First Three Years, The - Frank Turner

...is a compilation of Frank’s first three years of solo music, and was initially released in December 2008, which is only available from Xtra Mile Recordings. In January, it was released to the general public as “Love Ire and Song + First Three Years”. I decided to go for the album on its own, since obviously I already have “Love Ire and Song”, however they are pretty much the same price – £9.99 for album on its own, or for £8.99 for the double album. ...
...to bother to get, his first EP, “Campfire Punkrock”, was released in 2006 and the “Real Damage EP” was released in 2007, they are both included in their entirety on this CD, except “Real Damage” from the so titled EP, since that was the album version, instead there another version of it from a split he did with Reuben. Also in 2006, was a split 12”, with Jonah Matranga, where they each covered two songs from the other’s country, so Frank did two ...

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...including the compilation album ‘The First Three Years’. Frank became known when he joined Million Dead in 2001 and stayed with them for four years releasing two albums; after they spilt he decided to become solo and has done many shows around London. The First Three Years As mentioned above The First Three Years is a compilation album which funnily enough shows the music of Frank from the first three years of his solo music career. The album was ...
...tracks and some of his first classic tunes. It has a great field of vocals, lyrics and incredible music. They are maybe two or three tracks that I don’t really listen to and mainly skip but most of the album is worth listening to. Appearance I really like the front cover of the album and thinks its very eye catching. Even though it has a lot of dark colours and features it is a great look. The black and red really go together and having his name ...

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...have this collection. “The First Three Years” contains the tracks from both the EPs as well as collecting together material he recorded with other artists early in his solo career and a few other random tracks. The album begins with the title track from his second EP, “The Real Damage”. It’s an interesting song that rather worryingly proves to be an accurate reflection of far too many nights in my own life recently and it’s such a vivid story of ...
...EP, “Campfire Punkrock”. The first of these is “Nashville Tennessee”, which sits quite nicely as a follow on from the first track. It’s a slower paced song, but still with the heavy folk influence and it’s got a nicely paced riff which makes it perfect for walking along the road listening to on an mp3 player, which is exactly how I listen to a lot of my music. Turner’s punk roots surface in the lyric to “Thatcher Fucked the Kids”, which is exactly ...

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...has been busy in his first three years travelling all over the country with a guitar in hand playing his own type of folk-punk. A few years ago, Million Dead hardcore group were loved by many fans who followed them everywhere getting into fights and drinking till they dropped. When the group of four decided to split many fans were horrified that they were losing a quality music band. Lot's of tears were shed, but Frank Turner decided to keep the ...
...his solo career. Unfortunately at first he was still living in the shadow of Million Dead, but now his past is gone and he has had a great amount of success as a solo artist. The “First Three Years”, describes the album of Frank’s first three years of solo music compiled on one disk. It was the first ever album I had bought of Frank's and my friend recommended him to me. It was first released in December 2008 and contains amazing lyrics that each ...

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...nod to Black Flag's The First Four Years, this is a gap-filling collection that puts together the missing pieces from so far in Frank Turner's career. There's a bunch of early singles and EPs making up the first half and some totally unreleased tracks for the second. Collectors need read no further; you'll want this for them alone. As is typical for such collections there are a number of cover tracks but these are no mere runthroughs and get a total ...
...(The Outdoor Type by the Lemonheads and Fix Me by Black Flag) to the ridiculous (Dancing Queen and You Are My Sunshine) although those with a sense of humour should still appreciate the latter two. There's even a revisiting of Smiling at Strangers on Trains, a song from his former band Million Dead. That said, there's obviously no real theme to the album and its origins a collection of unrelated tracks seems pretty obvious when you listen to it. ...

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...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 ...
...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 ...

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First Three Years, The - Frank turner has recieved many five star ratings by many different companys like amazon. i recomend frank turner to many different people because all of his songs are based around life experiences which you may of had also it has good quality sound and cleaness through the vocals and its is extremely cheap for just £6.99. The album cover for Frank Turner's album is attractive to any buyer because it draws the attention off ...
...aim for is indie rock which he does acchieve in some songs but in others it goes from indie rock to pop which could advertise to a wider range of buyers but in my Opinion if you do not like indie rock or pop then do not buy the album ...

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First Three Years is a compilation album by singer-songwriter Frank Turner, released in December 1, 2008 through Xtra Mile Recordings. The compilation is also included on the re-release of Love, Ire and Song, released January 26, 2009. The album itself is only available directly from Xtra Mile. The album compiles material that does not appear on either of Turner's two studio albums, including tracks from early EP's, split singles, covers and unreleased ...
...Turner's former band, Million Dead's, first single. The title and cover artwork reference the Black Flag album The First Four Years, a similar compilation of early material. Album list 1. The Real Damage - taken From The XMR Single Session split 7" with Reuben (Jan06) 2. Nashville Tennessee - taken From Campfire Punkrock EP – (May 06) 3. Thatcher Fucked The Kids - taken From Campfire Punkrock EP –( May 06) 4. This Town Ain't Big Enough For The One ...

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Review of First Three Years, The - Frank Turner