Here Are the Sonics
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{{Infobox album
| name = Here Are The Sonics
| type = studio
| artist = the Sonics
| cover = herearethesonics.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1965|03}}
| recorded = 1964
| venue =
| studio = Audio Recording, Seattle, Washington
| genre = {{hlist|Garage rock{{cite web|url= http://archive.azcentral.com/ent/music/articles/2008/09/19/20080919garagehotlist.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219074100/http://archive.azcentral.com/ent/music/articles/2008/09/19/20080919garagehotlist.html|title=10 essential garage-rock albums|last= Masley|first= Ed|archive-date=December 19, 2014|website= AZCentral|publisher= The Arizona Republic|access-date= December 24, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-essential-garage-rock-albums|title=10 Essential Garage Rock Albums|date=August 28, 2019|first=Johnny|last=Sharp|magazine=Classic Rock|access-date=November 16, 2024}}{{cite web|author=Mark Deming|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-sonics-mn0000428717/biography|title=The Sonics | Biography & History|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=December 31, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-easy-masterpieces-garage-rock/|title=Five Easy Masterpieces: an introduction to garage rock|first=Jordan|last=Potter|date=July 31, 2024|website=Far Out|access-date=March 21, 2025}}|rock and roll{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/vinyl-treasures-the-sonics-here-are-the-sonics|title=Vinyl Treasures: The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics|first=Matt|last=Stocks|date=October 2, 2014|website=Classic Rock (Louder)|access-date=January 20, 2025}}|proto-punk{{cite web|url=https://beat.com.au/proto-punk-in-five-records/|title=What is proto-punk? A guide to the genre in five records|date=31 March 2018|magazine=Beat Magazine|access-date=31 December 2024}}}}
| length = {{duration|m=28|s=48}}
| label = Etiquette
| producer = {{hlist|Buck Ornsby|Kent Morrill}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Boom
| next_year = 1966
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Here Are The Sonics
| type = studio
| single1 = The Witch / Keep a Knockin'
| single1date = November 1964
| single2 = Psycho / Keep a Knockin'
| single2date = 1965
| single3 = The Witch / Psycho
| single3date = 1965
| single4 = Boss Hoss / The Hustler
| single4date = May 1965
| single5 = The Witch / Like No Other Man
| single5date = November 1966
| single6 = Psycho / Maintaining My Cool
| single6date = February 1967
}}
}}
Here Are the Sonics is the debut album by American garage rock band the Sonics, released in March 1965. The album features the original songs "The Witch" (a minor regional hit), "Psycho", "Boss Hoss" and "Strychnine", along with an assortment of rock and roll and R&B covers.
Release
Here Are The Sonics was released in 1965 by record label Etiquette. It was re-released in 1999 by Norton Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-sonics-first-album-49-years-then-and-now-6524088/|title=The Sonics on Releasing First Album Since 1966: ‘It’s a Different Universe’|first=Andy|last=Gensler|date=April 3, 2015|website=Billboard|access-date=January 29, 2025}}
Reception
{{music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/here-are-the-sonics!!!-mw0000245191 |title=Here Are The Sonics!!! – The Sonics
| rev2 = Gaslight Records
| rev2Score= {{Rating|8.5|10}} {{cite web|url=http://gaslightrecords.com/reviews/albums/the-sonics-here-are-the-sonics|title=The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics!!!
| rev3 = Q
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title= The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics |journal=Q |issue=249 |date=April 2007 |page=128 |last=Mulholland |first=Garry}}}}
Cub Koda of AllMusic wrote that the album "show[s] a live band at the peak of its power, ready to mow down the competition without even blinking twice", calling it "Another important chunk of Seattle rock and roll history."
The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. {{ISBN|978-0-7893-2074-2}}.
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = The Witch
| writer1 = Gerry Roslie
| length1 = 2:41
| title2 = Do You Love Me
| writer2 = Berry Gordy, Jr.
| length2 = 2:19
| title3 = Roll Over Beethoven
| writer3 = Chuck Berry
| length3 = 2:49
| title4 = Boss Hoss
| writer4 = Roslie
| length4 = 2:24
| title5 = Dirty Robber
| note5 = The Fabulous Wailers cover
| writer5 = John Greek, Kent Morrill, Rick Dangel
| length5 = 2:03
| title6 = Have Love Will Travel
| writer6 = Richard Berry
| length6 = 2:04
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = Psycho
| writer1 = Roslie
| length1 = 2:18
| title2 = Money (That's What I Want)
| writer2 = Gordy, Jr., Janie Bradford
| length2 = 2:01
| title3 = Walking the Dog
| writer3 = Rufus Thomas
| length3 = 2:46
| title4 = Night Time Is the Right Time
| writer4 = Lew Herman
| length4 = 2:58
| title5 = Strychnine
| writer5 = Roslie
| length5 = 2:13
| title6 = Good Golly Miss Molly
| writer6 = John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell
| length6 = 2:09
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Reissue bonus tracks
| title13 = Keep A-Knockin{{'-}}
| writer13 = Perry Bradford
| length13 = 1:56
| title14 = Don't Believe in Christmas
| note14 = patterned after "Too Much Monkey Business" by Chuck Berry
| writer14 = Roslie
| length14 = 1:47
| title15 = Santa Claus
| note15 = contains elements from "Farmer John" by The Premiers
| writer15 = The Sonics
| length15 = 2:52
| title16 = The Village Idiot
| note16 = cover of "Jingle Bells"
| length16 = 2:39
}}
Personnel
The Sonics
- Gerry Roslie – organ, piano, lead vocals
- Andy Parypa – bass guitar
- Larry Parypa – lead guitar, vocals
- Rob Lind – saxophone, vocals, harmonica
- Bob Bennett – drums
Technical
- Buck Ornsby – production
- Kent Morrill – production
- Kearney Barton – engineering
- John L. Vlahovich – sleeve design
- Pete Ciccone/Immaculate Concepts – sleeve layout
- Jini Dellaccio – cover photography
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|54145|Here Are The Sonics!!!}}
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