Prehistoric Sounds (studio album) by The Saints
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Prehistoric Sounds is ranked 3rd best out of 20 albums by The Saints on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Saints is (I'm) Stranded which is ranked number 2667 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 585.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 01/08/2025 17:34 | Exist-en-ciel | | 76/100 |
100/100 | 01/08/2024 11:27 | BraddlesHendo | | 75/100 |
65/100 | 10/31/2023 17:46 |  Jboy56 | | 78/100 |
55/100 | 09/27/2023 13:48 | fabm0 | | 59/100 |
65/100 | 02/09/2023 21:01 | TheSink | | 68/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Really love the sound of this album really needs to be rediscovered
Jboy56 10/31/2023 17:46
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Brad1770 09/24/2022 12:37
Not only was ‘Prehistoric Sounds’ the bands second album within 5 months to be released in 1978, it would signal the end of an era being the last Bailey / Kuepper collaboration before Bailey would go solo but under the Saints banner and Kuepper his own acclaim first with the seminal Laughing Clowns and then outright as a soloist. In fact the genesis for the Laughing Clowns can be found right here particularly on the tracks “Brisbane (Security City)” and “The Chameleon”
‘(I’m) Stranded’ is the one they’ll always be remembered for, ‘All Fools Day’ is Baileys masterpiece while the brilliant yet wildly inconsistent twin brother albums from 1978 sit somewhere in between
Repo 09/08/2022 07:54
My Record Collection is Better Than Yours
Aka The Rise of Blues Punk in the Queensland
But they crawl to the moon and the sun, he won't crawl to anyone – All Times Through Paradise
Or...
Now that My baby left me, I’ve been sleeping with my dog – Crazy Googenheimer Blues
(Seriously, brothers. What's the better approach post-breakup?!?!)
The Setting: Looking back, they were already showing their hand as early as their classic debut (I’m) Stranded - one of the defining Punk albums of the Class of ’77. Essential even. Just check out the bluesy, Stonesy swagger of “Messin’ With The Kid.”
The jangly-crunch of the guitars combined with Ed Keuper’s lamenting acid washed extro make it my favorite song on the entire debut. And then The Saints upped the ante on Eternally Yours. For my money, an EVEN better album than their debut. And I'm NOT alone in that their opinion!
The Listen: Prehistoric Sounds is not a punk record. It’s just not. It’s Rock ‘n Roll infused with the Blues, R&B, Psychedelia & Garage Rock. Not that dissimilar to what The Stones were doing in the late 60s, but FAR more rough & raw. And that’s what makes Prehistoric Sounds such a pivotal release in the Punk/Indie Rock Canon. It sounds like what The Stones would want to sound like after drinking a case of The Class of ’77 brewskis. Something that other bands wouldn't really even begin concocting for a few more years.
Regardless, Prehistoric Sounds is their Blues Punk MASTERPIECE! A Van Morrison fronted Them come to life ten years later. THIS is where it all started. So happy I took a step backwards on this Blues Punk jaunt!
The Verdict: A crucial link between ‘60s Country Rock/Garage Rock and The '80s American Underground. The Saints effortlessly and organically fused fuzzed-out R&B and the Blues into Punk Rock. This was music of the past , redirected and repurposed for the future. With future destinations in such sleazy stops as Los Angelas where our little bloggy blog just a happens to be headed next.
The Rating: *****
Great use of brass on a (punk?) rock album
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