Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

This album doesn’t appear in my version of the book, which usually means it’s been bumped for something more recent and is an indicator that this is one of the also fans of the list. First impressions were not great and not terrible - the bits I kind of enjoyed were the bonus tracks on the cd release which were mostly old rock n roll covers played with some enthusiasm.

The negative points outweigh the positive ones though. Firstly, this is again a group of white musicians playing blues and other black music, and nowhere near as well as the originals. To make it even more meta they even go so far as to rip off Elvis (who in turn was ripping off black musicians). They also give the impression of being Rolling Stones wannabes which is not the height of ambition (see my previous thoughts about Stones albums).

On top of that, it’s minus several million stars for an album title that will get you put on a register if you google it without safe search switched on. That’s probably the main reason that this album has been consigned to the ‘what were they thinking?’ dustbin of history.