Teenage Kicks - Various Artists

Advantages: Sterling collection of classic tunes
Disadvantages: A few fillers which don't really justify their inclusion

...~CD1~ 1. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks 2. The Jam – Town Called Malice 3. Blondie – Hanging on the Telephone 4. The Clash – Rock the Casbah 5. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno 6. The Specials – Too Much Too Young 7. Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays 8. Squeeze – Up The Junction 9. The Teardrop Explodes – Reward 10. XTC – Making Plans for Nigel 11. Jilted John – ...
...you’re never too old for teenage kicks. In theory, if not in practice. These Sound of the Suburbs/Teenage Kicks type compilations do pop up on the market from time to time (invariably with the same punk-style design and some of the same tracks) but as either an introduction to or as a pick of some of the best music of this era, this one serves pretty well. And if it inspires anybody to seek out the superb albums of some of these bands, so ... Read review

Advantages: Brings back those Teen memories
Disadvantages: These were more than 20 years ago - i'm getting OLD !!

...Having listened to the original Teenage Kicks album, I didn't think that a sequal could possibly be a patch on it. Boy how wrong was I. All 40 tracks on the double album originate from the early 1980s and cover all types of music which were developing via the underground - from punk with the Sex Pistols, the Mod sound of The Jam, the Ska sound of The Beat, and the Two Tone sound of the Specials to name but a few. The album is interspersed with groups which were senonomous with this era including The Police, Madness, Blondie, Thin Lizzy, but also those whose hits weren't as numerous but were memourable nonetheless including the excellent Department S, Tenpole Tudor, XTC and the unforgettable X Ray Spex. For those of you who enjoyed your teenage years in the 80s, this is a must have album. For those of you who are too young... Read review

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