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Australian Exclusive Re-Issue! Australian Punk Pioneers, The Saints Are Reuniting For A One-Off Historical Performance In Brisbane On 14 July. Band Members Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper And Ivor Hay Will Be Back Together Onstage Which Hasn't Happened Since They Reunited For The Aria Hall Of Fame (2001) And Previous To That, Was In 1978. Coinciding With This Monumental Occasion Emi Are Re-Releasing The Saints First Three Albums (I'm) Stranded, Featuring The Title-Track Single Which Burst Out Of Brisbane In 1976 As One Of The Landmark Recordings In The Punk Rock Revolution - Changing Music Forever, Its Follow Up Eternally Yours And The Bands Seminal Line-Up Swan Song, Prehistoric Sounds, All With Bonus Tracks. Sbs Tv Have Also Created A Brand New Documentary Airing In September On The Saints, With Particular Focus On (I'm) Stranded Entitled Great Australian Albums.
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Remastered 2007 reissue of their iconic debut features 8 BONUS tracks.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Saints set the bar and then drank it dry, the original petrol sniffing heads of Oz turned up in the UK thinking there was a party happening. Their threads were too poor for the punks but the music thrashed the UK experience into slow RNB. The Ramones came to the UK and garnered the plaudits but the Saints arriving from the mid 70's were more axe wielding brutal. Demolition Girl on the old Hope and Anchor vinyl Compulation from the 70's dynamited all the other acts into vaudeville, including my beloved X Ray Spex and Only Ones who originally attracted me like a moth to the light.
You don't have to be old to enjoy this music, just not afraid to crank it up and try to sit still whilst four strangers pin your ears back to the wall and blast you with the most fevered guitar cut to vinyl. All of this whilst someone snarls and sneers over the noise.
This was how young people's music should sound, jumping out at you from the broom cupboard catching you completely unaware with a powerful viseral force. This and the second album are protopunk, the third introduces horns and Stax Motown within the Saints frame.
Unbelievably passed over in the cannon of greats, the Saints are there with the Stooges, Ramones, Pistols in terms of that guitar sound. Imagine the cacophony of a drag race of ten cars instead of just the 2 then this will steady the nerves for the Saints guitar experience. They were never one dimensional, there are slow tracks but even these wind away a different winch to the peers of the time and imitators of the present.
They have become stranded in time, too odd for punks, too powerful for HM, the Saints need to be rescued.
You don't have to be old to enjoy this music, just not afraid to crank it up and try to sit still whilst four strangers pin your ears back to the wall and blast you with the most fevered guitar cut to vinyl. All of this whilst someone snarls and sneers over the noise.
This was how young people's music should sound, jumping out at you from the broom cupboard catching you completely unaware with a powerful viseral force. This and the second album are protopunk, the third introduces horns and Stax Motown within the Saints frame.
Unbelievably passed over in the cannon of greats, the Saints are there with the Stooges, Ramones, Pistols in terms of that guitar sound. Imagine the cacophony of a drag race of ten cars instead of just the 2 then this will steady the nerves for the Saints guitar experience. They were never one dimensional, there are slow tracks but even these wind away a different winch to the peers of the time and imitators of the present.
They have become stranded in time, too odd for punks, too powerful for HM, the Saints need to be rescued.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Though it has been overlooked and forgotten by so many -- it is one of the best records of its time.
25 April 2011
Format:Audio CD
I was a young, head strong punk rocker when The Saints released their excellent records : they were a high adrenalin, nervous energy driven band, with a guitar sound that roared -- like a machine.
It has to be said though, they went wrong on a number of fronts.
Firstly, they didn't have any image at all : that shouldn't matter of course, but to a teenager, looking sharp and good,surely does matter. The Saints looked like a local garage band, and made little effort in the style stakes.
Secondly, they ( inexplicably ) signed to Harvest for God's sake, a well known progressive rock label which symbolised everything and summed up an entire world view that the young punks were trying to get away from.
Thirdly, their artwork presentation left much to be desired -- punk rock was fuelled by Dada-like invention and art school innovation : meanwhile, The Saints record covers had second rate art work, emblazoned with dumb sticker labels in fluorescent colours that screamed messages like "original punk", and featured a picture of a safety pin -- just in case we didn't get the message...
