Get What You Need Explained

Get What You Need
Type:Album
Artist:The Undertones
Cover:Get what you need-The tones.jpg
Released:30 September 2003
Recorded:2003
Genre:Rock
Length:41:00
Label:Sanctuary
Producer:Rory Donaghy
Prev Title:The Sin of Pride
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Dig Yourself Deep
Next Year:2007

Get What You Need is a 2003 studio album by an Irish power pop/punk rock band The Undertones. It is the band's first collection of new studio material since their reformation with new lead singer Paul McLoone, which occurred in November 1999. Allmusic stated in their review that "It's almost unthinkable, really, that Derry's fabled good-time teen punks of yesteryear would record and continue... let alone that their output would be anything less than embarrassing." The website also stated that "you have everything you need for a complete escape to more innocent, drunken, loutish times with a smile on the faces of everyone in your immediate vicinity" and recommended the album.[1] Uncut Magazine gave a favorable review as well, remarking that its songs "inhabit the same ageless corner of garage band heaven as earlier classics".[2] In contrast, Blender gave it two stars out of five—'mediocre'—and stated that "they sound more like a road-toughened bar band".[3]

Tracks from this album and follow up Dig Yourself Deep were remastered for the compilation Dig What You Need in 2022.[4]

Personnel

The Undertones

References

  1. allmusic (((Get What You Need > Overview)))
  2. http://www.toptenreviews.com/scripts/eframe/url.htm?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uncut.co.uk%2Fmusic%2Fthe_undertones%2Freviews%2F6251 TopTenReviews – External Link
  3. http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1601 The Undertones : Get What You Need Review on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More
  4. Web site: The Undertones: Dig What You Need – album review . louderthanwar.com . 13 March 2023.