Trailer

by

Ash

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I don't see why people dismiss this album as being a practice album. Everywhere I look, I see "1977" as their debut album. Now wait just a second. Grant it, I am big fan of "1977," but "Trailer" is just as good, if not better. The song,"Uncle Pat" alone makes the cd worth getting. Now most of you out there only want to buy a cd that is going to have a lot of good songs and not just a few. Well, in my honest, personal opinion, every song but 2 are good (if not incredible). If you at all like catchy melodies, soaring and mesmorizing guitar, and good music to rock to; get this. You will thank me later. Now go do yourself a favor.

The US version of this album, initially released when the members of this Northern Ireland rock group were only teengaers, featured a slightly different tracklisting to the UK one, and this is the one I'm reviewing here.

As with any young band, sheer younthful exhuberance is at the fore here. Tracks like Day Of the Triffids, Jack Names the Planets and Season bounce along at unabated pace, but as far as I'm concerned the two highlights are the cathcy and memorable Uncle Pat, with slow verses interspersed with a neat guitar line, and Get Out, a 1-and-a-half minute blast of power, certain to clear the cobwebs. Havging these two tracks next to each other is a good demonstrations of the talent for many types of songs, which came to fruition later.