Love Have Mercy/The Girl Can’t Help It/Laurie Did It/Apart From That/Rockin’ Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu/The First One’s Free/Pagan Rachel/Somethin’ Else-Pistol Packin’ Mama/Brushfire/Bam Balam/Around The Corner
Supersnazz was the debut album from the San Francisco pop group Flamin’ Groovies. It consists of re-creations of fifties rock & roll songs plus some original compositions.
“The production gives the album a life of its own. There is something about the songs, the smoothness of the acoustic and electric instrument sound with added weirdo touches - and yet it still rocks and is a lot of fun.”
“It's OK, but not their best. It features good-time R & B pop presented in a cheesy early 60s vocal group setting, with virtually no late 60s flavour.”
“It's not bad, but it's a bit anaemically played and horribly produced. The super-slick horn-powered sounds wouldn't even be appropriate for their mid-70s power pop stuff, and it certainly does nothing for the retro rock on this record. It should have been rawer, tougher, or at least faster and more energetic.”
“The slavish covers weigh it down, and it's the originals that stick out, Laurie Did It in particular.”
“I'm not sure about the somewhat limp 50s covers contained on this rollicking band's debut. I dig the originals though, which are all over the map, including bluesy rockers, folk songs, music hall numbers and catchy pop.”
“They've done much better but this one isn’t too bad, mixing covers with originals with the later shining the most. Laurie Did It is an early classic and while by no means is this the best gateway into the Groovies, it's not an entry to be entirely written off either.”
"Laurie Did It is a fantastic psychedelic rock song. The Groovies make their music very easy to listen to because they play their instruments so well.”
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