Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold

Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold (Chiswick Chartbusters Volume One)
Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold (Chiswick Chartbusters Volume One)
Compilation album by Various
Released	1977
Genre	Power pop, pub rock, punk rock, new wave
Label	Chiswick Records (Cat. No. CH 2)

Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold is a compilation album of various artists made up of acts on Chiswick Records.

The critic and author Dave Thompson describes Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold as a "driving" collection, rating it "eight out of ten".^[1] The album also receives a good review on the Allmusic website.^[2]

The album was followed up with the Long Shots, Dead Certs And Odds On Favourites (Chiswick Chartbusters Volume Two) compilation album in 1978.

Original track listing

Side one

"The Keys To Your Heart" (3:36) by The 101ers
"The Teenage Letter" (2:20) by The Count Bishops
"The She's My Gal" (2:45) by The Gorillas
"I'm Crying" (3:08) by Little Bob Story
"The Train Train" (3:15) by The Count Bishops
"The Gorilla Got Me" (3:07) by The Gorillas

Side two

"Dirty Pictures" (2:50) by Radio Stars
"The Gatecrasher" (2:55) by The Gorillas
"Drip Drop" (2:14) by Rocky Sharpe & The Razors
"Baby Don't Cry" (3:20) by Little Bob Story
"The Route 66" (2:52) by The Count Bishops,
"So Hard To Laugh" (2:24) by Rocky Sharpe & The Razors

References

^ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. p. 749.;
^ Deming, Mark. "Review of Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold on Allmusic". collects 12 great tunes from the short-lived era when it looked like Dr. Feelgood could be the band to save British rock. Along with the fine A-side of that 101'ers single, Fool's Gold offers up three righteous selections from short-lived R&B mavens the Count Bishops, an equal number from the goofy but energetic Gorillas, two sides from surprisingly powerful French rockers Little Bob Story, the engagingly sleazy "Dirty Pictures" by the Radio Stars, and some passionate neo-rockabilly courtesy Rocky Sharpe & the Razors. Everything here is in the pub rock tradition of no-frills roots rock, the more American the better, but there's plenty here that grooves hard, and it offers a potent reminder that the punks weren't the only ones who thought rock & roll needed a swift kick in the butt in the mid-'70s. Good fun throughout.

[1] Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. p. 749.;

[2] Deming, Mark. "Review of Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold on Allmusic". collects 12 great tunes from the short-lived era when it looked like Dr. Feelgood could be the band to save British rock. Along with the fine A-side of that 101'ers single, Fool's Gold offers up three righteous selections from short-lived R&B mavens the Count Bishops, an equal number from the goofy but energetic Gorillas, two sides from surprisingly powerful French rockers Little Bob Story, the engagingly sleazy "Dirty Pictures" by the Radio Stars, and some passionate neo-rockabilly courtesy Rocky Sharpe & the Razors. Everything here is in the pub rock tradition of no-frills roots rock, the more American the better, but there's plenty here that grooves hard, and it offers a potent reminder that the punks weren't the only ones who thought rock & roll needed a swift kick in the butt in the mid-'70s. Good fun throughout.

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