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- Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the New Zealand rockers, who have drawn comparisons to everyone from The Stooges and AC/DC to, of course, the White Stripes, and have been the subject of fawning articles in the UK music press (but then again, who hasn't) in recent months.
- Record Label: V2
- Genre(s): Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 18
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Mixed: 8 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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They rock hard and fast and damn the stylistic similarities, because they have as much energy and explosive tendencies that even the Stooges themselves showed back in their heyday.
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If the Datsuns' retro sound is currently getting them Strokes/Stripes levels of hype, their blow-the-doors-off passion should allow them to leave their peers in the dust.
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You've heard this album before then, but it's never sounded quite this crazed and pressed for time.
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The Datsuns re-create the sound of a beer- and weed-fueled Saturday night in 1973, borrowing and blending the revving guitar riffs and choked, macho vocals of Thin Lizzy, Bad Company, .38 Special, and on occasion, the hornier side of Led Zeppelin.
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UncutIt helps that these 10 primitive songs are excellent, and that The Datsuns attack them with such vehemently anti-ironic gusto. [Nov 2002, p.118]
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With so much apparent calculation involved, it makes sense that the group's self-titled debut is neither as good nor as bad as it might have been.
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If The Datsuns serve any purpose, it's to remind us that 70s glam/garage-rock was largely accountable for the abomination that was 80s hair-metal.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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DavidSDec 22, 2005If you're into pure rock and roll and amazing powerful riffs then it's outstanding.
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Jen?Jun 1, 2003Bloody Briliant! Love it
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WilliamMSep 6, 2003FUCKING AWESOME, more great Kiwi Music
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GarethHDec 4, 2002it's about time we had some kick ass heavy metal!!!!!! better than the yankie shit
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MattLMar 3, 2003
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FrancisNov 18, 2002
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BenJ.Nov 15, 2002
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