll sound.

So what is "The Myth of Love?" "The bright promise of tomorrow, and tomorrows without end"? Something where "innocence" and "blindness is my only crime"? Something that's a light that will not shine? Sound about right.

"Can't Stand The Pain" is another fierce guitar and drums attack with some vocal and rhythmic nods to Tom Petty, another southern rocker. Another standout cut.

Things slow down to a more reflective mid-tempo speed with "Golden Light", which is equivalent to the truth here, where "the truth is a moment and it shines just like a flame." One note of interest is that bassist Rick Price originally recorded this song, presumably before he joined the Satellites. But it's back to the usual crunchy theatrics with "Over And Over" and "Nights Of Mystery."

They really burn things up with their cover of Rod Stewart's "Every Picture Tells A Story" which is another memorable cut.

That lead guitar and pounding drums really sets the sound-a-cranking on this release. Face it, this is one of those albums that DJs could've played any song and made a hit radio album-cut out of it. I only heard the title song from their followup album, Open All Night, and figured they still had some extra mileage left in them, but it wasn't to be. Their debut album, though, is what got them up there.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars IGNORE THE PINHEAD CRITIC, BUY THIS CD!, March 17, 1999
By hokygajan@aol.com (Bugtussle, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
Crass? Loud? The appeal of the satellites to me comes from the raw power of a bar band you know will sound every bit as good live. As a general rule, I have little use for 'southern guitar rock', but this cd is a keeper. Nothing groundbreaking. Just good, blood-pumping rock n roll. 9.49? What a deal!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Forgotten Classic?, November 14, 1998
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This album is a must for all lovers of 12 bar blues based rock music. There are only a handful of bands who can make a three chord song using a riff heard a million times before sound fresh and exciting. The Georgia Satellites achieve this repeatedly on this album.

The album kicks off with Keep Your Hands to Yourself, a track originally recorded for the Keep the Faith EP and the band's only hit single.

What follows is track after track of loud simple rock and roll with some classic slide guitar from Rick Richards (who later played with Izzy Stradlin's Ju Ju Hounds) and some serious QUO style riffing throughout. Standout tracks include `Nights of Mystery', `Myth of Love'`Battleship Chains' and the Faces cover `Every Picture tells a Story'. The only weak track being `Over and Over' a dullish medium paced rocker.

In summary this album is the ultimate straight ahead rock album with no hidden messages. A good old fashioned album from a truly great band.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Bar band done good.
One in a long series of bar bands done good. If you were anywhere over the age of eleven or so back in 1986, putting this on your turntable or in the cd player will instantly... Read more
Published 11 months ago by waitingtoderail

5.0 out of 5 stars The Old South Rose Again In 1986
With the Georgia Satellites' debut album, the Old South rose again in 1986. Blending the influences of the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Marshall Tucker Band, the... Read more
Published 23 months ago by The Footpath Cowboy

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine debut
The Georgia Satellites issued three high-octane rock n' roll records in the latter half of the 1980s, at a time when such a thing wasn't excactly in vogue. Read more
Published on July 13, 2004 by Docendo Discimus

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the most unappreciated bands - and still are
Let me start by saying that The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam's Vitalogy, Joni Mitchell, Metallica's Master of Puppets, and of course Bob Dylan are still the tops of all... Read more
Published on May 7, 2004 by B. T. Musgrove

4.0 out of 5 stars Good debut!
This was a good debut by a band who had a real chance to be something. However, a weaker second record scared people away. Read more
Published on April 29, 2004 by Scott Fendley

5.0 out of 5 stars Great debut album
The Georgia Satellites' self-titled debut is their most popular and arguably their best album. The Georgia Satellites were a good old kick ... rock n'roll band. Read more
Published on May 21, 2003 by John Alapick

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't hand me no lines....

So begins the classic Southern sound of 1-hit wonder icons Georgia Sattelites. This down-home rock just never jibed with some of the junk that was playing on the radio in 1986... Read more

Published on August 7, 2002 by Da Peace Dogg

5.0 out of 5 stars oh yeah
This is rock and roll at its most basic. The best comment I ever read about the G-Sats is that they were like ten of your favorite bands rolled into one. Read more
Published on December 9, 2001 by Michael Vanier

2.0 out of 5 stars Just A Flash In The Pan
The basic sounds of the band is pretty good especially on the lead tracks Keep Your Hands To Yourself and Battleship Chains. Read more
Published on October 20, 2000 by G. J Wiener

5.0 out of 5 stars ...
...This is timeless rock from a very underated band. The loudest cheers we used to get when I was in a covers band was for 'Keep Your Hands' and 'Battleship Chains'. Read more
Published on March 19, 2000 by Neil Williams

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