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Blank generation


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d. 6. Feb. 2018

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Allan Jones

d. 6. Feb. 2018

"Of the great debut albums by bands from the CBGB scene, you might listen to Television's Marquee Moon and think of bat caves made of ice, lit by neon. On their debut album, the Ramones sounded like they'd been strapped to the nose cone of a ballistic missile and blasted into space. Talking Heads: 77 was replete with jittery impulses, uptight and tense. Patti Smith's Horses, meanwhile, sounded like something beset by bad weather, hoarse incantations made on a windswept beach under a sky best described as glowering. Blank Generation, finally released in November 1977, sounded by comparison grubby, dishevelled, like it had been recorded in an alley strewn with broken glass, beer cans and dead cats".


PopMatters

d. 13. Dec. 2017

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Ian Rushbury

d. 13. Dec. 2017

"Here's the bottom line. Some records you have to own because they're "important", right? We've all got those albums. They sit, neglected and unplayed. They're there for reference. Blank Generation could be one of those records. You've got it because of its "pivotal" or "seminal" or some other rock nerd buzzword. The great thing about this record is that it's truly superb that sounds as thrilling and vital as it did 40 goshdarned years ago. Buy it and play it. It'll make you want to get your hair cut à la Rimbaud, guaranteed".


PopMatters

d. 13. Dec. 2017

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Ian Rushbury

d. 13. Dec. 2017

"Here's the bottom line. Some records you have to own because they're "important", right? We've all got those albums. They sit, neglected and unplayed. They're there for reference. Blank Generation could be one of those records. You've got it because of its "pivotal" or "seminal" or some other rock nerd buzzword. The great thing about this record is that it's truly superb that sounds as thrilling and vital as it did 40 goshdarned years ago. Buy it and play it. It'll make you want to get your hair cut à la Rimbaud, guaranteed".


Melody maker

d. 30. June 1990

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d. 30. June 1990


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