The Undertones formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1975 and released their debut album ‘The Undertones’ in 1979 which peaked at #13 in the UK Charts.
John and Damian O'Neill partnered infectious guitar hooks to '60s garage, '70s glam rock, with Feargal Sharkey's signature vocal quaver. Those qualities came together on their breakout hit "Teenage Kicks", whose simplicity harked back to '60s ideals of when the song was king.

This classic debut record infuses so much unabashed joy in two-minute three-chord pop songs, and there's little pretension in their unapologetically teenage worldview, that even the darker hints of life in songs like the suicide-themed "Jimmy Jimmy" are delivered with a sense of optimism at odds with so many of their contemporaries.

(2016 Remastered)

Label
BMG / ADA
Genre
Pop & Rock LP - SIDE A
Family Entertainment
Girls Don't Like It
Male Model
I Gotta Getta
Teenage Kicks
Wrong Way
Jump Boys
Here Comes the Summer
LP - SIDE B
Get Over You
Billy's Third
Jimmy Jimmy
True Confessions
(She's A) Runaround
I Know a Girl
Listening In
Casbah Rock

BMG