Fourthly, just as punk rock was hardening its sound, toughening up, stripping down, getting more austere and mean -- The Saints went on to release their second album --which featured horns and softer, trad rock arrangements !
No one warmed to any of the above, and the band disappeared.
The truth was that The Saints were really an r n' b pub rock band, who, it is true, did foresee the punk revolution happening in advance -- but ironically, the band got left behind in its turbulent wake. The truth is also, that -- seen in retrospect -- the Saints were far, far better than so much of the more fashionable competition, and far far harder and rougher than many of the more fashionable and well presented bands. The Saints also faithfully retained a certain thug-mod psychedelic atmosphere to their sound, which was lost in much of the punk movement's rush to level everything down to a 'year zero ' approach.
"Stranded" is an impeccable, lean, raw power-machine-driven record -- every track is amphetamine led -- and original punk rock.
Though it has been overlooked and forgotten by so many -- it is one of the best records of its time.
It has to be said though, they went wrong on a number of fronts.
Firstly, they didn't have any image at all : that shouldn't matter of course, but to a teenager, looking sharp and good,surely does matter. The Saints looked like a local garage band, and made little effort in the style stakes.
Secondly, they ( inexplicably ) signed to Harvest for God's sake, a well known progressive rock label which symbolised everything and summed up an entire world view that the young punks were trying to get away from.
Thirdly, their artwork presentation left much to be desired -- punk rock was fuelled by Dada-like invention and art school innovation : meanwhile, The Saints record covers had second rate art work, emblazoned with dumb sticker labels in fluorescent colours that screamed messages like "original punk", and featured a picture of a safety pin -- just in case we didn't get the message...
Fourthly, just as punk rock was hardening its sound, toughening up, stripping down, getting more austere and mean -- The Saints went on to release their second album --which featured horns and softer, trad rock arrangements !
No one warmed to any of the above, and the band disappeared.
The truth was that The Saints were really an r n' b pub rock band, who, it is true, did foresee the punk revolution happening in advance -- but ironically, the band got left behind in its turbulent wake. The truth is also, that -- seen in retrospect -- the Saints were far, far better than so much of the more fashionable competition, and far far harder and rougher than many of the more fashionable and well presented bands. The Saints also faithfully retained a certain thug-mod psychedelic atmosphere to their sound, which was lost in much of the punk movement's rush to level everything down to a 'year zero ' approach.
"Stranded" is an impeccable, lean, raw power-machine-driven record -- every track is amphetamine led -- and original punk rock.
Though it has been overlooked and forgotten by so many -- it is one of the best records of its time.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The Saints are one of the 3 bands who invented punk rock as we know it around 1975, the other two being the Ramones and the Sex Pistols. That they did it in Brisbane, Australia with no scene to support or influence them is astounding. Never as political as bands like the Pistols, the original Saints as represented here on their first album were an absolutely scorching rock'n'roll band, full of attitude, capable of unleashing some of the most blistering thrash guitar ever recorded on the likes of I'm Stranded and Wild About You but also unafraid to cover Elvis numbers (a great version of Kissin' Cousins) or record slow ballads. The album is superbly remastered and augmented by some out-takes and subsequent singles, but the meat of it is the original album, most of which stands as one of the greatest rock'n'roll records of the 1970s. If you like the Hives, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols or even early AC/DC's less contrived material you'll love this.
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7stars for being stranded
Just for the title track alone this is worth 7 stars, plus perfect day,
and there's some other seriously good tracks that would be excellent but pale by comparison. Read more
and there's some other seriously good tracks that would be excellent but pale by comparison. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Captain Nemo
classic punk
excellent no probs and arrived in immaculate condition. these are a real unsung band from australia if you like punk give this a listen or if you trying to recapture your youth... Read more
Published 4 months ago by S. J. Baxter
Still the best punk band of the 70's?
I think I am now safe to say that this band has stood the test of time. The inclusion of the four tracks from the double single 'One,Two,Three,Four' is a massive bonus as these to... Read more
Published on 10 April 2009 by EMQ52
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