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Punk Rock (album) - Wikipedia

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Punk Rock

Studio album by

the Mekons

Released

2004

Studio

Western Sound Labs

Label

Quarterstick

Producer

The Mekons, Kenneth Sluiter

The Mekons chronology

OOOH! (Out of Our Heads)
(2002)

Punk Rock
(2004)

Heaven & Hell: The Very Best of the Mekons
(2004)

Punk Rock is an album by the band the Mekons, released in 2004.^[1]^[2] The Mekons supported the album with a North American tour.^[3] Punk Rock was a success on college radio.^[4]

Production

The songs, written by the Mekons between 1977 and 1981, were recorded during the band's 25th anniversary tour.^[5]^[6] The band chose to record them live or live in the studio.^[7] Founding bandmember Jon Langford did not like the band's debut album, which he thought was incapably sung; he also lamented that it was released by Richard Branson's Virgin Records.^[8] Langford also thought that the songs still had meaning and were fun to play.^[9] The Mekons used a Canadian Mekons tribute band, Eaglebauer, on "Fight the Cuts".^[10] "The Building" was sung a cappella.^[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[12]
Robert Christgau	A−^[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[14]
Rolling Stone	^[15]
The Tampa Tribune	B+^[16]

The Morning Call wrote that "the Mekons raise the right questions with the proper amount of skepticism, idealism and rude humor, without seeming to follow a formula."^[17] The Chicago Tribune determined that, "if the higher fidelity, better playing and technically anachronistic presence of later-addition Sally Timms' beautiful vocals belie (in the best possible way) the passage of time, the band does a great job capturing the rage and chaos of that important time."^[18]

Chuck Eddy, in The Village Voice, concluded that "Punk Rock salvages plenty of odes to failure/disgrace/infidelity/life-during-wartime plus drunken rants about bowing to republic and employer from rare imports long sold to used-vinyl stores, updating them with a pint-glass accordion-and-fiddle two-step jigginess Jon Langford's merry men and women didn't perfect till 1983's English Dancing Master EP."^[19] Rolling Stone noted that "the memorable, politically minded tunes are a testament to the band's bighearted collective spirit."^[15] Robert Christgau determined that "one comparison is the eponymous hardcore album Rancid dropped in 2000 when ska felt played out, but this is sharper and more varied."^[13]

AllMusic wrote that "there is a certain ramshackle grace in them that offers the ghostly hint of 1977's chaotic joy, but being played by people who no longer have the comfort of naivete as a cushion against the outside world."^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Teeth"
2.	"Corporal Chalkie"
3.	"I'm So Happy"
4.	"What"
5.	"32 Weeks"
6.	"Work All Week"
7.	"The Building"
8.	"Rosanne"
9.	"Trevira Trousers"
10.	"This Sporting Life"
11.	"Never Been in a Riot"
12.	"Lonely and Wet"
13.	"Fight the Cuts"
14.	"Chopper Squad"
15.	"Dan Dare"

References

^ Terrell, Steve (6 Feb 2004). "The Mekons sweat to their own oldies". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. P23.
^ Gilbertson, Jon M. (15 Apr 2004). "Artist better known for his music". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 4E.
^ Aloi, Daniel (10 Mar 2004). "The Mekons rock 'n' roll". Star-Gazette. p. D1.
^ "CMJ Radio 150". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 122. 2004. p. 49.
^ Guarino, Mark (23 Jan 2004). "Mekons, 'Punk Rock'". Time Out!. Daily Herald. Arlington Heights. p. 6.
^ Pareles, Jon (11 Jan 2004). "Mekons". The New York Times. p. 2.30.
^ Eells, Josh (22 Jan 2004). "Political Passion Powers the Mekons' 'Punk Rock'". Austin American-Statesman. p. 18.
^ Sullivan, Jim (11 Mar 2004). "From Punk to Twang and Back to Punk". The Boston Globe. p. CAL13.
^ Glennon, Sean (18 Mar 2004). "The curse of the Mekons". The Journal News. p. G29.
^ Jenkins, Mark (12 Mar 2004). "The Mekons 'Punk Rock'". The Washington Post. p. T7.
^ Hermes, Will (Feb 2004). "Reissues". Spin. Vol. 20, no. 2. p. 100.
^ ^a ^b "Punk Rock Review by Thom Jurek". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "The Mekons". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
^ ^a ^b Hoard, Christian (Jan 22, 2004). "Also Released". Rolling Stone. No. 940. p. 70.
^ Ross, Curtis (13 Feb 2004). "Mekons Revisit Their 'Punk Rock' Origins". Friday Extra. The Tampa Tribune. p. 21.
^ Righi, Len (7 Feb 2004). "The Mekons 'Punk Rock'". The Morning Call. p. D6.
^ "Mekons Punk Rock". Chicago Tribune. 9 Feb 2004. p. 20.
^ Eddy, Chuck (3 Mar 2004). "Leeds punk inventors drive drunk in reverse". The Village Voice. Vol. 49, no. 9. p. C98.

The Mekons

Albums

The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen (1979)
Fear and Whiskey (1985)
The Edge of the World (1986)
The Mekons Honky Tonkin' (1987)
So Good It Hurts (1988)
The Mekons Rock 'n Roll (1989)
The Curse of the Mekons (1991)
I Love Mekons (1993)
Retreat from Memphis (1994)
Me (1998)
Journey to the End of the Night (2000)
OOOH! (Out of Our Heads) (2002)
Punk Rock (2004)
Natural (2007)
Ancient & Modern 1911–2011 (2011)

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