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Take It! by Nixon's Head
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fave it Beatles-pop | New Wave
15 tracks | 45 minutes
Released Nov 2000
on Groove Disques
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 It's a Beautiful Thing lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 It's a Beautiful Thing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 It's a Beautiful Thing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:43 Intellectual Rescue lyrics BUY MP3 02:43 Intellectual Rescue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:43 Intellectual Rescue
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:47 Get Yourself Together lyrics BUY MP3 02:47 Get Yourself Together lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:47 Get Yourself Together
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:40 A Date with Judy lyrics BUY MP3 03:40 A Date with Judy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:40 A Date with Judy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:57 Visionary lyrics BUY MP3 02:57 Visionary lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:57 Visionary
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:10 Home Court Advantage lyrics BUY MP3 02:10 Home Court Advantage lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:10 Home Court Advantage
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:08 Take It Back lyrics BUY MP3 02:08 Take It Back lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:08 Take It Back
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:08 Take It lyrics BUY MP3 04:08 Take It lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:08 Take It
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:40 No Time for Terry lyrics BUY MP3 02:40 No Time for Terry lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:40 No Time for Terry
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:14 I'm Green lyrics BUY MP3 03:14 I'm Green lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:14 I'm Green
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:46 I Sat Down lyrics BUY MP3 03:46 I Sat Down lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:46 I Sat Down
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:01 Ain't It a Crime lyrics BUY MP3 03:01 Ain't It a Crime lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:01 Ain't It a Crime
The Standells meet Squeeze...The Zombies meet Rockpile...The Clash reconsider "that phony Beatlemania"...you get the picture.
Editorial review
Take It! opens with a call to action (and/or the dancefloor) called "It's a Beautiful Thing" that has the winsome charm of a Sarah Records single mixed with a Beatlesque melody that wouldn't sound out of place on a Sire-era Flamin' Groovies record. While nothing else on this lengthy album quite hits that high level, the second album by these Philadelphia garage poppers (only two albums in 15 years) is a solidly entertaining set that wisely steers clear of the usual power pop clich?s in favor of a sound that's backwards-looking but not particularly derivative. Primary songwriter Jim Slade has a knack for interesting similes (the puckish "Home Court Advantage" is one of the better love-in-turmoil lyrics on the album) and catchy melodies, and secondary songwriter Mike Frank does a fine turn in the George Harrison role, turning in the quietly impressive "Visionary." Second vocalist Dorothy Haug could really use an expanded role in the band, as her wistful solo, "Get It Together," is one of the album's best songs, but main singer Andy Rosenau should be commended for ignoring the usual top-of-the-range whininess that occasionally plagues this type of pop. For its occasional shortcomings (15 songs is maybe three or four too many and the title track could stand to be a minute or two shorter), Take It! is a fine example of the pop underground at the start of a new century. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
[Review by Fred Mills]
Philly beat combo Nixon's Head professes no interest in Britney Spears' abs, has no stake in the future of Napster, and doesn't seem very inclined to update the résumé by switching to Clinton's Head. The six-piece does, however, state clearly for the record (in its bio), "It's never been a secret that we love Nuggets-style pop and Stiff-era punk." To that end, these veteran East Coasters reaffirm their retrodelic roots with 15 garagey/New Wavey three-and-a-half-minutes-and-under gems.
Such tuneage, of course, defies furrowed-brow dissection.
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