The Undertones

Ирландские самородки The Undertones начали свою музыкальную карьеру в Лондондерри в далеком 1975 году. Потратив пару лет на становление на ноги, в 1978 году парни довольно громко заявили о себе - выпустив дебютную семерку "Teenage Kicks", тут-же ворвавшуюся в хит парады и захватившую радиоэфир. Небезызвестный Джон Пил не раз после этого называл The Undertones своей любимой группой, а заглавный трек с данной пластинки своей самой любимой песней. Выпустив еще пару, ставших хитами синглов, в начале 1979 музыканты решают приступить к записи дебютного полноформатника, который увидел прилавки магазинов уже в мае. Альбом не разочаровал ожиданий слушателей и критиков и мгновенно запрыгнул на тринадцатую строку UK Albums Chart. В последствии альбом перевыпускался в общей сложности более 20 раз, став одним из классических представителей золотого фонда панк рока 70-х. Данная пластинка была включена в "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die", а журнал Q поместил её на 90 строку в списке "100 Величайших британских альбомов всех времён".
После столь успешного старта, не удивительно, что осенью того-же года The Undertones, отправились покорять Америку, на разогреве у The Clash. Забыл упомянуть участников команды - за вокал отвечал Feargal Sharkey, братья John O'Neill и Damian "Dee" O'Neill за сдвоенные гитары, басил Michael Bradley и задавал ритм барабанщик Billy Doherty. Второй лонгплей вышел спустя год в 1980 и не только повторил успех предшественника, но и серьезно его перескочил - пластинка поднялась до 6 строки в чартах и стала самой продаваемой работой коллектива. Далее команда пошла в строну экспериментов с звучанием, постепенно усложняя его и все дальше отдаляясь от традиционного панк-рока. Группа просуществовала до 1983 году, успев выпустить еще два альбома, которые хоть и пользовались одобрением и хвалой у критиков, у публики вызывали значительно меньший интерес чем ранние работы группы, хотя и продавались не сказать чтоб плохо. Sharkey занялся сольной карьерой, а братаны O'Neill сколотили новую банду That Petrol Emotion. Реюнион The Undertones произошел в  1999 года, правда без оригинального вокалиста, Sharkey не изъявил желания принять участие в проекте и на его место был призван некий Paul McLoone.

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1977 - Live at the Casbah Derry

Undercover Lover (Kids In Glass Houses)
There She Goes Again (Velvet Underground)
All By Myself (Eric Carmen)
Incendiary Device (Johnny Moped)
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Ramones)
You're Gonna Miss Me (13th Floor Elevators)
I Feel Alright (Iggy & The Stooges)
Jimmy Jimmy

1979 - Live Belfast 1979 FM

I Gonna Getta
Girls That Don't Talk
Whizz Kids
See That Girl
The Way Girls Talk
You've Got My Number
Get Over You
True Confessions

1979 - The Undertones

Family Entertainment
Girls Don't Like It
Male Model
I Gotta Getta
Teenage Kicks
Wrong Way
Jump Boys
Here Comes the Summer
Get Over You
Billy's Third
Jimmy Jimmy
True Confessions
She's A Run Around
I Know A Girl
Listening In
Casbah Rock
Smarter Than You
True Confessions
Emergency Cases
Really Really
She Can Only Say No
Mars Bars
One Way Love
Top Twenty
You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)
Let's Talk About Girls

1980 - Hypnotised

More Songs About Chocolate and Girls
There Goes Norman
Hypnotised
See That Girl
Whizz Kids
Under the Boardwalk
The Way Girls Talk
Hard Luck
My Perfect Cousin
Boys Will Be Boys
Tearproof
Wednesday Week
Nine Times Out of Ten
Girls That Don't Talk
What's With Terry?
You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)
Hard Luck (Again)
Let's Talk About Girls
Told You So
I Don't Wanna See You Again

1980 - Live Amsterdam

Male Model
Tearproof
Teenage Kicks
Jimmy Jimmy
The Way Girls Talk
There Goes Norman
Get Over You
Whizz Kids
Family Entertainment
True Confessions
Here Comes The Summer
She's A Runaround
Girls Don't Like It
Rock And Roll (gary Glitter Cover)

1981 - Live At Rockpalast (17.10.1981)

You got my number
Hypnotise
Good looking girlfriend
Tear proof
See that girl
Girls that don't talk
It's going to happen
Jimmy, Jimmy
I don't know
More songs about chocolates
Forever paradise
Beautiful friend
Julie Ocean
You're welcome
When Saturday comes
Jump boys
Teenage kicks
Get over you
Sigh and explode
My perfect cousin
Get it on

