Trogglodynamite Explained

Trogglodynamite
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Troggs
Cover:	The Troggs trogglodynamite.jpg
Released:	February 10, 1967
Recorded:	1966
Genre:	Garage rock^[1] psychedelic rock^[2]
Length:	36:45
Language:	English
Label:	Page One
Producer:	Larry Page
Prev Title:	From Nowhere
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Cellophane
Next Year:	1967

Trogglodynamite is the second studio album by the English rock band The Troggs, released in 1967 (picture shows the German edition, the UK version had a completely different cover). The album was re-released in 2003 with eight bonus tracks by Repertoire Records.

Reception

In Colin Larkin's The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, he scores this release four out of five stars.^[3]

Track listing

"Trogglodynamite" UK original track listing

Side 1

"I Can Only Give You Everything" (Tommy Scott, Phil Coulter) – 3:24
"Last Summer" (Reg Presley) – 2:55
"Meet Jacqueline" (Albert Hammond) – 2:14
"Oh No" (Pete Staples) – 2:05
"It's Too Late" (Ronnie Bond) – 2:08
"No. 10 Downing Street" (Larry Page, David Matthews) – 2:15
"Mona (I Need You Baby)" (Bo Diddley) – 5:09

Side 2

"I Want You to Come into My Life" (Reg Presley) – 2:25
"Let Me Tell You Babe" (Joe Sherman, George David Weiss) – 2:49
"Little Queenie" (Chuck Berry) – 2:51
"Cousin Jane" (Larry Page, David Matthews) – 2:25
"You Can't Beat It" (Reg Presley) – 2:21
"Baby Come Closer" (Terry Dwyer, Jack Price) – 2:33
"It's Over" (Reg Presley) – 2:11

2003 CD re-issue bonus tracks

"Any Way That You Want Me" (Chip Taylor) – 2:54
"66-5-4-3-2-1 (I Know What You Want)" (Reg Presley) – 2:33
"Give It to Me" (Reg Presley) – 2:13
"You're Lying" (Larry Page, Colin Frechter) – 2:21
"Night of the Long Grass" (Reg Presley) – 3:04
"Girl in Black" (Colin Frechter) – 2:01
"Evil Woman" (George David Weiss) – 2:53
"Sweet Madelaine" (Reg Presley) – 2:50

Personnel

Ronnie Bond – drums, lead vocals on "It's Too Late"
Chris Britton – guitar, backing vocals
Reg Presley – lead vocals
Pete Staples – bass, backing vocals

References

Web site: 10 essential garage-rock albums. Masley. Ed. September 19, 2008. AZCentral. The Arizona Republic. November 8, 2016.
Web site: The 50 best psychedelic rock albums of the Summer of Love . BrooklynVegan . 20 March 2023 . en.
Book: Larkin, Colin . 2011-05-27 . 9780857125958 . . 1919 . The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.