The Knack - Get The Knack (1979) [24-Bit Digital Remaster '2002] Bonus tracks

24-bit remastered 2002 reissue of the power pop/new wave act's hit 1979 debut album features 17 tracks including the hits, 'My Sharona' & 'Good Girls Don't', as well as 5 bonus tracks of demos and previously unreleased rehearsal recording. Includes 12-page booklet with liner notes & photos.

Forming in Los Angeles in the late '70s, the Knack were neither punk nor rock, but pure simple pop, standing out among the musical dross that littered the Sunset Strip. Signing with Capitol after a feeding frenzy of label offers, the Knack released their debut, Get the Knack, in 1979. With its leadoff single, "My Sharona", the Knack climbed both the album and singles charts (eventually selling millions of copies around the globe), gained wide commercial acceptance, and regenerated the power pop scene that had laid dormant for half a decade.

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The Knack attempted to update the Beatles sound for the new wave era on their debut – a good idea that was well executed, but critics cried "foul" when millions sold after Capitol's pre-release hype (it went gold in 13 days and eventually sold five million copies, making it one of the most successful debuts in history). Get the Knack is at once sleazy, sexist, hook-filled, and endlessly catchy – above all, it's a guilty pleasure and an exercise in simple fun. When is power pop legitimate anyway? Includes a lot of unforgettable hits.

~ Chris Woodstra, all media guide

Tracklist:

01. Let Me Out
02. Your Number Or Your Name
03. Oh Tara
04. (She's So) Selfish
05. Maybe Tonight
06. Good Girls Don't
07. My Sharona
08. Heartbeat
09. Siamese Twins (The Monkey And Me)
10. Lucinda
11. That's What The Little Girls Do
12. Frustrated
13. Don't Look Back {Bonus track}
14. That's What The Little Girls Do [Songwriting - Band demo] {Bonus track}
15. Maybe Tonight [Rehearsal Recording] {Bonus track}
16. I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock & Roll) [Rehearsal Recording] {Bonus track}
17. My Sharona [Songwriting demo] {Bonus track}



Originally Produced by Mike Chapman
Produced & Compiled for Reissue by Doug Fieger & Lee Lodiga
24-Bit Remastering by Ron McMaster with Doug Fieger at Capitol Studios, Hollywood.
Dynamic Range value = 9

• Doug Fieger - vocals, rhythm guitar
• Berton Averre - lead guitar
• Prescott Niles - bass
• Bruce Gary - drums

Originally Released: June 1, 1979
This CD Re-released: May 7, 2002
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog No.: 538118-2