The Undertones (album)
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Original May 1979 cover release of The Undertones
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| Studio album by The Undertones | ||||
| Released | 13 May 1979 | |||
| Recorded | Eden Studios, London, January 1979; Mrs. Simms' Shed, Derry (1977) | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 29:29 | |||
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Sire Ardeck-EMI Rykodisc Sanctuary Records (UK CD reissue) |
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| Producer | Roger Bechirian | |||
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| Cover of October 1979 re-release of The Undertones | ||||
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Both images of the vinyl album cover of The Undertones could be described as "front covers", as the track listings and name of album/group are shown on both sides.
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The Undertones is the 1979 debut album by The Undertones. The album was recorded at Eden Studios in Acton, West London in January 1979 and was released on 13 May that year. The original release included just one single release: "Jimmy Jimmy" and an album version of "Here Comes The Summer", which was never released as a single.
A re-released version of the album (housed in an alternate sleeve), was issued in October 1979. The re-released album also included the Undertones' first two singles: "Teenage Kicks" and "Get Over You" alongside both "Jimmy Jimmy" and a single version of "Here Comes The Summer", which had been released in July. In addition, the song "Casbah Rock" was included as the final track of the album.
Numerous polls conducted since 1979 have placed The Undertones as one of the greatest albums to be released in the 1970s and one of the Top 40 punk/new wave albums of all time, with the single "Teenage Kicks" being listed by BBC Radio 2 as the 51st best song ever released.
The Undertones' eponymous debut album was recorded at Eden Studios in January 1979. The album was produced by Roger Bechirian, with whom the band had worked with for the first time the previous month, when Bechirian had produced the band's second single, "Get Over You". Much of the material upon this album had been performed regularly at the Casbah; a venue in Derry where the band had regularly performed since 1977, with some songs having only been written towards the end of 1978. The album itself was recorded in the space of less than two weeks.
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