| The Undertones | ||||
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Original May 1979 cover release, subsequently also used on the CD release. |
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| Studio album by The Undertones | ||||
| Released | May 1979 | |||
| Recorded | Eden Studios and Mrs Simms Shed, Derry 1979 |
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| Genre | Punk rock, Power pop | |||
| Length | 29:29 | |||
| Label | Sire Rykodisc |
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| Producer | Roger Bechirian | |||
| The Undertones chronology | ||||
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| October 1979 re-release cover | ||||
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Both images of the vinyl album cover could be described as "front covers", as the track listings and name of album/group were on both.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (B+)[2] |
The Undertones is the 1979 debut album by The Undertones. The album was recorded at Eden Studios in London in early 1979 and released in 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. As of July 2009 the album is still considered to be one of the Top 40 Punk/New Wave albums of all time.[3]
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| No. | Title | Written by | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Family Entertainment" | Damian O'Neill | 2:37 | ||||||
| 2. | "Girls Don't Like It" | J. J. O'Neill | 2:19 | ||||||
| 3. | "Male Model" | J. J. O'Neill, Michael Bradley, Damian O'Neill | 1:54 | ||||||
| 4. | "I Gotta Getta" | J. J. O'Neill | 1:53 | ||||||
| 5. | "Wrong Way" | Billy Doherty | 1:23 | ||||||
| 6. | "Jump Boys" | J. J. O'Neill | 2:40 | ||||||
| 7. | "Here Comes The Summer" | J. J. O'Neill | 1:42 | ||||||
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| No. | Title | Written by | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Billy's Third" | Billy Doherty | 1:57 | ||||||
| 2. | "Jimmy Jimmy" | J. J. O'Neill | 2:41 | ||||||
| 3. | "True Confessions" | J. J. O'Neill, Michael Bradley, Damian O'Neill | 1:52 | ||||||
| 4. | "She's A Runaround" | J. J. O'Neill | 1:49 | ||||||
| 5. | "I Know a Girl" | J. J. O'Neill, Michael Bradley, Damian O'Neill | 2:35 | ||||||
| 6. | "Listening In" | J . J. O'Neill, Michael Bradley, Damian O'Neill | 2:24 | ||||||
| 7. | "Casbah Rock" | J. J. O'Neill | 0:47 | ||||||
| Bonus tracks (issued on CD releases only) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Written by | Length | ||||||
| 15. | "Teenage Kicks" | J. J. O'Neill | 2:28 | ||||||
| 16. | "True Confessions (single version)" | J. J. O'Neill, Michael Bradley, Damian O'Neill | 1:56 | ||||||
| 17. | "Emergency Cases" | J. J. O'Neill | 1:59 | ||||||
| 18. | "Smarter Than You" | Damian O'Neill, Michael Bradley, Billy Doherty | 1:38 | ||||||
| 19. | "Get Over You" | J. J. O'Neill | 2:46 | ||||||
| 20. | "Really Really" | Billy Doherty | 1:52 | ||||||
| 21. | "She Can Only Say No" | J. J. O'Neill | 0:54 | ||||||
| 22. | "Here Comes The Summer (single version)" | J. J. O'Neill | 1:46 | ||||||
| 23. | "One Way Love" | J. J. O'Neill | 2:16 | ||||||
| 24. | "Top Twenty" | J. J. O'Neill | 2:14 | ||||||
| 25. | "Mars Bars" | Damian O'Neill, Michael Bradley | 2:10 | ||||||
| 26. | "You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)" | J. J. O'Neill | 2:41 | ||||||
| 27. | "Lets Talk About Girls" | Manny Freiser* | 3:40 | ||||||
| 28. | "Top Twenty (Peel session)" | J. J. O'Neill | 2:03 | ||||||
| 29. | "Nine Times Out Of Ten (Peel session)" | J. J. O'Neill, Billy Doherty | 2:33 | ||||||
| 30. | "The Way Girls Talk (Peel session)" | J. J. O'Neill | 2:40 | ||||||
| 31. | "Whizz Kids (Peel session)" | Damian O'Neill | 2:23 | ||||||