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Blank Generation

~ Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Richard Hell

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Audio CD (28 Feb 2000)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Warner
ASIN: B000005JB1
Other Editions: Audio Cassette | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23,763 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)
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1. Love Comes In Spurts (Album Version) 2:03 �0.69

2. Liars Beware (Album Version) 2:52 �0.69

3. New Pleasure (Album Version) 1:58 �0.69

4. Betrayal Takes Two (Album Version) 3:37 �0.69

5. Down At The Rock And Roll Club (Alternate Version) 4:05 �0.69

6. Who Says? (It's Good To Be Alive?) (Album Version) 2:08 �0.69

7. Blank Generation (Album Version) 2:43 �0.69

8. Walking On The Water (Album Version) 2:17 �0.69

9. The Plan (Album Version) 3:56 Not Available

10. Another World (Album Version) 8:14 �0.69

11. I'm Your Man (Album Version) 2:55 Not Available

12. All The Way (Album Version) 3:22 �0.69

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BLANK GENERATION is now widely regarded as one of the seminal points in the punk explosion, along with the Sex Pistols'NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS and The Ramones debut. It is a startling, urgent record filled with the pent-up frustration and nihilistic despair that earmarked the potency of the late '70s punk movement. Former Television member Hell, however, was considerably more well read than the bulk of his punk counterparts, a circumstance that ups the ante on BLANK GENERATION.
The title track has become one of punk's signature tunes, and it certainly seems to embody the entire spirit of the movement in one fell swoop. Although Hell has repeatedly insisted that the title refers to "blank" as in "fill in the.".., it was taken literally, and the deep-seated nihilism struck a resounding chord. The Voidoids themselves helped in no small part make BLANK GENERATION a touchstone. Guitar greats Ivan Julian and Robert Quine provide a searing backdrop on the title track, "Love Comes In Spurts", as well as a weirdly straight reading of Sinatra's "All the Way".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still thrilling, 8 Jun 2005

By	I. Moore "ianmoore18" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A must have. Hell had already performed versions of some of the key tracks - including Love Comes in Spurts and Blank Generation - during his spells with Television and the Heartbreakers. But the versions on this legendary album finally allowed the songs to stand out as some of the great recordings of the punk period. Hell's lyrics - among the sharpest of the era - find their ideal foil with Ivan Julian and Robert Quine's uncanny guitar interplay. While Hell's wordplay and decent bass playing fitted made him an ideal frontman, Quine is in many ways the star of the show. His remarkable solos heralded the arrival of a major talent, whose work - despite spells with Lou Reed, Lloyd Cole and Matthew Sweet - never really got the recognition that one of the all time great guitarists deserved.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spiky, Abrasive - The Persona Of Punk, 27 Mar 2001

By	F. Erickson "Pink Pig Fan" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Richard Hell, the influential punk/poet self styled Rimbaud figure of New York punk. It follows that his music with the Voidoids should also be suitably nihilistic. It is. Love Comes In Spurts is Hell's love song, with an unmissable double entendre. His voice is shaky, unsure, like an American Vic Goddard. His lyrics however, are sharp, clever and reveal his intensly intelligent mind which is hidden behind the dumb punk exterior. The sublime Blank Generation, one of the classic punk singles of all time, influenced the Sex Pistols Pretty Vacant. The connection is obvious. But the differences are vast. The Pistols... lyrics offer no passion, no ideals and no sense of a future other than a superficial one. Hell offers us the blank to fill in as we choose. Instead of I Belong To The Blank Generation, Hell intended there to be a space where 'Blank' should be. You work out the rest. Hell remains a romantic, albeit a doomed one, throughout and his follow up album Destiny Street is just as good if not better. Guitar supplied by 'virtuoso' and one time Lou Reed guitarist Bob Quinn. An excellent album, punk noise but ethics from somewhere else altogether.

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4.0 out of 5 stars New York Art Punk, 10 Oct 2002

By	Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

This album appeared the same year as the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind The Bollocks and is in the same league. But the sound here is more varied and the lyrics more poetic, like on the harrowing slow song Betrayal Takes Two with its intricate guitar work. My favorites include the subversive tour de force Love Comes In Spurts, the anthemic title track and the melodic song The Plan, while others are interesting. Different avenues of rock are explored - it’s more than just angry 3-minute anthems. Unfortunately the album isn’t consistently good, it has its weaker moments. Five stars for historical importance, three stars for the music.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Hives with rips in his clothes and too much hair soap.
My sister used to work for a record PR company in the late 70's and came home with an armfull of Richard Hell. This record stuck itself to my turntable. Read more

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