Nothin’/Do What You Want/She Ain’t No Use To Me/Just In Case You Wonder/Not For Long/I Ain’t Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore/Hey Mama (Keep Your Big Mouth Shut)/10:30 Train/That’s Just The Thought I Had In Mind/Postman’s Fancy/Windy City (Noise At The North End)
The Ugly Ducklings were probably the best-known Canadian garage rock group of the mid-60s. Somewhere Outside was their only album release comprising nine originals and two covers.
“The band drew heavily from The Rolling Stones and The Pretty Things style with a raunchy R & B/rock sound. The album sold well in the Toronto area, but due to a lack of national distribution the band failed to break out across the rest of the country. The album is a gem with plenty of fine originals.”
“I've heard a lot of garage band sounds from the mid-1960s, and this is surely one of the best. Every song on Somewhere Outside (most of them being original compositions) is quite unique.”
“The Ugly Ducklings influenced the Toronto music scene in a big way in the 1960s. Sounding pre-punk edgy and altogether mean. With a little guidance they would have had a place in rock history, but it never happened.”
“Really cool album of mid-60s Canadian garage rock. This is fresh and varied, bursting with youthful energy. Not really a 'must hear', but if you're into lively 60s garage rock you could do much worse than listening to this. Enjoyable stuff with an edge.”
“These guys were at the vanguard of quality garage rockers from north of the border. Their only album is psych flavoured garage with great fuzz guitar, and even includes some comparatively milder pop oriented tracks.”
“An essential 60s garage album. Probably one of the better ones to come out of Canada. What it has are several decent R & B covers mixed with a surprising amount of excellent band originals. The first five tracks are a pretty solid line-up.”
“Rough but great garage rock here. Plenty of attitude, snarl, fuzz, emphatic vocals. Nothin' is a great track.”
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