Been a long time since I owned Valley of the Dolls and I'm glad I have it again. Billy Idol singing punk music when it first began. Great songs from a great time. I would recommend this to anyone that enjoys good music.
70年代パンクロックバンド、generation xの2nd。 前作は荒削りなギターサウンド、シャウトするボーカル等、Sex Pistolsを始めとするパンクロックへの愛が感じられるアルバムだったが、今作はよりオリジナリティを出してきた印象。 オススメはFriday's AngelとValley of the Dolls。 このバンドのこのアルバムでしか聴けないんじゃないかと思うくらい独特な、不思議な暖かみのあるギターサウンドを鳴らしてくれています。 Billy Idolも相変らずスケール感のある良い歌声です。 何回でも聴いてしまうアルバムです。
5つ星のうち5.0Essential purchase for lovers of punk/hard rock
2002年11月18日に英国でレビュー済み
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Just received this great cd from Amazon and am thrilled with it! I've been aticipating a cd release for this LP for ages and am so glad it's arrived. The best thing for me about this album is that it reinstates Billy Idol as a great rock performer and writer and has rescued him from the "gary glitters retarded nephew" image that he has made for himself in the states where his musical output has,in my opinion been crap. However this album is not just William as it features some great guitar playing from Derwood and a good solid rhythm section with Tony james (whose song writing seriously outweighs his bass playing!)and Mark Laff kicking up a storm.One of the strongpoints of this collection for me seems that it almost captures a snapshot of an era where many of the erstwhile punks were stretching their wings to fly off to more testing ventures and also personally for me it reminds me very much of a time in my life when i wasnt such a cynical so and so! There are many excellent tracks within including three great singles "King Rocker" "Valley of the dolls" and the underated "Fridays angels" which bring back memories of trips around my home town record stores trying to hunt down the best picture sleeve,or scarce coloured vinyl editions!A lot of my friends after Punks untimely demise turned to the NWOBHM to get their kicks and I guess that although a long way from being a heavy metal album this is a tad more trad rock than their earlier incarnation as punks pretty boy glam band and i think thats probably the appeal for me. There are so many good tracks on here but my personal favorites are "Paradise West One" and "Valley of the Dolls" another great thing is the inclusion of Lennons "Gimme some truth" with what appears to be producer Ian Hunters reprising the ad libbing at the end of Motts "All the young dudes" and also a stirling workout of "shakin All over".Anyway to sum up a classic album from a very underated and at times sneered at band of punk rock glamour boys.
5つ星のうち5.0Double-pack bargain well beyond expectation.
2012年9月15日に英国でレビュー済み
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I was on a nostalgia trip recently and couldn't resist this double pack, although I still have these on vinyl I don't have a turntable at present. The 2nd album was always my favourite of the two because of the stories within the songs. Well having not heard this stuff in 20yrs+ I was amazed at how listenable it all still is and the audio is great too, not at all muddy or flat. The guitar work is really far far better than I recalled, they were a tight band full stop and already had plenty of form before they formed Generation X. With hindsight and some growing up to reflect upon I hear so many new things in these two albums that I just couldn't have appreciated at the time. There's a spot of 60s' pop influence in there that I never heard before. I always loved their cover of Shakin' all over, a b-side, and it is reproduced fantastically too; me and my daughters were all jumping around to it.
The innovators of punk always had more to offer than the 2nd wave of punk in my opinion. Generation X were always about a bit of glam and swagger, unlike the majority of 2nd-wave bands that followed. Pints and pints of beer and wearing a mohican does not a punk make. Generation X were there at the beginning and don't get the credit they deserve, folks always remember the Pistols and the Clash (who I also like).