Can't Stand The Rezillos was The Rezillos

The Rezillos

The Rezillos are a punk/new wave band, who formed in Edinburgh in 1976 and still play gigs around the world in a re-formed line-up. Although frequently aligned with the punk movement, the Rezillos' irreverent glam rock image and affection for campy girl-group iconography, set them distinctly apart...

' first album, released in 1978 and including the UK hit, "Top of the Pops", part of which was used as a jingle on BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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.

Unusually for a New Wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 group, the album featured several sixties covers, "Glad All Over

Glad All Over

"Glad All Over" is a song written by Mike Smith and recorded by The Dave Clark Five. In January 1964, it became the British group's first big hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. In April 1964, it reached number 6 on the American U.S. pop singles chart, becoming the first British...

" (originally a hit for The Dave Clark Five

The Dave Clark Five

The Dave Clark Five were an English pop rock group. Their single "Glad All Over" knocked The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the UK singles charts in January 1964: it eventually peaked at No.6 in the United States in April 1964.They were the second group of the British Invasion,...

), "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight" (original by Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

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) and "I Like It", a Gerry & The Pacemakers

Gerry & the Pacemakers

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 track.

The record reached number 16 in the UK Albums Chart

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. Trouser Press

Trouser Press

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 called the band "a blast of fresh air compared to the more serious bands of new wave's first charge" and praised the album as "an action-packed document of their pop/camp approach". In 1994, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music named Can't Stand The Rezillos one of the 50 best punk albums of all-time. The compilers claimed that the Rezillos were "exuberant almost to the point of hysteria" creating "a body of work full of verve, style and humour", which this album "encapsulates to perfection". Punk aficionados acclaimed the album. In March 2003, Mojo

Mojo (magazine)

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 magazine ranked the LP in its 'Top 50 Punk Albums'.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Callis; except where indicated

1. "Flying Saucer Attack"
2. "No"
3. "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight" (Jeremy Spencer
   Jeremy Spencer
   Jeremy Cedric Spencer , is a British musician, best known as one of the first guitarists in Fleetwood Mac.Spencer was born in Hartlepool, County Durham. He grew up in South London and was educated at Strand School, where he became known for hilarious impressions of the headmaster and several of his...
   
   )
4. "Top of the Pops"
5. "2000 A.D." (Callis, William Mysterious)
6. "It Gets Me" (William Mysterious)
7. "Can't Stand My Baby"
8. "Glad All Over
   Glad All Over
   "Glad All Over" is a song written by Mike Smith and recorded by The Dave Clark Five. In January 1964, it became the British group's first big hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. In April 1964, it reached number 6 on the American U.S. pop singles chart, becoming the first British...
   
   " (Dave Clark)
9. "(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures"
10. "I Like It" (Mitch Murray
    Mitch Murray
    Mitch Murray , is an English songwriter, record producer and author.-Musical career:...
    
    )
11. "Getting Me Down"
12. "Cold Wars"
13. "Bad Guy Reaction"

Personnel

• Eugene Reynolds - vocals
• Fay Fife - vocals
• Jo Callis
  Jo Callis
  Jo Callis is an English musician and songwriter who played guitar with the Edinburgh based punk rock band, The Rezillos , and post-punk band Boots For Dancing before joining The Human League.-Biography:Callis was educated at the Edinburgh College of Art...
  
   - guitar
• William Mysterious
  Alastair Donaldson
  Alastair Donaldson is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist and is a bass guitar player for the Scottish punk/pop band The Rezillos, for whom he played under the stage name of William Mysterious. He was a formative member of the folk ensemble Silly Wizard prior to his involvement with The Rezillos, and...
  
  - bass
• Angel Paterson - drums