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  • Release Date: 04/08/2008
  • Original Release: 1995
  • Label: BGO - BEAT GOES ON
  • UPC: 5017261202482

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Get the Knack/...But the Little Girls Understand

1LISTENLet Me Out 2:20
2LISTENYour Number or Your Name 2:56
3LISTENOh Tara 3:05
4LISTEN(She's So) Selfish 4:29
5LISTENMaybe Tonight 4:00
6LISTENGood Girls Don't 3:08
7LISTENMy Sharona 4:53
8LISTENHeartbeat 2:12
9LISTENSiamese Twins (The Monkey and Me) 3:24
10LISTENLucinda 4:01
11LISTENThat's What the Little Girls Do 2:43
12LISTENFrustrated 3:55
13LISTENBaby Talks Dirty 3:44
14LISTENI Want Ya 2:38
15LISTENTell Me You're Mine 3:53
16LISTENMr. Handleman 3:23
17LISTENCan't Put a Price on Love 4:42
18LISTENHold on Tight and Don't Let Go 1:32
19LISTENThe Hard Way 2:14
20LISTENIt's You 2:09
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The first two albums by the Knack make a pretty strong two-on-one CD, especially remastered in the requisite Beat Goes On manner -- the guitars and, especially, the bass have a presence that was lacking not only on the original American Capitol CD release, but also somewhat still on the 2002 reissue, and the whole record has a bracing immediacy here to match the best audiophile CD work. Some of the ballads, such as "Maybe Tonight," don't really get that much help, though the muscularity of the playing certainly makes this band seem more impressive than they did in 1979, and as a bridge between "(She's So) Selfish" and "Good Girls Don't" it serves a key purpose, similar to the role of the group rendition of Buddy Holly's "Heartbeat" as a way of following "My Sharona" on the album. A ballad played with a lot of '70s attitude, it does give a fresh take on the song, and was even more enjoyable at the time, appearing as it did in the wake of The Buddy Holly Story and the first serious wave of Holly nostalgia to his the country in nearly 20 years. The second half of the CD, made up of material off of ...But the Little Girls Understand, isn't so bad here; as a debut album it wouldn't have been bad, but following the group's actual debut, on which everything had gone ridiculously right, the songs were something of a letdown. Here they at least sound great, with lots of presence and impact. The notes, by John Tobler, are engaging and informative. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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June 25, 2002: This debute effort spent 6 weeks at #1 and produced the mega smash ''My Sharona'' which also spent 6 weeks at #1 in the summer of 1979. This band was hot, so much so that the album went gold in 13 days. Alongside American New Wave Groups like BLONDIE, THE CARS and THE TALKING HEADS, The Knack's debute was the must have album to be cool. It went beyond ''My Sharona'', this release was full of catchy hooks, driving beats and sexual prowness all rolled up into one fine album. Produced by Super Star Producer Mike Chapman, also producing the other 1979 Mega Smash ''Parallel Lines'' by Blondie.