1981 - Positive Touch

Fascination
Jule Ocean
Life's Too Easy
Crisis Of Mine
You're Welcome
His Good Looking Girlfriend
The Positive Touch
When Saturday Comes
It's Going To Happen
Sigh And Explode
I Don't Know
Hannah Doot
Boy Wonder
Forever Paradise
Fairly In The Money Now
Julle Ocean
Kiss In The Dark
Beautiful Friend
Life's Too Easy

1983 - The Sin of Pride

Got To Have You Back
Valentine's Treatment
Luxury
Love Before Romance
Untouchable
Bye Bye Baby Blue
Conscious
Chain Of Love
Soul Seven
Love Parade (7" version)
Save Me
The Sin Of Pride
The Love Parade (12" version)
Like That
You're Welcome (version)
Crisis Of Mine (version)
Family Entertainment (version)
Turning Blue
Window Shopping For New Clothes
Bittersweet
You Sound So Close
I Can Only Dream

1989 - The Peel Sessions Album

Listening In
Family Entertainment
Billy's Third
Here Comes The Summer
Girls That Don't Talk
Tearproof
What's With Terry
Rock 'n' Roll
Untouchable
The Love Parade
Luxury
The Sin Of Pride

1994 - The Very Best Of The Undertones

Teenage Kicks
Family Entertainment
Get Over You
Girls Don't Like It
Male Model
Here Comes The Summer
Jimmy Jimmy
You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)
Mars Bars
Let's Talk About Girls
My Perfect Cousin
The Ways Girls Talk
Tearproof
More Songs About Chocolate And Girls
Hypnotised
Wednesday Week
The Positive Touch
You're Welcome
It's Going To Happen
Julie Ocean
When Saturday Comes
Forever Paradise
The Love Parade
Soul Seven
Casbah Rock

1999 - True Confessions (Singles = A's & B's)

Disc 1:

True Confessions
Smarter Than U
Emergency Cases
Get Over You
Really Really
She Can Only Say No
Jimmy Jimmy
Mars Bars
Here Comes the Summer
One Way Love
Top Twenty
You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)
Let's Talk About Girls
My Perfect Cousin
Hard Luck (Again)
I Don't Wanna See You Again

Disc 2:

Wednesday Week
I Told You So
It's Going to Happen
Fairly in the Money Now
Julie Ocean
Kiss in the Dark
Beautiful Friend
Life's Too Easy
The Love Parade
Like That
Got to Have You Back
Turning Blue
Bye Bye Baby Blue
Chains of Love
Window Shopping for New Clothes

2003 - Get What You Need

Thrill Me
I Need Your Love The Way It Used To Be
Everything But You
Ride The Rough Escalator
You Can't Say That
Enough
Touch
Girl Like You
The Cruellest Thing
Oh Please
Winter Sun
Joyland
Shut Down

2007 - Dig Yourself Deep

Dig Yourself Deep
So Close
Here Comes The Rain
Everything You Say Is Right
Him Not Me
We All Talked About You
Fight My Corner
Precious Little Wonder
Tomorrow's Tears
Easy Way Out
Happy Valley
Move Right In
She's So Sweet
I'm Recommending Me

2008 - An Anthology

Disc 1

Jimmy Jimmy
She's A Runaround
You've Got My Number
Girls That Don't Talk
Listening In
It's Going To Happen
Wednesday Week
Billy's Third
Girls Don't Like It
Crisis Of Mine
Teenage Kicks
There Goes Norman
The Love Parade
When Saturday Comes
Mars Bars
Family Entertainment
Tearproof
Let's Talk About Girls
Jump Boys
Julie Ocean
Male Model
Top Twenty
True Confessions
My Perfect Cousin
Beautiful Friend
More Songs About Chcocolate And Girls
Soul Seven
Here Comes The Summer
I Know A Girl

Disc 2

My Perfect Cousin [demo]
You've Got My Number [demo]
Girls That Don't Talk [demo]
Nine Times Out Of Ten [demo]
Get Over You [live]
Wrong Way [live]
Mars Bars [live]
Listening In [live]
I Don't Wanna See You Again [demo]
Do The Fast [demo]
Girls Don't Like It [demo]
I Gotta Getta [demo]
Teenage Kicks [demo]
Emergency Cases [demo]
Get Over You [demo]
It's Going To Happen [live]
The Positive Touch [live]
Luxury [demo]
Party Party [demo]
Beautiful Friend [outtake]
The Love Parade [demo]
You Stand So Close [outtake]
Bittersweet [demo]
Soul Seven [demo]
Turning Blue [demo]
Window Shopping For New Clothes [demo]
Cher O Bowlies [demo]

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