This is easily the best 60s album that you’ve never heard before, mainly because there is not a radio station in the world that could play this unbleeped. Most record stores refused to stock this too. As well as the category A swearing, this feels genuinely revolutionary, somewhere between an evangelical revival and a political rally inciting the crowd to riot.
I’m not going to get into the arguments about whether this counts as the first punk record - it’s certainly loud and angry, and shambolic in places, but there’s no lack of musical skill in the guitars and rock solid drumming. The standout track is Kick Out the Jams which never fails to make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck and makes me want to punch the air (or a fascist goon).
This is what music can be and should be.
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