Genre: Pop, Power pop
Places I remember: Real Groovy Records
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: I Think We're Alone Now
Gear costume: Leave My Heart Alone
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: I Think We're Alone Now
Gear costume: Leave My Heart Alone
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7
Active compensatory factors: I love power pop like The Records, Badfinger, Raspberries et al. To that list add The Rubinoos.
Active compensatory factors: I love power pop like The Records, Badfinger, Raspberries et al. To that list add The Rubinoos.
This self-titled album was their debut in 1977. Their first song on the album - a cover of I Think We're Alone Now was their biggest hit, but the rest of the album zips by in a similar spirit.
The songs are catchy guitar-based power pop, played with energy and enthusiasm. They should have been huge!
Where do they all belong? I'll certainly keep an eye out for their other seventies album - Back to the Drawing Board from 1979.
Where do they all belong? I'll certainly keep an eye out for their other seventies album - Back to the Drawing Board from 1979.
