NOTE: jacket corners are a little worn down from the stacks, but VINYL IS MINT & SEALED
On their debut album Reality Check it quickly becomes clear that there are three things French trio the Teenagers firmly disbelieve in: subtlety, propriety, and variety. Let's break them down one at a time. Their sound is filled with clattering drums and drum machines, clanging guitars and huge choruses with shouted hooks. Like a raunchy (and very French) stadium rock band in miniature, they kick up a lot of noise and never stray from being completely obvious at all times. As for propriety, even for raunchy French pop, there are lines reasonable people wouldn't want to cross. Just kidding! Anything goes in French pop and the Teenagers make sure they make the most of it as they happily touch on having relations with step-cousins ("Homecoming"), lusting after Scarlett Johansson ("Starlett Johansson"), hating weird girls ("Fuck Nicole"), getting real, real mad at the girl who stole a Jazzmaster ("Sunset Beach"), and possibly worst of all, shameless self-promotion ("Feeling Better"). If you don't care about right and wrong, love mildly shocking lyrics, and despise Jeff Buckley, then you'll have no problem with the group's flaunting of decorum.A1 Homecoming 3:04 A2 Love No 2:59 A3 Feeling Better 3:03 A4 Starlett Johansson 3:09 A5 Streets Of Paris 2:38 A6 Make It Happen 3:34 B1 Wheel Of Fortune 3:14 B2 Fuck Nicole 3:25 B3 French Kiss 2:52 B4 Sunset Beach 3:55 B5 III 2:59 B6 End Of The Road 3:26
