Rating: *** (3 stars)
Title: Disposable
Company: Sire
Catalog: SES 97005
Year: 1968
Grade (cover/record): VG/VG
Comments: gatefold sleeve
Available: 1
Price: $80.00
On their debut The Deviants were admittedly amateurs who got by on balls and enthusiasm more than musical talent. 1968's self-produced "Disposable" remains raw, but reflects the tremendous musical strides the band made in a year. Nobody would mistake these guys for an accomplished rock band, but this time around they seem to understand some of the basic concepts - melody, rhythm, etc. Musically the set offered up another mix of social activism/anarchy (the goofy stoned in the studio "Slum Lord"), weird English humor ("Sparrows and Wires") and conventional rock. At least to our ears, this time around the strongest songs were those that were the most conventional - "Somewhere To Go", the blues-rocker"You've Got To Hold On" and "Slum Lord". For goodness sake, overlooking the lyrics, "Fire In the City" sounded like a top-40 pop ditty!
"Disposable" track listing:
1.) Somewhere To Go (Mick Farren - Duncan Sanderson) - 7:17
2.) Sparrows and Wires (Stephen Sparks - Sid Bishop) - 0:28
3.) Jamies Song (Mandelkau - Mick Farren) - 3:28
4.) You've Got To Hold On (Mick Farren - Sid Bishop - Russ Hunter) - 3:47
5.) Fire In the City (Mick Farren - Duncan Sanderson) - 2:57
6.) Lets Loot the Supermarket (Mick Farren) - 2:21
7.) Pappa-oo-Mao-Mao (Frazier - White - WIlson - Harris) - 2:30
8.) Slum Lord (Mick Farren - Sid Bishop) - 2:08
9.) Blind Joe McTurks last Session (Mick Farren) - 1:17
10.) Normality Jam (Sid Bishop - Duncan Sanderson - Russ Hunter - M.J. McDonnell - Dennis Hughes) - 4:20
11.) Guaranteed To Bleed (Duncan Sanderson - Tony Ferguson) - 2:35
12.) Sidney B. Goode (Sid Bishop) - 0:50
13.) Last Man (Mick Farren) - 5:36