Put together on the Xtra Mile label and produced by George Elliott and Martin Price, The First Three Years pits together material previously unreleased material, tracks from early EP's and many covers. This makes for exciting listening and can be described as listening to Frank Turner through the ages. There are some classic covers on here. These include a cover of the Jimmie David hit 'You Are My Sunshine' and ABBA's 'Dancing Queen.' But don't get caught up in the lovable glow they provide because Frank plays some nitty gritty stuff too. The childhood infused 'Thatcher Fucked The Kids' may have a funky rhythm, but it doesn't shy out of the fact that he has a certain dislike for Margret Thatcher. "Whatever happened to childhood?" Frank states in his unmistakeable British tone. As you've probably worked out, this album is quite explicit so should not be played for young children although you could be fooled by the opening of the song The Real Damage. It's bouncy, it's fun but watch out before his bad language strikes out! If you're OK with this sort of swearing then by all means get the album. In my opinion, this is a must have for Frank Turner fans, but if you've heard his stuff before, there's really nothing new. You do get a whole 23 songs on it though! This is real nitty gritty British folk with storys that you can associate with.
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Advantages: Some hard to find tracks and great covers reworked with an individual stamp Disadvantages: A bit of a mishmash; the new original material doesn't really stand out.
Mar 28th, 2009
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