The Troggs - From Nowhere (1966)

Year: July 1966 (CD 1989)
Label: DJM Records (Europe), 832 957-2
Style: Garage Rock, Beat, Pop Rock
Country: Andover, Hampshire, England
Time: 42:02
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 238 Mb

Charts: UK #6, GER #4, US #52.
Another demonstration of the fact that there was very little actual trash among the uninventive poppy bands of the mid-Sixties - basically, the Troggs' debut was pretty obsolete for the standards of 1966 if one approaches it from a purely musical perspective, but it's still groovy fun despite all the lightweightness, if only because the music is so fresh, exciting, and catchy. The bad news, of course, is that the Troggs, at this point at least, played their instruments with about the same level of perfection as John Lennon and Paul McCartney played theirs in the good old days of the Quarrymen, but the good news is that the Troggs don't actually need to play their instruments in a fine way; arguably, they were the first band to make it big that didn't give a fuck about the professional approach.
Who needs professional approach anyway when the first track on here is 'Wild Thing'? That might be the simplest song ever written - the classic three chords, plus a staggeringy slow tempo, and above all, an ultra-stupid recorder solo (or is it octorina? whatever, I'm not that familiar with exotic instruments) that probably took whoever was playing it about three minutes of mastering. And, of course, proto-Ramones lyrics - even if the song itself was written by Chip Taylor and not by the strut-master Reg Presley. It's little wonder Hendrix made 'Wild Thing' the blistering conclusion of his show at Monterey, as the primal sexual energy of the song seems to have appeared specially so that Jimi would have no choice but pick it up. Of course, the Troggs' version is tamer and quieter, but what do you want from 'em? It was only 1966. It was HARD for the epoch.
(full version: starlingdb.org/music/troggs.htm)

01. Wild Thing (02:35)
02. The Kitty Cat Song (02:14)
03. Ride Your Pony (02:27)
04. Hi Hi Hazel (02:46)
05. I Just Sing (02:10)
06. Evil (03:16)
07. The Yella in Me (02:40)
08. With a Girl Like You (02:08)
09. Our Love Will Still Be There (03:12)
10. Louie Louie (03:03)
11. Jingle Jangle (02:29)
12. When I'm with You (02:25)
13. From Home (02:19)
14. Jaguar and Thunderbird (02:02)
15. I Can't Control Myself (03:05)
16. Night of the Long Grass (03:05)

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