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- Date Released: July 24, 2000
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: Damaged Goods / state51
The expert understatement of a secret hothead, tempered by four women exuding endless cool.
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We Say...
Where Billy Childish's dry snarl communicates the expert understatement of a secret hothead, the same vocal style from these four women fronting a Childish-led band exude endless cool. Not just the lead vocals, either — check the dry, flat background vocal droning on "I Gotta Move." But because this is a Childish exercise, we get all the good stuff he's capable of: berserk blitzkrieg guitar ("Ballad of the Insolent Pup"), expert maneuvering of pre-existing song-parts (Fess Parker + "Farmer John" + Ramones cheer = "Davey Crockett"), matter-of-factly ridiculous song ideas ("Jackie Chan Does Kung Fu") and occasional shouted interjections ("My Boyfriend's Learning Karate").
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They Say...
Sisters of Suave is a handy collection of the singles released by Thee Headcoatees from 1992-1998 (on such labels as Vinyl Japan, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Munster, Twist, and Damaged Goods). Of the 16 tracks, five are covers and the rest were written by mentor/Svengali Billy Childish (Thee Headcoats), who also brought the guitar noise. Standouts include an alternative version of the delightfully deviant "Ballad of the Insolent Pup" and the exuberant "Davey Crockett," which combines Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders' "Game of Love" with the Ramones' "Pinhead" ("gabba gabba hey!"). In the spoken word intro to "Santa Claus," Childish (as Claus) acknowledges that it sounds a lot like "Davey Crockett" -- even if it's actually a Sonics cover. Meanwhile, "Swallow My Pride" is a rendition of the Ramones' song and not Green River's. (Although, as a solo artist, Holly Golightly would go on to cover Mudhoney's "Good Enough.") "Swallow My Pride" is, appropriately enough, followed by "Come Into My Mouth," the title of which is meant to be taken literally and is easily the weakest (and crudest) selection on this otherwise fun -- sometimes silly -- romp through the career of the U.K.'s premier girl garage group of the 1990s.
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Davey Crockett |
2:58 |
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| 02. | |
Ca Plaine Pour Moi |
3:19 |
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| 03. | |
Santa Claus |
3:33 |
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| 04. | |
I Gotta Move |
2:29 |
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| 05. | |
Ballad Of The Insolent Pup |
3:07 |
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| 06. | |
Johnny Jack |
2:43 |
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| 07. | |
Swallow My Pride |
2:06 |
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| 08. | |
Spineless Little Shit |
2:04 |
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| 09. | |
Headcoat Girl |
2:25 |
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| 10. | |
My Boyfriend's Learning Karate |
2:24 |
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| 11. | |
I'm Happy |
1:59 |
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| 12. | |
Evil Thing |
2:19 |
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| 13. | |
Strychnine |
2:03 |
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| 14. | |
Come Into My Mouth |
3:09 |
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| 15. | |
Young Blood |
1:51 |
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| 16. | |
Jackie Chan Does Kung Fu |
3:31 |
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16 Total Tracks, 42:00 Total Length
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