The Quakes with their 'expensive' album recorded for Sony Records of Japan.
1.New generation 2.How brave are you 3.Stranded in the streets 4.Anonymous 5.Suburbia 6.Dateless night 7.Wonderin' 8.Behind the wheel 9.It's gone 10.Your castle 11.Gothic girl 12.Now I wanna 13.Lover's curse
The Quakes - New generation
Classy album that was the flagship CD for the 'New Generation' campaign for promoting Rockabilly in Japan in the mid Nineties. This was originally issued by Sony, but this release has extra material.
According to the magazine 'Doll', the producer of The Quakes' 'New Generation' is Tim of The Polecats, and the producers of The Polecats' 'Make A Circuit With Me' are Chris Hughes & Ross Cullum. They also produced Adam And The Ants' 'Goody Two Shoes'. Tim gave the members of The Quakes a tape of the rhythm track of 'Goody Two Shoes' and told them that it might interesting to use this rhythm. Paul of The Quakes said, "If Adam Ant plays rockabilly...it goes like this". The Quakes' 'New Generation' sounds a little bit different from Rockabilly because of the rhythm. It is not simple 2/2 metre tempo which is often used in Rockabilly songs. The use of nonesense words such as 'Yeah-Yo' after singing the phrase 'New Generation' is also like Adam's songs such as 'Oi-yo' in 'Beat My Guest'. This song is heard in 'Antics In The Forbidden Zone' and 'B-Side Babies'. 'Beat My Guest' was the flip side of 'Stand And Deliver'. The Quakes might have been inspired by this song. Mainly from Japanese text
"This CD is unusual in that not alone does it rock, but it also has the very rare distinction of being an album you can actually sit down and listen to intently as well. It opens with the Adam and the Ants-esque 'New Generation', but most of the songs that follow are almost like an aural film noir! This is especially evident on tracks like the haunting 'Wonderin' or the ballad 'Gothic Girl', which conjures up images of rainclouds and bittersweet unrequited love! There are, of course, plenty of rockers here too and some excellent slap bass by Rob Peltier. Check out their cover of Depeche Mode's 'Behind The Wheel' for some manic bass slappin'! Top marks for choosing that song which works really well. This album is among my favourites of any band and as I said before... if you're in the mood for a good bop... or just want to sit back and 'listen', then this album has the atypical ability to do both!" O'Prez
The Quakes with their 'expensive' album recorded for Sony Records of Japan.