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Bangles - All Over The Place (1984)

Track listing:
  1. Hero Takes A Fall 2:54
  2. Live 2:36
  3. James 2:35
  4. All About You 2:28
  5. Dover Beach 3:47
  6. Tell Me 2:15
  7. Restless 2:42
  8. Going Down To Liverpool 3:41
  9. He's Got A Secret 2:42
  10. Silent Treatment 2:06
  11. More Than Meets The Eye 3:17

Notes

The Bangles' major label debut is an essential album in the band's catalog. Guitarist and vocalist Vicki Peterson penned most of the '60s and early '70s guitar-rock songs, like the mini-hit "Hero Takes a Fall" (it was rumored the hero in the title was Dream Syndicate's Steve Wynn). The record also includes covers of the obscure Merry Go Round hit "Live" and ex-Soft Boy Kimberley Rew's "Going Down to Liverpool." The band was polished a bit by producer David Kahne and the release capitalized on the pretty, all-girl-group angle rather than the band's actual raw talent, which might otherwise have been too rough and retro for radio at the time. Nonetheless, the band retained enough of the original spunk that made them appealing in the first place.